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WEEK SIX: MINGLE

WEEK SIX

OCCUPANCY: . . .

Rise and shine, little monsters. A new week is waiting just for you. The events of yesterday may have been hard to stomach, but time heals all wounds, after all. The damages the house has incurred over the last week have been reverted and the staff is hard at work fulfilling their roles in this mansion. A piping hot breakfast is served in the dining room promptly at 7am, every square inch of floor and furniture has been cleaned spotless, and Pumpkin is...probably around tending to the animals outside. As you exit your rooms on this lovely morning...

...a silence lays over the house.

For anyone who ventures into the ballroom, a new change may become apparent. Should you choose to look at the plaques, those of the dead have gone blank. The images that were once there have been covered, though the information is still there.

Additionally, the house rules have been removed.

Odd, isn't it? Where are those strange effects you've grown accustom to over the last several weeks in this house? Your body is as it should be (except for those of you who have lost limbs...you know who you are...), your mind is sound and stable, and there are no strange urges or instincts arising within you.

The mansion is in prime condition. All of the rooms (except for Master Blue's and the servants' quarters) are unlocked, and nothing seems out of place. Perhaps you'll have a chance to relax this morning?

Well, it was nice while it lasted anyway. Come Monday at noon a rustling crackle of static can be heard from overhead. Try as you might, you won't be able to find the speakers but a message will play loud and clear for all.

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[As the dragon soars over the city, shining, shimmering, splendid...they'll find that several of the buildings appear to be broken. Some seem to be glitching out? They will also get the glimpse of...people, it seems, fighting creatures on the rooftops. Hm. That's bad.

There are some stray treasure boxes they can see on ledges and hidden in little cubbyholes of the buildings as well. But the dragon will circle once, and without instruction will begin to fly forward unless told otherwise.]

[I'm sorry Mr. Dragon but you're joined up with Team Bleeding Hearts here, so. Tapping the dragon to get its attention, pointing at some of the groups of people.]

Hey, we need to go help them! Swing down, crush the creatures!

[Also nudging it to try and swing close enough to a ledge to maybe grab a treasure box? Or see if someone else on the dragon can try and nab one.]

Hang on. I've got this.

[Once the dragon swoops close enough, he's going to grab the sword again, since they never figured out it was the cause of his amnesia, and will swing it to try and attack some of the creatures.]

[ people to help!! and treasure. beau's interested in the people more than anything - she hopes it's maybe the ghosts from previous rounds, but she keeps her expectations low. she doesn't trust this place. it's gonna try to fuck them at every corner. ]

Be careful! It might be a trick! [ beau calls to them - but even so, as galo swings, beau slides down to try and grab for some of the people, anybody who looks willing to try and get away. ]

Hey! Grab my hand, we'll get you out!

[ she shouts to the people on the roofs. she assumes nhs will get the treasure if he can, because she trusts him to be Loot Gatherer. ]

They might not even be real-!

[yeah nie huaisang is not part of the shonen squad? he doesn't fully trust the treasure, either, just by the fact that it's here...

but they're going for the people anyway so you know what? let's find out. he reaches out to snag one of the boxes along the way, let's find out if it's loot or danger.]

Careful of this as well...

[As the dragon approaches, they will find themselves in the middle of a square with one building on each cardinal direction. Galo will be successful at swiping at some of the shadows, but new ones seem to appear, darting out of sight and reappearing to try and attack.

The treasure boxes are a bit heavy, but they will succeed in grabbing at least two! One of which contains...an anklet of some kind. But the other suddenly sprouts spider-y legs, kicking and scratching at whomever just picked it up.

As for Beau? She calls down to someone and as the fog clears away, she'll find herself looking into the face of Jester, face twisted in a snarl as she tries to fight off several of the creatures. As the fog lifts, the group will see that on a building to the north, Gueira and Meis are throwing pink and green flames to fend off the monsters. To the south, Aina fights alone, motorcycle revving and driving to try and round up the monsters on the roof. Nearest of course is Jester, but to the west they will also see Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao slashing and eliminating monsters themselves.

The dragon hovers, an unsure roar escaping as if it isn't sure which direction it should be going, though it tries to shake off the spider-chest with little success.]

[Kicking the shit out of Spider chest? Definitely getting clawed for the effort but he is already so sick of this ruining his good dragon time.

And this is definitely just an illusion to fuck with them but they all have Shonen Disease, so. Pointing the dragon down so they can all take a pit stop to help here. Fuck it. If the dragon lands, he'll just address it directly:]

Help destroy the monsters, we'll meet you back here! The rest of you, hurry up.

[Bossy??????? Then, yeah, hopping off to grab his flamethrower and joining the fray with Fake Gueira and Meis who pathetically cannot fight off some monsters on their own. He'll honestly try to stick to bashing monsters with the end of it instead of using the fuel for now.]

Okay! I'll go help that girl!

[Pointing . . . at Jester. But no, I'm not going to stall us for a round just for a joke, so assuming Beau goes after Jester instead, he'll jump down onto the rooftop with Aina, a total stranger to him. It's fine! He'll just continue using this sword that's frying his memory every single minute.]

