( 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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monday

[potentite]

[Oh jesus for a second he thought that nice girl from before had been murdered and left here but no, she's still breathing thank god. Just, well, she seems to be sleeping?]

Um... [Jake pokes her in the shoulder a few times.] Rise and shine? You shouldn't be sleeping here.

[gamerscore]

[ OH GOOD, IT'S JAKE BEFORE HE GETS BUTTFUCKED.

Chiaki is absolutely out cold. He can hear the loud snores and see a small hoodie underneath her head as support. It takes a few prods and her eyes begin to part. Hazy, she looks to Jake with a confused expression. ]

Huh..? Did I really fall asleep...? Yaaaaaaah.. it's boring in here.

[potentite]

[Jake had some time to stop and smell the flowers before his raunchy, X-rated adventure with Cthulhu.

Jake smiles when she wakes up. Poor thing. Though he can't blame her for being bored. There is no internet here.]

It is a mite unwise to visit the Sandman out here, though. You never know what manner of scoundrels or even beasts may be lurking.

[gamerscore]

Yeah.. I wouldn't have done it if I could have helped it. I guess counting the chairs were too much and... yeah.

[ She sits up, dusting off her hips if they had gotten dirtied. ]

Thanks for waking me up.

[potentite]

Not a problem at all! I couldn't leave you here.

[Well he won't scold her anymore since she gets it.]

What do you usually do when you're bored? [Since it sounds like it's a problem for her...]

[gamerscore]

...Video games.

[ She's a one-track mind, here. ]

They keep me entertained but it's nice to have something to do in general. I haven't found anything like that here. The TVs don't even work.

[potentite]

No kidding. I'm a movie buff myself and the TVs being kaput has been a serious blow. [Still he thinks he can keep her amused then.] What kind of games do you like? I might be able to tickle your fancy.

[gamerscore]

I'm sorry. We tried to get ours working for a signal, but kind of fell short.

[ But, he mentions games and she immediately peps up a bit. ]

I like retro gaming. It's coming back in style and it makes me happy. I've tried dating sims, but... I'm pretty bad at them. The new ones, anyway.

[potentite]

Oh, I see! Retro gaming like... pacman? And um, the original Donkey Kong? Or is that too retro?

[gamerscore]

Um... I think games in our worlds are different, but those sound like games similar to ones in my world. It's about a giant dot eating ghosts or an oversized monkey, right?

[ she! loves! games! ]

But, space invader games are always great too

[potentite]

Yes, they are! Well, you see, I had this thought that maybe you might like to hear about the fact that I was just in a game. It could be entertaining to hear your thoughts.

[gamerscore]

...You were in a game? Someone made a game about you?

[ NO, CHIAKI.. ]

[potentite]

Not quite! It's more I was in fact in a game. Like... our reality.

[gamerscore]

... You're a video game character then. Like, Super JUMPman, Nathan Fake, 6C, Sinic the PudgeyHog...

[ I'M SORRY!!! ]

What genre are you from..?!

[potentite]

[He brought this on himself.]

Hmmm... I guess... it'd be an... open world? [Jake thinks?? He doesn't know wtf Sburb is.] There was an incredibly intricate crafting system. But there were quests and NPCs and things of that nature, too. And we did need to level up so... RPG too?

[gamerscore]

That sounds really interesting! Did you max out your stats? What weapon did you main? Did you complete your game? What sidequests did you have? Was there another —

[ She just keeps rambling, please stop her. ]

[potentite]

[Jake laughs, smiling.] A few questions at a time! [But he's obviously not upset with her. In fact he just seems happy that she's engaged.] We did max our levels. I main a pair of pistols, 2xPistolkind. We... well, our session of the game was, um, bugged? Sort of. It was complicated. But basically, um, the players before us sort of... [How do you talk gamer speak he's never actually had to articulate this.] ...Wound up in a no-win situation? So they needed us to have the world set up a certain way to complete the game from there. Uh, we sort of... game overed recently though. But I think we'll still manage. I hope so at least.