WEEK THREE

[killerwaves]

WEEK THREE

26 Vacationers

The events of the past weekend, the past week, may linger on your mind as you awaken to the sun rising on your third week on Sungem's Peak. The rays of the sun are welcoming as always, and so are the amenities, and the new island— Kingfisher's Retreat.

The theme this week certainly seems to be relaxation and excitement, perhaps with a mind to distract all vacationers that your number has decreased by two. Or maybe you're the type to take a plunge in the name of your sacrificed vacationers? Either way, there's plenty of do, including more tasks for the objective minded.

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TASKS:

Dear:
How are you enjoying your vacation? Are you missing your friends or family back home? Write them a postcard and post it on the bulletin board!
(REWARD: RARE!)

Gifts:
Everyone loves gifts, so this week give one to someone else! It can be a physical gift, a gift from the heart, or any other kind of gift.
(REWARD: RARE!)

Take a Plunge
Take advantage of the waterfall, cold plunge, or even plain trust with one another. The point is to take a leap of faith together!
(Reward: Common)

(( REMINDER: Task submissions are due Friday by 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. ))

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST, for the current week's murder. Feel free to submit for later weeks too!

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[conchy]

[What is Temenos doing? Boiling him alive...? Wonderful! He's been burned by Temenos before, but nothing like this! très bien, j'adore, ça fait tellement mal, etc. When will the man learn to stop rewarding him for misbehaving?]

Aaah... What pain! What exquisite agonie! Do you truly intend to kill me?!

[He wouldn't be that opposed, but he still has thing to do in this life. Ah, but right. Temenos is saying something. Lobelia has to swap his offensive hand away to answer his question, but he delivers his response with gusto and passion.]

Oui! Oui, oui, oui! And what a fine job you do entertaining me! I couldn't possibly ask for more!

[conchy]

That's a noble goal, Beelzebub! All you need to do now is focus on surviving that long.

[And maybe avoid people like Lobelia?? But clearly that isn't going to happen.]

Ah, and take care not to find yourself in any precarious situations. With a temper like yours, who knows what might happen...?

[chrysaline]

Hm... Well, I'll keep an eye on the bullets until we know if someone else got the other equipment they'd need. Maybe I'll ask Billy.

[ She doesn't really get it, but maybe she's in favor of Billy having a gun. She gives Wang Lu's explanation a little nod too. ]

I don't think my aim is that good. But, I'll remember that. Thank you both for the advice!

[immortalpoet]

Usually sell them. Sometimes they use them in dishes in District 23, or grind them up for fuel. There's probably other uses, but that's all black market stuff.

[immortalpoet]

[.................A huff, almost amused.]

Hell of a way to twist positivity into this, Shuda.

[dupiety]

[He probably won't ever learn, because even if Lobelia enjoys the pain far too much, Temenos is beginning to enjoy inflicting it more than he should as well.]

You tempt me further with each passing day.

[But, no. He won't kill Lobelia. That would make for an embarrassingly short trial, wouldn't it?

He retracts his hand and places it on his chest to calm himself. He can't allow himself to get even a fraction as excited as Lobelia.]

How did I even come to be your source of entertainment, hm?

[Is this the gods finally sending him a sign? Is this how he's supposed to repent?]

[gluttoning]

[...]

...What about you?

What's your goal, Lobelia?

[conchy]

[It's as Lobelia told him before: they really are two birds of a feather, two sides of the same morally dubious coin. While they both steal a moment to calm themselves down, Lobelia hums, considering his question in earnest.]

You've been one from the start! You were so quick to spin on your heel and stride away from me, but you didn't get too far before crawling back to my web. As the araignée in this metaphor, you've made my job quite easy. What a fine snack you've turned out to be!

[:yesvore:]

[gluttoning]

[Anyway whenever Temenos is done being Holy Air Fryer:

Here comes Beel with his runaway towel, wordlessly handing it out. Lobelia who, we don't know her.]

[dupiety]

[Oh, good! Now he doesn't have to go slinking around for it and trying not to expose himself in the process.]

You are an absolute lifesaver, dear Beelzebub. Thank you.

[idologue]

[ It's... its own kind of peace... It's fine...... We're also going to ignore Vergilius' death glare, his face is stuck like that anyway. ]

Relaxing every once in a while is important! I know you like to keep your hands busy, but your body needs to recharge sometime, no?

do you want them to have a little private connection time or should they just go to action?

[necrotiem]

Yes, yes, I'll see you there.

Now to just figure out what sort of present suits you...

[Has she actually met this person before, ever? Waltaquin has to pause on her way to the shop to even consider this.

Who the hell is this?]

[dupiety]

[As Temenos reflects on that first day, he was immediately unimpressed with Lobelia's complete lack of interest in investigating the situation. And yet Lobelia is right- something made him turn around. And he just keeps. Coming. Back. Further into the web with each interaction.