Don't worry, stay behind me! I'm here to help!

[ ah, well, beau doesn't even hear lio or galo because the instant she recognizes jester she yeets herself off the dragon with a bellow of jester's name. it's a good thing she's got this jacket because she's got. a lot of aggression. something is telling her this isn't real, that they're being tricked, but she can't - jester is important, and in danger. and it's been weeks.

beau actually gets to show off a little! she adjusts the jacket, punching her fist into her hand again as she cracks her neck and rams into the monsters. she's a good fighter, and it's all with her fists and feet. she keeps her ki dormant, not wanting to waste it yet, but it's fine, she won't need it. her goal is to knock every single one of these stupid monsters far away from jester.

and if she gets a second, she'll pause to see if jester's okay. ]

[nie huaisang... joins beau, actually. we're just going to say spider chest falls here because this roof has two people now.

he's not ignoring his own familiar faces, though. he has a goal, here; nhs actually kind of faceplants off the dragon? he's scrambling away from the spider chest, voice raised in a desperate wail directed over to that other rooftop to do what he does best: scream uselessly.]

Er-ge! San-ge! Please, save me-!!

[they should be able to get over here despite the distance, after all. if they don't react to huaisang begging them for help, he'll be more sure they're fake; if they do, he hopes it'll keep their group less split.

...he's also pretty sure beau knows him well enough not to be genuinely concerned about his apparent distress, so.]

[The dragon roars and takes to the sky, immediately working to fry some of the monsters dropping down. There's a loud cheer when Lio appears as the trio work to fight off an endless wave. Aina and Jester are holding their own, fighting side by side with Galo and Beau but as for NHS's familiar faces? They look up and immediately respond, slashing away monsters to attempt getting closer.

Unfortunately it means bringing the monsters to Beau, Jester and NHS but it's fine. The spider chest scratches at Lio as it scuttles onto the rooftop. The group is split and the monsters spawn as quickly as they fall. They're making some progress though as orbs and occasional loot drops.

But perhaps the tip-off is that this group doesn't speak. They react with victory cheers and pained cries, but words are not spoken as they fight off Heartless and take a few hits, blood spilling on occasion and mixing with the rain water. But as they fight, they may look up and notice that for every hit they take and every drop of blood shed, the moon glows a brighter red.

Luckily the castle awaits them as the dragon knocks creatures away to help.]

[Yeah, fuck this - definitely a distraction. He'll try and grab a few of those orbs (for spider-chest scratches) and some loot and then wave to the dragon to try and call it down.]

Galo, get everyone on the Dragon!

[He. .. . might not remember his name but Lio's yelling right at him so hopefully he gets the hint. Clambering on himself, trying to drag Meis and Gueria's fakeass NPCselves on too - seems like leaving them to bleed is probably a bad option too.]

[Who's Galo? Looking around, looking at Aina, not seeing anyone - but shit, okay. He's dispatched the enemies, so he's hoisting Aina up in his arms in a princess carry and their eyes meet, for just a moment, before he tosses her at the dragon.]

Grab on!

[God. Well. Anyway. As soon as he does that, he's taking a running leap over towards NHS to help him get back on the dragon - Beau seems more like she has it covered.]

Are you guys okay? Grab on, I'll jump once everyone's settled.

[ beau is very aware of what an actually scared nhs sounds like, so she doesn't panic too hard when he drops down and screams. she checks to make sure he's okay! but she trusts he knows what he's doing.

what happens when they touch them, because beau absolutely takes a few more orbs and some loot as well before grabbing at jester's hand. ]

Come on, Jess, we gotta go. [ beau says, and it's - softer, than it really should be. it's not real. she's not stupid, she sees the moon, it's just. and if jester won't go, beau scoops her up and carries her as she kicks off the building edge and jumps onto the dragon. she's trusting galo to grab nhs this time.

she doesn't really care about nie huaisang's npcs... oops. it's fine she's pretty sure nhs doesn't care a whole lot either. but she will take a second to fuss over jester if she's able to. ]

[wow, fuck these cultivators in particular, apparently--

no, even knowing they don't seem to be that real, nhs also picks up on it being a bad idea to just leave them here to fight, not that he'd really like to leave xichen anyway. he's shoving some of those orbs at them, actually, to see if they help them at all.]

We need to go-! Please, just follow us--

[he's assuming they can still swordsurf if those other guys were still using that strange fire! if they don't come along or don't seem to be able to, though, he's going to try to help get them on this poor dragon.

please just let them do their thing though, rip poor pudding the dragon carrying all these fucks.]

[THIS POOR TIRED DRAGON. Touching the NPCs will feet as if they're touching a real person, flesh and blood and all. Everyone's on the dragon and it snaps once more at a group of heartless before they head for the castle with everyone in flight.

As they're flying though, they'll....hear a chime from their magic necklaces? And a familiar voice squeaks through.]

"Hey! ...hear me? ...monsters...city! The moon..."

