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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[headmt]

Suppose that's true. Once did talk myself through the concept of time and space with a version of myself who was green. Don't remember it though.

[ . . . Poking her in the forehead.]

Did not think what I took was that strong, but here we are. So, what powerful breakthrough have you come to deliver?

[gamerbrain]

[ she is poked!

but oh no now she has to come up with a powerful breakthrough for him... ]

Boop boop... Umm...

When you play video games with lots of text... It's okay to rely on the voice acting instead of reading them...

[headmt]

[He considers this.

And also pokes her again? Weirdly solid.]




[still considering.]




[Hm.]

Thought it might be some meditation on grief and death, but, I suppose that's helpful too. Enjoying your time in [looks at her shirt] Hell?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's not very helpful for those kinds of revelations. Aoi is used to saving and reloading to avoid disappearing. And being re-created, after being un-created.

... And now this. Being brought back after being killed.

[ very strange!

anyway, she looks down at her shirt, too. ]

It was nice to see Aoi's old friends. But also very weird. Aoi hadn't talked to them for so long that Aoi felt like a stranger.

[headmt]

[just nodding along, sure. sure. might as well just accept it! might as well just accept it.]

Oh yes. We'll I've done it twice now. You start getting used to it, I suppose.

[Hm.]

Suppose there must have been a lot to catch up on.

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's getting used to it too! Dying and being stabbed and stuff.

[ ... ]

There was... But Aoi wasn't sure how to catch up, so Aoi didn't really do it very good...

[headmt]

I'm sure you did fine.

[He stares off into space again.]

Probably not much point in asking you about Beau.

[gamerbrain]

She wasn't there.

[headmt]

So I've heard. Tamaki too, correct? Anyone else missing?

[gamerbrain]

[ she nods. tamaki too. ]

Just them.

[headmt]

Interesting hallucination so far. I've heard that I can listen to things, and that thing I already knew about Beau being gone.

The, ah-- dead from the previous round? Gone too? One of the letters suggested they might not be?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's still not a hallucination... But Aoi's still sorry for not being more helpful.

Aoi didn't meet anyone new, there.

[headmt]

[just putting his hands on his head and rolling it around]

Don't have to apologize. Probably it's just my own mind refusing to accept things still.

[just refusing to hear that part about the. not being a hallucination.]

You see that creature at all?

[gamerbrain]

Aoi's sure you'll be able to move past this. Maybe you just need time.

[ ... ]

The UWU thingy? Aoi hasn't seen it since last time.

[headmt]

[maybe! maybe.]

Last time?

[gamerbrain]

When Aoi got stabbed a bunch with Endorsi and Medb and Shi Qingxuan.

[headmt]

Oh. Right.

[The adventure.]

Did you learn anything about it? I don't know what-- UWU, you said?

[gamerbrain]

... Unintegrated Watchman Unit! It's an AI but it's all glitched and doing the wrong stuff.

[headmt]

[boy that's a lot of words to hit a ye olde with]

Am I-- Is that another language? AI? Is it starting to wear off?

[gamerbrain]

AI is Artificial Intelligence.

Boop boop... Kind of like how Aoi isn't a real person. Aoi is a character from a game.

[ wait that comparison makes it seem like the AI is alive, since aoi is alive now? oh well. ]

[headmt]

You may be a hallucination and not a real person, but it's one I'm very glad to see! I don't think you're simply a game.

[pulling her head over. To gently smooch the top of it. what did you take molly.]

So it's-- fake? A machine? If it's . . . broken, then what is it supposed to be doing?

[gamerbrain]

[ aww, she smiles! ]

It was supposed to watch us and play with us and learn from us.