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

Some of these look like mine.

Different kinds of creatures, then.

[ he gives val a thoughtful look. ]

What do you think they are?

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

Dragons, perhaps.

Dragons?

[ kara sounds like he almost doesn't believe it, but... there have been weirder things. and isn't kara named after a dragon? who's he to judge?

he'll step away to examine the scorch marks again. ]

If you're right, they must have done this, too. But there haven't been any around, have there?

Yes.

[He stays near some of the bigger, deeper claw marks.]

I don't know. You can sometimes hear skittering and it's like we're being watched.

...I thought it was just birds.

[ birds have talons! though why they'd be walking around instead of flying is beyond kara's imagination... maybe they thought there was food or something, who knows. ]

You don't think they're hunting us, do you?

[He stands up and shakes his head.]

Depends on how big they are. Perhaps they're just observing the newcomers.

Some of these are large enough to be predators.

Most animals don't consider humans good prey.

[ ...well that's one way to look at it but also. what. ]

Why? Because they kill so many?

They've usually evolved into being picky eaters. Humans are generally more difficult than anything else.

I can't say anything for these dragons, but I vastly prefer the taste of sardines.

[ wh ]

...Are you saying you're supposed to be a dragon?

I have a dragon form. I just can't access it here.

[ kara frowns and gives valvatorez a once-over. he doesn't look like someone who'd be a dragon. what gives? ]

I've never heard of a dragon who likes sardines and sweets.

[Yeah, he looks like a skinny twig of a man.]

How many dragons have you met?

They aren't real, where I come from.

[ says the sword who's named after the dragon form of a god, with a dragon carving on his sword and a dragon tattoo coiling up his arm. the irony escapes him, probably. ]

But even in the stories, they eat different things.

They're real where I'm from.

[Says the demon vampire dragon. Yeah.]

What do they usually eat in those stories?

[ uh

good question? he's a sword, he's never paid a lot of attention to them ]

I think it depends on the type of dragon they were...? So... flying dragons might eat birds, water dragons would eat fish. Things like that.