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guiltrip2023-06-05 11:41 am
killerwaves) wrote in guiltrip2023-06-05 11:41 am
WEEK 4
WEEK FOUR
24 Vacationers
What started with a week promising relaxation turned into something else entirely. It might be nice to try to grab a quiet moment after the whirlwind of the weekend, but there's something to be said about keeping up the momentum too.The island open to you this week, Dodo's Outlook, seems to have that in mind, or at the very least, keeping your mind occupied. All damage to the island buildings has been fixed by Monday morning at least, but noticeably there are less palm trees than before where the damage was the heaviest. Explorers too will find that the area behind the waterfall has been completely sealed off with solid rock.
Whether you're the type to commune with the nature of marine life in the aquarium, the cosmos in the planetarium, or to spin your own tale in the theater, there's plenty to do and enjoy. As always there's task to complete too, and after all you've been through by now, what's a little more bonding in the pursuit of prizes?
!TASKS:
In the stars:
Compare your astrology sign with someone else, and find out if you're a match!
(REWARD: RARE!)
Say Cheese:
Take a selfie with someone else and share it with the network. Make it silly, romantic, zany, or however else you want to express yourself!
(REWARD: RARE!)
Encore!:
Everyone loves a performance. Give someone or several someones a performance however you like, music not required.
(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!Compare your astrology sign with someone else, and find out if you're a match!
(REWARD: RARE!)
Say Cheese:
Take a selfie with someone else and share it with the network. Make it silly, romantic, zany, or however else you want to express yourself!
(REWARD: RARE!)
Encore!:
Everyone loves a performance. Give someone or several someones a performance however you like, music not required.
(Reward: Common)
(( REMINDER: Task submissions are due Friday by 9 PM EST/6 PM PST. ))
Also, as always, your admins can be contacted for a chat. ))
NETWORK
POLLS
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QUESTION #2: Hi hi cuties, me again. 😉 What's your ♥♡♥favorite♥♡♥ place for a hot DATE?? ( ˘ ³˘)
QUESTION #3: Is atonement for the sinner or the sinned?
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GEN NETWORK CHATTER
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Come find me around the new island!
Don't be shy and try to sneak pictures from a distance. ♡( •ॢ◡-ॢ)✧˖° ♡
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MONDAY
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In the very early morning hours, she can be found in the garden. She's sitting on her knees in the designated memorial area with her hands folded in a way that indicates prayer. She's going to simply keep her eyes closed and disregard others in the garden unless she is actively approached.
In more reasonable morning hours, Lacus is in the kitchen, where she's gently shooed some robots to the side and taken hold of the stove. She's making pancakes! They're nice and fluffy, too! On occasion, she looks out into the buffet area to check for people and ask: ]
Good morning! Would you like some fresh pancakes? If so, what topping do you prefer?
[ For most of the later day, Lacus is in the theater. For a good long while she is stage area, looking through stage costumes (she's taking special care in sorting through the more elaborate kimono and dresses) and light fixtures. She can also be found on the stage itself, walking up and down and vocalizing musical scales and testing out the acoustics.
Then she also spends some time in the ballroom, making simple sounds on all of the instruments. It does not appear as though she can actually play any, though, she's really only trying out the sound of simple notes.
And in the early evening, Lacus is in the arcade. She's been seen here from time to time all through the last week, most often playing Mario Kart. She's at it again today. It looks like she's taken to maining Koopa and she's... honestly really good at it now? The NPC drivers don't stand much of a chance. ]
garden.
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[ Wang Lu can be found at the mini aquarium wearing an interesting shirt. He seems lost in thought with his arms crossed as he stares at nothing in particular in the tanks. It takes a moment before he realizes he isn't alone, and he'll give a slow grin at that as he turns to face them. ]
Want to see the funniest thing ever? [ He'll immediately call attention to something in another tank. Or rather a pair of somethings. There are two starfish semi-overlapping each other. Both of them have rather large posteriors. ] I don't think there's anyone here who can beat that.
ii. count the stars
[ Later, he can be found at the Planetarium reading the daily horoscopes. ]
A temporary separation from your partner could also be disappointing. I wonder who does it mean? [ Here he is without any partners. He'll then point to it, while looking at anyone in the same room. ] Read yours. What does it say?
iii. wildcard
[ Bring your own starter or hit me up ]
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wildcard bc here's josh claiming one of his dates
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01. mini aquarium
[ With the way she's constantly moving around the aquarium, it's almost like she's dancing. Which is probably why she looks particularly fond of the turtles and jellyfish, considering how much time she spends at the viewing window and jellyfish display in total. ]
I wonder how common places like these are?
02. planetarium
[ Around lunch time, Moravia rests at the small seating area, drinking coffee and eating baked goods. There's an introductory book on astrology in her lap. She's rather fascinated with it, leafing through the pages with her free hand. Anyone who comes by is free to share with her! Gotta collaborate on those tasks after all. ]
Let's see...June 5. So Gemini then. Hmm.
03. theater/free for all
[ Ibuki's profile said he's always open for movie marathons, which unsurprisingly also applies to Moravia! But of course, they're pretty up for anything today, having a much higher tension than usual.
