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WEEK TWO

23 Villagers

Three people have fallen and a tower has risen. Along with it, some of the restraints on your mind have dispersed and a memory has returned to you - is it precious, is it painful? Is it cherished, is it loathed?

Mercilessly, dawn breaks on another morning. The rooster still calls, and the crops still need tending to. Rise and shine, Puffin Town! It seems like the residents are not the only thing that has chosen to rise, as a few more establishments have opened up for exploration. The sound of moo-ing near the farms may feel especially inviting here - how about making some new additions to your farms, to drown out your loneliness?

There is no festival just yet but if you question the ducks on it, some excited quacking will herald fun things to come later in the week. Some of the ducks will also wave the gift notes from last week; regardless of murder, being kind to your neighbors is still encouraged! Can't let our beautiful town sink into gloom and doom, right?

(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST, for the current week's murder, but feel free to submit for later weeks if you like!

We have also added a page to report your Astera planting - this does not need to have been threaded, we're just taking stock on an OOC level.

Further, the Gift Mechanic has been updated. All turned in threads will now yield a character specific item as a reward! We're only dipping into the random gacha once all personalized rewards have been given out.))

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[He's well aware that the subject of time is a sore one. He hasn't forgotten how upset she'd been the last time they discussed this at length — and how could he? — so he tries to tread lightly.

No amount of optimism and well wishes for the future can turn back time. Nothing can give Mio more of it. Noah has his own struggles with accepting that he can do nothing for Mio but try and keep her safe until the very end... but that isn't enough. It's not good enough. It's not fair, but they've both long since acknowledged that their lives are far from fair.

The itch to do something about her inevitable fate still plagues Noah. Maybe he should have another talk with Adela. No... With that he has in mind, maybe Makima would be more amenable.

Anyway. Moving onto a lighter topic, Noah nods, eyes fixed on the sky above.]

I think about that a lot, actually. I can't help but wonder if there's a greater reason why we were brought here. Meeting people with lives so different than our own... I struggle to think of it all as coincidental.

[ can't wait for someone to be garrotted ]

No personal touch, huh. I guess that's what happens when they just made a bunch for people to share ... or something like that, probably. Though they can't be for the ducks, since I'm not sure they can really hold them that well...

But I think I get it. Two of the other people I know also use swords, but none of us would probably be that great at using each other's.

You wouldn't have them, no. You remember that Earth that I mentioned in the trial? This is all an Earth thing.

[Mio... is an alien.]

Interesting poster.

[He's a little too baffled to be offended in this case. Plus, from his impression of Colette, a marshmallow would be more capable of holding a grudge.]

[ she can find a couple of varying length, some short enough to match her specifications. ]

Um... I don't know about passionate, at least for this specific thing, but ... I do like alchemy? [ beat. ] Which can make a lot more things than just what the books in that new tower seem to talk about.

[ it really just depends on having the right material to work with, like the ones found down in the mine. though, that said: ]

Not that there was really any actual alchemy involved in making these, though.

[Erika, you need help.

Colette, though, doesn't think the same thing I did, and instead seems pleased]

Good! You liked it. I wasn't sure if it'd be good enough, it seemed a little bit like cheating.

[Because she sure didn't grow the chopsticks from the ground like she did with all these plants and gourds she's giving around. She got her hands on these chopsticks through Mysterious Regains Ways]

[Seeing Amy happy makes Colette beam]

Don't mention it! I know it's not much, but it's the best I could think for you.

[Because growing stuff is the best thing Colette can do when she needs to distract herself from the situation. Since she has to do that, why not to do it in a way that makes others happy?]

I haven't ever built one. Iselia is nowhere near the seas...safely.

[So many monsters out there! And although Colette during her travels visited places that'd be great for sandcastle building, what she remembers is that she was very focused on the journey instead of trying to go out of her way to have fun unless it was to name dogs]

I'll help if you teach me.

Right!

[Let her just leave a literal potato here. She grew it in the farm because of course she did.

Still, looking at the jewelry...she wonders...]

If I were to ask you to make a disc, would you do it? Like this...

[She traces on the notebook something that's pretty much a hoop you'd throw with your hand, with a smooth edge and the size of your head. These are Colette's preferred weapons: chakrams]

I know maybe I shouldn't be asking for this stuff, but...with what's happening I wish I had one, even if it were pretty much a toy.

[Because one made of copper and nothing else, without strengthening, would be far, far less dangerous than a real chakram. Pretty pointless for attacking and self-defense, but it's more for the sake of feeling safer even if it's an illusion]

No, I haven't! I just--sorry, I think something went wrong.

[Azure pushes and manages to put their arms upright again. Oh, that unlocked them!

And then I rolled a 16, wow.

Colette judges it's time. Giving an experimental push, she keeps going, until the back of Azure's hand reaches the surface, Colette winning! Oh, good!]

[She whispers back after looking around to be sure Walter White wasn't listening nearby]

I think he'd like it more if it was as thanks for something! Ask him to...to...

[........

Show you chemistry? Give you ashes from the fireplace? It's a bit hard]

...to do something for you! It won't be a gift, it'll be payment.

[Looking for loopholes about the 'Dislikes: Charity' thing, apparently!]

