WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

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WEEK ZERO

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Rise and shine, everyone! At 7:00 AM on the dot, those who are asleep will be roused from their slumber by the sound of a bugle call. It seems that breakfast is now served in the Mess Hall. How nice! It's up to you to decide if you want to continue sleeping or not... But maybe it's a good idea to grab a bite and explore your surroundings. After all, it looks like you'll be here for a little while. Regardless of what you do, be sure to check the weather before stepping outside. You never know when you might need an umbrella! Once you're up and at them, though, there are a few points of interest this week. If you swing by the Director's Office, you will find Black Shadows manning the receptionist's desk or flitting in and out of the rooms down the hallway. This week's tasks are now available, and you can check them out on the announcement board in the waiting room. Should you visit the Camp Shop, Purple Heart will be handling all transactions at the checkout counter. Even camp directors hold down normal jobs, you know. Strangely enough, Winter Wizard doesn't seem to be stationed at any set location. Maybe it's their week off? Oh, well. Seems like if you want to get ahold of them, you'll have to pay your respects to the bunnies. Finally, though all seems normal at first glance... You will quickly realize something is wrong the moment you start interacting with other people. Or, more specifically, once you come in physical contact with them. For the rest of the week, anyone who makes skin-to-skin (or whatever counts as skin, for the non-humans) contact with someone else will find themselves in a bit of a sticky situation. Whatever body parts touched will be stuck together for the next hour, with no way to separate them. Try not to create additional points of contact while trying to cheat your way out of this situation, yeah? That would be unpleasant, for each spot will last an entire hour. Good luck.

Comments

[shortforever]

Honey and bread is good together. So honey, bread, and marshmallow should be good, right?

[disreguarded]

I guess so. I'm gonna try both. [ sniff. ] Hey, so - you gonna do any of the tasks on the board?

[shortforever]

Probably? I'm not dancing, screw that, but I guess the other two aren't so bad. What about you?

[disreguarded]

I'm gonna try dancing, just because I think it's fun, but. Like fuck am I gonna clean the kitchen.

I'm surprised you don't hate the idea of talking about home.

[shortforever]

Who's saying I don't? But I've got an easy answer for that one anyway, and it's one I don't mind talking about. So as long as people don't get too nosy, I can talk.

[disreguarded]

Yeah? Now I'm curious.

[shortforever]

You already know what it is. I miss my gravity powers.

[He did get to show it off at the house, right at the end. It was the happiest he had been all game.]

It doesn't feel right, not having them. I'll never get used to it.

[disreguarded]

Oh, that's right, I forgot about those. [ she frowns a bit. ] I don't have my ki, either, so I get it. It's like a weird empty space.

Have you had them forever? The powers, I mean.

[shortforever]

As long as I can remember, yeah. I got 'em a bit younger than most people in my world do, usually they get abilities at ten, or eleven, or around that time. But I remember having them when I was seven.

[disreguarded]

Everybody in your world has abilities? Like what? [ nosy time! ]

[shortforever]

Not everyone, no. But if you do get an ability, you get it as a teen. Or pre-teen I guess.

[disreguarded]

What kind of abilities are there?

I'm so sad that he hasn't met Lemon Man yet at his canonpoint

[shortforever]

I can control gravity, but you know that one. Dazai's a power nullifier, but you should know that one too.

There's tons of other ones too. Like there used to be this guy who could make like...pocket dimensions? He put up barriers and whatever was in the barrier was in its own separate dimension from the world. He could stuff dead bodies in there and reanimate them like zombies.

And there's also the old man too, who made things move in the opposite direction of the way they were moving. Fighting him was weird because our abilities were similar, but I still beat him in the end.

now that lemon man decimated the chat

[disreguarded]

Oh, gross. [ wtf, zombies. ] That sounds like cheating, like two powers at once? Pocket dimension and also being able to bring people back from the dead.

Actually, it sounds like a wizard. Or a cleric.

RIP chat, now contaminated by lemons

[shortforever]

It was something about being able to control whatever is in his pocket dimensions. He used the same thing on me to break my leg.

I guess abilities are kinda like magic. What you can do depends on how creative you are. That's how you can make one ability look like a bunch, you get creative.

[He does not know what a cleric is though.]

[disreguarded]

Sounds like it, yeah. [ she's gonna eat her marshmallow on toast... good luck. ]

Magic, I guess, is kind of like a language. You learn it, and once you've got a good enough grasp of it, you can smash words together to make new ones -- you know, this actually isn't half bad? [ the toast and marshmallow, she means, which she's in the process of eating. don't talk with your mouth full. ]

[shortforever]

[time for him to eat his toast monstrosity.]

Yeah, it isn't. You might be right about the chocolate syrup though.

[He'll go grab the bottle from the kitchen in a moment.]

'Like a language', huh? I guess abilities are like that too, kinda. But you know, it was kinda weird for me. Most people stumble into theirs without realizing what it is at first, but it felt like I always knew what mine was.

[If only he could remember his life before age 7.]

[disreguarded]

[ this is so gross, the two of them just eating sugar and bread. ]

Yeah? [ she tilts her head to the side. ] I guess if you can do shit with gravity it's hard to ignore. That makes sense to me.

[shortforever]

Yeah, that's probably it.

[He sounds like he's not entirely sure, though.

But after a moment longer, he stands up.]

I'll go get that chocolate syrup real quick.

[It's not at all an excuse for a break in conversation, nope.]

[disreguarded]

[ hMMMMM. she takes note of that, because she's a nosy piece of shit. she lets him go off and grab that chocolate syrup without protest, though!

she's quietly roasting some more marshmallows when he comes back, watching the fire thoughtfully. ]

[shortforever]

[He comes back, and hm, that thoughtful look. Time to interrupt it.]

Here, chocolate it up.

[He's tossing the bottle towards her before sitting back down and picking up his stick to get it ready for more disaster treats.]

You have to share too, you know. About something you miss.

[disreguarded]

[ she catches the bottle! and sets it in her lap for now. ]

Ahh, fuck, that's right. Hm. [ she tilts her head back. ] I miss the way the world sounds from inside of a magic bubble. I know that sounds weird, but. It's this really cool half muted sound. Like being in a tent. I used to sit up with Jester and we'd try to guess what was making sounds around us while we were on watch.

[shortforever]

That sounds pretty neat. Why were you in the magic bubble?

[Teach him the ways of Tabletop Things.]

[disreguarded]

Oh - so like, my friends and I are mercenaries, kind of? Sometimes we're out on the road and we can't find an inn, so my friend Caleb makes a bubble for us. It keeps out bad weather and makes us invisible from most people, so we don't get attacked in the middle of the night.

[shortforever]

[Wow, that sounds really useful! He's already running through it in his mind, thinking of the ways it could come in handy.]

Too bad we don't have that kinda power here, it'd be handy to keep away any would-be murderers.