After all, it's a good day that also happens to be their birthday. ]
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TUESDAY
MEETING
Let us regroup at the bar at [XX:XX] to discuss any new discoveries.
- Temenos
[As before, he'll slide a note under every cabana's door as well. He won't be forcing attendance this time, though. He's expecting everyone to understand the importance this time around.
At the appointed time, Temenos can be found with plenty of snacks set aside. Drinks, of course, can be obtained from the bar proper. There may even be some surprise specialty drinks in store...]
Well, now! Shall we get to it? We have much to discuss.
DISCUSSION
Afterlife Poll
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We Need To Talk About The Grapes
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MINGLE
get your DD refreshers here
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WEDNESDAY
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[For those out at an ungodly hour between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, they might just hear the faintest notes of a playing.
How odd...]
B - Spa
[In the actual reasonable morning, Kanon can be found in the spa - and applying new acrylic nails, no less. Judging by the natural nails that are visible, she's been keeping them well-trimmed, even if she doesn't seem particularly chatty for once.]
C - Around!
[And later still, she can be found hanging around the islands, approaching her fellow vacationers.]
Well? Why not take a selfie together~? ♪
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[Nona strolls along the aquarium, running her hands over the glass and saying 'hello' and 'I love you' to all the fishies. It's nice, if a little nostalgic.
She's not sure what she's feeling nostalgia for. Maybe the beach at home with all the jellyfish that kill anyone who enters except for her who they just tickle.
Actually, there's some jellyfish now! Her eyes brighten and she runs to the jellyfish tank.]
Jellyfish! Are you okay? Are you swimming? Why aren't you in the salt? Oh, it's so good to see you again.
[And she seems to... hug the tank.]
2. Planetarium
[She can't recognize these stars, or this perspective. She sits with cross legs and watches the visage above, and she can't help but feel a little sad.
She thinks in her dream she was lying on a sleeping bag in the sand, and He was pointing the stars out. Not for her benefit, but for his own. He didn't want to forget.]
What planet are we on, I wonder? Do you know?
3. Beach
[It's another day, and she ends it like she always does. In the sea, on the beach, her braid undone and he cares melted away. She can find peace, maybe because she's not afraid of drowning, or of being taken by the sea and devoured. She thinks, in some way, that the sea loves her too. Maybe not quite as much as she loves it, but it still loves her.
I still love you.]
I wish I could stay here forever. Maybe at the bottom of it all.
[It's a wistful thought, but one she believes with the entirety of her heart. She wonders if the other girls she might be would have wanted to stay in the chlorine forever. She thinks they would. Maybe that's one point of commonality between all of them.]
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there's also a severe lack of shopping options in the resort, so josh can be found loitering near the gift shop and boutique and browsing through whatever is still left there. strangely, aside from the regular white/pink/gray type of clothes that he may have been seen wearing throughout the weeks here, some of the pieces and items that josh is picking up trend brighter. quite a bit of purple in there, too.
when it's too hot to be out in the afternoon, josh can be found at the arcade, defaulting to his regular choice of first-person-shooter-killing-zombie arcade games. there is room for a partner/player 2, if anyone wants to join~
later in the evening he can be found at the waterfall, and there is a trend here in joshua liking high places because he can be found hovering just off the top of the waterfall right as the sun sets, as if he's debating on whether to actually take the plunge.
and because i'm determined to have him make a circuit around all the islands in one day (rip) at night, josh makes his appearance known at the ballroom, where he's made a beeline straight for the grand piano and is playing a piano approximation of this song. once he's bored of tinkering with the grand piano, he can be found messing with the speaker system of the stage theatre and the various backing tracks that they're offering playing over the speakers. there's a common thread - all the tracks that he lets play to the end all have a koto playing prominently either in the melody or the bass, and there's something a little bit wistful there. ]
( feel free to wildcard me or dm me on discord for a pc! )
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[ Whelp, the waterfall is officially ruined, so he'll go check out the weird aquarium thing. He's not really phased by all the non-sentient fish. There are plenty of those at home. But the tanks... ]
Who tends to all these critters? [ He muses as he passes the larger tank with all the tropical fish... Then he gets to the jellyfish. ]
Hm? He walks up for a closer look... [ What was I thinking, these look nothing like the explosive jellyfish in my realm.
Did he just say EXPLOSIVE? ]
Planetarium
[ Kallamar flips through an astrology book in bemusement. ]
Hm... So mortals looked to the skies for divination... [ Flip, flip. ] Would explain the horoscope thing outside...
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[Sometime early Wednesday morning, Temenos can be found in the book café with a coffee in front of him as he pages through what appears to be a cookbook.
He's also wearing a rather conspicuous accessory today: some snazzy glasses. Who would have guessed that he needs reading glasses? Or does he?]
2 - theater
[While Temenos is no stranger to theater performances, motion pictures are an entirely different beast.
Arms crossed and a hand at his chin, he studies the movie schedule intense scrutiny. If anyone else is checking out the selection, he'll turn and say:]
I must say, I am morbidly curious to see one of these crime thrillers. I would like to know what sort of tale can be woven in a format like this.
