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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[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.

[headmt]

[now we are truly galaxy-braining]

So let's all just wish to go to that place.

[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 ]

[fisherwoman]

[+1????]

[enfangs]

[whispering]

Are they cursed or what.

[liuli]

Weren't we all sharing our emotions last week?

[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?

[liuli]

Is it only each other? Quick, someone ask them something.

[headmt]

. . . Is now the time for curses?

[toesies]

I guess someone wanted them to talk after the weekend...?

[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.

[shiftingwinds]

...are you really sure you want to be having this discussion with him in public, Sasazuka...?

[


because yikes]

[sengokus]

[they have a peanut gallery but wow this actually steals his attention so much he doesn't care]

Which I already said sorry for - and you never forgive me whenever I make any mistake, you know? But I have to accept everything from you, and every time you do something that scares me - and you know the crazy thing? I actually do. I decide I don't care enough to hold it against you because I think being your partner is worth it.

I haven't lied to you since then, Takeru, and you know it. But you can keep getting mad at me if you want to.

[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.