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]

[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.

[shiftingwinds]

I don't? If you ever meet my brother, please tell him so.

[please. her brother would have an aneurysm.

she absolutely gets into stupid trouble all the time! because she does stupid, impulsive things. for example, agreeing to come to a murdergame.]

[touchups]

[He can sense the gremlin energy in this statement......]

Ah! I will, I'll be sure to tell him right away. I would know, after all - you've been perfectly polite here! Stayed out of all the trouble!

[SHE'S HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.]

[shiftingwinds]

Exactly! I definitely haven't gotten up to any trouble at all!

[she's spent 80% of her time here drunk out of her mind.]

[touchups]

See? Who wouldn't believe you! You have such an honest face, there's no way you could be lying!

[NO ONE SHOULD BELIEVE HER.]

[shiftingwinds]

[laughtrack.mp3]

Ahahaha, exactly!

[touchups]

[The gremlin energy being generated in this corner right now... Anyway, after his stupid chuckling dies down:]

Ah, whoops-- We were supposed to be playing a game, huh?

[shiftingwinds]

...oh, right!

It's your turn to come up with a story now. Your word is "water".

[touchups]

Water...

[A thoughtful hum. After a second of consideration:]

One time, I took a friend out to a nice lake so we could relax for a while! It was night, since it's more peaceful then and there are a lot less people around... But the thing is, some of the lake had iced over and we didn't notice, so when I told him he could just hop in first and I'd follow up, he did! And then he broke his tailbone.

[shiftingwinds]

[....that sounds mean, so.]

That's a fake story, right...?

[touchups]

Yep! [CONGRATS, WINDMASTER. He laughs and takes a sip of his drink.] Nothing about it is true at all. --Well, except for lakes being a lot more peaceful at night when there are less people, I guess.

[shiftingwinds]

[she wants to drink too :c she wishes she'd been wrong.

but no, she looks pleased.]

Most places are more peaceful at night. [...] Weeeell, there are some exceptions, though.

[touchups]

[NOTHING'S STOPPING HER FROM DRINKING!! Though it'd stop being a drinking game at that point probably, and just turn into verbal shitposting while drinking.]

Hah, yeah, that's true. Most of those places aren't out in nature, though.

[HUMANS...]

[shiftingwinds]

Well, out in nature, you can find places that are peaceful even during the day.

[touchups]

True, but it gets harder and harder to do that every year...