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06 - week six
WEEK SIX
Sunday starts with more aches and pains than you might be used to. Florence patched people up after Saturday’s lesson, sure, but it’s not a complete cure - not to mention it doesn’t ease the sting of betrayal. Some classmates that you thought would cooperate wound up breaking your trust in the end, and this week will be interesting with the fallout.
It’s hard to say what this week will have in store otherwise. Things are changing, and it’s not clear what this means for all of you. On the bright side, however, the creatures and places you once knew from home have suddenly disappeared, so that's less that you need to worry about. There are new areas for you to look at as well.
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
FLORENCE / LORELEI
It’s hard to say what this week will have in store otherwise. Things are changing, and it’s not clear what this means for all of you. On the bright side, however, the creatures and places you once knew from home have suddenly disappeared, so that's less that you need to worry about. There are new areas for you to look at as well.
FLORENCE / LORELEI
SUNDAY
MONDAY
WEEKLY TASKS
You may experience nightmares. How do you cope with them? What makes them go away? Do you confide with someone, use one of the items available for purchase, or something else? Please discuss and provide your solutions to them.
Task Two
Many of us have hopes and dreams for the future, and goals we wish to achieve and things we aspire for. What are your aspirations? Have they changed since the start of the course? If so, in what way have they changed? Feel free to let us know what they are, and how you plan to accomplish them.
(OOC: There will actually be an increase in nightmares this week! It's not a guaranteed, every night thing, but they do seem more common and more intense than the nightmares a character may usually have.
And, as with all weekly tasks, there's a small prize for participation!)
SUBMISSIONS
TASK ONE
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First is an investigation at the supermarket. He heard from Fai that there was a person in here, so he tries to find him in the back room first.
Otherwise, he'll be at the home improvement store, looking at the large selection of wood he can cut with a handsaw that he has in his hands. Sorry that he looks menacing, but at least he looks approachable with the university cozy sweater he got on despite it being summer-like? ]
Are birdhouses still in style?
[ Like a true grandpa.
Anyway, you can wildcard me too!!! ]
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That said, she'll do her best to not acknowledge this. Or the events of this weekend, really. ]
Is that really something that matters when making one?
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Were they ever in style?
[ He genuinely doesn't know, but he is also trying to antagonize Hien. ]
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None of these things look like a bookstore, which is inherently disappointing. But he settles for a little while in the tea house, spending some time scrutinizing the questionable pastries and the elaborate tea setup. When he's done with that he'll be curled up on the couch with a purloined book on programming and a cup of tea. If anyone enters, he'll glance up briefly.]
I wouldn't recommend any of the food in the case.
[Later on, he stops by the supermarket since he's here anyway. He's not taking that much time browsing - not when he has to take the sweater on and off every halfhour - but he puts a few semi-random things like dried fruit and lightweight snacks into the bag he has with him. He spends a while in moderately bemused contemplation of the sodas, too.]
[He absolutely won't be volunteering that it's his birthday but feel free to wildcard!]
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This morning however, she can be found in the common area of the dorms, sitting cross-legged on a couch as she frantically tinkers with her tablet, only occasionally pausing to push her mass of hair back. If you look over her shoulder, you'll see that there is a rudimentary diagram of a human body displayed, with various body functions described at the sides. It doesn't seem to be displaying quite right and every once in a while it glitches and displays an error in Estelline's native language, but... it's coming along.
Later you can find her by the gas station, where she is putting gasoline from the pumps into two large canisters that she then proceeds to take back to the dorms. That is probably fine and you probably don't need to worry about it. But maybe you should worry about Miach who is pausing every 20 meters because the canisters are too heavy for her noodle arms.
In the evening, Miach is at the roller rink - and without the clumsiness effect, she is having the time of her life here. She spends hours circling around, dancing in a spin-like motion until she's dizzy. ]
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investigation!!
Do you know how to sharpen this?
[Why does he need to sharpen a perfectly unused shovel? Look, don’t worry about it.
Anyway, after home improvement adventures (stashing a machete and a shovel in your dorm room counts as improvement right), it’s time to go investigating with his new best friend: a hatchet. Namely, he’s going to go over to the apartments to see what he can find, although he’ll make a beeline for the mail room first. And if you catch him putting a hatchet into a wall at any point, well. It's fine, probably.]
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[ closed to mae ]
He doesn't care about the betrayal or the pain it caused, so this is all pretty annoying. In fact, he wishes he had been the one to set them up. All he needs are his friends back home, not any of these chumps. So why can't he fall back to sleep?
Eventually, he gives up looking asleep and with a dissatisfied but quiet groan. Stretching out instead, he finally looks at her. Maybe a testing shove if she doesn't look awake. Speaking lowly, but not even trying to whisper-- ]
Psst. Hey.
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TUESDAY
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Because there's music playing, rather loudly, right now, as well as a lot of shuffling and banging.]
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WEDNESDAY
investigation groupie ~ electronics store
The hardest part, however? Reprogramming the chip itself and retrofitting ... stuff. ]
Alright, I believe we should start with retrofitting the card reader we managed to swipe from the store, first?
