WEEK 7 MINGLE

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POPULATION: 18 19

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 death of Tartaglia Childe...well, perhaps there isn't any tension at all? Hard to say. 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 eighth 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. Strange things are happening, little sinners. Don't be shy now.

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.

If you aren't too distracted, that is. For the most part, it may feel as though there isn't anything strange about this week. Everything proceeds as normal and life on the base is calm again. But every now and then, you'll feel a burning in your hand right where your tattoo is as it loses its color and fades to black temporarily. A sudden swell courses through your veins, almost as if being injected with a higher amount of your specific indulgence. You'll find it nearly impossible to do anything else until you act on it, draining the indulgence away and bringing color back to your marking. This won't always happen, and this won't always happen at a convenient time. It may be best to plan ahead. After all...if you ignore it for too long, you may find yourself changing. Those aligned with Envy may find themselves with several new eyes. Those aligned with Gluttony may find claws and a tail beginning to grow. Those aligned with Pride may feel a sharp pain in their head as a crown of thorns embeds itself into their skin. But the sooner you act, the sooner these changes will disappear.

Dedication's sweet, isn't it? Do try to give it your all.

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Comments

[liuli]

[ by eating someone ]

...It's been hinted we can get the dead returned to us, hasn't it? What if we got them returned to us, somehow, and then stopped indulging altogether?

[toesies]

Depends on whether or not that tantrum includes a murderous rampage.

[liuli]

Based on its 'punishments', I imagine it will.

[toesies]

This is why birth rates in America are on a downward spiral.

[sengokus]

... we'd have to figure out the 'somehow' first, wouldn't we? And... I don't know if I'd trust the dead to all behave if we got back together?

[like.

they JUST got rid of childe. mahito is also out there. and murder robot. assorted serial killers.]

[dotcom]

Maybe we can pick and choose which ones.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks a little torn for a second on that - ]

I want to say 'that'd be nice' but I don't know if I should be allowed to?

[like that gets into some pretty big moral quandary stuff]

So I'll settle for 'maybe'?

[fisherwoman]

[she is giving him such a look]

[1/2]

[sengokus]

[his instinct is to meet her with a pretty severe glare]

What?

[sengokus]

[before he catches himself - ]

.... fuck. Sorry.

[and he'll just. look away.]

[liuli]

At least we can all agree that pile of iron deserves to be left for scrap metal.

[sengokus]

[oh]

That one's easy, yeah.

[bonetiddies]

We can always revive and then unrevive.

[Like we did to Childe! But she doesn't say that.]

[liuli]

I still think feeding it that thing over and over is a viable solution.

[dotcom]

I really would prefer if we can do without the robot.

[ hk anti all day every day ]

But we'll see.

[sengokus]

I know. I would too.

[mineo doesn't think the robot is a person and thus can't have a big moral dilemma over it!

but he'll place a hand on takeru's arm before dropping it]

It's... something, I guess. We don't know if it's even possible yet. Maybe that's another book question.

[mukagen]

I get it, but I don't know about saying this aloud where they can hear you and consider "maybe we won't help the living anymore."

[dotcom]

Because we think HK-47 sucks?

[bonetiddies]

I do think we're primarily talking about the robot here, which is not helping us.

[toesies]

You think the rest of the dead became bffs with the killer robot?

[sengokus]

[gesturing at the others]

I really don't think I get to have a say on who gets saved or not, all things considered.

[it's why he didn't really agree outright in the first place. moral quandary!]

[liuli]

[ looks into the camera like this is the fucking office. just. literally. graveyard look at him and his unimpressed exhaustion ]

Mm. [ judgy


anyway. ] It must have to do with that 'integration'.

[sengokus]

I... It could...? I guess we could ask Queen Medb to figure it out for us if she can really contact someone on the other side?

They're seeing this meeting... so I'm hoping they could at least be ready to know which questions we want answered?

Oh and - I also think that we should maybe think about the weird flour?

[like. what was that. was it a hint.]

[liuli]

Well, the similarity was to Childe's murder of Lenore, correct? The flour came from Envy's house the week of the murder, and one of the ghosts in it.

There was also that bizarre cheese smell, one week. And then, the cake that three quarters of the participants thought would be an excellent idea to eat.

[toesies]

I really want an explanation for the cake.

[why did so many people think it was a good idea to eat it]