WEEK ONE

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WEEK ONE

29 Vacationers

As much as this vacation was unplanned, hopefully you've found some time to enjoy yourself this weekend as you've settled in. The idyllic beach, all inclusive food, drink, and shopping might be almost enough to distract you from that pesky talk of sacrifice. Vacations really are about letting your worries pass you by. Hopefully you've found the time to set up your U-PINION too, because if you haven't, it's been chirping incessantly since the date turned to Monday. And come Monday at noon, everyone's device will let out a pleasant jingle, heralding several announcements across the screen:

Happy Monday! We've hope you've been enjoying your time at Sungem's Peak. The Mermer (intranet) is now fully operational. Chat with your friends and get recommendations for how to best enjoy your vacation, by:

• Reading about your fellow vacationers via their profile
• Chatting on the network
• Asking honest questions via our anonymous poll system
• REQUIRED: Reading the RULES set by the administrators

We're also happy to announce our reward system is live! Complete tasks to receive special items to improve your stay!!! Contact your administrators for any questions or concerns. We hope you have a wonderful week!

The artificial peppiness of the announcement just oozes out from the U-PINION, and soon thereafter everyone will be accosted by a friendly robot that forces a physical copy of the rules into their hands anyway. Just in case. They'll also present a copy of the tasks this week as well, for any interested parties.

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TASKS:

Be Nice
Now that you're acquainted, tell another person one thing you like about them, and why.
(REWARD: RARE!)

Let's Play!
Play a game with someone else. Any type of game: board games, card games, or even a party game! (Reward: Common )

Summer Spooks
Tell a two-sentence horror story in person, or on the network.
(Reward: Common)

((OOC: Welcome to Week 1! This is a peace week, so they'll be no case this weekend. However, we have something for you to chew on Saturday, time to be announced later in discord.

We'll also be playing around with the network and seeing what works as far as formatting goes, so thanks for bearing with us! Also please note, that the poll questions are anon, but any answers won't be. ))

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[gluttoning]

Yeah. Six brothers.

Father made us.

[chrysaline]

[ If he hadn't just said he didn't have a mother, this would sound considerably risqué to her. ]

Oh! When you put it like that, it sounds like something out of a fairy tale.

[gluttoning]

A fairy tale?

[Don't they usually curse people and make weird rings in the forest.]

What do you mean?

[chrysaline]

Like the sculptor whose statue comes to life? [ He is somewhat statue-sized... ] Do you not have stories like that?

[gluttoning]

Oh. You mean fables.

Yeah, we know a few. The story of the kids in the house made of candy is the one I remember best.

Most of those tales come from humans, though. The ones that circle around home tend to be more like ghost stories.

[chrysaline]

Ah, the one with the witch! That one's a little scary, too...

[ ... ]

Um... are most people not human, where you're from?

[gluttoning]

Mm. Humans usually live in the human world. We rarely see them in our own.

The Devildom is for demons, after all.

1/3

[chrysaline]

Oh...

2/3

[chrysaline]

Ah...?

3/3

[chrysaline]

Are you a demon, Beelzebub?

[gluttoning]

Yeah, I am.

[His head tilts slightly, free hand slipping into his jacket pocket as his other tilts his glass back for another drink.]

You're surprised?

[chrysaline]

I'm sorry, that was rude...

[ She sits back, pressing one fist to her lap. Time to bury a slightly sheepish expression in her drink. ]

Demons are more like a fable where I'm from. I suppose it should be obvious not everyone here is human, but it's still a little surprising to me.

[gluttoning]

Ah.

I think that's okay. As far as I know, most humans go their whole lives without realizing we actually exist.

[He gives an easy shrug.] You weren't rude. Don't worry about it.

[chrysaline]

I'm glad, then. It must be just as surprising for you to suddenly have so many humans around.

[gluttoning]

Heh. No, not really.

If we were still in the Devildom, that would be a shock. But I've been around lots of humans plenty of times before.

It's not a bad surprise. I'd call it... nostalgic?

[chrysaline]

Nostalgic? Has it been a while?

[ She can't remember all the profile ages, but some of them were... lots. ]

[gluttoning]

["Age: A lot" is correct.]

Yeah, it has. I'll go up once or twice a century now for errands if I'm asked, or to help one of my brothers if he's gotten himself into trouble with a witch somewhere. But it's never for very long, and nothing like this.