04 - week four

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WEEK FOUR

Saturday comes to a close, and it’s time for some rest and recovery. Perhaps the TLC you deserve will come this week, or perhaps the nightmare will continue. It’s hard to say with things being so strange around you, from Wei Wuxian’s disappearance to the sudden addition of objects and places and creatures from your homes. Who knows what this week will bring? Nothing ordinary, that’s for sure.

You wake up on Sunday to an increase in those little glimpses you saw yesterday. What were snippets of songs, locations that might’ve seemed familiar, and creatures that were dormant, are now all alive and whole. When you go to the karaoke bar, the songs you once knew are there. Monsters and animals are alive and sentient. New business are abound. Vehicles are operable, and perhaps some of your old belongings are back, too.

However, some of these things aren’t even things that should exist outside of your dreams. They may be far too strange and unusual to be real, or just things you don't remember ever seeing. The only thing you remember about these things in particular is that they were, quite literally, in your dreams this week.

That being said, every few hours, all of these things from your homes and dreams fade out and get replaced by new sounds, places, beasts….only to maybe come back again at another time.

Well. At least there's one constant here: You’ve got a handful of new locations to look at, with the fog having spread once more, and they aren't going anywhere. There aren’t as many new places that are native to Estelline this time around, but that may be for the best, considering everything going on.


SETTING TRACKER

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

NEWSPAPER SUBMISSIONS + EDITION #1

SAGE / FLORENCE / LORELEI

MEM SHARE DETAILS

OOC NOTE

OOC: Details on this week can be found here!

Also, we have a lot of participants for the news activity from last week. Neat! Everyone who participated in some capacity will have a small polaroid camera delivered to their doorstep. There's limited film, though - 10 photos per camera. It doesn't seem like there's any extra film at this time, either.

Finally, there will not be any weekly tasks this week. You guys are going to be busy with memshare and dreamscape stuff; instead, enjoy the Estelline University Newspaper!

FULL NAV

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Comments

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[totaltrashfire]

[Oh no. Oh hell no.

Mae doesn't recognize this monster, of course not - she's never seen it before. But it reminds her so much of him, the unknowing shape and the very real fact that it seems to want to swallow anything in its path.

Oh no. She's been here before and she'd rather not be here again. She knows he will likely inevitably kill her but she'd like some time before then.

She turns, trying to run.]

[selfconcept]

[ The man laughs.

"Where are you going? Why don't you stay for dinner?"

The monster finally pulls its attention away from the marble-like structure and turns to Mae's direction. No matter where Mae runs, everything is still black, yet she can still see the objects around her without any lighting.

Instead of the monster instantly running after Mae, it seems curious of Mae's existence and only walks at a decent speed. It doesn't seem hungry for her just yet... ]

[totaltrashfire]

[That's good, but she'd rather not stay around for when it becomes hungry for her.]

Not hungry thanks!

[Is what she says to the man over her shoulder. But it's pretty clear that she isn't getting anywhere fast; the portal back to the university is gone now, she can't find it.]

[selfconcept]

[ As Mae runs, the void seems endless. Moreover, those head-sized floating marbles display scenes that Mae would be familiar with--something that happened in her past or just mundane things in her world. But whatever it is, the marbles seem to know and the man's sneer grows even wider.

Since Mae is even further away, the monsters picks up the pace... and then it starts rushing at her.

Hungry.

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It roars after her. ]

[totaltrashfire]

[Those marbles are disturbing, but she doesn't have much time to unsettled by them before that thing is after her.

She isn't the fastest runner, so she tries to be more agile instead, turning abruptly and trying to zigzag away. Not like there's anywhere to go - she can't see anything that will help her escape in this black void.]

Help! Anyone!

[selfconcept]

[ The monster just eats the marbles in its way. That's... probably not a good thing, but now it's a pac-man chase.

Or at least, until some blond man with a red right eye and a blue left eye pops out of existence.

"What's a cat doing here?"

Weird!! ]

[totaltrashfire]

[Yeah, that's probably bad, but right now Mae just doesn't want to get eaten by it herself. She can care about that later, if she lives.

The guy appearing doesn't make her pause, exactly, but she takes notice. Is this guy here to help, or...]

Not a- never mind, help!

cw body horror, vore(???)

[selfconcept]

[ The blond dude is usually not here to help, but he's always up for antagonizing Hien, and by extension, the monster. So perhaps, it's a blink and you'll miss it, but if Mae looks back while running away, the blond man gets close to the monster, turns into an even bigger monster and devours it. The blond man looks human when Mae might start staring though.

"Ahh, that was good! I bet Hien will scold me again for eating him~ Hehe."

He sounds gleeful. Absolutely happy.

Sorry, Mae. You landed in a void full of nutcases. ]