WEEK 0 MINGLE

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POPULATION: 37

Good morning, starshines. It is another beautiful day here on the base and it’s the start of a new week!

After the events of the day before and the meet and greet provided by four new Avatars, you may find yourself wondering how you can get in touch with them again. Fear not. One look at your handy dandy cell phone will reveal eight new contacts added to your directory. Feel free to shoot them a message. You may be surprised.

But before you get too far, perhaps it’s worth checking out the base once more. Those locked rooms from the days before have been unlocked, free for exploration. In addition, should occupants visit the central elevator they will find the elevator in working order (and flame-free) and that a new floor has opened. Take a look, familiarize yourself, and make yourself comfortable. Life on the base is a happy place.

And speaking of happiness…it’s funny. For the rest of the week, all who reside on the base will be inflicted with little feelings of hope and happiness, a belief that they can manifest almost anything. This week, all will discover that any mundane thing they hope for will be at their disposal...though do be careful. Those small wishes may come to fruition in ways you don't expect. For example, wishing for a year's supply of sushi may net you one astronomically large sushi roll. An eyeshadow palette may provide you with samples of actual colored eyelids. And a punching bag could be mistaken for a bag full of confetti instead.

May all your hopes and dreams come true, everyone.

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[touchups]

[DISGOSTIN. It's fine, Mahito is perfectly inclined to let other people ramble about their siblings.]

Huh... Is he older than you? He sounds like an older brother kind of guy.

[shiftingwinds]

Yes! He's my older brother.

[because i'm cursed to always play the younger sibling APPARENTLY.]

[touchups]

[YEAH THAT REALLY IS A CURSE... Mahito makes a sound of understanding and nods, even so.]

He must be super old, then.

[Rude. He can say this though, he crawled fully formed out of the sewers like 2 years ago.]

[shiftingwinds]

...excuse me?

[touchups]

You're like, five hundred years old or something, right? So isn't he even older?

[He just tilts his head to the side, curious, a fool.]

[shiftingwinds]

He's only six years older than me.

[touchups]

[That sure gets her a surprised look.]

Seriously? [FUNKY...] Hey - you're not from Endorsi's world, right? So are you human?

[RANDY YOUR DRINKING GAME.]

[shiftingwinds]

...well, I was, before I ascended.

[shrug emoji

shi qingxuan is also just sipping at her drink now so it doesn't go to waste.]

[touchups]

[THEIR SINGLE ROUND DRINKING GAME THAT JUST DEVOLVED INTO DAYDRINKING ANYWAY... He also takes a sip of his, so she will not be alone.]

Ascended? Like - what, like Buddha or something?

[shiftingwinds]

To godhood.

[it's fine don't worry about it. she drinks more.]

[touchups]

[Wow he was joking about that BUT NO SHE REALLY DID ASCEND. His brows rise, and he toasts his glass in her direction.]

Wow! I've never met a god before. That sounds pretty impressive.

[shiftingwinds]

[she toasts him back]

Thank you, thank you.

[touchups]

What is it that you do? I'm learning here that there are lots of different types of gods.

[shiftingwinds]

I'm the god of the winds.

[hence the "windmaster" username...]

[touchups]

[There's a little, impressed-sounding "oooo" from him...]

So you can summon them? Control them?

[shiftingwinds]

Exactly!

[yeah that's. basically it. the winds are HERS.]

[touchups]

So do people pray to you when there's a typhoon or something?

[CURIOUSLY.]

[shiftingwinds]

To both me and my brother.

[touchups]

Ooh! So it's like a shared domain thing? [A beat, and then a laugh.] I get why he wouldn't believe anyone would say something like that to him, if he's a god and all.

[Mahito would absolutely still say that to him.]

[shiftingwinds]

He's the god of water, and I'm the god of the winds! So, we go hand-in-hand for something like typhoons.

[she smiles]

[touchups]

[Wow, god of the water seems so much more powerful?? Shi Qingxuan clearly got ripped off.]

Ah, yeah, you would then, huh? [HM. Thoughtfully:] So do you guys cause stuff like that, or just stop it?

[shiftingwinds]

Mostly, I try to stop it.

[she sighs]

But my brother will sometimes capsize merchant ships if they don't make an offering to him before they set sail. Really...

[touchups]

[UNFORTUNATELY, HE JUST LAUGHS.]

Ooh, so he's that kinda god, huh? I see, I see. Well! At least you're there to try stopping things from getting too messy, right? Isn't it usually the older sibling that does the cleaning up, though...?

[shiftingwinds]

I don't really get to clean up his messes all that often... he usually gets me out of trouble if I get into it.

[but what can you do when your followers pray for help because your brother is being a tyrant... big sigh.]

[touchups]

What kind of trouble could a god really get into, anyway? Unless it's just trouble with other gods. [...] I mean, I guess that does happen a lot in stories and legends.

[Actually, that is like, 99% of all religious mythos... So, as if to correct himself:] You don't seem like you'd get into trouble often.