WEEK FOUR: MINGLE

[gatonina]

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.

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(frozen comment) WEEKLY WEATHER

[gatonina]

WEATHER REPORT
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WEEKLY TASKS

[gatonina]

TASK 1 TASK DESCRIPTION: Entertainment room becoming aggressively disorganized. Help to re-shelve films and games, and untangle entertainment system cords. Advise caution; items currently known to fling selves off shelves and cables to try to trip you. Please advise when completed. Thank you.

TASK 2 TASK DESCRIPTION: Not all secrets are bad secrets, hard as it is to believe. Consider giving someone an anonymous gift this week to make them feel appreciated. It's nice to give back, isn't it? Oh, and do share if you finish this task.

TASK 3 TASK DESCRIPTION: Grab some snacks, maybe some fizzy drinks, and lock yourself in a room with one other person. It's time to play "20 Questions," no ifs, ands, or buts. Leave a note if you finish this task. Thanks!!

TASK 4 TASK DESCRIPTION: Literally backstabbing someone was optional last week, but let's take it one step further. This week, your job is to physically injure someone you would call your friend. After all, that IS what you will have to do if you want to get out of here. Leave a five star review on Yelp. ♡

DIRECTORS' OFFICE

[gatonina]

[purple heart will be present here this week, usually behind the desk but occasionally on the floor with their rabbit or wandering around to other doors down the hall. for anyone who enters the office, however, they'll lift a hand in greeting and immediately turn their attention toward the new guest.]

Might I be able to help you with something? I'll be sure to do my best. [but if people just want to chat, they seem more than amicable to that, too.]

CAMP STORE

[gatonina]

[winter wizard will be found in the camp store, either sitting at the checkout counter while playing with their bunny or walking around the store and reorganizing the shelves. they will nod and lift their hand in greeting at anyone who walks into the store.]

Hey. If you want to buy something, bring it over here and I'll ring you up.

[though, it doesn't look like they're opposed to simply shooting the breeze if someone wants to chat.]

MONDAY MORNING: A THING

[gatonina]

[Upon waking up, campers will discover that all of C-3PO, Shinobu, Giyuu, Jason, Percy and Nie Huaisang's belongings have disappeared from camp. Looking the bulletin board in the Mess Hall will reveal that both of their boarding passes have disappeared. Additionally, all the flowers in the Memorial Hall have been exchanged for fresh ones, with new bouquets for the recently deceased.]

MOVIE THEATER

[gatonina]

NOW SHOWING...

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[shortforever]

time for S H A M I N G get in here Beau and Phoenix

[Someone is taking one look at the board in the mess hall and then immediately going and tracking down a couple specific people. This is in public and not in a PC because he is absolutely not tracking them down privately, he too angry for that.]

So.

That's not his power, huh?




A real prompt for everyone else


[After the above mess, he'll be back in the mess hall, looking at the task descriptions.]

Shadows is pretty serious about cleaning up everything, aren't they? Ah well, this week's choices aren't too bad.

[Then he's looking to someone nearby before nodding to the board.]

I'm not doing pink's task, but you wanna do one of the others?



And then, video games

[Is your character from the past? Or maybe a world without video games? Or do they look like they need to be cheered up?

If so, Chuuya will be trying to get their attention.]

C'mon, I gotta show you something.

[Time for GAMES]

[vigilantics]

a. task 1....

[ stephanie is standing outside of the entertainment cabin, closing her eyes. ]

Why...

[ black shadows your tasks suck. please stop this. ]

b. rope course

[ or you can find her here, looking thoughtfully at the course.

and then at her injured shoulder.

and then at the course again.



well. she doesn't see anyone else around, so it's fine. ]

[swordflash]

A. Memorial hall
[He kneels inside the hall, praying to the clay figures. It's a cramped space and he begins to stand when another camper means to enter.]

Sorry. I was just finishing.

B. Arts & crafts station
[Several supplies are laid out before him. He fiddles with a white sheet when a camper enters, at whom he raises his head in greeting.]

Good morning.

C. Around at night
[It's dark and a little chilly, but Zenitsu wanders the camp with a hunch in his shoulders. Wary of onlookers, he gives his surroundings a shifty once-over every few steps. Then his left hand slides down to the sheath of his sword, resting just under the handguard.]

[bittybat]

Task 1

[It's hard being a boy who usually had servants, or now has a butler to do all of this kind of work, but who also has the worst competitive pride.

He's in the entertainment room, organizing everything by system, and then by title. He glances up when anyone else comes in, but is immediately hit in the face by a stray, flying DVD case. It's Twister.]

Was there a reason for that?! Stop throwing things like a child.

Task 3

[i'm sorry

The door slams shut immediately after you enter whatever room you next go into. There is something standing in the shadows of the corner? Spooky.

