week 5 mingle

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W5 MINGLE

Rise and shine!

As Monday approaches, our lovely airport is once again blessed with clear skies, temperate weather, and murder on the horizon. Up and at ‘em, superstars, it’s time to tackle another week of competition!

Lest you forget why you were here, the shining display of items from the Duty Free Shop call for you as they do every week, all incentives for spilling a little blood and getting just the right amount of messy. Maybe you can be here to make friends along the way, but don’t forget the prize that’s on the line! Your futures are best secured by making this the best show the multiverse has ever seen. For anyone who needs to refresh themselves on the rules, the different display screens alternate between ads, weather forecasts, and competition reminders.

Should you look for some guidance or clarification, you can always shoot a text to meet with your Hosts. Or... not? It seems they're not available. For how long will that be the case? The environment is always changing. Don't forget to grab your sponsorship this week either.

Now there’s nothing left to do but get your head in the game.

What's New?

NEW SIGHTS!

Ready to stretch those legs?

Terminal 5 has opened with a plenty of room for you to explore.

Gates have also opened to Heaven and Squeak-ees. Just remember to check the flight schedules for information before you depart!

Last, but not least, the Underground Hallways seem to have expanded.

PRE-FLIGHT SYMPTOMS

Naturally, murdergames and competitions bring up a lot of feelings in people. Hatred, despair, spite - alongside the lighter feelings of camaraderie, trust, adoration. As we enter this week, sometimes it might be a little hard to tell where your emotions stop and another's begin. Whenever you're within proximity of someone, all your feelings are laid bare. Sometimes you may even get a physical representation of how you feel surrounding you. Action lines, shoujo bubbles, animal crossing flowers... just to really drive the point home!

Welcome to Emotionshare Week!

► OOC Notes

• Murder Proposals and CYOA Sign-Ups are now open! Make sure to check those out!
• Status effects from previous week(s) that are persistent still remain. Remember to track them to keep up to date with happenings.
• All location changes directly related to murder have been reverted.

QUICKLINKS

Locations

Status Changes

Network

NAVIGATION; (FULL NAV)

INFO

PLAYER STATUSES IC PROFILES MURDER PROPOSALS CYOA SIGN-UPS

SETTING

NPC AUDIENCES LOCATIONS ROOMING CURFEW

REPORTING

PC TURN-IN MOD REPORTING EVENT TURN-IN VOTING

Comments

STATUS CHANGES

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From Previous Week(s)

• The crying room is stocked with water and drink bottles for rehydration, as well as some candies, lozenges, moisturizer, and cooling patches for fevers from Xpress.
• The hangman puzzle in Hallways - Trash Compactor Room has been filled in further, now reading "BEWARE HORSE EMOTIONS". Slightly above "EMOTIONS" there is an attempt semi-erased/rubbed off that can be made out to read "MONOGAMY." Somewhere on the same wall, "NAUGHTY CHILDREN GET COAL." is written.
• In the Indoor Garden, dirt planters have been labeled with plant tags, writing cursive but tidy and legible. They are beginning to bloom.
• On the front door of each lounge, a flyer has been posted.
• In the indoor garden, there is a shrine placed at the memorial, which includes hand-drawn drawings of Essek, Boothill, Vi, Anders, Wiš'adel, Luke, Yoru, Roxana, Nanaki, Seodore, Manwol, Childe, and SQQ. By Manwol's there is an origami ghost and a lily.
• A fabulous new exhibit has been set up in the murder museum - a torn and jagged scrap of heart print boxers. Underneath it is a plaque that reads: A Dog's Last Stand: When Glodell fell to his death in Key Nueve in the theatre, his valiant and brave companion Hector attempted to save him. However, he was but a second too late - grabbing only onto the back of his pants, he managed to pull away only with this scrap of his boxers. Glodell fell from the catwalk to the stage, straight into the arms of an old clown animatronic with a knife in the floor.
  The helpful diagrams explain the scene as it happened: Fig. A, Fig. B
• There is now a stuffed quokka from Bear-Your-Own-Bear looking very comfortable in Australia: The Experience. It looks right at home, comfy, as if it's always belonged here.

