WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

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WEEK ZERO

▽ FULL NAVIGATION ▽ LOCATIONS ▽ STATUSES ▽ IC PROFILES ▽ IC RULEBOOK ▽ MURDER PROPOSALS ▽ PCS ▽ CURFEW ▽ AUDIENCES ▽ CAMP STORE ▽ REPORTING

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.

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tuesday

[selfinserting]

[After a few moments, during which it's obvious he's a little bit startled by being spoken to:]

Are you, um, are you sure you don't want it the other way around...? Just because, you know, the floors are probably harder because of the... You know, you have to bend down.

[survivaltricks]

[blinks a little, before flashing Evan an apologetic smile. IT'S OKAY DON'T BE SO JUMPY]

If I use a mop I won't have to bend down at all. Or are you that interested in cleaning the floors?

[selfinserting]

[There is no single part of him that has an iota of chill.]

Oh, no. I mean, it doesn't matter to me either way, I just thought it might be - nicer. For you. [...] I can do the counters.

[survivaltricks]

[he is noticing that rather quickly]

Thanks for being considerate, but I promise it's fine. Counters for you it is, then.

[TIME TO FETCH A MOP]

You're. . . Evan, right?

[selfinserting]

[He's looking around for a sponge as he glances Akira's way, nodding.]

Yeah, um, that's me. [...] What's your name? It's, it's nice to meet you.

[survivaltricks]

Akira.

[he finds a mop in the closet along with a bucket and lugs both to the sink to fill it with water]

Kurusu Akira, but just Akira is fine.

Belph told me a little bit about you.

[selfinserting]

[He blinks, surprised, as he grabs that sponge he was searching for and turns on the sink to get it wet.]

Really? What, um, what did he tell you?

[survivaltricks]

[that you DIED VIA DROWNING]

That you guys were from the same place. The. . . castle, right?

[selfinserting]

Mhm.

[After a few moments:]

How much, um, did he tell you about that? The castle itself, I, I mean.

[survivaltricks]

[mmmm well. . .]

He told me that the setup was fairly similar to what we're seeing here. Factios, abilities, titles, tasks. . .

[he is adding some mopping liquid to the water and sloshing it around as he talks, expression thoughtful]

[selfinserting]

Yeah. The, um, the tasks were a little bit different than here, though... Not as, as nice.

[Cleaning a kitchen is on a very different level from being asked to cut off somebody's hand.]

[survivaltricks]

[factions even, I can spell]

. . . mmm. He mentioned that.

[he is not bringing up drowning, though]

I don't think the counselors intend on being that cruel. So hopefully, things will stay the way they are now.

[selfinserting]

Yeah. They, they seem pretty nice... It's nice that they, they don't want anybody to get hurt.

[Ah, idealism.]

[survivaltricks]

[ah, idealism]

A far cry from some of the other hosts I've heard about.

[selfinserting]

Mine, um... They, they weren't that bad. I don't think they wanted us to, to fail or get hurt or anything.

[Even if he has extremely mixed feelings on them, they don't seem as awful as others.]

[survivaltricks]

[idk castle hosts sound AWFUL]

If they truly didn't want people to get hurt, then they wouldn't have given you guys tasks to kill.

[he says so simply]

[selfinserting]

...Right.

[He isn't quite sure what to say about that, so he turns back towards the counters.]

Well, it, it turned out okay in the end.

[survivaltricks]

I heard that.

[and Akira begins to mop the floor, starting with some of the more dirt-heavy areas]

. . . how do you feel about being stuck here after everything worked out back at the castle?

[selfinserting]

Well, I... I don't think anyone is really, um, really happy to be here. I wanted to, um, to go home.

[But, after a moment:]

It's, it's not all bad, though. People here have been, um, really nice so far, so...

[survivaltricks]

[a light huff]

Is that a bit of optimism I see?