WEEK 6 MINGLE

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WEEK 6

You wake up to the sound of silence in the halls, the lights still dimmed after what happened on the weekend. The Staff is still soundly gone, including The Chef - and items aren't regenerating out of thin air for all of you anymore. There's still enough food for everyone who's left, but you'll have to make it yourself, now that The Chef is out of commission. No movies play, the Arcade is dead, and all of the animals from the cafe have vanished, beyond the pets you brought or got during the game.

More than that, however, is that The dead no longer seem to be around from a living perspective. While the tablets went down as soon as The Lady did, they seem to not even be able to pick up or interact with the rest of you. Are they still here?

However, there's another major change - as you come down into the lobby, you'll see that The Resort has landed in an area - the ocean is clearly visible, as it rests close to a beach nearby. More than that, however - you can actually go outside. And it seems like the resort won't pull you back in.

You could, conceivably, just walk out the door, and into freedom. But...Should you?


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MONDAY

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A CHOICE

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[And now, you that remain have a decision to make.

Do you leave the Resort grounds and abandon the dead and the Resort itself, or do you stay and try to get The Outsider out and fix everything?

This is your decision, and no one else can make it for you.]

((OOcly, this choice is for you living players to decide if you want to end the game now or continue on into the endgame. ICly your characters don't have anything stopping them beyond the state of the dead and the resort.))

[jumpedtheshark]

H-he really did it...

[A part of her is actually impressed to be honest.]

DISCUSSION

[justfists]

[look, it's Akira who is waiting in the lobby, when it becomes obvious that they can leave, "he" needs to have a chat with everyone.] You can't leave. ["he" tucks a strand of hair behind his ears.] If you do, everyone who's died will, well... Actually die. And they're already working hard to try and buy us all more time to save the resort, and that idiot who started all this.

[13thpromise]

... Hey, Akira.

[ It's good to see him again after all of that at least. He kind of feels guilty for not being able to approach him over the weekend while settling his thoughts, but... maybe there'll be time for that later. ]

I already decided that I'm going to stay, and I think we should all do that too--in order to save everyone else who died.

[ He ... actually doesn't care about the Resort's existential state beyond 'they need to save the dead', because to him they actually matter and it just so happens fixing everything with the Resort saves them too. ]

[whirlingmace]

[ Whoa. Sataling is being kind of strange. But

She'll go over to hug him anyways. ]

Cinquey thought you were going to...

[ You know do the thing ]

[swordhandled]

[ standing behind akira, nodding along, like he already knows what "akira" is talking about ]

so about appy...

[whirlingmace]

Sataling said that Appy was going to head to the brain. He wants to help give us more time to fix this and I think he's worried about the Outsider.

[ So you all know what that might entail from adVENTures ]

I'm staying. I want to save everyone and do what I can while I still can.

[jumpedtheshark]

Umm... Since we’re staying, we should come up with a plan for how we’re gonna get the Outsider and ghosts out now, right?

[Talk of staying is nice and touching and all, but Tsumugi would love a plan of some sort.]

And.., if there’s anything we can do for the resort at this point.

OUTSIDER CONTACT

[swordhandled]

[ once again, owain settles in the lobby with the tablet ]

Alright, who wants to send Outsider messages?

[whirlingmace]

[ Just going to climb on him. ]

Me!

[ Totally messaging him about how is he ]

I'll ask him about the box, too.

[justfists]

We're all staying. Can you still see anything from where you are?

[latebluemer]

... Can I see the tablet? My messages might get long.

[And there are some things she wants to confirm with him in relative privacy, possibly. She does give Owain a quick nod before settling nearby.]

Ghost Shrine + Rat Contact

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I. Almost New Year's and Nobody Feels Fine (Open)

[There's a small and relatively simple wooden butsudan shrine set up in a relatively central location in the lobby. There's a small selection of flowers from the greenhouse there, including spider lilies, and some fruit and a couple of containers of ashes.

Because this is for all the ghosts, you see, or trying to be; with the storage and knowledge they have, this is the best Aoi could do on short notice. Now that there's no other way to contact the ghosts, this is a way to let them know they're not forgotten.

Makeshift as it is, people are also free to drop off trinkets and other memorials to whichever ghosts they want. Aoi will be here intermittently through the week, kneeling in front of the shrine with her palms pressed together quietly.]

II. We're All in the Rat's Race to Hell (Closed to Anthy, Chu-Chu and Various Rodents)

[Later on Monday, one (1) Blue Angel will be wandering the halls of the Resort and following the rat mazes in the walls looking for that particular inhabitant-slash-spouse. She's got Sol's stone with her, so hopefully that will be enough to get them some form of dialogue going.