Monday

• In the witchcraft dungeon, there appears to be some sort of Shafluflu blood ritual in progress. A Shafluflu that looks remarkably like someone you may know has been nailed down on the altar. Three cultist Shafluflus are arranged around this poor sacrifice. Other Shafluflus have been chained up in the prison cells, perhaps next to be sacrificed: 1, 2, 3 4, 5
• In the Ye Olde Claire's, one Shafluflu appears to have decapitated its friend Shafluflu while giving him sharp winged eyeliner. Tragic.
• Every location in Terminal 5 has been claimed with a flag. Stapled to a wall. On a random pole. Just simply a flag plastered in every single place.

Tuesday

• This flyer has been posted on walls throughout the airport.

NETWORK

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You are currently connected to < Free_ASS_WiFi > and are viewing the public network. Remember that all posts on the public network are visible to everyone who can access it. Be wary of what you put out on the great interwebs! Practice safe net browsing and have fun!

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Beginning Monday morning, a new prompt appears on your device. For some reason, something in you compels you to want to respond to this.

It's me, Shutterfly, again! Hey, h aa v e yo p̵̿̐͜o̵̗̯̫̾̈́n̴͚͂d̸̹̼̱̂̐██ ̴͈̊m̸̗̾̚y̴͓̞̿███████████ȃ̸̲͓s̴̯̝̙͗s̵͉͉̱͌͋̕█?

[ no response ]

[ no response ]

[ no response ]

[ no response ]

w4 monday

[teenrebellion]

[ sending a picture of yoru and anders shaking ace down among a flood of soapy, glittery vegetables at the car wash. ]

So anyway, they're back.

[ballies]

So... Maya's back!

monday

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[you will suffer me being lazy today, most of the living received mail so go check your doc i am not sending out individual notifs tonight :pensive: ]

tuesday

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On Tuesday morning, a new prompt is posted to the network!

Hey, gang! It's me, Shutterfly, here to announce a brand new rule for everybody!
By the end of the week, you must bite five people or there will be horrible consequences! Go on, get chompin'!

Well... there you have it? I guess you can contact the mods if you do not complete this task by the end of the day Sunday.

t u e s d a y

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On Tuesday afternoon, a new notification appears on the network!

Looks like someone's in it to win it! The Wahoo - Clover Alliance purchased the immunity idol!
Damn it, I was looking forward to all those curses!

Wahoo!!! and Clover Club are immune to all curses through Thursday. Pick someone else!

t u e s d a y

[riderculous]

[ pretend this popped up on the network late in the evening on tuesday ]

wednesday

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[On Wednesday, an anonymous announcement goes up on the network...]

Boothill - Essek (star-crossed)
Mizuki - Maya
Boothill - his fiance
Childe - [Roxana / Vi] - [Rosamund / Strohl]
Strohl > Iris (the royal mess continues)
Childe - Vi (royal headache solidarity friendship)
Iris - Caiman (platonic soulmates)
Jacopo's wife - Jacopo - Daan
Balladeer > Siffrin < Yoru
Manwol - her boyfriend
Rupert - his partner
Nanaki > Setz
Alex - Susato (rocky)
Luke (alone)
Kaworu - Kazuki
Haru - Rin - Jonas (not working)
Qingqiu - Mordalion > Essek
Ylfa - Kate (good friends)
Dante > Ace > Tama - Jae-ha
Ichiban - Todomatsu (are they just good friends?)
Artemy < Ryo
Ryo - Balladeer (loveless marriage)
Seodore (alone)
Anders > Clarte > Wis'adel > Anders
Hulkenberg - Astolfo

Discuss, even though your opinions are probably wrong.

wednesday

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[Not a network post, but on top of any other text messages you may have received today, you all individually receive another text message(s).]

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[ an ear of corn sits mysteriously and ominously in front of the squeak-ees car wash.

approach? (1-2 people, please) ]

[selfimmolation]

[ looking at the corn on the ground and just

picking it up ]

Are those guys sending corn again?

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[ at egg lover's paradise, something is on the ground..... do you investigate? ]

[damp]

[ After the investigation at trial Rin's life is nothing without EGGS. He loves EGGs. More EGGS.

Hello. ]

Huh?