A child's familiar voice says darkly and sternly:] What takes up too much of your time?

[??????????]

[givethemhell]

i - cabins, monday;
[THE SUN IS not shining because it's overcast, THE BIRDS ARE maybe singing?? Man I don't know what wildlife is out here except bears and wolves. Anyway, whatever semblance of a peaceful camp morning it is that you're having is about to be RUINED by the sound of?? Something?? Hitting the Leopard Cabin door??? Which is shortly followed by Wei Wuxian tumbling out. Hm. It's fine? He's out and immediately starts to nyoom-hobble away.]

Stay back—!!

[He may or may not make a break for anyone nearby who looks like they'd make a good shield to hide behind...]

[Right after him (though not quite as quickly, for obvious reasons) comes Natalie, trailing after him as fast as her crutches will allow. She's giving her best Scowl as she follows, and it grows as he tries to duck behind somebody else.]

Stop! I'm not going to hurt you, idiot, I just want to talk! [She points one of her crutches towards whoever he might have hid behind, addressing them.] Move. I need him for a second.

[She shifts and looks into Wei Wuxian's eyes. Stares into his soul. Anyways, good luck to anyone who now has to deal with these fools.]

(Order is you > wwx > natalie!)

ii - entertainment room;
[WELL. He'd intended to come here to clean up, but instead he's just. Distracted by the contents of the room itself. What the fck are these gaming consoles?? HE'S ANCIENT. He can be found patting and poking around at a few of them, taking VHS tapes and DVDs out of their cases (the latter of which he puts on his fingers like we all did as kids), and rifling through the game and movie collection. RANDY HIS ZOMBIES.]

I thought they'd really have something about the living dead in here, you know? Especially with all of those posters on the bus...

[He sounds Distinctly Disappointed.]

wildcard;
[U KNOW THE DRILL hmu for tasks, pcs, anything ur lil demon heart desires]

[survivaltricks]

monday - rope course.

[hey. guess what you shouldn't try to do with one eye??? a rope course!! because while parkouring your way through it might have been super simple if you had depth perception. . .]

-- GCK?!

[. . . it takes some practice to do it without it]

[anyway I hope you walked up to the rope course just in time to see Akira eat dirt after getting smacked in the back by a tire swing. he's fine!! probably]

[chaoticlootral]

I.
[Taako’s in the clothes store! If you wanna do a fashion montage. He’s mostly trying on things with very high collars and turtlenecks, grumbling to himself a lot about it. Dark bruising is still fairly obvious as high as behind his ears, and his eyes have bruising forming there too now.]

Well, does it cover it? Don’t look at me like that, I know most of you think it was a pathetic performance, but I’m not that useless.

II.
[Anywhere in camp, Taako will skitter away (sort of limping, it’s fine) from you to the total opposite side of a room if you’re anywhere near close, practically hissing in frustration.]

Don’t! Don’t do the touchy thing! It’s bad enough as it is out here! I know how to do a neck snap now, so if you try I’ll beat the shit out of you! If you wanna know my feelings, I’ll just fucking tell you, the feeling is stress! It’s stress! And maybe spite. Possibly some sad in the mix.

III.

[Hi. Whatcha doin’. Wherever you are, Taako is sidling up next to you and holding out . . . a piece of construction paper, coated in a glittery signature. It says TAAKO. Why? He just. He’s just like this. Also, he does a little pose. Wow.]

For you! Limited edition. Better hold onto that— it’s gonna be worth so friggin’ much on Fantasy E-bay.

[voidbreaker]

i. entertainment room

[ well. he came in here planning to make a start on task 1 but y'know. he didn't get a chance to explore this place before and he's earned this right.



which is why he's on the pl*ystation 2 playing a colourful looking racing game and by the looks of his placement in the race... failing pretty badly. as the race ends with him in a miserable 7th place, he makes his feelings known: ]

Fuck!

ii. rope course

[ i mean he is still 17. he's absolutely stood on a tire swing trying to keep his balance while seeing how high he can swing it before the rope breaks or he eats dirt. ]

[shixiong]

theater, monday morning.

[ by this point, yin yu's gotten into the habit of checking on the theater each week to get an idea of where the portals might lead. normally, he's in and out, but, this monday morning, he finds himself watching the scenes of familiar faces bursting out of the water and swimming for shore.

he doesn't mean to stay too long. but, as the theater plays, it does happen to catch the occasional black and white blur that might be familiar to you by now, moving from tree to tree. it also catches him nearly being hit with knives and also a papaya by some familiar faces.

ha. he ends up lingering to watch the resulting moments, with a bit of nostalgia. it really doesn't feel that long ago. ]

entertainment room - task 1

[ are you in the entertainment room trying to organize? that's nice of you, i'm sure black shadows appreciates it. as usual, it's really difficult to do anything because of whatever weird curse is going on. as a dvd case comes flying off the shelf to hit you directly in the face, however, it's snatched almost immediately out of midair and you are saved.