Unfortunately, technology like this isn't really my strong suit, so I will be leaving this to the experts.
[ Downloading the software onto the computer they've taken is, once again, probably the easiest part.
But at least they've got ideas on how to proceed forward. ]
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He spends a lot of Wednesday morning in the tea house. He's spending a lot of time just... just kind of sniffing the tea and squinting at it. He event eats a bit, making a face before putting the tea back on the shelf. He's inspecting every container like this, before repeating while narrowing down on his... choices.
Once his choice is made he squirrels the tea off to the kitchen of the teahouse, where he sets about... baking. The butter, sugar, and flour are still fine and there's plenty to go around, so after little effort he will produce shortbread! He even makes a second batch with the tea he deemed acceptable. Next step is dipping some in chocolate before boxing some up and leaving the rest for people to eat - but people are also free to step in while this is happening.
His next stop is the clay cafe, where he paints a few cups and plates. He is surprisingly meticulous for who he is as a person, but his art skills are only... passable. But it's fine, because if anyone insults them he's not afraid to start a fight. He lives most of his pieces at the shop to dry or to be finished later, but he makes sure to box one up and take it with him before he returns to campus.
He takes a very quick stop to the cafeteria kitchen as well, and then he's off to the dorms.]
closed to gentaro;
[Good evening. Things might seem a bit off this evening when you return to your dorm.
Mostly because Owen is in it, frowning at the kettle as it heats water. He glances up when the door opens, but offers absolutely zero explanation for why he's there. This is just happening, now. He also has a few nondescript cardboard boxes with him, for some reason?]
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this is why people will find shizuku at the tea house, still a little shaken at first but slowly relaxing throughout the day. it looks like she's been there for quite a bit though.
eventually, she'll leave to look around a little bit more. in the supermarket she's getting a better look at things- like the soda garden- and sighing disappointedly at something? huh. but the smell of bad produce will eventually be too much and she's out.
then it's back to something usual for her- sitting in the courtyard, one of her instruments in hand as she plays a gentle song. )
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Wonder how much junk we got this time.
[ sometimes it's junk, but sometimes it's fun stuff. sometimes ... well. there are very important things. he grabs one of the boxes that's addressed to him and sits on the bed cross-legged.
also, surprise. he's starting to wear normal clothes more regularly this week. it's a mystery what shirt he has on, since he has the hoodie slipped over him, but he's wearing one of the pairs of jeans they grabbed. ]
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THURSDAY
return
They return around 3am, in a cozy little blanket nest in the museum, among the display of dinosaur fossils. Might be a bit of a spooky display at night, but hey! At least they're back.]
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Hey, you're strong. Wanna give me a hand with something?
[If you help him, great... because this leads to a 10 foot tall posable skeleton lawn decoration being erected near the dorms. He even put a big ESTELLINE U shirt on it, and it's holding a book. Don't ask how. Or maybe you helped with that too...? Wire is amazing.]
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But it would be a lie to say trusting some people here wouldn't be a challenge now. Maybe that's alright? He has to think about it. Or maybe talk to some people about it, find a way to calm the turbulent energy running through him.
There's also... He hasn't seen Kawase or Tamamori anywhere. He wasn't close to them by any means, but they had worked together multiple times and now... now... they're gone. At least, wherever they are, they're together. (He hopes they're together.) They had seem like close friends, despite the bickering, with the same lifelong fondness he shares with Xingqiu. If Chongyun should lose him...
So that gets him to act. He can't use his Cryo Vision here, but his carving skills remain. After a trip to the Home Improvement store for some small blocks of wood and what could work for carving knife, he seats himself at the Tea House and gets to work on a couple of amulets. It's a satisfactory system he finds because he can carve while waiting for the tea to completely cool. At one point, he loses track of time working on a particularly intricate pattern and yelps when he sips his still too hot tea.
Later in the day, when he's done and has cleaned up his station (of course!), he stops by his room to see if Xingqiu is around. If not, he hopes to catch him elsewhere.
In the evening, he can be found near the Camellia Facility. He seems to be carefully piling the leftover wooden scraps and blocks into a little mound with some dry twigs and branches. And then... he sets it on fire. He sits down a safe distance away and stares at the fire intently for long, long minutes. This is the only building he doesn't care for, so this is the best place in case the fire spreads. ]
him!!
him!!!!
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network post
mine's pretty small and kind of shitty but i guess it's all ive got? you have to drive like forty minutes to get anywhere to do anything fun. me and this girl used to put our feet on the railroad tracks and smash figurines under the wheels just for something to do. but there's always harfest in october and that's awesome! more awesome when i was a kid but still pretty good. i think. and me and my buddy gregg go out in the woods and just fuck around. like jumping on logs until they break. and me and angus would talk about DEMONTOWER. and i played bass in their band! good times...
oh wow i didn't mean to write a whole essay ok im just gonna hit post
[Mae is wondering if she's even going to get to see her hometown ever again at this rate. Is this a good distraction? Probably not. But it's out there in the world now, if anyone would like to indulge her.]
cw mentions of hallucinations, death, suicide incl assisted suicide for chronic illness I'M SORRY
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FRIDAY