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WEEK 4 MINGLE
POPULATION: 24
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 Omi Fushimi, Ashiya Douman and Trafalgar Law, 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.
Perhaps you expect this by now, but it seems that the elevator reveals that it may now visit the fourth 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.
Unless you're shy, of course. It seems as though your inhibitions are right back where they belong and instead this week seems...normal? Nothing seems immediately off as you go about your day, but the moment you come across another person there's the overwhelming desire to be kind. The larger your conflict is with another person, the more kind you will want to be to them. Insults can't quite make it past your lips this week, and even rude gestures are harder to display. Perhaps your kindness will even manifest in ways you don't quite expect.
Now, now. No reason to be petty.
when will i be free
How the fuck are we supposed to use these? I'd have better luck just using a kniiiiiiiiiiife holy shit!
[THAT SURE IS A SNAKE JUMPING OUT AS WHITE LEAPS BACK]
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which is about when he reaches out to yank him on instinct away from the snake even if it means they collide a bit]
Snakes? What do snakes have to do with art?!
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MEANWHILE Mahito had been about to go poking through the plastic tools himself, but instead he just apparently?? Decides to?? Snatch that flying snake out of the air, seemingly on reflex.]
Oop—!
[It swings around and fucking bites him since he's not a reptile wrangler with professional dangerous animal holding knowledge, and he just laughs about it.]
Good thing it's a simulation, huh? I have no idea what snakes are poisonous.
[As he gently ("gently", he just kind of tosses it) deposits it on the floor so it can zoom back into their pile of tools... Thanks, Mahito. --Is that another snake peering out from under their plastic hammer?]
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and then he sees the other snake and gives a start.]
Gah, there's more! Are they fucking multiplying!?
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[where the FUCK is mineo's three-headed puppy. but he'll just grumble a little bit and look DEEPLY CONCERNED when mahito just gets bitten but... right... simulation. he'll ruffle white's hair briefly before he goes to check out the tools]
Are you sure you're okay, Mahito-san? [he asks before staring down at the snake that's just chilling]
... do I really have to just go for it...? How badly do I want this hammer?
[what do you expect to do mineo you can't just pull the wood apart with your hands]
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WELL. Now that he's directly engaging in conversation with someone that isn't the general snake void, he suddenly turns around and claps a hand on Mineo's shoulder.]
Sometimes, you just have to set aside your reservations and reach for your goal with all your heart, even if there are obstacles in your way. Don't let a snake stop you from making the best-- [what the fuck do people even make with wood] --...hanger rack... that you can!
[...???????]
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well, as mahito gives his impassioned speech, white just goes ahead and? grabs the hammer? not today, snake.
but also he's staring at mahito as he does this.]
What the fuck.
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and yet mineo is just listening intently like he's getting really good advice because he's a fucking idiot]
Hmm... I guess that's true. [IS IT????] Alright! Can't get me down snake bites, I'm gonna make the - uhh, hanger rack or whatever!!
[HE IS SO SIMPLE]
White, hand me the hamm—aaahhhh, fuck!! [a snake just appeared out of nowhere to try to chomp into mineo's arm it's cool]
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Also he's staring back at White briefly with a look that says bury me in the ground. Good thing that'll happen to them all soon enough, huh??
Mineo, on the other hand, just gets a solemn nod.]
I'll be rooting for you the whole way there. [THE WHOLE WAY WHERE.] You're gonna make the best hanger rack anyone's ever seen! People will line up for a whole mile to buy it when you're done! It'll be better than--
[Oops nope there comes another snake. HE JUST CHOPS IT. LIKE FUCKIN KARATE CHOPS IT but he might be too slow to save Mineo's arm since he was so busy being emotional about hanger racks.]
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—You okay!?
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but the snack gets KARATE CHOPPED and falls onto the ground pathetically there's so much snack violence here. mineo's arm got chomped but given that it's a simulation it looks more like there's just a brief red mark that'll fade quickly rather than any actual BLOOD or SNAKE BITE. he rubs at the spot while frowning]
Yeah.... I'm good, don't worry about it. [politely:] Thanks for caring, and thanks for the assist.
[well - ]
... that wasn't so bad!! I can probably withstand a thousand snake bites now! [NO? DON'T JINX IT?] Let's get to work!
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WHITE REALLY IS JUST VIBING OUT THERE WITH THE HAMMER but it's fine because Mahito's attention is swinging his way for a second. Between niceness week and this effect, he just says, very passionately:]
White, you're one of the most caring people I've ever met in my entire life.
[Honestly this is probably also true. TIME TO GET MORE FIRED UP ABOUT HANGER RACKS, THOUGH!! Mahito will reach over to grab a plastic saw and some wood, holding both like he's Lady Justice. A tiny garter snake winds up his arm and he just lets it. He gives up already. Take his bones country snakes.]
