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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monday!

[symbologic]

[Faize was already at the school, because he's looking for small, blonde sass children. And instead he finds...a small turtle and an internal sass weenie? Close enough, he'll take it. He peers inside the classroom, attention immediately drawn to the pile of colorful cranes.]

[Oh. It's more of the neat folded paper things... He never did get to ask Urashima about those last week.]

Good morning. Might I ask what the two of you are doing?

[minogame]

Leaving cranes for the spirits!

( Urashima says super casually like this is totally a normal thing. And to be fair, as a sword spirit himself, this probably is a normal concept to him, even if he himself never received offerings. )

Do you wanna help?

[symbologic]

[He enters the room and approaches the crane-laden desk, picking one of them up for a closer look.]

I...could help, yes. Though before I do, I feel as though an explanation would be beneficial. [He picks up one of the cranes and gently turns it over in his hands.] Is this some manner of Earth ritual?

[minogame]

Hm? ( Does he need an explanation to do something? He tilts his head to one side and then crosses his arms, twisting his face in concentration as he tries to explain, ) Well...

Hinata-kun and I made some cranes and he thought it would be nice to decorate the school house since it's so dark. And I thought it'd be nice to leave something for the spirits too. ( He hasn't seen any himself but he's heard about them running around the town. ) Back home, you can leave things for spirits to make them happy!

( There isn't really a deep meaning to it otherwise but he feels like Faize deserves a better explanation still... )

Hmmm... but there is a custom back home... ( And he holds up one string of colorful cranes, ) Do you wanna hear that one?

[symbologic]

[Faize nods in understanding. Leave it to Hinata and Urashima to come up with something like this. What nice boys.]

Yes, please! [He is always down for hearing about things from other cultures, especially Earth. Feed the knowledge sponge. Do it.]

[minogame]

( There might be about six to eight cranes on one string, )

If you can fold a thousand cranes, your wish will come true. It's because cranes are one of the most mystical animals back home. The other mystic animals are dragons and ( Heh heh! He's excited and proud to share this one. He gives a suspenseful pause and says, ) turtles!

They're lucky because they're supposed to live for at least a thousand years and there are a lot of stories about them blessing good humans!

I'm not that old yet but I have a friend back home named Tsurumaru-san. His name means "crane" and he's over a thousand years old! And then there's Ookurikara-san and he's named after the dragon on his blade... he's almost seven hundred!

( Then there's baby Urashima Kotetsu who will be that old some day too, right right?? If he survives this murder game too... )

[symbologic]

[Whoops. So he would have been in a for a surprise when he tried to pick up just one. Meaning he's just kind of awkwardly holding this string of six cranes now and wondering where exactly to hang it from.]

A thousand cranes... [That is so many cranes. He's eyeing the pile as though trying to count just how many the two of them have managed to fold.] It would be nice, if such a legend were true.

[Just think...they could have left here by now if it were. They could have folded a thousand of these things in no time, between the thirty-six of them. He stares up at the ceiling. Is that where he should hang it from? Does he need to stand on a desk?]

...if it's not too much trouble, do you think...you could teach me how to make thee folded paper creations? Any of them, really. I rather liked the box I saw in your room when I investigated it a few weeks ago.

[minogame]

( Haha, he has some that aren't strung too! Those are going on the desks... but the ones that are strung are getting hung around the room. There are maybe about twenty to thirty cranes all together. )

Well, they have to be true, right? Other wise people wouldn't keep sharing the story for hundreds of years.

( This is what he thinks, at least. But then again, Urashima also believes that the palae of the dragon king is real and that turtes can become beautiful princesses if you save the right one so... )

Hm? The box I made for Miss Poland? Heh heh, that's one of my favorites... I can teach you! It's really easy.

[symbologic]

[UGH WHY ARE YOU SO PRECIOUS, TURTLE SWORD. The logical side of Faize's brain (which is to say: both sides of his brain) knows that a legend like that is utter nonsense. That wishes are not simply granted for such mundane and nonsensical reasons. But...he just can't bring himself to actually say that to someone who so ardently believes it.]

Mmm...I suppose you have a point. I should have considered that.

[You are 2pure, Urashima. 2pure4logic]

Whenever you have the time then. I look forward to it.

[But for now: hanging cranes! Let's do that.]

[minogame]

Hmm... how about this weekend?

( He suggests like he isn't going to be the victim of a framing attempt too this week, yeah. Urashima is going to try to reach up and hang one string of cranes by the chalkboard but it's a little too high for short sword mcgee. )


Ah.. can you help me? Heh heh...