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

[nonbelligerent]

Not yet. It'll be new to me too.

[specialdog]

Any guesses? Like a big glowing treasure chest or another old fashioned shrine or something?

[nonbelligerent]

Haha, treasure would be interesting, wouldn't it? But given the pattern so far... probably another shrine, yes.

[specialdog]

Gods sure are high maintenance, huh? They need shrines dedicated to themselves all over the place and worship all the time.

[nonbelligerent]

They prefer to be superior to humans, I suppose.

[specialdog]

It's more like they're just insecure. They're gods--being superior is a given whether it's acknowledged all over or not.

[nonbelligerent]

Haha. Well, this is probably one of the things I see a bit differently, not being human.

But insecure is certainly an interesting way of looking at it.

[specialdog]

How would you explain it, then?

[nonbelligerent]

Well, my world is a bit different from others, it seems... There are the Primeval Gods, who created the universe, and the "normal" gods they created. Both are worshipped by humans, though.

However, you could argue there's no difference between gods and humans, if both are merely "creations". Gods are just worshipped because they have power that humans don't.

So it depends on whether you believe that having strength inherently makes you worthy of worship or not.

[specialdog]

I think that depends on the motivation of that worship... It's natural to respect power, right? But I guess they could just be afraid of it.

[nonbelligerent]

Possibly. Though where I'm from, it does seem to be out of a genuine belief that the gods know best.

[specialdog]

And do they?