...it's yin yu! he'd just walked in (if you missed him, that's to be expected) and is going to be your saving grace today, maybe. he looks back. ] ...are you alright?

[ nice save! ]

20 questions?

[ ... another week, another day staring at the task board. ]

...Lock ourselves in a room...? [ this question sounds mostly very tired, and also rhetorical. please say this can just be played in a normal area.

you get the feeling he doesn't know what 'twenty questions' is, either. ]

wildcard/other

[ wildcard me! pc me! share emotions with yy! i wrote breaking up a fight and then forgot everything else i was gonna put in this top level so here you go ]

[fishingforcompliments]

at the camp

woodshop;
[does flayn know literally anything about carpentry? no. is that going to stop her from poking around here and trying to learn? also no, the idiot! it's probably pretty alarming to walk in here and just see her picking up a saw to examine it curiously, doubly so when she seems to forget she's holding it and just turns directly toward you with it in her hands.]

Oh, hello!

rope course;
[well, this seems like interesting training material! so here's flayn at the start of the course, sizing it up.]

This does not seem too difficult.

[UH? famous last words.]

tasks;
[well. some of these will be more easily accomplished than others, she thinks. flayn is reviewing the week's tasks at the task board, and when she spots someone else approaching, she'll step aside so she can get a better look.

and then--]

Might I be able to assist you with any of these tasks?

on the island

[it's a little strange, being back here. flayn isn't really sure it's a good kind of strange. but... she's here, anyway, sitting on an outcropping of rocks near the lighthouse on the southern beach and staring out at the horizon.

...if she didn't know exactly what happened on this island, it would feel almost peaceful.

(alternatively, catch her near sundown, when she's watching the rave crabs with a slightly fond expression. they're cute, okay.)]

wildcard

[hit me with literally anything! also the usual - if you wanna pc, grab me on discord or plurk, i'm glad to do whatever!]

[ruffboi]

task 4

[Sometime, anytime this week, Magnus is standing outside the mess hall. He waves cheerfully at you.]

Hey, friend! Did you do your tasks yet?

You wanna hit me? Go for it. It's completely fine!

woodworking

[Actually, wanted to address this one. He's in the woodworking cabin, working on a project most of the week! Wanna learn how to make a birdhouse? Or a chair, if you're ambitious?]

[Slapping his chest! Hit him!]

wildcard

[If you want literally anything else, go for it or hit me up on discord.]

[disreguarded]

i. monday night

[ beau is missing for all of monday after chuuyagate. except for monday night, she emerges from her new cabin.

her hair is a mess, she's got dark circles under her eyes, and her shoulders are up around her ears, but. she's here. and her hands are healed! right now she's in the laundry room, washing clothes. her eyes are kind of bloodshot, which like, could be because of crying, but it's super not.

when she spots someone, she stares right at them, and then: ]

... Wanna twenty questions?

ii. tuesday

[ she can also be found walking across the camp holding a bunch of spider lilies in her hands. ask her what's up? ]

wildcard

[ hit me up for pcs! or any task you might need. ]

[recrypt]

entertainment room

[ ah, a roomba in the entertainment room. clearly she's here to clean up for the task, right?

apparently not, considering she appears to be just ... aimlessly making her way around the room? humming? with her eyes closed?

and dancing out of the way of anything yeeting itself at her while doing so. ok.

maybe yell at her to actually help clean up instead of making a bigger mess? ]

wildcard

[ listen that's the only prompt you get. you know how it goes, hmu on plurk or discord for pcs, tasks, yolo emotionshares, or yeet me a prompt of your own! ]

[daifukus]

Task 4

[ am i doing this just to compete with magnus? you betcha ]

Have you need help with the pink task? I believe a light spar would work.

[ he’ll even let you get free hit in ]

Task 3
[ he’s staring at the board for this one ]

I don’t know what that means.

[ at least he sounds tiredly amused by it ]

Task 2
[ pay no attention to the giant behind leaving a slightly misshapen but still edible biscuit wrapped in a neat napkin by your side. ]


Wildcard
[ hmu for Other Shenanigans or pc's idk ]

[coastal]

[ i. rope course ]

[why the fuck is she here.

it probably started with curiosity that took her through the low areas, up until she got curious to head into the high areas, and then now there's - ]

Aaaaaaaahhh!!

[ - the inevitable.

whether it's from the hanging log or the alpine tower, lili is uh. falling. she either lost her footing somewhere or didn't get to grabbing a rope in time. look out below? please catch her - sorry if she flattens you though.

