WEEK 4

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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?

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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. ))

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[finalmix]

[ abrupt question but this is probably on everyone's minds: ]

Do you feel like you are close to death?

[plunges]

[ ... ]

[diabolizes]

[ From Crea's lap: ]

I always feel close to death!

[ But he knows what Joshua means, so... ]

The short answer is no. [ He knows he'll get follow-up questions, so let him continue after a few coughs. ] I feel... poisoned, but this isn't my powers backfiring on me. In fact, I felt off when I went to bed last night, but I assumed that was from drinking a little bit after the meeting.

[ He frowns, a thoughtful look passing over his face. ]

If I consider my symptoms... I think this could happen to someone else too.

[finalmix]

[ SHARE WITH THE CLASS ]

So your powers reactivating were more of a side effect than the intended result, huh.

[ good to know!!! ]

So, who are we talking about? I suppose we'd need to check in on them to make sure their tongue is also not black at this stage.

[diabolizes]

I think anyone, regardless of ability. Even you, my friend.

[ Sorry, he shouldn't be joking but he can't help it. ]

[finalmix]

[ oh, don't like that. :/ ]

I will bear that in mind when I start coughing up blood, darling.

How did you feel "off", as you said?

[ complete with air quotes ]

[plunges]

In what way could it happen to someone else?

[ Quin, maybe?? Otherwise, he's not sure if this is the product of WWX simply using his abilities, or... ]

[diabolizes]

Feeling ill the night before, and waking up like this. This isn't my cultivation. I've felt it nearly go out of control before, and this is not it.

[ He hates admitting to it, but... there you go. ]

I have half a mind to say someone without abilities could experience that, but that's just me speaking my immediate thoughts.

[plunges]

[ Oh, he doesn't like that at all. ]

...Regardless, I am...glad you are feeling alright.

[necrotiem]

[Oh, we don't like to hear that.}

Drinking with anyone in particular?

[diabolizes]

Wang Lu. Are you thinking he poisoned me? I can assure you he would never.

[necrotiem]

[She looks over at him.]

Hah. No, my understanding is that he's not the jealous sort.

[But maybe we'd better check and see how he's feeling? Wang Lu, wanna pull out your sword real quick?]

So perhaps not literally poisoned, but that your metaphorical leash tightened at the collar?

[chrysaline]

[ Has she calmed down enough from crying on Wang Lu to lift her head and have bad ideas? Maybe. ]

So you think... it's only you, because you're not feeling well? Or is healing going to do this from now on?

[diabolizes]

It's because I'm not feeling well.

[ He smiles a little. ]

I've avoided letting anyone heal me ever since I started cultivating this way, so I can't say if it will or will not work.

[chrysaline]

[ That puts a hold on at least one bad idea, for the moment. ]

You should have said something... [ and a little more quietly: ] I'm sorry I snapped at you.

[microtransactions]

[ and here's magolor, who probably showed up some time during everyone else's attempts at healing just in time to watch things not work and in fact, get worse! ]

... It just started last night?

Can you remember what you ate or drank all of yesterday?

[ not that that necessarily means anything, if it's a slow building toxin or poison, but, ]

[diabolizes]

I had a muffin for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and then some sort of salad for dinner all from the buffet and made by our lovely robots.

[ He hums, trying to remember what he drank. ]

I had water, of course. And I had one of those drinks Zelkov made all of us, and then I made an alcoholic version of that drink later on.

[microtransactions]

Well, it's probably not Zelkov because a bunch of us had those drinks, unless he for some reason wanted to slip something into just one drink for the fun of it ... and we all eat and drink from the same places.

[ hmm. hmm. hmmm. ]

... You think it's because you were playing for a while? Not because of your powers, I mean!

Just... if whatever it is is something that made you feel under the weather or like you were out too long when it was dusty, then maybe all that playing really didn't help when your lungs already weren't feeling great?

[butcherspice]

[Billy is slightly useless when it comes to ailments. He’d sort of know what to do if it was a stab wound, but illness? Who the fuck knows.]

This seems a bit fuckin’ stronger than an allergic reaction, but gotta ask anyway. Y’ever get this kinda sickness before comin’ here?

[diabolizes]

[ He shakes his head. ]

No. Which is why I think this might be specific to the environment we're in. Being sick at all is unusual for me.

[divector]

[ Ibuki's around, because he was lured by the text and the crowd. He almost reflexively takes out his U-PINION at that last part, though he stops it at that. ]

Just to make sure, did you see or experience anything strange yesterday in hindsight? I assume you didn't press suspicious buttons, but maybe it'd isolate the cause?

[gluttoning]

[Said straight:]

If you take another picture right now, I'll eat your phone.

[divector]

That is the last thing I'm thinking about right now.

[ For the first time ever, Ibuki actually looks angry at the idea. ]

[diabolizes]

[ He shakes his head. ]

I did not. Outside of feeling well, nothing strange happened to me. I think this was by random, and I was just the unlucky target, though I'm glad it was me over someone else. Honestly... I think this is entirely something strange with the island. I could be wrong, but those are my thoughts.

[dancing_flames]

[Here's Shuda too, because while he may not be a healer, he also doesn't trust shit to not hit the fan after their little adventure on Sunday.]

Where exactly did you go yesterday? If there's a chance it's potentially connected to a particular place, we should try to narrow the options down.