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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[passetemps]

[ warily eyes kittybot.......

let's be obnoxious and start with the one thing that wasn't bolded, what does this cube on the table look like? is there anything else on the table or Just Cube? ]

[killerwaves]

[ Obnoxious, I like it.

It's a black opaque cube about slightly larger than a rubix cube with no markings or anything else written on it from what Zelkov can see. On the table is a couple of empty vials, a few packages of cotton swabs (the sterilized sealed kind), and a pen. ]

[passetemps]

[ so it's just black and smooth on all sides? he'll tentatively pick it up to check the underside too.

do the vials look like, never-filled empty, or like they've been used? any visible residue or anything? ]

[killerwaves]

[ As soon as Zelkov picks up the cube, the sides of it retreat kind of like the rock wall actually, just faster. Inside the cube is.... a round, purple, ball. It kind of looks like a grape actually? If a grape was more opaque and slime consistency.

It's wobbling. And it's immediately moving like it's possessed in Zelkov's direction. Think speed of a gunshot, or close thereabout.

Mentioning here because he probably saw before grapes happened, but all the vials look unused except one. ]

[passetemps]

[ god i made a choice starting with this cube

well since avoidance is his specialty and he's already kind of dressed like he's in the matrix he will do a SICK DODGE MOVE here, it's fine. also this is the moment where i realize i did not icon any fighting moves. ]

Watch out!

[ a shouted warning to haruka just in case it's headed in his direction after being dodged?? HOPEFULLY NOT? ]

[killerwaves]

[ There is Haruka doing his best as an office lady and some renegade mutated grape goes flying at him? In some universe at least, because the purple glob whizzes by Zelkov to stick securely on the poster (right on the guy's face naturally) behind him with a loud smack and then goes still. ]

[passetemps]

[ phew.

okay, he'll go over and look at the glob for a second now that it's hopefully out of commission for the moment. did it like, go splat, or is it still round but just stuck on? anything to note about its appearance when it's sitting still? does it smell like anything? ]

[killerwaves]

[ Still round, just stuck on the poster. And nothing else to note about its appearance, and it has no smell. ]

[passetemps]

[ hm. guess he will just... take a picture of this grape on his phone and move on with his life as i side eye the mods

back to the lab... and just to check on that used vial that he barely looked at before grape crimes, is there anything left in it/how does it look used?

he'll go up and get a better look at the equipment after checking that. what's up with this maybe-centrifuge, not that he knows what that is in the first place? does it look like there are any samples or anything in there? ]

[killerwaves]

[ There's a speck of blood in the vial.

Maybe!Centrifuge time. All of this looks a bit complicated but there is a plain screen with the simple prompt, blinking slowly: ]

INSERT SAMPLE:

[passetemps]

[ great

is it obvious where to insert it/what shape it's looking for? would that vial fit in there? ]

[killerwaves]

[ It is obvious, yup! And it looks like there's a space for either a vial, or swab stick. ]

[passetemps]

[ are the swab sticks still sealed? if so i guess he'll put the blood vial in and see what happens??? yolo hours ]

[killerwaves]

[ They are! Picture the godforsaken covid nose swab type of thing.

The blood vial goes in, and the machine buzzes, along with the screen about the !notAmongUs pad lighting up. It reads: ]

SAMPLE ACCEPTED.

PROCESSING . . .

ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETION: 317,351 seconds/ 5289 minutes / 88 hours

[passetemps]

[ ...well, clearly they're not going to be sticking around for that.

does anything happen with the pad itself or just the screen by it? he'll go over and check that out to see if he can get any idea of what it's for. ]

[killerwaves]

[ ...nope. Machines gotta machine, you know.

The pad is illuminated now, but it looks like anything else that'll happen from it will have to wait well. 88 hours or so. As far as trying to glean what's it for, the screen helpfully flashes the following words: ]

LELANTOS SYSTEM RETRIEVAL IN PROGRESS FROM VECTOR: A8733hc.Q239

STANDBY

[passetemps]

[ takes a picture of that too, why not.

...well, if there's nothing else to examine over here, he supposes it's probably time to dash before the terrible security detail figures this out. ]