One problem: Unlike the ghost-detection from this weekend, she has no idea what to call the rats. She really should have thought of this beforehand.]

... Hello...? Rat... Rats-san? Are you here?

[Help.]

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[rosebridled]

If you just sit down near one of their spaces they'll usually come over to you eventually. I think they're feeling a little lonely right now.

i;

[13thpromise]

[ Roxas spots the shrine and...

He has no idea what he's looking at, even with the flowers (not knowing the meaning of spider lilies still). He's never even seen a funeral before in his life, either, so that wouldn't help give him context.

When he spots her nearby it, he'll approach her. ]

...What's that?

[ He'll point at said shrine. ]

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[wrongtiming]

[He comes into the lobby in time to see her there, tilting his head slightly.]

...Is that an altar?

[resortghosts]

[There is unrest in the pigeon flock. No matter where you are in the resort, you can find at least a few of the birds, huddled together nervously, cooing to each other in attempts to soothe one another.

If you happen to go near Medic's room, there's a few bags of his flock's blend of seed and grains outside the door. One or two of the birds are pecking into ragged holes torn into the bags, eating their fill.

Archimedes sits on his own in the rafters in the lobby, puffed up into a ball of feathers and looking listless. A few of the other pigeons try to join him, but eventually he pecks them away, flaring his wings irritably. He doesn't want their pity. They didn't know his Papa like he does. They didn't even know him until after he died. And now he can't even feel his Papa around, or any of Papa's friends or partners.

He's alone.]

TUESDAY

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A friend...?

[resortghosts]

[There is a duck.

It is duck sized. It is duck shaped.

It is going quack. It is also floating in mid-air making tapping sounds against the wall with its beak. For those who know morse code, there seems to be a pattern:

..-. . . -.. / -- . / -... .-. . .- -..]

WEDNESDAY

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DUCKDATES MEETING

[latebluemer]

[Well, it's been a couple of days since everything quieted down into some kind of sunny daze of wave-washed impending death and destruction, so it's probably time for a quick recap episode of As The Resort Turns: Furry Edition. Which just means that Aoi is doing her best to gather the remnants of the Fictional White Rabbits in the lobby.

Speaking of furries, she's holding a duck, for some reason. It's a very nice and distinctive duck, and around its neck is a little sign in sharpie that proudly proclaims INABA'S DUCK: DO NOT EAT.]

Okay, so I know we've all been looking for ways to fix what's happening here, get the ghosts back, and get the hell out of here. The ghosts have, too. That's where, um, this duck comes in.

[She holds up the duck I guess??]

Inaba-san has found a way to use the duck to talk in Morse code, so that's what we've been doing. She says... that most of the dead are clearing a way to the brain right now, in a place with weaker defenses. It's pretty hard to get the duck to cooperate sometimes, so that's all we got.

I don't really like the dead risking themselves, but the sooner we get to the brain the better. The Outsider says he's out of medicine to help him control his powers-- [because yeah, he can't control his powers, that's great, right] --so he's just... slowly turning into a shadow. We should probably try and get there before that becomes permanent and does something else to the Resort we can't fix.

So... we're going to need to look around the Resort a little more, and figure out if there's anything we've missed, or if the guests who are here -- or were here -- have anything for us. Oh, and... Himemiya-san and I used Sol to talk to the rats. They say they're going to help us find the last box we need, out of the puzzle boxes. Since the Outsider was talking about doing them, too, I'm hoping we can find a quick way to the brain that doesn't require the ghosts throwing themselves at the Resort's defenses.

[... She puts the duck down. It waddles around like a curious duck with possible new faces to investigate.]

... If anyone else has anything, just let us know.

[justfists]

[honestly... Makoto is out and about. If you want, you can find her earlier in the day, in Akira’s joker uniform. She’s trying to manage his knife, but it’s... not going so well. In fact, without meaning to, she totally swings it so hard, it slips out of her fingers. WATCH OUT. But if you want to find her later in the day, this time she’s in this outfit. What do you do?]

THURSDAY

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[resortghosts]

[Sometime in the morning, the duck returns to tap out something else. The taps are a little halting and uneven, which might make the message a bit difficult to decipher on the first run around, but the repetitions go a lot smoother.

-... .- -.-. -.- / ..-. .-. --- -- / - .... . / -... .-. .- .. -. .-.-.- / .-- . / .- .-. . / .- .-.. .-.. / ... .- ..-. . .-.-.-

The duck may also be squirming around a lot during the whole thing, but pay no mind.]