WEEK 7 MINGLE

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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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[bonetiddies]

I see.

[Just. Her mouth twisting up a lot. But actually. Ugh. She'll just abandon her cool bone dignity she definitely still has and give him a hug here in public, I guess.]

[headmt]

[oh



that's sweet. he doesn't know what to do with that so he just hugs her back? she's very short so it's kind of awkward.]

Beau didn't mention she was gone-- so I don't understand. Time passes strangely here.

[bonetiddies]

It does, doesn't it? Maybe that isn't a bad thing.

[Letting him go after a moment, because this is still public and neither of them want this.]

[headmt]

[He just looks a little distant, and then, with some hiss to the words:]

Another thing no one upstairs thought to mention to me.

[bonetiddies]

[This fucking sucks but she's all out of warpaths. She just feels sad about it, now.]

I suppose so.

[liuli]

[ hmmmmmm it's not emotion share week anymore but you can still feel the angry vibes. ]

The list grows and grows.

[headmt]

[He just.

sighs.]

Now if anyone has any terrible news for me, I'd prefer it wait until at least Wednesday. I need tomorrow off, I think.

[liuli]

[ there's a quiet huff of a laugh, and then, a little more towards the group - ] Please feel free to filter anything you'd like to say through Harrow or myself.

[ ...

and after a longer moment, once people have stopped perceiving, he drops his hand to the side and bumps the back of it against molly's. ]

[maelstroms]

[ mmm...

fuck it. ]

Qingxuan and I are from different points, months apart. She doesn't have any memories of the things that happened between those two points.

[shiftingwinds]

...this is true. I didn't realize it until -

[she glances at him, and then down]

I don't know what it means.

[maelstroms]

[ will you let him touch, now, if he goes for fingertips against your wrist? ]

It means things have always been complicated, but if it's happened to more people...

[shiftingwinds]

[that depends, is meg still leaning on him? because she doesn't want to get in the way of that]

...there's a lot that it could mean. But some of the possibilities are... positive, I think.

[maelstroms]

[ ma'am we've discussed this ]

The possibility of a happier timeline is real, in the hypothetical, I suppose.

[headmt]

Beau and I were months apart as well. I had been gone for quite a while, according to her.

[maelstroms]

Her time was still moving forward. [ because it's easy enough to guess at been gone for a while. ] So maybe there was a divergence.

[ and then mineo coming in clutch thanks dana ]

[headmt]

So there's some ... divergence out there where everything is beautiful and nothing hurts?

[maelstroms]

Mm, if the theory holds? A version of us is out there having less of a miserable time, probably.

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

There's the chance of different - timelines? Things going slightly different, based on people's memories.

It's why we think if Yanagi-senpai was here... that's weird, because neither of us remember him disappearing. He was always there.

[dotcom]

... mm. Although in his case, it could also be he's from one of ours, and is just further in the future than us.

Your date was farther back than mine, and-- oh. I lied about the date I gave you, by the way, even though it didn't matter.

[



he just looks really confused again. ]

[sengokus]

You know, after you suggested that the collar wasn't with her anymore when you were talking to someone and I overheard, I figured. You really lie to me constantly and I don't say anything about it? I really let you get away with whatever you want.

[




he also looks really confused????]

[maelstroms]

[




are y'all GOOD here or ]

[toesies]

[





watching this go down and shouty whispering to the person nearest to her:]

... Oh my god, they're cursed to be honest to each other?

[headmt]

. . . Is now the time for curses?

[dotcom]

[ he snorts. ]

As if I'm the only liar here. At least the shit I told you was done willingly, I had to see your bullshit through a memory.

[maelstroms]

We've already encountered multiple worlds, just by being here, and adjacent... well, spaces, considering what we've seen with those glasses.

A time divergence wouldn't shock me. An alternate universe created by a different choice. Perhaps the two of you are still there with your Yanagi, in another version, because none of you came here.