WEEK 1 MINGLE

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As dawn approaches on Monday, the contestants are greeted to a beautiful, sunny day. It's the first full week of their time in the house, and after the rather troubling introduction on Saturday it's hard to know just what to expect

For the first week, the surrounding area seems quiet and peaceful. The weather stays a nice 75 degrees during the day, and it dips down to the 50s at night. Comfortable, and without any real disturbances from nature or house. It's almost as if the whole weekend was just a bad dream, and maybe the actual game won't be as bad as Dazai made it out to me.

However, those rules and profiles are still hanging in the living room, a constant reminder of the warnings that have been given. What will happen now? There haven't been any deaths at this containment site in years, but will that change with these new rules? Only time will tell.

Perhaps it's a good idea to enjoy this first week. Go swimming, watch a movie, or just hang out together and get to know each other better. You never know, this might be the last time to see some of the contestants.


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[allmyfriendsaredead]

...Are your origins a difficult subject for you, then?

[visionem]

No, I just do not wish to share. [ There's a small smile playing on his lips again. ]

Unless you have a specific reason for wanting to know?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

You're just so mysterious. I wondered if knowing where you're coming from would help me understand you better.

[Because she... definitely doesn't right now.]

[visionem]

...you want to understand me better?

[ Okay he's not blushing but as far as Alcor facial expressions go it's pretty close. Lot'of flutterin eyelashes and his hand is at his chest in apparent surprise]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[......??]

Yes? Why wouldn't I?

[visionem]

[ ........ ]

I have watched humans for a very long time. Before you built cities, before you tamed cattle and sowed the earth in the spring for the harvest in the fall. Ever since I gave you the gift that changed everything.

[ Outstretching his palm a small flame flickers to life. ]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Her eyes go wide. He can't mean...]

You gave humanity fire?

[visionem]

[ He smiles, a tad bitter. ]

Yes. And you did more with it than I ever could have imagined. Perhaps because of your limitless potential, that's why direction action was forbidden. Nothing was the same once you had that one tiny spark.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[There is something to be said about speaking with the one who apparently sparked humanity's rise with such a small, yet so significant gift.

But knowing what she does of humanity...]

Do you think it was a good choice?

[visionem]

Good and evil are relative depending on one's viewpoint.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[She reconsiders her word choice briefly. And then:]

Do you regret it?

[Can he feel regret??]

[visionem]

Selfishly, I find myself unable to answer yes.

[ Like many of his words they're wisps thrown to the wind, but these weigh heavy unlike all the rest. ]

[allmyfriendsaredead]

You still like us after everything we've done?

[visionem]

[ Blink, blink, there's a lot of fluttering of lashes. ]

Yes, of course. There are those would purge you from the world but I—even in the depths of despair humanity has hope, however dim it may be. You destroy but you create, you hate but you love, you are constantly evolving and growing beyond the limits the system designed.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

That's true... but it still feels like sometimes, we just keep repeating the same cycles.

[Peace seems so very unattainable when there's always a turn towards violence, even among those who preach of peace.]

[visionem]

[ ............... ]

But there are always those like you, who remain kind and persevere.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[-?]

I just have a hard time giving up on things.

[visionem]

Is that all?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

It bothers me to just... leave things the way they are if I don't like it.

[And there's bitterness when she says that.]

[visionem]

Selfishness rather than altruism?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

...Maybe. My society emphasizes selflessness, but to tell you the truth I don't think I ever managed it.

[There's things she doesn't want to lose.]

[visionem]

[ He won't assume to believe that all Japans are similar, but this all sounds familiar. ]

A lot of different individuals stand alone—leaders, visionaries, outcasts, criminals. For as much as there is strength in numbers, someone has to take the first step.

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[...Her gaze slides away from Alcor.]

I was probably raised for a leadership position eventually.

[Her group was the experimental one, after all, and permitted to have free will - unlike their peers.]

Do you think that might be why?

[visionem]

Possibly. But not all seeds that are planted break free from the earth, and not all those who sprout bear fruit.

What do you think, Watanabe Saki?

[allmyfriendsaredead]

[Oh, that seems to get a bad reaction from her. Her expression becomes irate.]

...I don't think humans and seeds should be compared so easily.