notagain | WEEK FOUR: MINGLE

WEEK FOUR

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

POPULATION: 29

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 seems the fog has receded enough to reveal a few new locations.

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 Purple Heart 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, Winter Wizard will be handling all transactions at the checkout counter. Even camp directors hold down normal jobs, you know. Strangely enough, Black Shadows 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.

As you explore the camp, however... You may find yourself confronted by scenes from a not so distant past. Or, perhaps, the so-called-movies playing on the big screen are completely foreign to you. But that's not all you will have to deal with this week. Continue skimming the edges of the forest, and you will find yourself going down memory lane. Literally.

After the events of last week, perhaps you yearn for privacy. Unfortunately, it seems that though your past will no longer be put on blast, your feelings will be made known to those around you instead. Should you come into physical contact with somebody else, you immediately become aware of whatever emotion they are feeling and vice versa. The feeling will linger for five seconds after physical contact has been broken, at which point it will fade. But the knowledge will remain with you. And even worse, it doesn't necessarily have to be skin-to-skin contact like in your first week. As long as you are physically touching them, that will be enough for the effect to take place.

Whether you want to or not, it seems like this is the week to wear your heart on your sleeve. Good luck.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ get offffff. ash doesn't move though. ]

This is harder than it looks.

[I keep forgetting about emotion share. ANYWAY ENJOY SOME MORE AMUSEMENT, ASH]

You're not drifting right, that's why. Try doing that more when you turn.

[ at least it's all amusement. well, on ash's end. akira just gets confusion. a lot of confusion. ]

What.

[ DOES ZEMURIA HAVE VIDEO GAMES? NO. THEY STILL PLAY CARD GAMES. WE'RE LUCKY HE FINISHED A COURSE. ]

Here-- [reaches over Ash's shoulders to take the controller from him]

I'll show you.

[ alright, he's watching. he excepts first place or nothin', akira. ]

[plopping down next to Ash to play! WITH FOCUS]

[and hey, guess what]

[FIRST PLACE]

[ he

pushes akira. maybe they’ll learn, but there’s just the normal vague amusement and actually still a fair bit of confusion. ]

Which buttons did you press for the... [ he makes a motion with his hands that probably doesn’t make any sense ]— sideways driving thing.

It's called "drifting."

[he holds up the controller to show Ash the buttons]

It's necessary for any victory.

How?

[ he's looking at the buttons and pushing them to try and... i dunno. see how it feels? ]

[you do that, Ash]

I don't know, it's a video game thing. I just know you're supposed to do it every time you make a sharp turn because it prevents you from sliding wildly off course.

[ it's like he's trying to tell him something, he just knows it. ash frowns at the controller for a little longer, and then sets it down. ]

You up for cleaning this place up to get that task done? Then we'll figure out if I can drift or whatever.

Look at you. You're reading my mind.

[nudges Ash gently with his elbow. more amusement!]

Let' get started before someone calls us out for being lazy.

[and before the room decides to throw a book or a video game at their heads]

If they do, they can pitch in.

[ looking around though... there sure is a lot of crap everywhere. this seems like it's gonna be a pain. ]

Start with the loose games?

Yeup.

[popping that 'p' for emphasis. now that they're getting to work, he suddenly feels exhausted]

One day Shadows won't ask us to do chores for them.

Do they just really hate chores?

Probably? Who doesn't hate chores.

[by the way when he bends down to pick a game off of the floor another game miraculously SAILS FROM THE SHELVE, arcs over Akira's head, and tries to bean Ash in the face]

[he just barely avoided disaster himself]

Yeah but I don't fob it off on other people and pretend I'm doing them a favour.

[ i. wow al. ash just about manages to duck to avoid an entire game to the face, but it does clip the top of his head and he swears. ]

[looking up as soon as he hears that swear with a ?!?!?! expression]

Ash?

[HE DIDN'T SEE THE FLYING VIDEO GAME]

[ it's fine, ash is throwing the case back into a storage box and another one flings itself from the ground with abandon to clip his shoulder. akira can get the full show. ]

--Ow!