We'll be done in no time with enthusiasm like yours! If you were to set your mind to it, you could definitely withstand even ten thousand snake bites!
[HELP that's also hilarious though he hopes ten thousand snakes appear.]
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[that's to mahito. to mineo—]
Don't get bitten by snakes!
[this is him being kind because he would've added something ruder otherwise. but he'll pass over the hammer now exCEPT ALSO? MAHITO?]
Can we stop encouraging getting bitten!?
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I'm fine, I'm fine! And Mahito-san's right! See? I told you. You're super caring, White. And you're really good about paying attention to people. I like you a lot, but those things are some of my favorites.
[a beat as he seems to realize that he said more than intended
oh well! mineo is going to try really hard to like. walk over toward their project to get a better look at it - before realizing that it's, uh, hard to do so?]
... huh?
[they're sinking]
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[????????????????
He's getting overwhelmed with his own emotions but he also looks so fucking confused for a second and then he just
closes his eyes.
He's never opening them again. He's just going to let himself sink.]
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[STOP PRAISING HIM, THIS IS WEIRDING HIM OUT (AND WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN)
except now they're sinking... and there are still snakes... also do not just close your eyes, mahito?? white is going to try and grab his arm and pull him, as if this will help at all when white is in the same dilemma.
they haven't even started yet.]
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[oh and he cares about mahito bUT ALSO THE FUCKING FEAR OF ENDORSI REALLY DRIVES A MAN. he will try to grab onto mahito's other arm as if, once again, they aren't all in this same situation]
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IS QUIET FOR A WHILE AS TWO IDIOTS TUG HIS ARMS, GOING NOWHERE REAL FAST. Whether this is because he doesn't want to suffer at the hands of his own words or can't come up with anything nice to say is a mystery... But fine eventually he'll open his eyes again, even if he doesn't try to leave their quicksand pit.]
I do believe Endorsi wouldn't scold you too harshly, as she's terribly fond of you and your charming, sunny personality. Please, go on without me. I shall simply cheer for your inevitable victory from where I stand, until I can do so no more.
[TRYING TO SHAKE HIS ARMS FREE SO HE CAN PUSH THEM BOTH OUT OF THE FLOOR, BEGONE. Also several more snakes start nyooming toward White in particular because i want to bully jan]
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[WELL HE HAS TO LET GO OF THE FLEA NOW to get away from these snakes goodbye]
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[endorsi is FOND? of HIM? said in the most confused tones ever - up until he startles when oNCE AGAIN WHITE IS SCREAMING and he too lets go of the flea to try to grab a bunch of snakes by their tails and just
yeet some elsewhere before they can bite white. how far does he fling them. i don't know. neither does he. goodbye snakes. maybe there's a very half-assed 'Sorry!' as he does
they're biting him instead but he's just cursing about it
proceed]
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It's as I said! She's terribly fond of your charming, sunny personality, my good man. And your lovely face.
[He pats Mineo's arm with his plastic saw and does literally nothing to help him with all the snake bites his snake-throwing has earned him... He at least knocks a lingering snake off with the saw, though. Thanks Mahito.
To White, he just holds out said saw and wood he'd grabbed earlier that he now never wants to see again in his life.]
Do take this, if you would. We mayn't be partaking in any sort of performance, but I have full faith in your combined abilities. Take those wondrous talents and build something for the generations.
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She thinks you're hot, apparently?
[disclaimer: white is just reinterpreting what mahito is saying. but he takes the saw.]
... Wow, did you get hit with the same thing I did yesterday? I feel you.
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but sasazuka is walking over to them and just fucking
yeeting a snake at them angrily ]
Sorry, but I'm returning your lovely gift that I didn't ask for! I hope that if you somehow get poisoned from this, it's a quick death!!
[ and he returns back to his thread goodbye ]
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there's a lot happening suddenly
but between hearing takeru's distant "SNAKES" that made his blood run cold, getting instantly distracted by the idea that endorsi might think he's hot (hello?), wondering if mahito's cursed, and then suddenly getting a Return to Sender snake
mineo's just going to yell as the yeeted snake sails right toward his face and he falls over in surprise and probably pain]
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That's certainly my assumption, at the very least.
[This answer goes for both statements but especially the curse. WHO THE FCK KEEPS DOING THIS. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE THIS POWER. CEASE. He looks like he's about to say more but then
Takeru appears..........
He watches the snake go flying toward Mineo and just nods, calling out after Takeru as he goes with:]
Your kindness is greatly appreciated and I wish you the utmost success in all future endeavors you so choose to undertake! [...And then, to Mineo:] Please take care not to perish, dear friend; you certainly have much more vitality in you than this snake, should it try to wrest your life from your hands. Have you not still a hanger rack for the ages to finish? And finish it you shall! I have only the greatest of belief!
[Then he just sits down on the floor so it can consume him faster too, Mineo has the right idea.]
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