WEEK ONE

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WEEK ONE

26 Villagers

After the news from the town hall, Puffin Town might not seem as tranquil as before—if it ever did. But the sun dawns, and the rooster crows on a new week, that seems peaceful enough, for now. There's farming to be done for those who don't want to subsist off the vast canned food selection at Joja Mart, or you could take up your hand fishing or even venturing into the mines.

If you want to lay around on the grass taking count of the shapes in the clouds no one will stop you, an eager duck might even stop by to give you a pillow; but the cost of the harvest looms overhead, even if you choose not to see it.

And so too does: confetti? Monday, at precisely noon, everyone will find themselves showered with confetti from seemingly nowhere. The culprit largely seems to be the ducks, but if you're somewhere closed off like bathroom, there's no obvious instigator in sight. Though if you squint real hard, you might see the wisps of something? It's hard to see through all the colorful paper, though. Regardless, you'll soon find yourself accosted by a duck with a flyer, printed and worn:

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Festival!

The Colors You Want to See Festival!
Do you find the walls of your cottage drab? Do you want to add a special touch to make your home YOURS? Stop by the general store this week and pick up some art supplies to decorate your life! NOTE: Puffin town does not take responsibility for any damage incurred during the decorating process. Participation will be rewarded with an item from the community stockpile! Please see the event organizer in the community center to submit your polaroid photograph of your entry. (Polaroids are available at the general store.)

Maybe calling it a festival is a stretch, but it's certainly a group activity nonetheless. And hey, there's even prizes! The duck, ever eager, presses another paper into your hand, though this one is handwritten, in a cursive elegant hand.

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Gift Giving

Someone told me that receiving a gift is a reward in itself. But if you share with others, you deserve something tangible, don't you? Try it, you might be surprised at what you receive.

(( 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!))

MONDAY • TUESDAY • WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY

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Comments

[rightmove]

Only if you're jumping straight from wanting to go home to being willing to kill for it. That's making a hell of a lot of assumptions.

[Probably better to be overly suspicious than naive, though.]

There might be other ways out. We don't know anything yet.

[sorathvau]

Isn’t that the main motivation? It would fall flat if there were other options.

[Which leads him to believe there aren’t any.]

…But perhaps they’re relying on our ignorance. It’s not a waste of time to check.

[Though he’ll personally be leaving it to the others.]

Any ideas?

[rightmove]

Sure, but I'm saying just because someone wants to go home doesn't mean they're willing to murder for it. Now that would be desperation.

[He looks back out at the fog. It's dense and impossible to see through no matter how much squinting he does, but it's hard not to anticipate that something will appear if he just looks hard enough.]

Could tie a rope to someone and send 'em out. They'd tug on it if things went south and we'd pull 'em back. That'd be the simple approach.

[sorathvau]

That could work. All we’d need is someone willing to volunteer. After what they told us, we’d need someone to be particularly brave, wouldn’t we?

[After all, the description of what the dog does to people was rather horrific.]

[rightmove]

Brave, sure. Or dumb, but those two things tend to go hand in hand.

[He says it fondly. Go off, idiots of the world.]

Maybe sending two out would be the best move. It'd be less disorienting with a buddy.

[i need you to know that i spent like 20 minutes combing the game pages and npc threads looking for mentions of the dog lurking out in the fog until i realized it was likely a typo oh my god i'm an idiot]

[sorathvau]

[oh my god………I believe in the dog in the fog]

Then we’d have to hope they both make it back.

[rightmove]

Right, but the odds are better they both come back. It's a calculated risk.

[He's speaking purely in hypotheticals but from the outside it sure is hard to tell.]

[sorathvau]

I’d wish you luck in convincing more than one person to go out there, but…we do have some fools in our midst, don’t we?

[rightmove]

We're bound to have a couple. We've got, what, 20-odd people stuck here? Not everyone's going to be a rocket scientist.