WEEK 5

[killerwaves]

WEEK FIVE

21 Vacationers

The weekend sure was something, wasn't it? Tempers flared, explosions burst, and some were treated to an immersive sand bath experience. Come Monday at least, things seem quieter though not in the unnatural still way—the distortions on the islands have receded sometime in the night (with some impressive firework-like booms that may have stirred your sleep, at that; and the waves seem a little higher this morning) and the various amenities on the island have been made orderly again. Though, as always, some traces remain in the landscape; the waterfall looks like it has seen better days, though it's no longer in danger of coughing up debris on your head if looked at wrong.

This week like the rest brings new locations for you to explore, on Kakapo's Nest though it seems like only one of them really fits the vacation vibe. Hope you like snow!

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WEATHER ALERT:

Bulletin:
Starting Monday morning and continuing throughout the week, pollen counts will be elevated. This is expected to last until late Thursday

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TASKS:

Breathe Freely:
Enjoy the great outdoors with a fellow vacationer! It's never too late to appreciate nature.
(REWARD: RARE!)

(( Yes, only one task this week which is memshare with someone else. Have fun!
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, which is the last week of standard murder, week 6 being endgame!!

Also, as always, your admins can be contacted for a chat. ))

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[plunges]

[ There's something strange about this, aside from the all-too-familiar symptoms. Perhaps it hadn't occurred to him that someone as mighty and firm in her convictions could die so tragically. Maybe it's that he wishes he knew more about the one who watched over him during the first few weeks of their stay.

Ah, well. Forgive him for how unusually shaken he looks. Either way, it's back to business. ]

...Just like Wei Wuxian.

[ Who almost fell, too. ]

[passetemps]

[ nods... he's standing back against a wall somewhere nearby with his arms crossed. ]

Unfortunately, she was unable to speak in a way that any of us could understand, so we were unable to glean any definitive information about her circumstances beyond what was visible to us.

[microtransactions]

[ oh. ]

So... what.

There's a drug somewhere here that boosts abilities to the point where they go out of control?

[chrysaline]

[ Oh... she hates this. She folds her arms around herself as she takes that in, narrowing her eyes a little. ]

[diabolizes]

…

[ For a moment, he doesn’t breathe. It feels like he’s been gut-punched. ]

Is… is she…?

[ Dead? He needs it fully confirmed. Defeated isn’t enough. ]

[chosenwang]

We heard the birdkin- Ho-oh on the loudspeaker. He said that it wasn't another lab accident but he'll count it under the same umbrella. He also made a remark about hoping it won't contribute to anything like last week.

[passetemps]

[ well. not hard to guess where that syringe was used, unfortunately, though there are a lot of other questions.

he frowns. ]

So is there some sort of drug being administered that removes the limits that were placed on our powers and drives them out of control...?

[microtransactions]

[ this is where i fess up and say the kratos journal last night was mine, very sorry

but anyway, more seriously. ]

... she went an entire island over?

Was she looking for something in the planetarium specifically, or was it just ... a messy trail all over the place that ended up eventually leading back to the snow room?

[chosenwang]

[ He looks serious, his gaze trying to catch Wei Wuxian's to figure out what it is he is feeling. ]

Yeah, she is. [ It's a heavy feeling knowing that he helped in that. There's also the whole what could have happened with Wei Wuxian if he had gone out of control like that. ]

cw needles continued

[finalmix]

[ josh is here. he will attempt to be helpful because he Does Not Like This ]

Reasonable speculation but I think whatever was inside that syringe must have been jabbed into her unwillingly because there was a fight that almost broke one of the snow machines. And there were scorch and fire marks on the walls too.

[ a beat. ]

We have pictures, if you want to see.

[chosenwang]

[ With the information from Haruka... ]

Kratos does mean strength. They may be using those drugs to boost those creatures we encountered before. [ The Nomu ] I wonder how she got a hold of it and where she was before then.

[chosenwang]

It doesn't sound like our host knew about it, but we have been told they are ruthless.

[ If it wasn't the hosts... he doesn't want to chase that answer down. ]

[necrotiem]

Xiao was...Ibuki's height, or thereabouts.

[She confirms it by checking the profiles.]

How much bigger, do you reckon, was the other? I wonder...

[diabolizes]

[ What Wang Lu will find is grief and confusion as Wei Wuxian wonders why he ended up fine. ]

I didn’t want her to die.

[necrotiem]

She was in pain.

[Waltaquin thinks, anyway. This past week has really given her a lot of exposure to people's regrets and losses, and Xiao's cries had sounded like a pitiful lament.]

In that, you can almost see it as us doing her a favor.

[finalmix]

[ hmmmmmmm. ]

... Did she have any injuries that looked like she was injected with something, by any chance?

[passetemps]

Or at least removes the limits that have typically been present during our time here.

Whatever the intention might be behind it is unclear to me. [ ... ] The timing was too early for her death to help satisfy the weekly requirement, unfortunately.

[microtransactions]

What, are they trying to raise an army?

Kind of a terrible plan if they start reacting to their own powers and start coughing up blood whenever they try to use them - or even when they're used on them - don't you think?

[chrysaline]

In Wei Wuxian's case, he was feeling ill the night before. A difference in how it was administered... do you think? Had anyone spoken to her earlier?

[chosenwang]

Walt did say something about a bruise, which may be the injection spot. What I don't understand is why didn't Wei Wuxian have one.

[diabolizes]

…Was it simply stronger this time?

[ He doesn't know and honestly doesn’t want to think about it, but that wouldn’t be helpful. ]

[townmusician]

Quite bigger...

[Give him a moment to check the profiles and his mind palace.]

Someone at least as tall as Billy Butcher-san.

[finalmix]

Eh, same drug, different method of administration.

I do wonder if that's what caused Xiao's dragon transformation to be more... potent. And that resulted in her death. Like an overdose, so to speak.

[passetemps]

[ ... ]

I suppose that is one way to look at it.

[ one he doesn't agree with. ]

[finalmix]

Probably someone further up the food chain. Makes sense, if this place is connected to like, other outposts. It's like how I'm still answerable to the Higher Planes, in the end.

... Hey, we didn't ask those two [ he means overhaul and shigaraki ] if they had other colleagues, right?