(if you do not want to catch her or otherwise deal with emotion share contact, please just know she is going to rope burn the shit out of her hand so she doesn't just fuckin die)]

[ ii. island (waterfall & beach) ]

[she's so hearteyes. is this a horrible island where a lot of her friends died or suffered?

yes.

is it still honestly kinda pretty?

unfortunately yes.

so whether it's at the base of the waterfall (away from the sharp rocks), along the beach, or generally along the river, you might find lili wading through the shallow parts, actually looking somewhat pleased? who knew she could be happy. though if she sees you, she'll nod in greeting.]

It's too bad that how pretty this place is doesn't really compensate for the murder and possession part.

[ . . . . . . at least she's still a realist.]

[getdrekt]

[Asch is sir not appearing in this Monday. If you really want to find him, just knock on the Snabin door in a PC as he is now its LAST RESIDENT......... otherwise, the fun all starts on TUUUUUESDAY]

1. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT [TASK 3]

[HE EMERGES FROM THE CABIN, SOUJORN AT AN END--

and points at the first person he sees.]

Hey.

[he thumbs over his shoulder back into the into the Snabin, of which he is now the Lonely King.]

Ask me anything twenty times. Only good for right now. I won't yell.

[...]

Snacks and fizzy drinks are provided.

[this seems??? like a trap???]

2. LIFE'S A BEACH THEN YOU DEDA

[well

even angy needs time off.

Asch is just laying here on the beach in his sunglasses and swim trunks, soaking up the cursed island sun.

so it was a terrible cursed murder island. but they fixed it so let him get his tan on.

maybe he can teach you how to swim.

maybe you can put a rave crab on his head.]

3. ANONYMOUS AGAIN, NATURALLY [TASK 2]

[PLEASE eat this painstakingly-decorated sugar cookie collection that has been delivered, gift-wrapped, and tied with a bow to your doorstep.

PLEASE ignore the narrow-eyed redhead peering around a building 50 yards away, staring at you, only to disappear if you try to look closer.

It Is A Coincidence.]

X. WILD

[YOU KNOW I'M GOOD FOR IT, HIT ME WITH ANY COMBINATION OR OTHERWISE!]

[muragas]

task 1

[ there's a yelp followed shortly by a loud thud in the entertainment room. if you poke your head in, you'll see Minako facedown on the floor, unmoving, with a number of cables wrapped around her ankles. ]

Ow...

[ as if in afterthought, a few game cartridges launch themselves off the shelf at the back of her head. ]

task 3

[ Minako is sitting in the arts and crafts room, steadily stitching something together. there's also a few cans of melon soda by the workstation. this is just begging for an accident to occur. ]

Feel like getting the questions out of the way? I can work and talk, if you don't mind the smell of glue.

portal

[ the Northern Beach really is pretty at night... maybe a camp out would be nice, now that the murder spirit is gone. ]

Come to see the lights?

wildcard

[ hit me up on discord and we can figure something out! or just yeet something at me ]

TUESDAY: A THING

[gatonina]

[There are some new changes here at Camp Gatonina….let’s take a quick tour, shall we?

At the arts and crafts cabin, campers will find three teru teru bozu under the overhangs of the roof.

The memorial hall will see more tulips in front of every statue, along with a bundle of spider lilies in front of Nie Huaisang’s memorial with a small cobalt blue, gold, and green painted clay heart attached to the string. This is in addition to the flowers left in front of every memorial initially:

Betony, white heather, pink hyacinth for Tsurumaru. White hyacinth, lavatera, daffodil for Evan. Dracaena, hydrangea, lemon geranium for Yu. Achillea, snapdragon, cyclamen for Ogata. Fritillaria, mock-orange, purple carnations for Hikage. Flowering bamboo, snapdragon, wallflowers for Guy. Blue poppy, allium, amethyst chrysanthemum for Percy. Milkweed flower, nasturtium, plum blossom for Jason. Cherry pie heliotrope, borage, bluebell for Giyuu. Wisteria, purple columbine, bellflower for Shinobu. Bayberry, cress, freesia for C-3PO. Fish geranium, indian cress, love-in-a-mist for Nie Huaisang.

And finally, in the mess hall, campers will find a cute display of star themed baked goods. Then again, if they look closely, they will find some of the treats have a few letters on them: A, K, O and T.

Hm. Truly a mystery.]

EARLY WEDNESDAY: BABIES

[bittybat]

[Hmmmm.

Damian, is standing out by the chicken house with both hands on his hips, the hatch on the egg portion lifted. Beside him stands Lili, hands on her face. There are three new fuzzy additions to the place.

But Damian is peering into the hatch watchfully while the other three huddle together under the downy, wide breast of one of the hens nearby. Damian doesn't glance up.] The fourth one is hatching. [Very clinical, Doctor Wayne.]

They're cute......

[Basically, BABIES. Feel free to come see... chicken birth.]