[The audio continues to glitch, but there's determination here and as they approach the castle the words are much more clear.]

"Be careful going into the castle! You'll have to clear all of the floors to get to the chamber at the top. We tried to get rid of a lot of the monsters, but they kept spawning! Find the source to get rid of them once and for all. And your passengers...keep them close.

[As they approach the castle's boundary lines...kiss those NPCs goodbye. They will be encased in a soft blue light, disappearing and reappearing in the form of a braided friendship bracelet on their wrist. Should the bracelet be pulled off or broken, the NPCs will appear for an extra boost in contact...like a summon.

The dragon soon lands in front of the castle, squawking again as it flutters its wings and looks at the building. Everybody get off. Is it supposed to follow? It...seems to be searching Lio's expression for instructions.]

[Let's do this bitches!! Anyway, geez mods, how come some of us get two npc pals?

Lio clambers off, checks that Detroit is all intact, then turns to the dragon. Reaching up to touch it on the nose.]

Thank you for your aide. I will not forget it. As I said, you are free now - you can do as you wish. If you wish to come fight with us, you may, or fly free. I trust in your decision.

[Admiring his cool friendship bracelet, from his pal he doesn't know. Looking ahead into the castle.]

I'll go first. Stay behind me, okay? I might not have my memories, but I'll still protect everyone with all I've got!

[Wielding the sword, he'll start to step ahead into the castle - not going too far from the group, just staying in front. Somehow, he knows what Beau and NHS told him is right - that he needs to protect these people.]

[ she's a little caught up in her npc, give her a second. they approach the castle, and jester starts to glow that soft blue, and without really thinking twice beau just grabs her face with both hands and kisses her as she fades. last chance. if she dies today, at least - at least maybe she can have this memory.

she's quiet for a moment, staring down at the bracelet - and then she slides off the dragon. she gives the dragon a careful pat! thanks bud. ]

We're right behind you, man. [ beau tells galo, adjusting her outfit. maybe she'll take out her shield just in case. ] You let us protect you too, okay? We got this.

A-Sang? Lio? [ is pudding coming - did beau just ruin nhs' day by kissing someone else ]

-yes, yes, I'm coming.

[right in front of his salad, damn-- no, he's fine. he steps on ahead to join them after sliding off the dragon, but he's kind of not making eye contact for the moment. with any of them. it's Fine.

he peers ahead of them, readying that dagger of his in one hand, the other checking one of his bracelets to make sure it's there. only the white and blue one though. the gold one, he does not touch.]

If the monsters will just keep coming, then we need to press ahead whenever we have an opportunity. Block them from the rear when possible-- if we get too occupied with them, we'll become stuck.

[Pudding the dragon considers this, tilting its head inquisitively before it begins to follow Lio into the castle. Good thing this is a very large castle and therefore the dragon can fit!! As they all enter the castle, they'll find the interior is kind of weird? Those strange symbols appear to be everywhere, tall windows and gray fixtures making up a majority of the space. Stairs lead upward in a sort of spiral, and there are glowing blue ramps leading elsewhere.

The other thing is that it's dead silent. The rain can't be heard from inside, and even water they track in seems to evaporate before it hits the ground The stairs are a clear shot upward, four doors at the top of the next landing.

Granted, they're guarded by some very tall and heavy-hitting friends. They haven't been spotted yet...but they may wish to figure out a gameplan.]

I agree. We push forward as quickly as possible. Go through the door as soon as we're able, do not get distracted with fighting.

[lmfao well good for beau you kiss that projection of ur gf lio supports u

meanwhiles hes blatantly emotionally cheating on his memoryless bf in front of him with this dragon, but that's cool. He seems fine for now. Reaching to just touch Galo on the shoulder before he runs right off.]

We'll get your memories back soon. We should get moving.

[Then, signaling to the dragon to just go. Chomp those fucking dudes.]

[Ah! Jumping a little, startled, when Lio touches him, and going a little red. Wow? He's so pretty and good at giving speeches to dragons? Basically, the ideal boy?]

That's what I'm doing! Don't worry - I've got this! I think I must be extremely well trained with swords.

[He's not. But he's too shonen to know that. Running ahead towards the enemies to slash a path through for everyone to go.]

Cutting through the fog of forgetfulness, hope shines brightly! Get ready to taste my Absolute Recollection Blade!

[ it's like watching this mg happen all over again in 20 minutes or less. we're speedrunning both this castle AND galolio.

beau also doesn't make eye contact with nhs for a few minutes as they hurry into this room, but. it's fine. the kiss gave her a shot of adrenaline and she's fucking going for it. she races after galo. ]

Door number one? [ she shout-asks, as pudding presumably helps galo stomp monsters. if there are no protests she's gonna open whichever door is closest. ]

[he just kind of. watches all that happen, and murmurs-]

He still seems enough like himself.

[galo will be all right.

nhs takes up the rear, calling after them--]

Open the first one, if it looks too dangerous then close it again-!

[maybe they don't have to commit.]

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