05 - week five

[afflictionmods]

WEEK FIVE

Come Sunday morning, the portals around Estelline fade away, but not all of the oddities hanging around disappear so quickly. The recreations of your dreams and memories are still around, ever changing and shifting. Whatever it is that brought these things here hasn’t ended, not yet.

You don’t have time to worry about all of that, though, even if you know you should exercise caution once two of you found yourselves on the bad end of a monster’s claws. The course still isn’t over, though, even if the portals changed lesson plans. Everything continues on, with new places to explore as the fog pushes back once again. This week still feels a little more like what you’re familiar with, though, after Saturday’s lack of lessons.

...For now.


SETTING TRACKER

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

SAGE / FLORENCE / LORELEI

CYOA SIGNUPS
Due Saturday at 8pm EST

FULL NAV

(CODE)

Comments

[afflictionmods]

[😭]

W-what questions? What is that?!

[hlep]

[pr159]

[ Also just here now after hearing the commotion and getting curious... looking at his nails. ]

This is all under a doctor's supervision. Nothing to worry about.

[imitationsoul]

[ Just giggling in the background. This is one way to break the ice in the group after all that soul-baring yesterday... ]

[afflictionmods]

[LARGE WORRY!!!!!]

[undertakings]

[Just. Sighs. And gestures to the truth serum.]

Please drink it.

[...]

It's supposed to taste like lemonade.

[art of persuasion 101 here folks]

[afflictionmods]

I-I...

[help]

I'm allergic to lemons?!

[Not that it'll stop anything, but.]

1/2

[undertakings]

Ah.

[He says that to the tone of, "well that's unfortunate".]

2/2

[undertakings]

I don't think it's real lemon.

[Probably. He didn't read the actual ingredients.]

[pr159]

Incredible source of vitamin C.

[cloudalike]

[ Where Xingqiu is, Chongyun is probably near. He looks at Survey-kun with something like pity. There's some sympathy there as well. He knows well the feeling of being bamboozled by Xingqiu... ]

You have to admit we weren't given much - if any - information upon arriving here. We are owed some answers at least.

[ cough "Victims of Xingqiu" alliance tho ]

[afflictionmods]

Do I have to be tied up for that?!

[cloudalike]

Well... Our powers didn't need to be restrained either.

probably tacking a cw: forceful truth serum consumption

[fabulation]

A tasty drink. Perfect for hydrating you per doctor's orders because you're going to be talking for awhile.

[ Anyways, he will go and see if he will take a sip. Though he will...not be above doing what he can to make him drink it since it's harmless, so please feel free to imagine him doing that since the guy is tied up.

Following that, he will ask: ]

So, you've never heard of Florence? You really don't know much about Lorelei either?

[afflictionmods]

[He does try to avoid drinking any, but, well. He's tied up and can't do much to stop, so.

Here goes!]

I've heard of the Florence AI, but I wasn't aware it had made it out of preliminary testing and was safe to stay out of the lab... A-and I know Lorelei is the one in charge here...!

[fabulation]

An AI is what, again?

[ Maybe he should try to learn some more terminology here... ]

[escardos]

Oh, yeah. They've been out since at least two months ago? I saw the footage in the clothing store nearby. They looked a lot more cheerful than now, so do you happen to know if they were taken without permission?

[undertakings]

[because i remembered i had real questions to ask instead of fucking around oops]

Do you know anything about the orbs that have been appearing at night?

[herlocksholmes]

Unfortunately, we're desperate! You may get an apology later, sir!

[No we're not desperate, thanks, Sholmes]

[afflictionmods]

Will I?!

[wheezing everybody betray him




nobody even knows who he is]

[festiverogue]

Hi, sorry about all this. Well, kinda. Not entirely. You're treating us like we're less-than so I guess it's your turn.

[He grins.]

Who actually runs the Camellia group, anyway? And how big is this project?

[afflictionmods]

[help!!!]

Dr. Juniper is the head of Camellia... [He grimaces.] This project is above my pay grade! It's not a Camellia project anyways, officially! I don't know anything about it!

[catarou]

Welcome to our lovely, hospitable group. I hope you enjoy your stay.

[ :) ]

What greater purpose do the bonds serve?

[afflictionmods]

I... don't know much, but the hypothesis was that the shared pain would make you more cognizant of your own emotions, b-but I don't know to what end... That's why I'm s-supposed to be asking about your experiences with them!

[unsinksyourship]

Every question we can think of. If you want to curse anyone, curse the ones in this project who decided truth serum was a necessary part of our education!

[Like, for real, what kind of university course gives their students truth serum. He's actually really impressed by how this seems to be working?? Hello????

Well, let's not look a gift noodle in the mouth.]

Tell us everything about who you are and what you do!

[afflictionmods]

M-my name is Kyle-Bartholomew... I've been working for Camellia for two years now, in t-the regulations department. Dr. Juniper asked me to check up on Lorelei because he hasn't heard anything and... and I'm one of the few people who isn't being blocked from the fog so I can get to the university's campus...

I-I have a pet snake I keep in my office! And my boyfriend broke up with me right before all of these stupid orbs appeared! A-and nobody told me this survey was going to end up like this! I'm not even being paid right now!

[There's a rumble of thunder in the distance.]