WEEK 1 - MINGLE

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WEEK 1

You've found a safe haven from the wind and the snow - yet, perhaps you're not quite out of danger yet. The Resort Staff are odd, but seem harmless - jumping to any whim you might have, if it doesn't make them oddly lock up.

The weather all week is perfect - the perfect temp and snow for plenty of skiing. The firepit in the courtyard is always lit too, with ingredients for smores and hot chocolate always available in the lobby. Though...in the halls, a strange bunch of songs keep playing from the hotel's sound system. Is whoever runs this place a weird cover song enthusiast?

So far, everything seems fine....but there's a weird sense of unease lingering over the Resort as everyone wakes up Monday Morning. Maybe that has something to do with that strange memory that popped in your head when you woke up? Or maybe it's that all of you woke up in the middle of a snowstorm, with no memory of how you got there?

In the end...even though everything should be fine, why does it feel like this is only the prelude to a nightmare...?

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Comments

[maskarang]

[ Magic, here? A strange kind of magic, but obviously magic nonetheless. He's already on the ski slopes with Minerva so it doesn't take him too long to come over and see the two in the snow.

Gonna just... come over and try nudging Akira warily with his foot. You alive? ]

[messianic]

[Poor Akira, the most abused here.

Minato is just kind of flopped over and not even remotely aware that Gerome is there until the footsteps register.

A beat.]

... Sorry if we're in the way.

[maskarang]

[ That one's not dead, at least. Congratulations on your life, Minato. For whatever that's worth. ]

You're not. ... What happened here?

[messianic]

[Mmmmm...]

Bad life choices.

[yep.]

[maskarang]

... Two fools playing with magic beyond their control, then. [ Looking around the snow for their tomes. Maybe he should take them away now while they're on the ground.

Not that, y'know, he'll find anything, but he doesn't know that. ]

[messianic]

[That is...not entirely untrue.]

Mm...

[HMMM...]

I knew I'd be tired. I didn't know it wouldn't do anything, though.

[maskarang]

"Nothing" would mean the sky didn't flash and thunder. Nor would you be on the ground.

[messianic]

[...]

Okay, I wasn't expecting the spell to work, but nothing to happen around here. That's probably more accurate.

[maskarang]

[ Probably so. He accepts this answer! ]

And what was the spell supposed to do?

[messianic]

Clear away the snow.

[...]

And...everything else around here too. [PRETTY DESTRUCTIVE.]

[maskarang]

... I see. [ He is kind of impressed? That's creative problem-solving right there. And it's better than anything he could come up with. ]

[messianic]

Sorry...that it didn't work. We thought it might, but... I guess that would be a little too easy.

[maskarang]

You owe me nothing, least of all an apology.

[messianic]

... Okay.

[Still...]

We'll all have to keep trying to find a way for all of us to get out of here. I'll do my best as well.

[purrtagonist]

[flops onto his side when nudged. HE'S WEARING A MASK!! a white mask with black decorations around the eyes]

[he doesn't say anything. he doesn't move. he just lies there, wallowing in shame]

[maskarang]

[ What a fine mask. He would have to look closer to tell the quality (perhaps even feel it), but on first glance, the design at least is quite nice.

Wait, no—for once, there's something more important going on here. ] Why?

[whirlingmace]

[ when masky falls in love ]

[purrtagonist]

[IT'S A DAMN GOOD MASK, TYVM]

We were trying. . . a thing. To escape.

[maskarang]

[ He appreciates a good mask! Which is why the "why" was about it but, hey, he didn't specify. He'll ask about it later, maybe. ]

... Together?

[purrtagonist]

Mmm.

[finally pushes himself up, only to flop back down again when his arms give out from underneath him. SP exhaustion sucks]

But it would've helped everyone else escape, too.

[maskarang]

[ Good thing Akira specified it would have helped everyone else too. He will take like, a quarter of pity on him. Maybe less.

This pity earns him exactly nothing because Gerome doesn't understand his problem. ]

A shame you didn't succeed.

[purrtagonist]

[COME ON, he and Minato wouldn't have escaped without the others!1 they're protags :(]

Yeeeeeah.

[he sounds so bummed]

Sorry about that. We'll. . . try to think of something else.

[maskarang]

[ yeah, but he doesn't know you like that!! gotta crawl through the supports/social links to build that trust. ]

Next time, you may want to discuss your plans with the others. This was... reckless, and needlessly disruptive. You may be in for a lecture or two when the others hear of it.

[purrtagonist]

[GOTTA GET THAT RANK 1]

It was a spur of the moment plan.

[just gonna. sit up now, brushing snow from his shoulders]

We were testing something else out, and thought we'd try this, too.

[maskarang]

[ he probably got the 1 just by being interested in minerva, tbh. gotta climb higher. ]

And what else were you testing?