Thanks, Mr. White!

[She definitely doesn't catch onto how the poster could be interpreted, hah. Probably a good thing, she'd apologize a lot if she did.

She puts an opaque plastic container of food on the surface of her stall, the container hiding what's within]

Right, the way this is supposed to go is...I have this and it's something you'll like, but it's on sale. Pay with whatever you want and it's yours.

[Walter White dislikes charity, which Colette interpreted as 'extending to gifts and free stuff'. So she decided the way to solve that was to not be charity and actually cost something. She'd accept a literal rock in exchange of this]

[ vayne has acquired +1 potato! hey remember the last time i played an alchemist. remember those hoards?

but anyway he examines the sketch she draws on the notebook, and... huh. ]

That's... it'd like be a throwing weapon of some sort, right? Sharp edge on the outside? I could probably do something like it, but you're right, unless it's alloyed with something, copper by itself is kind of soft...

[ he'd have to refine it into red steel first for something more practical, but given how the books in the alchemy lab seem to have been so far, he's not entirely convinced that if he tried here he wouldn't just end up with an explosive concoction of some sort shaped like a bar of red steel. nevermind how the rest of anything doesn't seem to be working right at the moment. ]

I can do it with the copper at the blacksmith, if you want. Or, um, if you can find something better in the mines I might be able to work with that instead?

[ he'd been thinking about making another trip to look for clues anyway, even though the first trip was pretty uneventful. ]

[Yeah, Baldr knows sleep deprivation when he sees it. It comes with the territory of being the retainer to a crown prince...

At least those look to be coffee grounds that he's utilizing there, so that's a point in his favor. It means he won't have to be gently bullied into consuming some caffeine... probably?]

... I do hope you at least consumed the coffee you made with those.

[He's concerned, honest!]

That's right! I'm pretty good with those. Since there are many monsters out in the wild going out of the village without something to fight is silly, so I was taught to use these.

[Probably in preparation for the journey she was fated to do. She remembers it now that she regained memories, she knows she's the Chosen One]

I think copper is fine. I mean...wouldn't you feel better about doing this if you knew it can't be used for...actually harming someone around here?

[While Colette does want a weapon, she's well aware asking someone else to make something truly effective would be suspicious as all hell and would probably get rejected, so she decided to resign herself to just have a soft copper chakram and call it a day]

I did, yeah.

[ he is pretending to be surprised and that she didn't tell him what she was doing over the network last week, is it working. ]

Though really, I can't believe you actually remembered everything people said they liked...

[ well, mostly, anyway. that is... not an orange. ... actually, that's not an anything vayne's seen before. oh, he's seen similar, sure, but... guess the cultivar of pumpotatokin that grows here must be orange then, instead of deep green?

make no mistake though, he's genuinely happy for both gifts! vayne's already planning out where to plant the baby grape plant she's handing over... ]

... Honestly, I'm not even sure where to really begin with everything you're saying right now.

[ he can't straight man this, help. ]

[Part of Colette seems to notice Vayne is pretending, but...she appreciates it. It's a kind thing to do, in her opinion. A little bit like it's indulging her, but a kind thing to do nonetheless]

I should have taken notes, but...I had to try anyway even if it was from memory. I know we're all in a tough situation, so I thought something to try to keep the mood up would be good.

[She just wishes things had grown quicker, so she could have done it before Sampo and Suou died, and Sora killed. A few plants wouldn't have stopped any of that, but part of her, irrationally enough, feels she should have done more to be helpful and spread a better atmosphere, like that would have diminished the chances of a murder.

And then, when things are somewhat more positive, they'd all be able to seek a truly effective way to leave. That's the next part of her plans now that this phase was done, it's time to begin scavenging around and seeing what potential options there are to escape this town]

There's already enough stuff around here that can be used to hurt people, if someone was really determined to look ... but you're right that it would make me feel better.

[ a somewhat more sober sigh at the reminder. sure is... the kind of situation they're in, isn't it. wow, did the atmosphere get gloomy around here all of a sudden or what. ]

Um. Can you hold your hand out for me? Straight out for a moment at first, then after, um, flex it like how you would if you were holding one.

[ can't say he's done chakrams before, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out, maybe? probably best to make them uniform in shape for aerodynamics, then just... not too big, or not too small. edged on one side, though not too sharp to cut someone just trying to pick them up ... so like the cards used by someone he knows, maybe?

maybe he can make a few different sizes, just in case... ]

[Oh, hi Colette.]

Tales contain more truth than you’d think. [Coming from a place where mythology is all real…] I wanted to see if there’s anything relating to the local spirits.

That doesn’t have to mean co-operation.

[Beelzebub please you’re scaring the girl.]

…Humans, and Gods.

[And all you edge cases in-between! It’s not strictly true, but…

He gives the horse a stroke of the mane.]

They’re…easier.

[Suddenly he has a lot of things in his hands. This is fine.]

…I’m not sure. I’m not as familiar with the animals of Midgard.

[He can recognise them as from Earth, and draw parallels with their care to the more fantastical ones he’s used to but...that’s kind of it.]

are they even any good

that is a good explanation
but there is no sure way to tell the flutter
future

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