WEEK TWO

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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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[truthdefiler]

Maybe.

[driftingknight]

Perhaps. But some say animals are the best judge of human nature for that very reason.

[He looks at the horses, munching happily away on their hay.]

Dogs love Colette-san, for example. Surely you have to agree that there is a reason for that.

not actually here in this tl

[liberazoth]

[ on this fine morning those of chocolate cosmos farm may notice a humble box wrapped in duck paper on their doorstep. there's a small note attached to the outside; it reads For Colette. opening it reveals a glitterbomb two sets of copper chakrams, sized about right for a teenage girl, with one pair being slightly larger than the other. a note is inside the box, somewhere in the tissue paper, but all it reads is if you need any adjustments, just let me know?

much, much later in the day, flame lily farm will find a similar package, albeit much smaller, addressed to kurapika. inside this one is a pair of diamond shaped ruby earrings, made to specification.

lastly, at the museum, on one of the tables a couple of copper charms seem to have appeared and been given some space. there's a charm that appears to be a pile of coins matched to an S, a paintbrush also matched to an S, and a book matched to a K. ]

[hyperbloom]

[ Ah. She turns her attention to Enkidu and gives them a little nod in greeting. ]

It's a nice view, I'll admit. Here to look at the stars or something?

[enkiboo]

The stars and the nice little plants set up in here.

[ It makes for a truly comfortable aura in a place like this. They find themselves coming here time and time again. ]

Is that why you're staying around? Or is there something on your mind?

[moonblades]

Well, I'm kinda stubborn. I think I'll make my mind up about what I decide to do regardless.

[Unlike some people she knows, however, Mio is willing to hear and be convinced by a persuasive argument on occasion... She just knows how hard her head can be, after all.]

You seem like a cynical person, but I can't say I blame you... I don't even know what your life has been like.

[sorathvau]

Are you telling me you’re not?

[Just. Picks up the cat.]

[sorathvau]

[…]

They could be mistaking her for one of their own?

[liberazoth]

I don't think it's really that absolute so much as like

insights, I guess? advice? on things that you might need to look out for

I haven't exactly asked him about the details or anything, though, I just know it's something he can do.

[moonblades]

[Hm. That could either be a positive memory or a negative one, but he's so hesitant to say more about it... Mio just nods her thanks for the information he has to provide.]

Too much to ask for it to also have given some context as to how or why you might have ended up here. Would you say it was the whole day or something you didn't fully understand about what happened then?

[She'll mirror his rather evasive approach to said context.]

[moonblades]

[Well, that's probably fine!]

Have you tried looking at your plaque again? Does it look any different? [It would be even more intensive memory meddling if those things that none of them could see were snapped back into place as easily as fitting a button. Erika's Master had been visible on hers - it was one of the reasons they were even able to drill down into the missing pieces in the first place - and Mio is trying to turn over the connection in her head without prying into his memory so deeply.]

We can probably guess that all of the redacted information is related to things that were taken from us. I think that's reasonable.

[moonblades]

You were one of the first people to point out that kind of discrepancy. [Erika might have even been expecting something like this... she's got this kind of logic mastered in a way that Mio certainly hasn't.]

A lot of these memories returning would make anyone think again about not trying to escape, but I think there's something else they have in common. For many of us, they seem to be things that drive us forward. [Things that define them. Things that give them some kind of purpose.]

[moonblades]

Since it's not a necessity, it probably isn't available everywhere. That'd make it easier to charge for using for sure. [So the Nopons would probably run them... Mio understands.]

What do you mean, the jets?

[She has not tried the jets.]

[moonblades]

[I feel better with her here, though. It's such a quite utterance. Mio doesn't say anything in response, but she does give Amy a peaceful, understanding smile. Maybe it's a wordless way of saying, It's the same for me.]

Are you good at gardening? You should come by and eat with us sometimes. I'm still learning.

[liberazoth]

[ he's not sure what he expected. ]

That's, um, very nice.

Thank you for showing it to me...?

[moonblades]

[Amensia: You love to see it!

Mio gives her head a small apologetic bow.]

Sorry, I'm asking you to sort out your feelings when you probably haven't even had time to fully assess the situation. It's no wonder you find it so confusing.

It sounds like it might be a part of her she can't be proud of. Knowing that, I'm sure there's a part of her that hopes you'll be able to understand.

[driftingknight]

[...]

... I suppose her personality is somewhat reminiscent of a puppy...

[liberazoth]

[ he just shakes his head. ]

I've already checked. It still looks the same. ... [ and maybe he notices that she's walking on tenterhooks around him, because after a moment he offers: ] It's fine, though. I don't ... I don't mind talking about it. It's just ... strange, I guess, to think something could have made us forget that much. Before I came to the academy, Sulpher was the one who taught me everything I know, after all.

[ strange is one word for it, maybe. uncomfortable is another. ]

But yeah. That's ... I think that's fair. We'd have to check with 2B if we want to be sure, but that would depend on if she got hers back too.

[mirrari]

[Hehehe.]

Well, you can't blame me for trying to have some fun.

[At Shinobu's expense, maybe.]

not here either; ghost orchid farm

[revengier]

[ In the evening, Vayne will find a little container with a note attached to it in neat, methodical handwriting: ]

Vayne,

Thank you for the earrings. I believe your profile said you like fruits, so the strawberries in the container are yours.

—Kurapika

[ When Vayne opens the container, he'll find that it's packed with strawberries, prewashed and cut into quarters. ]

(NON-OSHA COMPLIANT) DARTS

[duckinghell]

[ One of the ducks in blue has set up a darts booth! One very colorful dartboard is nailed onto a sturdy signpost, and the duck has kindly left a cup of darts sitting on a table a good distance away.

It looks around, waiting for someone to try with stars in its eyes. Eyes that may or may not realize that safety standards exist.

Risk it anyway for the glory of the bulls-eye? ]

[revengier]

Outside of town, maybe?

[ That is very much something people here will kill for.

One of the ducks hands him some of those noodles, and Kurapika immediately turns it over to Erika. He can wait for the next one. ]

[revengier]

Spirits and fairytales.

[ His lips quirk up at the edges as he lifts up one heavy book of fairytales. ]

There are others related to alchemy as well, though I'm more fond of the fairytales...

[moonblades]

[Mio worries the palms of her hands together, chafing away a sudden chill that's come through them. She just looks a little cold.]

Why now, do you think? To keep us afraid and in line? It might motivate someone who saw the deaths that already happened and couldn't stomach the thought of more.

[Any one of them could be a liar: That was clearly established by the end of last week. Even so... the impression that they're much less bloodthirsty than the last group of people here lingers.]

[moonblades]

Let's try not to blow the roof off any actual buildings, all right? [Mio laughs a little nervously. She sounds just like someone who has some experience in dealing with shenanigans and is making a cursory attempt to prevent them while still pretty sure they might happen.] We'll focus on what we can do instead, for now.

[She'll leave all thoughts of explosive alchemy to the side so they can narrow their conversation down to the work in front of them.]

You're something of a smith, then... I think you'd have a lot to talk about with Riku. [Mio tries to ignore that twitchy little pang of loneliness, thinking of all of the members of their party they've left behind.] Is it all accessories that you make?