04 - week four

[afflictionmods]

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

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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

[vivens]

Yeah? And what kind of nickname did you think would work?

[ hmm. ]

[iubar]

Since you said my new nickname should have baby in it, maybe it should go the same for you.

[ he thinks about that. ]

"Stubborn Baby Sabo?"

[ yeah, it's terrible. he can't think of anything better with baby in it. ]

[vivens]

[ that is terrible on a multitude of levels and sabo will definitely make a face at it because come on!!! not like his was any bit better but!!! ]

It was only if you had eaten a fruit that messed with people's emotions or you manipulate things with your emotions.

[ scrunches up his nose. ]

A name like that doesn't suit me at all.

[iubar]

I think the stubborn part suits you pretty well.

[ says this guy who is stubborn to a fault. and, really, sabo is pretty flexible about things, so no. it really doesn't. but he's going to double down on it. ]

[vivens]

How does stubborn fit me?

[ ?? ???? ???? ]

Isn't that something that better suits you? You're the stubborn one here.

[iubar]

You get pretty stubborn when you're fighting with me!

[ that doesn't mean that he's always stubborn, though. ]

[vivens]

That's totally different! It's because you're impossible sometimes.

[ is this what koala feels whenever she deals with sabo? probably not but maybe a little bit. ]

[iubar]

How am I impossible?

[ like he doesn't know. he's innocent, though!! ]

[vivens]

Are you really going to ask me to list them out?

[ bruh. how malewife does he have to go here? ]

[iubar]

You're not supposed to keep a list about that kind of thing.

[ isn't he always in malewife mode with ace? ]

[vivens]

[ me looking back up what this thread was supposed to be about aND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CUTE ""DATE"" THREAD. I HATE THEM. ]

Says who? I can keep a list of that if I want to.

[ hmph. ]

Maybe I should have reconsider what I wanted to show you.

[iubar]

[ IS THIS A SURPRISE WITH THEM? ]

Maybe I'll reconsider what I want to show you, too!

[ these IDIOTS. ]

[vivens]

[ SIGHS LOUDLY.

just!! sighs!! loudly!!!! except maybe not so much because the reason of him doing this is still in the back of his mind and just!!! why!!!!! but sabo will be a bigger boy here and use his words. ]

This is why you're impossible sometimes and this is not how I wanted things to go. Why do you make things so needlessly complicated?

[ kind of use his words? ]

[iubar]

[ THE BIGGEY BOY??? seems sus as hell. ]

Complicated? How am I the one making it complicated? You're the one that wanted to reconsider whatever it is you're planning. I'm just doing the same.

[vivens]

[ YEAH? look at sabo here using words like a grown ass adult. ]

But I don't want to. You're just being— [ kind of as he just waves his hand like it's supposed to mean something??? ] It doesn't matter.

[ he folds his arms across his chest and looks down. ]

What I did to your doppelganger... It was selfish of me.

[iubar]

[ stares at my "biggey" typo there...

he's about to ask why it doesn't matter when he's cut off by what sabo says. he frowns at that. ]

It was. [ he won't even act like it was otherwise. ] And stupid.

[vivens]

[ tbh i thought it was intentional. ]

I know.

[ in a small voice and still not quite looking at ace. neither his shoes or the ground are particularly interesting and he's not one to avoid eye contact but this is a bit different. ace is different. ]

Let me make it up to you.

[iubar]

[ cries a little. ]

Hm.

[ he lets out a sigh. he was really mad at the entire situation, but he's not going to keep being pissed about it. especially not while sabo's acting like this. ]

Sure. I'll go along with your plan.

[vivens]

[ when did you end up sleeping... ]

Thank you Ace.

[ he means this with full sincerity and he'll proceed to lead ace the rest of the way to the fruit trees which are a bit off the beaten path. it's nothing awful and they don't have to go too far given how sabo got here in the first place—but he'll present ace a nice little grove.

it's probably somewhat isolated and ignored since no one else wants to monopolize on the fruit so. you know. there are apples, pears, plums, you know. fruit trees! and maybe a covered plate.... it's probably not an impressive sight but it's a nice break from everything else. you now, to be surrounded by the greenery. ]

[iubar]

[ living off naps. ]

Yeah, it's no big deal.

[ his response isn't meant to sound dismissive, just following sabo along now.

but he appreciates this sight, that sabo has found. sure, it's nothing like what they had back home when they were kids, but it's a nice little area. ]

Not bad.

[vivens]

[ i guess that's better than my 2 hrs of sleep with no naps.... ]

Sorry, I couldn't find any hidden jungles hiding away in the fog.

[ it's fine even if ace does sound dismissive of him; sabo has thick skin and any kind of stiff lip behavior will totally feel like it was deserved. of course this also means he doesn't stop and walks over to a particular spot under an apple tree before taking a seat on the ground. they didn't need blankets or anything like that right?

right. ]

Hungry?

[iubar]

[ i'm glad you're getting sleep now... ]

Better try harder next time.

[ he jabs back a bit, following to the tree. he crouches down near sabo. ]

Planning to fill me up with fruit?

[vivens]

[ passes out like the dead, oversleeps, and then gets to work late.... :tiredcat: ]

Try egg sandwiches. [ he'll pull back the sheet over the plate that he might have prepared for him here. though before ace is able to take one off of the plate, he'll pull back with a grin on his face. ] —but if you're not interested in them and want to fill yourself up on fruit then be my guest.

[ just because sabo wanted to do something nice for ace doesn't mean he's going to put up with ace being a brat. that's not how things work. ]

[iubar]

[ oh nooooo... ]

Wait, wait. I never said I wasn't interesting in those, either.

[ he should know better by this point, but he sure doesn't. it's just how he is with sabo. ]

[vivens]

[ he should really know better, and sabo is going to keep playing keep-away with the food for a bit longer. ]

Really now?