[ballies]

[ looking over at rin like bro are you good?


anyway. what is this. ]

[rosebleed]

Maya!

[RUNS TO HUG]

Oh, Maya, I'm so glad you're all right!

A THING...

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[ talk about an eventful monday, huh? you've probably settled in, reunited with the people you wanted to see, and done some catching up! except towards the evening... you might hear a rumble coming from the new terminal while you're exploring. there's the distant sound of an engine spluttering? hm!

as you walk into the hot air balloon rides, you might just barely arrive in time for a shadow to pass overhead. an entire plane (or. the remnants of one? what happened to it) flails stupidly into some of the hot air balloons. there's a flash of light as a barrier is erected, and four shadows descend from the crash. the plane hot air balloon wombo combo fly off into the far distance and the ground shakes with an unseen crash over the horizon.

four figures fall from the sky. ]

MAESTRO

[alttitude]

[ a tall green haired man is carrying another person in his arms and they land on the ground with great force - but no injuries. he sets the person in his arms down, helping dust them off and fussing with their hair ] See, love? Wasn't so bad.

[ eventually he regains space and looks around ]

Oh! This was my favorite spot. That means we've made it to the other terminal?

tuesday

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[There is a sign in the Relaxation Area that reads PLEASE DONATE YOUR UNDERWEAR FOR THE BLIGHT ORPHANS. There are two boxes for your donations in front of the sign.]

[ballies]

[ sure why the hell not.





just walks up with two bags from the mall and starts dumping lingerie tops in the tops box and bottoms in the bottoms box ]

THE BOOTH

[obdure]

[ Hello, in the street market area of Terminal 5, you will see a table (they may have borrowed this) set up with three stacks of decorative cards and a banner pinned along the front. The painted cursive writing reads:

Kiss 💋 Bite 🫦 Omegaverse Booth

Seated are three victims! Rosamund (this, with this cape and tiara who let her be in two places), Tama, and Jacopo, all dressed well for the occasion though the emotions may be a mess of things. If you are an adult, Jacopo will give you a grieving look like "please swap out with me," but Tama will also look at you "don't you fucking dare." ]

[ballies]

[ she is also watching all these people roll up to the ass cult donation drive across the way like how're we doin' folks? ]

wednesday

[wormregards]

[ LINK TO PARTY THAT'S OFF COMM FOR TRACKING PURPOSES!!!! ]

1/???

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[it’s a beautiful Thursday, and all of you are probably gathered at the popular and beloved See Through Friends, the X-Ray sensation everyone loves. Why would you be anywhere else?

Good thing you’re here though, or at least generally in the vicinity of the entrance, because if you look closely you may see blood seeping from the door?]

2/???

[toxicate]

[ if you do happen to be in the exhibit, you're here to witness the rather uncomfortable sight of someone dropping straight through one of the x-ray frames. it starts with a green ooze dripping down the face of the image, then an arm, shoulder, and finally the rest of him - mordalion drops to the ground with a thud.

aside from the slime dropping down the panel, it's undamaged - he'd quite literally phased right through it, the image under the green tinge depicting a hollow elven shape with no bones or anything. mordalion's skin is notably a ghostly blue instead of its usual shade, and the green ooze seems to be originating from several cuts and lacerations all over his body. there's a concentration of it between his neck and shoulder, but like this it's difficult to tell how bad the injury is with so much slime leaking onto the floor.

that is, until a flash of light seems to skim down his body and that slime all liquefies into just. normal elf blood! yay!! he's wearing entirely white, but the amount of blood from the cuts and the large chunk straight up missing from his neck/shoulder stains the shirt so badly it may as well have always been red.

with a groan, he tries and fails to sit up given how much blood is pooling underneath him, before his head frantically whips around behind him to look for someone else. ]

1/🦈

[damp]

[ Wow, does anyone remember the skating rink? Is there anyone there? What are you doing there?

Well, in the instance that someone has been taken by the spirit to wander over to the rink, they will observe an otherworldly portal opening up over the ice and a tidal wave of red being vomited out. It smells and looks like blood because it is, and also... flesh.

