( MINGLE - WEEK 2 )

[abhoth]

SURVIVORS: 40 The sun is shining, the air conditioner units hum as they always do, and a gentle morning breeze blows against the windows. The scent of pine cones and evergreen follow you wherever you go in the motel, save for the parking lot and outdoor pool. It seems like someone was very generous with the detergent while moping the floors. The two grandfather clocks (one on each floor) will ring with each passing hour, indicating the time of day without fail. With this knowledge — they'll note the motel will continue to be surrounded by fog until 8:00 AM on the dot. It is at that hour that the fog will begin to recede. Not enough to reveal the whole city, but enough to allow residents to explore some of the buildings surrounding the motel. And speaking of the motel, it seems like the Storage room has unlocked itself overnight. How quaint. Welcome to Week 2's mingle, everyone! As of this week, we are now accepting murder proposals. If you're interested in having your character murder someone this week, please send in your proposal before Tuesday, 9:00 PM EST. We'll be contacting you on plurk over the week to finalize the details, or ask for rescheduling if necessary. As always, feel free to PM us or send us a PP over plurk if you have any questions! ( quick navigation ) ic rulebook | locations | statuses | room assignments private conversations | ic profiles | graveyard | full navigation

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Tuesday

[vitamin_a]

He's right, this is not time for parties.

[Hah! Sorry, Mabel, you got the most serious and work-focused lawyer of the Wright Anything Agency here. No parties]

Besides I don't think time's passing. I don't know much about the stories Lovecr--that author wrote, but it wouldn't be a stretch to think we're in some kind of zone with frozen time, right? Like in that series, the Dusk Zone.

[If Rocko instead of Rocky and Claw of the Tiger instead of Eye of the Tiger exist in the AA universe, who says other distortions of popular stuff doesn't?

Besides it would be convenient, with frozen time nobody at home would notice their absence]

[pinesfortruth]

Ha! [said loudly and in Mabel's face] Yes, exactly! Thank you. But I think you mean the "Slightly Before The Sun Sets" Zone.

[take that mabel the boring lawyer other party agreed with DIPPER for once. also. gravity falls does shitty parodies too this is the worst thread]

[pinesforyou]

He doesn't count! He's too scared to romance his soul mate, let alone throw a party!

[boring nerd lawyers don't get opinions, Apollo]

Now is exactly the time for parties! We need to shake off that 'blah' feeling the whole... murder thing.... gave us! We have to pull ourselves out of the pit of blah!

[vitamin_a]

I told you, Yukina is not my soulmate! We are just acquaintances, nothing more than that! Dipper, please tell you sister I'm not here to look for soulmates.

[Please, Dipper, he begs you, Yukina and him get along but not that much!]

Besides do you think Craftly would let you throw a party? He wouldn't let you do that in the motel.

[And doing it in the half-broken diner is kind of sketchy]

Slightly Before The Sun Sets Zone? That sounds like...a bootleg version of the Dusk Zone. What's the best episode?

[Apparently there's a couple instances in canon of Apollo referencing science-fiction shows, hah]

[pinesfortruth]

She's a matchmaker, dude. It's what she does. [dipper is absolutely not? getting involved in mabel's romantic shenanigans? unless there is a direct consequence to him. or her. or people. though he does give her a Look because REMEMBER ROBBIE, MABEL] But listen to him, Mabel, where would we even throw a party!!

[and then... this. dipper looks a bit unsure as he answers]

Uhhh... I liked "Bad Dream at 609600 Centimeters"? But that's the only one I saw. Who even watches TV in black and white?

[he might be a nerd but he is also twelve years old]

[pinesforyou]

Exactly. It's what I do. And I asked you what you were looking for in a girl, she was all of those things, she's obviously your dream girl. [listen the Robbie Debacle turned out fine]

[she waves Dipper off and rolls her eyes at their nerd talk]

Our room, duh-doy! All I gotta do is give Craftly a good rating and invite him and I bet he'd be all for it! Even a tentacle butler has gotta understand the importance of birthdays!

[vitamin_a]

She also may be several decades older than me!

[You're of no help, Dipper, now he'll have to deter her by himself and that's going to be extremely difficult. He can't even think of a sturdy argument]

Wouldn't your room be too small for a party? There are forty people here.

[Stop crushing young girls' dreams of parties and fun with logic, Apollo]

[pinesfortruth]

I'm not giving him a good rating on anything. This motel deserves 0 stars, Mabel. ZERO. I stand by this.

[points triumphantly to Apollo]

The room is small! You haven't even asked L'Arachel if she'd be okay with it. ... Or Light, I guess. [does light have any say in the room to be fair]

[pinesforyou]

So what? You're old, too! And love blooms eternal! You can't judge a book by its crusty cover.

Pshh, I bet l'Arachel loves parties. [but it is small, she has a point] Fine, we just gotta convince everyone not to murder, and then we can have a party instead of a trial! Then the only "execution" we'll have is a water balloon fight!

[vitamin_a]

Old? I'm not old! ["Is this how Mr. Wright feels when someone says he's old?" This feeling sucks.

Apollo opens his mouth to object at the latest harebrained idea Mabel spouted, but when he thinks about it...well if it means nobody dies...]

You know, that's not too bad of an idea. You're going to have to help her with that, Dipper.

[pinesfortruth]

You're not young.

[ur old apollo #dealwithit. also, stop. stop encouraging mabel.]

If we could just convince people to not murder, we would've done it already!!

[pinesforyou]

Yyyyyeah. So just settle down with a nice girl! Who cares if she's older? You'll be her age soon enough!

[sorry Apollo, kids can't tell age]

Now it's different. Because [WHIPS OUT HER STICKER BOOK] I've got these babies!

[vitamin_a]

For your information, twenty-three is 'young' by everyone's standards.

[Apollo can't believe he's discussing his age with two random kids. Why does this happen to him, he wonders. Even though he knows it's pointless to try to argue, he feels a bit defensive about the matter]

...stickers?

[He's very skeptic about this plan]

[pinesfortruth]

Yeaaaah, that's old. Not super old, but old.

[they're twelve, apollo.]

I still can't believe you requested your stickers... and got them.

[pinesforyou]

[again, children have no concept of age]

Ancient!

[Nudges Dipper] What did I tell you? This place isn't so bad after all! Stickers for all non-murders! It's gonna work, trust me.