week eight: mingle

[cyclists]

Week Eight
9 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 three large, swirling masses grey in color looming near the sakura tree. These swirls cannot be approached just yet, but seem to be locked and waiting for something more. Later in the day, if those in the village approach the third mass they will find themselves in a version of their home world. This world is completely void of people, but seems to be just as they last remember it. No darkness will be found in this world as well.

As the last member of the village enters the hall, they will find Lune and Sol at the head of the room. They don't speak immediately, but wait for all to settle.



Welcome to your week eight mingle! We have now hit endgame week.

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[cyclists]

[With everyone gathered in the main hall, the two figures known as Sol and Lune stand in front of their chairs at the back of the room. Their cloaks, the white embroidered with a golden sun and the black embroidered with a golden moon, shroud their appearance with the hoods up.

As Sol looks up at Lune, they wait for him to speak first.]

As you had heard last week, it would appear as your numbers have decreased, the two of us have now found our own positions changing. While we are still able to access areas that you cannot - we have freedom in our vulnerability.

[When Lune has finished, Sol gestures back outside toward the masses near the sakura tree.]

There are also two gateways we were able to open this week in addition to the new one. They're different than the others we've opened in the past, but...they're familiar, too. [They pause then.]

With everything changing, we'd like to introduce ourselves properly, I think.

[They seem to glance toward one another then before they move in sync, hands coming up to reach for their hoods:]

lune.

[cyclists]

[lune's hood falls from his head, and unveiled is the pleasantly smiling expression of an honestly unreasonably beautiful man. for those who haven't seen his face before, his namesake becomes obvious as yellow crescent moons seem to be alight in his eyes as pupils.]

My name is Mikazuki Munechika. 'Mikazuki' itself can mean 'crescent moon', so to be called Lune all this time was rather charming. Even by the little light of a waning moon, I hope that my guidance during our time together has proved fruitful. Ha ha ha.

It's a pleasure to face you all properly. We are in a time of great changes afoot. Splendid, splendid.

Do continue to take care of us.

sol.

[cyclists]

[As the hood is lowered, the first thing to be seen is blond hair that's a little spiked and a little messy. Blue eyes blink curiously at those standing before him, and as he looks over the faces of all standing there he keeps his expression fairly neutral. He loosely folds his arms over his chest, but when he speaks there's a note of confidence there that wasn't present in the earlier weeks.]

...you can still call me Sol if you want, but my name is Roxas. Many of you have met with me before, but some of you haven't. I know I haven't always done my best, but hopefully some things have improved since the beginning.

[He bows his head slightly.] There's a lot happening right now, so just stick with us. We'll be okay.

[nonbelligerent]

third gateway

[so if you happened to enter the gateway with shess and rng decides to give you his—

well. it's not a nice place. the sky is a vivid red and the land mostly desolate, save for scatterings of—also red—plants and flowers, and butterflies flitting by. in particular, the terrain seems to be the mountains, high in the sky as mist surrounds the region.

oh, and it'll be hard to breathe, especially for humans. even if you don't need to, you'll probably still feel the poison in the air (unless you're, like, north), strong enough to make one tremble. probably don't want to stay here long.

and if you try using your powers, you'll find they're drastically weakened, so there's that.

home sweet home. shess just blinks in surprise.]

wildcard

[hit me up if you want to do anything else!]

[leaberator]

[ well. he's seen worlds be pretty bad, but usually he could still breathe in them, so stepping in here makes him wish he was wearing a scarf again so he could pull it up.

as it stands, he gives a cough, putting his hand over his mouth ]

... This is not what this gateway looked like when I checked it out. Shess?

[ IT WAS A QUICK CHECK, BUT THIS IS A LOT ]

[leaberator]

a; second gateway part one

[ in front of the train station you can find axel there, staring up at the clock tower wistfully. he's got his hands stuffed in his pockets but he raises on to wave at anyone who comes close by. if anyone but xion and roxas show up, he'll offer: ]

Need a tour? I'm pretty familiar with this one. I can show you the best Twilight Town's got to offer!