Amongst the wave is Rin. He is wearing a slick uniform like this, except it's all red. He is mostly red, but doesn't seem to be injured otherwise. All his limbs are intact, and his clothes are also relatively tidy despite the blood. He does have a second jacket tied around his waist though, that might be hiding some horrors.

Also, he's wobbling... unsteadily, probably because of the weight of two bodies on either side of him. Maybe it's because the ice is slippery.

Either way, he doesn't get more than a step forward before he's going down. ]

2/? (CW: body horror, gore, plant gore)

[rosebleed]

[There is someone in a trim suit to the left of him, right arm balanced on his shoulder. It's the only functional one to do so. The left hangs at an odd angle. The legs are worse though. They're a hodgepodge of misshapen, almost loose-hanging flesh and protruding bone, broken in several places. Crushed and stretched back out again, forced to walk at a sluggish, inhuman gait.

It's only the briars holding them in shape. Holding her up at all. Criss-crossed, snaking, and cinched all over her are thorns, from the top of her head, lacing over her neck and all the way down to her shoes. Every move cuts new nicks that bleed sluggishly, joining the countless scars they've left before on pale, undead skin. The slash over her chest leaks fetid red over her shirt and tie, staining the living brace of briars.

Her face betrays no pain, nor exhaustion. Her eyes take cold stock of their surroundings. When Rin goes down she lets him slip. Upright momentarily, before the mess of her legs buckles under the pressure. Her good palm hits the ice before she meets the same fate as him.]

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Maintenance has begun.

Starting about ten minutes before 11pm, an announcement will blare over the PA systems. If you happened to be exploring in one of the special areas, you'll find your legs automatically carrying you to the last plane out to take you back.

We are shutting down for routine maintenance.
Please return to a main terminal as soon as possible.
We are ▒▒▒▒▒ routine ▒▒▒▒▒▒.
Please return ▒▒▒▒▒ terminal as soon as ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒...

With that, all doors, shutters, and gates separating distinct areas will shut tight and automatically lock. If you're in an open space, it'll feel as if some manner of invisible wall has trapped you in. No amount of struggle will budge the blocked passageways. You'll find that the Network has gone down too, and any attempts at texting or calling won't go through.

All things you'd likely expect, considering you've probably been through this sort of thing before. You'll probably also expect the sudden drowsiness that kicks in at midnight, lulling you to a deep sleep no matter how hard you resist. Hope you came prepared! After all, you already know this happens like clockwork—and whatever it is that morning may bring.

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Curfew has begun! As a reminder, phone texting is disabled and you will be unable to leave your assigned curfew area, leaving you stuck with whoever else may be with you in-person for company. ICly, the lockdown begins at 11pm, and all characters will be forcibly put to sleep at 12am. Sweet dreams—and see you tomorrow!

BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

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Morning, allstars!

How was your rest? Hopefully since you knew curfew was coming, you picked out someplace comfy to spend the night instead of sleeping on the floor like a weirdo! The downside to a good night's sleep is... you probably had an inkling of what would come on Friday morning. As the doors unlock and you're free to wander once more, you see the screens around the airport display the news.

ATTENTION—
Today's dearly departed:

FAREWELL, ALLSTAR

Thanks for flying with us!

PASSENGER NAME

ASTOLFO, RIDER OF BLACK

TO

▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓

FROM

TERMINAL 2
HIKING TRAIL & BUTTERFLY HABITAT

ONE WAY TICKET - NO ISSUABLE REFUNDS

FAREWELL, ALLSTAR

Thanks for flying with us!

PASSENGER NAME

ICHIBAN KASUGA

TO

▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓

FROM

TERMINAL 4
POOL AND WATER PARK

ONE WAY TICKET - NO ISSUABLE REFUNDS

FAREWELL, ALLSTAR

Thanks for flying with us!

PASSENGER NAME

RYO ASUKA

TO

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FROM

TERMINAL 2
SPORTS ZONE

ONE WAY TICKET - NO ISSUABLE REFUNDS

See you again soon!

As of Friday morning, the network has been restored and you can all text each other again. With it comes a notification of new additions to your milestones. Meanwhile, Maestro, Bora, Libeccio, and Scirocco are temporarily offline and cannot be found anywhere throughout the day.

Well, you all probably know what's coming next. Rest up; long day tomorrow!