WEEK SIX: MINGLE

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WEEK SIX

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POPULATION: 22 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 stretch your legs now that last week's effect has vanished. It looks like you have access to all that Camp Gatonina has to offer you. 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 Wen Ning 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, Junpei will be handling all transactions at the checkout counter. Even camp directors hold down normal jobs, you know. Strangely enough, Veronica doesn't seem to be stationed at any set location. Maybe it's her week off? Oh, well. Seems like if you want to get ahold of her, 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. While the injuries you magically regained are now gone, it seems like the camp isn't done messing with your physical appearance. Upon waking up on Monday, everyone will notice that they have undergone a transformation. Perhaps you have gained animal features. Or, perhaps, you have transformed into a creature from mythology or fairy tales. Whatever the case, though your personality will remain the same, it seems like you're no longer the type of being you used to be — human or otherwise. You will not gain any enhanced senses or abilities from this, but... well. Good luck, everyone. It's creature transformation week.

Comments

CHARADES?????

[coastal]

[alright everyone, everything's on fire but lili's going to clamber on top of an empty table in the mess hall because presumably everyone's going to eat - ]

Hey!! This is my public apology to Evan that I couldn't understand a single thing he gestured to me!

Someone who's talked with the ghosts before - what the hell does it mean if they do this - [extends all her fingers away from her palm] and then this? [she uses that hand to touch one of her legs, and then her opposite arm - and once she does so, she moves both limbs back and forth horizontally]

Like, what the hell? And something about a baby?

[what the FUCK is charades]

The only thing I even remotely got from him is that the directors aren't on the other side, those who are over there are safe, and Yin Yu sent me a message earlier in the week all their bands are gold.

Now the rest of you help me out and if they feel like sending an emergency ghost to elaborate, I recommend they do so soon.

[disreguarded]

Uh - well. I can hear a baby crying. [ beau says, voice rough and stuffed up. ] I... the charades are a fucking mystery.

I think maybe the snake got born.

[coastal]

I think so too, but that doesn't explain anything about the arm and the leg - he said that it was to be taken literally? How? Why?

[DO THEY HAVE TO TRADE AN ARM AND A LEG TO DEFEAT THE SNAKE]

[wowcool]

Uh. My ghost didn't show that.

[He makes a circular sweeping gesture towards himself and the space besides him, then mimes stabbing himself in the chest. He points away from himself, then making another sweeping gesture past Lili to the other side.]

[A pause, then he clasps his hands together, mimics holding a gun, then draws a finger through an air in a gentle curving zigzag motion.]

Also...I've been hearing a baby's cry in the distance since I woke up...

[coastal]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . what the fuck does this mean.]

Yours is so violent. I asked Evan if we were supposed to hit something and he said no.

[WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO]

[fishingforcompliments]

...I am sorry, did you say something about a baby?

[heeeere's flayn, who... uh. well. in addition to the stuff already on her face (scar, scales, horns), someone appears to have drawn kitty whiskers on her with sharpie? also, her hair is done up in braids, but they're mussed, like she slept on them. which means her pointy ears are visible.

also she's looking a little under the weather? she keeps sneezing. ...and looking around a little distractedly, like she's trying to pinpoint something she's hearing.]

I do not know what those gestures mean, but... in what context was a baby brought up?

[coastal]

.... Flayn, where did you stay during curfew? Were you with Beau and Magnus?

[she's so confused.]

The baby is only my guess - he disappeared right at the end before he could confirm, but he made a gesture like...

[she makes a move to interlock her arms and then sway them back and forth at her chest.]

[daifukus]

[ tonbo stares blearily. he looks like he's been run over with a truck or three but he's here anyway, sniffling miserably. ]

We've been hearing a child cry since we awoke.

[coastal]

[she just looks exhausted? like that's basically where she's at during all this in general but also literally, physically exhausted.]

Did you all stay together....? We'll do a proper count tomorrow, I suppose -

Do all of our effects have something to do with a newborn?

[vigilantics]

[ steph, who is definitely not upset that evan went to lili instead of her, is just here

being not upset that he went to lili instead of her. ]

... hm. Thanks, Lili.

[coastal]

[ . . . you know.

turnabout is fairplay. she looks awkward for a moment before nodding.]

Mm.

[a beat]

I apologize, for stealing away time with your friend.

[applechemist]

[ she has no idea about charades but. here's escha sniveling and holding a kitten. ]

... A baby?

[coastal]

Do you hear one too?

Re: CHARADES?????

[getdrekt]

Baby. Crying buh. Buhh... ACHOO!

[he sneezes.]

Crying baby.

[coastal]

Were you all in the same goddamn place.

[chaoticlootral]

[SNEEZING]

I am too fucking exhausted for more fuckin' puzzles. Anyway, I can hear a baby crying too.

[coastal]

Have you all collectively caught some murderous cold.

[that's rude, asch and anaido probably didn't kill anyone]

I'm similarly exhausted but if anyone else got a ghost visit, we might as well put the information together.

[haw]

[ someone's a sniffly widdle demon, holding wen ning's giant fluffy bunny in one arm as he holds a thermos in his free hand. his nose is definitely stuffed as he flatly comments, ]

Damn, you guys are gettin' ghost visits?

[daifukus]

[ wow mood ]

[ruffboi]

This is a wild swing but - maybe the limbs have to do with a snake?

[Also, yeah, he's also sneezing and nasty AND HE HAS BLUEKIE I keep forgetting.]

[givethemhell]

[There is just a parade of people sniffling and looking like shit. He raises his hand helpfully.]

Mm, I can hear the baby, too.

[bittybat]

[He is skulking about, or around, or whatever. He opens his mouth, but then shuts it.

And then he? just? makes a very mad dash toward the bathroom?

It's fine, he comes back after a bit, but almost as soon as he returns, his face screws up and

he barrels over anyone in his way to run back to the public bathrooms. SORRY, HE CAN'T TRY TO ANSWER YOUR CHARADE QUESTION, LILI. RIP.]

[survivaltricks]

[HI, AKIRA IS HERE, AND HE'S EATING. . . a hotdog bun with potato chips and mayonnaise stuffed inside? like. . .???? uh. . .]

[he mimics the gesture with a ??? expression]

The hand movement kind of looks like a snake head. . .? Like a snake head eating an arm and leg?

[successives]

All I'm getting from this is that he sucks at charades—

[She says that and then immediately leaves, heading towards the bathroom. Bye!]

CHEATING AT CHARADES

[fishingforcompliments]

[heeeere's flayn again, playing with her fortune teller! once she lifts up the flap, she squints at it to read whatever's written on there.]

Um - please listen, everyone. This is what would have been said to Lili if Evan could have communicated with words.

[...time to read aloud!]

Where are the Directors? We, we found an arm and a leg here on, on this side. They looked like they had been... severed, um, somehow. I'll, I'll give Tsurumaru your message, but... No, that's not what I meant. Go back to the first thing that I said. The Directors. I think it must have been one of their arms and one of their legs. ... No, that's not what I meant, either. Let's just move on, there's something else more important. The pink snake was born.