[ roxas and xion get him to perk up and point to the clock tower because OBVIOUSLY THEY GOTTA, anything else is irrelevant ]


b; gateway two part two

[ ... or you can also find him in the white room in the mansion, looking at some of the drawings in this place with a very sadsack expression. ]

... From one prison to another...

[ he's talking to himself, it's fine. he's Fine. This Is Fine. ]


wildcard

[ if you want any other gateway adventures or smt hit me up!!! listen idk i needed to top level about twilight town ]

b.

[papawolf]

[ he's poking around when he spots him. what are you looking at?

Oh. He sees. Points to the red hair and then points to Axelea. It you. ]

A THING;

[cyclists]

[As the sun begins to set on the first day of the new week, all will feel compelled to return to the main hall. Lune and Sol, now officially dehooded, stand before the group, patiently waiting for the last participant to join them. Sol glances up at Lune carefully, shifting his weight from one foot to the other before he begins to speak.]

Hi...sorry for the short notice, but Jiji--Lune and I got some news earlier today. We weren't sure how to break it to you though. We've said it before, but the universe talks to us sometimes...and sometimes...we can learn things before they happen.

[He pauses again, stepping back just a hair to let Lune take over.]

Hm... I would advise that now is not the time for panic.

But perhaps it would be a problem best faced head on.

[And so Lune will unfurl a scroll in front of everyone, the writing on it a bit different from all the others in the village:]

.

Sol and Lune
will be corrupted.

.

[Lune speaks again, a small smile curving on his face even if it does not reach his eyes. Perhaps he's stepped a fraction closer to Sol, or it's just your imagination.]

I trust each of you to do what you must - but I would appreciate it if you did not act rashly.

[Even when Lune finishes speaking, Sol doesn't chime in for a few more moments.]

...there's still time to plan. Just remember that.

[papawolf]

[ oh that's not good ]

either!

[nonbelligerent]

[oh, great.]

... This doesn't come as a surprise, I suppose.

Does this mean you'll be the only corrupted, or should we expect others as well?

either!

[televised]

[









ah.]

You can't be fucking serious. That's— Why?

[leaberator]

[ HEY THE UNIVERSE WANNA FIGHT? WANNA FUCKING FIGHT? AXEL IS GOING TO FIGHT THE UNIVERSE???? ]

You're joking, right? Roxas.

[ and @ mikazuki because i want both im greedy; ]

Is that it? That's all it said?

mikazuki

[unfriendliest]

[ well

kara fucking hates this

he's quiet for a while, staring at mikazuki, before asking quietly: ]

Do you need me to break you?

mikazuki

[foodbin]

What? That’s...

[She pauses.]

Are you sure?

TUESDAY EVENING; BINCHES GET SHIT DONE

[televised]

[HELLO, EVERYONE... After everyone has had a chance to rest up after yesterday's announcement, North will take it upon herself to flag down everyone she can find to drag them over to the Amphitheater. Once there's at least a decent amount of survivors gathered there, she will begin to address the group.]

So... You all probably know what this is about. But if you've somehow been living underneath a rock for the last 24 hours, I'll be brief. [Hands on her hips, she sounds so extremely weary.] ... This is likely going to be our last week in this place. That means we need to be on the same page now more than ever. Roxas and Mikazuki aren't going to be able to hold our hands through this anymore; the darkness has decided to target them next. If we want to end this without fucking ourselves and everyone else over, we have to make some decisions as a group today. Hence, this meeting.

I know some of you have been talking privately about how to take care of Roxas and Mikazuki. I know some of you have been working to select the best candidate to represent us at the end of all of this, too. That's fine. But it's going to be a problem if someone decides to go off on their own without consulting everyone else. So if you have an idea, or any information you'd like to share with the class — now is the time. Let's make good use of this evening so we can come to a decision. The fate of the universe is literally in our hands. We've come to far to screw it all up now because we forgot how to communicate with each other.

