week six: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Six
16 in Competition

As the sun rises on Monday morning, all participants will find themselves awakening with a sense of purpose. Regardless of where they slept the night before, they’ll find themselves compelled to return to the main meeting hall first thing in the morning.

Approaching the hall, however, they will find a large, swirling mass grey in color looming near the sakura tree. This swirl cannot be approached just yet, but seems to be locked and waiting for something more.

As the last member of the village enters the hall, they will find Lune and Sol at the head of the room. Though they’re together, it’s Sol who speaks up first this time.

"Morning. You've done well purging the corruption in the previous gateway, and we'll be doing the finishing touches ourselves. Thank you for your help. In the meantime, we've got another one for you to explore. It's... kind of huge, so stick together when you can."

When Sol finishes, Lune picks up where they left off.

"Hm... There also appears to be something of a change on the horizon. If you are no longer obligated to those you have been attached to - will you stay by their sides?"

The moment participants leave the hall, they will find that the gateway has changed from grey to white, the opening widening enough for multiple people to step through. The Signs will soon take their leave, and all will remain peaceful once more.

In addition, as the week goes on, everyone will find themselves capable of seeing one another's memories at the simplest form of contact. For those who are closer to one another, they may see a memory the moment they make eye contact, while those who are less familiar may require a slight touch. The memories will feel as though the viewer is experiencing the event themselves.

While it may not be made immediately obvious - there is no partner effect for the week. The houses of the departed partners may disappear, but there is otherwise no bond attaching pairs.



Welcome to your week six mingle! As a reminder, murder proposals are open. We will also have a mini-event this week on Tuesday at 12pm PST.

In addition, ensure that all of your week five private conversations were reported on the page. If you'll be taking anything from locations, please report that as well.

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Comments

[unfriendliest]

i. fire
[ hahaha somebody's in a foul mood. after avoiding everyone on monday though, kara thinks he can... mostly?? tolerate being around people again?? but he's still going to spend a good chunk of his time focused on training in the volcano, going through his usual forms almost single-mindedly, both with and without using his magic.

ah, but if he's not paying attention, someone might get too close when the blade of his sword is coated in fire. then he'll step back, giving the intruder(?) an irritated glance. ]

If you don't stand back, you'll get burned.

ii. gateway, farm
[ you know, after suddenly feeling everything he couldn't over the weekend, kara would love to just sit down with some animals and chill for a bit. he doesn't understand why they're always scared of him, though?

(it's just his face.)

so he's sitting in the middle of one of the animal pens, petting the chickens or yaks as they come to investigate and wistfully watching the sheep keep their distance. ]

I don't know why someone would paint sheep...

[ the chicken who squawks at him in reply isn't as helpful as they might think. ]

iii. gateway, coliseum
[ whatever this gateway is, you have to wonder what they'd need with a stone coliseum. all those cages, the weapons, the maze - maybe it's just for training? maybe he should give this a shot himself? but there's something that bothers him about it, as he checks out the claw marks. ]

What made these...?

[ the scorch marks could be anything, though, when they've got fire and lightning magic at their fingertips. ]

wildcard.
[ kara is avoiding everyone on monday outside of pcs because he's not okay anymore :( but he is available from tuesday onward! he'll mostly be around the fire area, the kitchen, or the armory, though i'm open to anything. ]

ii

[nonbelligerent]

[shess is taking miki's respectively pink and purple pygmy puffs on a walk, in part because he still doesn't know what the heck to do with them. why didn't miki leave behind a user manual before she died.

since the animals here seem to be friendly, he lets them hang out for a bit.]

Perhaps to mark them as a target?

[unfriendliest]

[ kara watches the painted sheep doubtfully. ]

A target for what? If they were going to kill it for dinner, they should just do it.

[ painting it is cruel and he is not in a forgiving mood. ]

[nonbelligerent]

[he holds up a puff so that it can squeak at eye-level with a yak.]

Who knows? The traditions of other societies can seem very strange.

[unfriendliest]

[ oh. his attention turns to the puff. ]

What is that?

[nonbelligerent]

I'm not sure. They were Miki's... She got them from that one gateway world with the castle.

[unfriendliest]

[ he stares at it. it's so small... ]

Is it safe, for it to be out here?

Coliseum

[liversandhyenas]

Sure wasn't me.

[She places her own claws against the marks for comparison. Goodness, these are some terrifying marks, these are larger than her own]

Whatever it was would kill us pretty easily.

[unfriendliest]

Your claws aren't big enough for... whatever that was.

[ he looks back at the scorch marks, frowning. ]

With magic, there's a better chance we can stand against it. But if none of us made those, it might have magic of its own.

[ which is... bad. that would be really bad. ]

[liversandhyenas]

I dunno if all the scorch marks means fire is its weakness or that fire won't be effective against it.

[There must be a reason why fire was used, but there sure doesn't seem to be anything indicating it killed whatever made the marks]

[unfriendliest]

It's something to try, if whatever it is ever shows up.

[ so. they'll have to be on their toes, probably. ]

This place looks like it's for training, instead of entertainment. Whoever lives here must have caught it and used it to train their people against it.

[liversandhyenas]

Either that or they tried to make it a pet. Humans do like to mess with creatures and try to make them bend to their will.

[Even if it's a bad idea, like it was done with the shark]

[unfriendliest]

[ well he won't argue that. humans are... something. ]

It looks like it didn't end well, this time.

ii

[whitewalls]

It could be their way of identifying them? I think that people stealing animals isn't that uncommon.

[ they're very fluffy.... ]

[unfriendliest]

Wouldn't all of them be painted, if that were the case?

[whitewalls]

Maybe they have favorites.

[ a sheep baaaas in the distance ]

[unfriendliest]

[ which is worse: painting the sheep or playing favorites with them ]

Somehow I don't think they'd paint the ones they like more. The sheep probably don't like that.

[whitewalls]

It'll be easier if we could just ask them...

[ where are the talking animals when they need them. ]

iii

[omegathree]

[He folds up the map and kneels down to touch the scratch marks.]

They're quite varied.

[unfriendliest]

So there are more than one of it. Are the marks that different, or are they just different sizes?

[ like are we talking different ages of whatever the fuck made those, or are there multiple mystery creatures they might have to face ]

[omegathree]

Hm... They're all claws. But with varying sizes, depths and numbers of talons.

Some of these look like mine.

[unfriendliest]

Different kinds of creatures, then.

[ he gives val a thoughtful look. ]

What do you think they are?

[omegathree]

[He flexes his hand. It's nothing but a hand now, but sometimes he misses his claws.]

Dragons, perhaps.

ii!

[televised]

At least they're not branding them.

[Save the sheep??]

[unfriendliest]

[ wow, is north willingly speaking to him? wild ]

I don't see why they'd need to do any of it. But at least paint doesn't hurt them.

[ at least he hopes it doesn't?? who does this to a bunch of innocent sheep. what the fuck. ]