week 4

[vicedirector]

seven vices week 4 28 players remaining ♫ monday - thursday Monday morning begins just like the rest, slow and uneasy. At 12pm, every television will go off with its usual bout of static, followed by a calm, albeit disinterested, voice. "Please gather in the hotel lobby within the next hour." That's all that it says before the televisions turn off. Anyone not in their rooms will hear the voice echoing around them as if through a speaker system, although there are (still) no speakers present. After hearing the motive, characters who choose to explore will find that the void around the town has retracted a bit, and there is now a police station to the far east of the chapel. On the chapel wall near the altar, black and white portraits of Youko, Zelos, and Morrigan have been hung up. Anyone looking for them will find that Youko's pink shoes and the fragments of Zelos's crystal are now gone. >Mingle? This is Week 4's mingle log, covering Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday. Investigations will go up on Friday. When posting toplevels, specify the time and location. If you plan on having any private conversations between characters, remember to let us know in the post linked below. More plot elements will be introduced this week. Mod comments will be occasionally distributed to open toplevels, accordingly. cast setting rulebook profiles private conversations

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[stupidly]

You don't have to stand here to warn people, though. And they'll need the reminders all throughout the week, anyway.

[Even if he just gets Urashima over to the doorway instead, he thinks that would be better.]

[minogame]

But...

( He needs to tell them. He can't stop everyone all by himself and he begins to chance a glance at the monitor only to look away at the last minute. Even if it's playing a different clip, it isn't his business to see what someone else's important memories are and he can remember his memory of choice just clearly.

Urashima's shoulders drop and he deflates a bit. He still doesn't move but his body language suggests that he can be guided away easily enough, )

This is a trick...

( Not a spell but a trick. Everyone has to know that. They have to. He has to tell them... )

[stupidly]

[That's exactly what Gilbert will do, in that case: gently start to steer him away from the screen, over toward the edge of the lobby.]

I know. But you'll need to be able to think and speak clearly to properly warn people away.

[At least he does seem to be in full and complete agreement with Urashima's opinion. Nothing good ever comes from changing the past.]

[minogame]

( And he'll follow without any resistance but it's clear that he's still very troubled by the announcement. By now, others are beginning to disperse and he can't help but turn his head to catch each one like he needs to stop them right now. When paranoia had struck them in the second week, Urashima's fears had manifested as quiet nervousness but this week has him absolutely frightened. )

I-I know, I know.

( He knows. And he shifts awkwardly in place. This place is cruel. Whoever runs this place is the biggest bully of them all and he hates it. )

[stupidly]

[That fear's not a good thing to see. Urashima's not alone in the "I HATE THIS SHIT" boat though, at least... Things haven't been easy for anyone, and it's exhausting and embittering.

But after a couple of seconds of considering what the best thing to say here might be, he opts for something relatively simple.]

I'll help. We'll do our best to talk to everyone - Break, too.

[minogame]

( It's a good answer! And its' enough to get him to relax some but he still looks uneasy. It's tempting. He understands. It's really, really tempting... )

... Thanks. ( And it's a little weird considering how their roles have been recently but he shifts his glance away from Gilbert for the time being and next whispers, ) I gotta go.

( And he's ollying out. He needs a moment right now. )

[stupidly]

[There's a little sound that might be a "you're welcome" in response, but then Urashima's ollying out and Gilbert just watches with vague concern. BE OKAY, TURTLE SWORD...]