[And with that, she'll let everyone share their piece.]

( OOC NOTE: Feel free to use this as a space to bring up endgame topics or concerns! Most importantly 1) what to do about Roxas & Jiji, and 2) who will be lms. Characters are free to post sub-top levels under this one to share any information they have, or to raise up questions they think are worthy of further discussion. There's no time limit for this, so feel free to jump in now or later as we gear up for endgame. )

[foodbin]

[She listens to that attentively, and then:]

As far as the last person goes... I think it’s most fair if we put it to a vote. I wrote the dead a while ago asking them to send us their votes, too, since I think that’s important. I haven’t heard back from them yet, but I’m hoping I will tomorrow. If anyone else got a response from them that includes their votes, though, let us know.

[unfriendliest]

[ kara is here, and doesn't seem to care about much of this whole speech, except - ]

I'm taking Mikazuki.

[ anyone who objects can fight him ]

[leaberator]

[ well. i hate that i'm going to same hat kara but he was gonna do this anyway ray just beat me to it ]

... I'll take care of Roxas.

[ it's quiet but certain because. what other fucking option is there! ha ha. ]

[blackcoats]

...

As far as a vote goes, I don't really have an opinion, but... I also don't think it's the best idea for me to be the last one left. At the same time, I can understand if anyone else would feel uncomfortable killing me. So... if it comes down to it, I don't have a problem taking care of me myself.

[ let the baby suicide ]

vote! vote! vote!

[foodbin]

...Since we’re going to be hearing from the dead soon, hopefully - we should figure out who people on this side would support as far as a survivor goes. We probably all know who it’ll come down to at this point, but... It’s still worth bringing up.

[She crosses her arms.]

Since it’ll only be one of us, I think it’s better if everyone here gives one name for who they’d want to decide everything in the end.

FINAL DAY - 1.

[cyclists]

[papawolf]

[ Feral leaves Meela's stuffed toy in the house to watch over Tsurumaru for Ookurikara. He's going to start heading off to look for Sol- Roxas. ]

FINAL DAY - 2, 3.

[cyclists]

[doublebladed]

[It's quiet in Twilight Town, just like it always is during this time of day. The sun hangs in its perpetual half-risen half-set state and the train below gently chugs along the track heading toward Sunset Terrace.

From this high, he can see everything. The light breeze is enough to register the chill as the deep red splashes on his clothes begin to dry, and he allows himself a moment to think.

The mission for today was completed. His job was done for the day, and it was time for after work ice cream with his friends. He had finished what he had to do, but it seems as though he's arrived too early. His friends aren't here yet.

...was he supposed to buy the ice cream today? No. He bought yesterday, so it's someone else's turn.

And so he sits and he waits, the ticking of the clock counting the minutes as they pass by and he keeps his arms around his knees. He ignores the way his hands stain the light khaki of his pants and he keeps his face tucked into his knees to regain his focus.

They'd come soon. They had to.]

FINAL DAY - 4.

[cyclists]

[foodbin]

[It’s a while into the day that she enters the gateway, looking for someone. There’s nervousness, even a deep unhappiness in her manner - but that doesn’t stop her from facing them when she finds who she’s been looking for.

Weakly:]

...Hey.

FINAL DAY - 5.

[cyclists]

[nonbelligerent]

[well, here they are.

...

shess stares out at the ocean, letting himself feel the breeze against his face, before he glances at his companion.]

This area always was nice... though I suppose most might just associate it as a place of death now.

FINAL DAY - 6, 7, 8, 9.

[cyclists]

[unfriendliest]

[ the first gateway is unsettling, both in its similarity to his own citadel, and in its differences, but even worse are the ghosts of those who should have been here. kara tries to ignore them as he leads shess through to where he expects mikazuki will be, if this one is anything like his citadel's - sitting on the engawa with a cup of tea, waiting with a patience only the eldest of their number can find.

kara's sword is in his hand, still sheathed for now, but ready to be drawn. as they search, he glances back at shess. ]

Are you ready?