thefoundation | Week 2 Mingle

WEEK 2

With the nature of this 'game' out, the resort might not look so welcoming anymore. The staff are still ready to jump in and serve guests in any way they can, provided a request doesn't make them short-circuit, and the resort itself seems as warm and cheery as usual. But everyone knows the truth now. This resort is hiding some pretty big secrets, and it's only a matter of time before someone else turns up dead.

The weather is holding steady, at 'cold but still safe for outdoor activities'. The temperature seems to be dipping lower each day, though, and the previously-blue sky is starting to stay grey more often than not. Could that signal an approaching snowstorm? Who know. There is still music playing in the halls, and the cover songs continue with some low-key music for the week.

On Monday morning, another memory is returned to everyone. Another piece to the puzzle, one step closer to finding the truth of this place. But it might not be enough to put everything together yet, that might take some more time.

Most importantly, everyone needs to get to know each other. This 'game' is one of 'know your enemies', and your very survival depends on knowing when someone is acting odd.

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[PERSONAL. . . SPACE. . .]

[Akira leans back as Minato leans in, but only enough so that he can catch the other wild card's gaze with his own. he stares back, expression empty and neutral, before he just. . . reaches up]

[and tweaks one of the ears]

[which twitches as he does so]

[sooo yeah they're real]

[Huh.......

Minato blinks slowly... and then shrugs, sitting on one of the arms of the chair so he's like. Not sitting in Akira's lap. That would be weird.]

I shouldn't be surprised you managed something like that...

They're cute.

[KITTY EARS!!]

[well, Cinque sat in his lap, so at least there would've been precedent]

You think so?

[raises a brow, pushing his glasses a bit further up his nose]

I was afraid it was too much black. I debated going for the ginger version instead.

[There's a difference between Cinque sitting in your lap and Minato sitting in your lap, Akira.]

... Nah, black matches and suits you. It's for the better it's like this.

[He...wants to touch them BUT HE'S BEHAVING.]

Somehow, it feels like you should've always had these...

[IS THERE]

[a beat]

If that's true, then I guess you could say I'm finally returning to my purrfect form?

[dear god in heaven why]

[A.

Beat...]

Yeah. It's nyantastic, really.

[no i hate this]

[I STARTED IT AND I HATE IT]

Great. I'll be expecting aclaws anytime now.

[aclaws. applause. i hate]

Hm...

I can't tell if that one was clawful or furmidable.

[You started this, al]

How about pawsitively hilarious?

[he has no regrets]

[I do. but Akira does not]

... Nah, I don't think I can go that far.

[Tweaking Akira's cat ear casually!

Bad puns.]

[ear flick, but. he isn't batting Minato's hand away]

Even the great Arisato has his punny limits. . .

Who's the great Arisato?

[In another universe, Minako sneezes, because it's totally her.

Also Akira's ears are soft? Wtf. Sorry, he has to inspect this more closely by rubbing his fingers along the fur.]

Besides, some catastrophic puns can't be easily opurrcome. [You know... like overcome..... it's bad]

[. . . nnnnnnooo why are you doing that, senpai. the ears flick back a bit in surprise, and if there's a slight hint of color on Akira's cheeks, it's your imagination!!]

Wow.

Two for one? That's final blow material, right there. . .! How am I supposed to come back from that?

[Because they're soft.

And there's something kind of soothing about it.

He misses Korochan :(]

Mm... somehow, I think you're probably pretty good at shounen, last minute upsets. I'm rooting for you, Akira.

You've got me there.

[ear flick!!]

I'll make sure my comeback story is an impressively dramatic one.

[The...ear flick makes him realize he was petting Akira's ears...

Oops.

He yanks his hand back, clearing his throat.]

Uh.

Sorry. They were soft and I got distracted--

[...ANYWAY.]

[oh my god]

[SNORTS]

Yeah, it was kind of weird. But I thought if I called attention to it, it'd just be weirder.

... Yeah... sorry.

[KIND OF WEIRD, KIND OF AWKWARD.

He's keeping his hands to himself now!!]

It says a lot about this place that you having cat ears doesn't even register as very strange.

I think it says even more about the kind of lives you and I live in general, actually.

[even before this place, Akira doesn't think cat ears would've struck him as weird]