Temenos had better be prepared for when the spider finally decides to stop teasing and actually strike.

Though his response is as flippant as ever, Lobelia can probably see the serious thought going on behind Temenos' eyes.]

Oh, is that all I am to you? A mere appetizer? You might be taking a bigger bite than you can chew, you know...

[necrotiem]

[Luckily(?) for Crea, she's right there beside him, emerging from the water with a lung-filling gasp and throwing her head back with a splash.]

Hehehe... haha... HAHAHA!

[She pulls both of her hands (yes, even the one holding his) close to her mouth as she laughs.]

Oh, how exhilarating! I simply must go again! Let's see what was waiting for us down here...

[skyworp]

[There's a nice postcard featuring some gulls at sunset on the sea, though on the other side the handwriting is atrocious, as if one were struggling to hold a pen.]

Dearest Shockwave,

It'll be a while. But it already has been, hasn't it? Don't have too much fun in my absence - but leave me something exciting for when I get back.

Which I will.

Then we can give it another shot.

- Your partner in crime

[idologue]

Oh? It was quite customary where I'm from!

[ But differences between world's are so odd already that she's actually inclined to believe fully naked onsen experience is the norm for Kanon. ]

[necrotiem]

[She leans against the wall of the springs, head on her arms.]

Indeed. The more islands we discover, the more extensive this retreat appears. I wonder if their journeys ended with leisure or with sacrifice.

[A resort built to house a substantial number of guests...of whom no traces remain. She has no evidence to justify this, but who's to say that this place was always used for such purposes?]

[skyworp]

Fear and anger, they're not that much different, are they?

[She gives him a worried frown, he gives her a grin.]

Don't worry. I've gotten what I wanted. I don't plan on pushing it any further with our hosts. [He'd much rather cozy up to them instead. All part of the plan.] Do you really think that was the end of it, though? I'd say we're only getting started.

!!!

[killerwaves]

[Thursday, and the usual unhappy hush hangs over the islands, muffling the sounds of the exponentially increased numbers of birds, the revelries in the new relaxation hangouts and likely the relaxation effects themselves; but though the pall lingers throughout the day, little happens until sometime into the night.

Perhaps it's because you offered a bit more for the island to chew on last week?

Whatever the case, the first stars are out and the moon glows above the horizon by the time a familiar low noise and atmospheric lightening makes itself known -- something like a dull roar that vibrates through bone, too unsettling to be the murmur of waves. The aviary has been even quieter than usual, but there's sudden a burst of cacophony as all the birds seem to cry out at once before it falls silent again -- it's ever more noticeable here with them all in one place, but they've been surprisingly hard to find for anyone who's visited.

Anyone on Kingfisher's Retreat who remembers to look up will see the familiar shimmer spreading across the sky by the waterfall, two long tendrils like the spreading of wings. It's thick and substantial enough to interrupt the fall of the waterfall at this point, creating an incredibly strange sight where the water seems to be riding on the warping, and some of the noise appears to be the sound of parts of the cliffs coming down or actually being flung a fair ways into the sea. Hope you're really watching your head there.

Meanwhile, those back on Sungem's Peak will spot the shimmer there too; this one is quieter in comparison, almost a tiptoeing bump in the night compared to the spectacle going on at Kingfisher island. A little veil of distorted moonlight spreads out across the waves down by the beach. Maybe it's not a night for skinnydipping.]

[OOC: The usual! Feel free to respond for a quick answer if your character is doing anything with/at the distortion, or ask in mod questions if needed.]

[necrotiem]

Hm.

[She takes a moment to process this, then nods.]

Well, now that you've said it, it makes perfect sense. Those tasks don't sound like them at all, do they?

Did they tell you where they might have originated?

[microtransactions]

Well, yeah? It's not like certain geological features are unique to just one planet, right?

[ now he's wondering exactly where everyone here thinks he's from, truly. poor magolor and lacus have to explain spaceships to so many people. ]

But yeah ... that's uh, a pretty physical way to go about it, haha! I can't see some of us here- [ certain girls, certain twinks ] -going for it when they can just do something like ... for example, shoving someone off the top of the waterfall instead.

[immortalpoet]

Hair.

[It's hair.]

I don't think anyone does. [A beat.] Who can you tolerate here, anyways?

[conceivesfrenzy]

... three! Obviously!

[ you better have a reply verg, or your pants are about to get soaked. ]

[immortalpoet]

I'd be neutral on it.







[Yeah that's it.]

[idologue]

[ Lacus laughs at that. ]

Put like this... I don't get sick either, so maybe the health benefits aren't exactly the deciding factor for either of us.

[ She splashes a small bit of water towards Nona. ]

But it's pretty, and relaxing, too!