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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[okuri]

Okay. [ Nope, he totally has no idea that heat protection is a thing in baking. Even if he did, putting a mitten on over gloves doesn't seem good.

The cookies go into the oven easily enough, but he jumps back several feet in a spastic fashion from the heat (not like winter gloves are made to keep out heat...). He's not on fire at least, and at least his (ninja) reflexes came in handy for something. He may or may not have bumped into the chair she was previously standing on in the process.]

[fourleafcleaver]

[She's halfway from the chair to the floor when he jumps and she's halfway through yelling at him for it when he hits the chair and nope, there goes the spoon and the bowl and she's going down, way to go, Yoite.

There's not a whole lot of distance for her to go, at least, but she still swears the whole way to the floor.]

[okuri]

[ Though his reflexes are fast, they're not quite fast enough in this instance. The spoon and the bowl are a second thought (no matter how much he loves the cookies!), as he tries to half catch her before she completely crashes on the floor.

For a moment, he's forgotten how much he hates touching other people.]

[fourleafcleaver]

[POINTS FOR EFFORT and also because being half-caught is half better than being not-caught. Clover is making no effort to pick herself up the rest of the way, though, because she's a brat.]

Did the oven try to bite you or something?! [She. Could sound angrier?? She has sounded angrier. Yoite has heard her trying to be angry, this is nothing.]

[okuri]

[ Yoite doesn't mind lifting her to her feet, but almost as soon as she's steady he takes several steps back.]

No it was hot and-- [ He's basically in a panic now, a mix between causing the mess in the first place and touching her.] Sorry.

[fourleafcleaver]

[If nothing else, she doesn't take long to get herself reoriented. Excellent balance! She tilts her head, though, and brushes dust off her skirt.]

Don't freak out, I'm the one who almost died. [first of all Clover it wasn't even that far down and second how long ago was it that you were approaching freaking out over the nonexistent threat of him choking on a cookie]

[okuri]

I'm not good at things like this. [ At least he hasn't (unhelpfully) mentioned the one thing he is good at.

But he seems to have settled, though whether it's because he reestablished his personal space or because her words helped is unclear.]