Would you care to join me? A performance is better with company.
3 - ballroom
[Once the movie's out, he wanders back to the ballroom to play a few tunes on the piano again. He'd performed for Wang Lu a few days ago, and interestingly enough it's awoken a bit of an itch for more. It's not like he's been able to pursue his other minor hobbies here.
With the lights dimmed low, he sits down to play a gentle tune...]
4 - planetarium
[After night falls, Temenos spends some time up in the second floor of the planetarium, viewing the stars through the open dome, as well as the telescope. If anyone has come to join him, he comments:]
Two of my traveling companions recently aided a scholar with the invention of the astronomical telescope, though it was much smaller than this one. To think that they could one day end up this large and powerful... Heh. I am sure Osvald and Partitio would have loved to see this.
5 - wildcard
[Feel free to throw something custom at me or hit me up on discord!]
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But he decides to go about his day anyway, making his way over to the garden for a nice spot to play his flute. After all, he's got to warm up for whenever he decides to give a little performance for that one task this week. When he starts to play, however, it feels... different.
Anyone near the garden and sensitive to the spiritual will notice that the tone of Wei Wuxian's flute sends a chill down their spine and the air turns almost oppressive around them—that oppressive atmosphere is something the birds seem to feel too, and they quickly flee the area. The reason for that chill becomes clear soon enough when a skeletal hand shoves its way up from the dirt in the garden as it rises and starts to shamble its way towards Wei Wuxian. The garden isn't the only place with this particular little surprise, however: anyone in the golf course, waterfall, and planetarium will see a skeleton rise from beneath the earth and start to shuffle towards the one calling them. Messing with them or getting them to stop won't do anything, and they will instead move aside or push whoever obstructs their path out of the way to reach their destination.
Should anyone follow them all the way to said destination, Wei Wuxian will be quick to notice their presence and carefully guide the skeletons away. After all, he likes just about everyone here and doesn't want to take a chance on the skeletons attempting to throw bony hands. With a quick trill, the skeletons drop (even more) lifelessly to the ground. ]
...Interesting.
[ Yeah, that's all he has to say! ...Mostly because he immediately doubles over in a fit of painful sounding coughs. ]
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After he gets his run in, he can be found at the fitness center, working out...again... Except his punches on the punching bag seem driven by...something. Something that's hard to discern.
Lastly, he will be at the aviary, sitting and watching some of the birds. It looks like he's in need of some peace, judging by how he seems to be doing some deep breathing exercises. ]
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THURSDAY
PARTY
Esteemed guests,
Though we all last met on Tuesday, Xiao (of house Dodo) and myself have determined that more mundane socialization is in order. This evening at [xx:xx], please join us at the planetarium, where we will engage in grief-defying revelry. You can have a delightfully merry time with games, conversation, and entertainment. Be sure to photograph yourself with a companion or compare your rumored fortunes with one another, if you've been slacking on your little domesticated tricks.
Food and beverage will be supplied, though in light of recent events, perhaps you're better off bringing your own?
We cannot all sleep in one place, lest anyone be developing any grandiose ideas of mass slaughter, so we'll disperse by 9pm. I've been told I cannot conscript anyone's assistance with this by force, but you are welcome to volunteer.
.·:*¨༺ ༻¨*:·.
[ And, sure enough, the party will start in the afternoon, as promised. It's quite an elaborate setup, with decorations provided by Magolor that compliment the starry sky. Kanon and Zelkov are here to provide drinks, both alcoholic and DD refreshers alike. Baizhu has prepared food – healthy food, mind you – and Wang Lu is helping Xiao and Waltaquin with general party things, given how hopeless the both of them are. There are also a bunch of musical instruments in here, presumably stolen from the ballroom.
It's a nice gathering after almost losing one of their own, at least. ]
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!!!!
Even this, and even murder, after all these weeks.
The only thing that has claimed lives so far is community sanction. Surely, it will be more of the same.
As always, it's hard to see the distortion when it doesn't appear on the main island -- instead, anyone leaving the main island will find themselves confronted with the warped reflections of the sun and the horizon, stretching as always across the empty water. The waves seem higher and more erratic than usual, sometimes washing across the bridge and spraying any strollers to the tune of strange low static noise. Even with the power of the midday haze, there is no way to spot the other islands nor what you'd be walking into. The haze stretches lazily across the railway tracks at one point and sways across the water, reaching almost to Seagull's Playground like it's grasping at the island with slow fingers.
Perhaps you should worry more about Dodo's Outlook, though, where the sound of the distortion itself is drowned out by a very real rumble from beneath your feet, the sound of glass splintering. The aquarium has lost a corner to a warped tendril stretching out of the ocean, like something wanted to free some fish, perhaps; but all that can be seen now is a wash of water down the bluffs and the occasional sad flopping tropical thing.
As always, it's a good idea to keep an eye out, but the distortion -- while seemingly getting bigger in scale -- is still spreading rather slowly the way it did in previous weeks.]
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cw: mild fish gore
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