WEEK 2 MINGLE

[probe]

POPULATION: 32

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

Good thing, too. After the deaths of Grell Sutcliff, Kaz Kaan, and HK-47, the tension around the base may be a bit higher than it was before. Should anyone try to contact the deceased or review their profiles, they will find that they have been deleted from everyone's phones.

Then again...last weekend was a bit of a mess, wasn't it? Perhaps you would prefer to leave it all behind you. Lucky for you, the elevator reveals that it may now visit the third floor. It may be worth checking out these new areas, free for exploration. If you're feeling incredibly ambitious, you can also take a more in-depth look.

While you can't contact the deceased, the Avatars are once again available via their eight symbols. Shoot them a message, have a chat with them, and see what you can learn. Perhaps you'll find it easier this week.

On the bright side, all of your skills are in working order once again. Cherish your gifts, little sinners. You would hate to lose them again wouldn't you? But even if you did, you would still have your memories of them. Memories are important, aren't they? Things meant to remind you, and things to motivate you. Your most tragic, painful and even downright embarrassing memories shape who you are as a person, and this week you'll find that others will be witness to these as well. This may occur when you're in close proximity to someone, or it may be when you brush past them. Even the slightest eye contact may set off this sharing of memories, and your deepest secrets will be harder to keep.

Hide all you'd like. You can't outrun your past.

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[mukagen]

Back at home, I used to leave flowers at my friend's grave. It's pretty normal where I'm from.

[ In case Pride isn't familiar with the gesture. ]

I was thinking of doing the same thing here, for people that are gone, once I figure out how I want to go about it. [ Cause TOO MANY people here are evil and would ruin stuff. He hums... ] But maybe it'd be too much to ask for flowers periodically?

[ Thinking. ]

I'd be interested in growing them to compensate, too. Not sure if I have a green thumb, but I won't know till I try.

[ this man sure talks a lot did he just gloss over that Pride said they weren't a gardener— ]

[probe]

[they fold their arms across their chest, claw tapping at their arm.]

Don't take too many. But otherwise, that's fine.

[mukagen]

[ and gojou continues to talk past the answer. ]

If you need any favors, I don't mind helping you out if you'd let me have a couple of flowers. Though I'm not sure what an Avatar would want from me... Most of my expertise isn't useful for day-to-day—

[ Wait. Pride said he could have some. ]

Wow, really?

[probe]

[they just. stare at the ceiling for a good couple of seconds.]

Yes. [they sound so exasperated.] As long as none go to Tamotsu Fukuda, and you don't destroy the garden, I don't care what you do with them.

[mukagen]

[ ...?? He tilts his head and blinks a couple of times. ]

What's wrong with piercings?

[ is Fukuda on Pride's bad side, he didn't pay attention. ]

[probe]

[the driest tone ever:]

Everything.

[mukagen]

[ me reading fukuda’s thread with pride: oh no

Gojou isn’t going to question it because he understands what “everything” is supposed to mean. ]

You’re actually pretty nice. I was worried you were going to stab me for having the audacity to ask in the first place.

[ Hehe! ]

Thank you, Pride. The flowers here are beautiful—a lot prettier than the ones I usually buy at home.

[probe]

[what

what?]

I - nice? [?????????]

[mukagen]

[ ???????? ]

Yeah?

[ ??? Why are they both now looking stupid and confused?? ]

[probe]

[they have never been called nice in their life, it is. very startling.]

... Right. [😒] Sure.

[are you making fun of them, gojou]

[mukagen]

[ Awwww, it's kind of cute? But Gojou has to protect his gut. ]

Maybe I should reword it to "that's nice of you."

[ There you go. ]

Do you know flower language?

[probe]

[they just stand sort of awkwardly.]

... Depends on what you mean by that.

[mukagen]

[ if it helps, Gojou won't stare at them?? he'll look at all the nice foliage here. ]

Like the given meaning of flowers, not being able to talk to them.

[probe]

[it does help, actually.]

No. I don't. I could tell you which plants are poisonous, but not what they mean.

[mukagen]

I don't know that many, but I can teach you some if you want? Of course, it's all irrelevant since they're meanings from my world.

[ Also, he has a color bias. ]

It's nice, I think... You can convey to someone a message without saying anything.

[probe]

Not as if I have anything better to do, apparently.

[so dry.]

Give me an example, then.

[mukagen]

[ While Gojou does take that as an implication that Pride has better things to do, he. Will continue to waste Pride's time. ]

I think blue flowers are really pretty, so I asked the florist about them when ordering an arrangement. [ So... He will only talk about blue flowers. ] Blue roses mean something like attaining the impossible—a wish come true.

It reminds me of here.

[probe]

[they glance up at the roses, and then reaches for one of the white ones nearby. when they touch it, it turns blue.

they pluck it, gently - it's covered in thorns, but they don't seem to care - and hand it to gojou.]

[mukagen]

[ Pikagasp... He... Tries to take it where the thorns won't prick him?! Is that even possible—he will try.

Uwoh, he is so touched. ]

I shouldn't take this to mean something, right?

[probe]

[it's possible! he can have a rose without stabbing himself as a treat.]

I'm not flirting with you, if that's what you mean.

[mukagen]

Nothing so ridiculous as that.

[ lolol flirting seriously! funny. ]

More like telling me my wish will come true.

[probe]

[you'd be surprised at how many people have tried, gojou.]

I'm supposed to say it will if you work for it, but that isn't a guarantee.

[mukagen]

"That isn't a guarantee." You know we fought a lot over the details of this... Game? A lot of people were trying to stay optimistic.

[ Despite that, Gojou isn't disappointed to hear what Pride says. ]

Anyway, thanks. I'll keep this one in my room... I'm sure he would like it.

[ By the way he says he, Gojou doesn't mean Fukuda. ]

[probe]

Blind optimism doesn't help anybody.

[... a pause.] He?

[they're curious despite themselves.]

[mukagen]

Trrruuueee.

[ He twirls the rose between his fingers. ]

The friend I mentioned earlier, the one with the grave. Even though I'm here, I might as well get him something, right?