WEEK TWO MINGLE

[grigori]

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36 Remain

Waking up this morning will reveal some unfamiliar surroundings. Gone is the ancient city—which many learned had come to be named Krankaz—and its salt-caked, rusted, ruined world. Your beds are more comfortable, your things stored away in much finer rooms where light filters in through stained glass. Did you miss sunlight? Fresh air? There's much of it to be found, here. But there seems to be... music faintly playing from somewhere, at all times? Sometimes, the song changes, but it's always of the same quality. How strange...

You all awaken in your beds—although they aren't the beds that you found yourself falling asleep in previously, and you might not even see the same face as you had the previous night. But one by one, as you filter out, you find yourselves in a dusty mansion, this go around. It's almost eerie, with the music in the background softly playing, but it's easy to tune it out as you begin exploring the new world that you've all found yourselves in.

Much like your previous worlds, this one seems a little sparse, in terms of population. Unlike the last one, though, you'll find other occupants—just not here, with you now. But the bright colors of moss, coral, flora, and fauna are replaced by the bright color of stained glass and greenery, a world filled to the brim with life in a different way. The soft rush of water can be heard everywhere along with the melodies of this city, little water mills constantly running even in the canals, though some of them and the machines here seem to be in a little disrepair. Shall we?



In the foyer of this grand mansion, your Watchers of the week can be found—the Celestials. They're ready to receive you, and hopefully see you through this week more safely than the last two. Good morning!

Baraqiel speaks up first, this time, thick cloak closed around themself completely to conceal their wings, and daemon perched eagle-formed on the banister of the stairs. "We've got a name right off for this one, unlike the last one. City's called Otamo—do all of us and yourselves a favor and don't break anything that actually keeps the lights on. Maintaining a city is hard enough without everyone bringing it down around us."

Daemon on their shoulder in squirrel form, Suriel has a smile and a wave for everyone. "It's a nice place, too! Or it was, once. And the music's great - just like being in a video game! Ah, but try not to break into everything? Or at least try put it back like you found it, please."

Resting on Shamsiel's head is their daemon, and they start the day with a polite smile for everyone. "And like always, we're here to help you however we can. So, please, you know how to reach us should there be anything you'd need."

That seems to be all, but before you're released off to go exploring—Baraqiel has one last thing to add: "They're too nice to say it, but I'm not: stop asking Suriel for anything involving blood, whether it's power-related or for food. If you want that shit, ask a different Watcher, and ask Suriel for something else."

Suriel has some quiet protests to that, but they seem to go ignored.


With the new week, travelers will find that they no longer have minor control of the four major elements. Instead, they'll find that they have an unbreakable connection to another participant, one that reveals something many of you work hard to hide. You feel what they feel, and they feel what you feel, both physically and emotionally. What will you do when faced with the terrifying ordeal of being known? This effect lasts all week.

Additionally, there's an aspect of this world you may want to take note of—around the city, primarily in the canals, are broken panes and shards of glass that are... different. These can be retrieved out of the water, or off the banks, or from broken fixtures to no detriment to yourselves. However, you'll find that interacting with them shares a fragment of a memory from your point of view with those around you, genuine and true. The music of Otamo adapts to each memory, and may drown out any spoken word in the memory (though you may play with the intensity of this, to allow for some dialogue to be audible), but with how most shards are small enough to be held in the hand, they have a transportable potential to them. You may bring your memshare to others, whether by accident or on purpose.

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Comments

KRANKAZ CYOA2

[powerplay]

That weird ghost ship stuff... was also pretty weird.

I dunno how we got there, but I think we were looking at stuff that happened before the city got dumped in the bottom of the ocean. And all those zombie fishmen that attacked us were people from the ship or something.

I saw a fishman in the cave, though? And that one didn't attack me and my ex-ex-roomie, it looked like it was living in there.

[rerouter]

We found a necklace with an angel pendent, too. It looked a lot like the statues in Citagazze.

[powerplay]

Oh yeah, we did! [ Power has it, so she fishes it out and holds it up. Yep, angel pendant, very reminiscent of the angel statues right around the Torre delle Angeli. ] And a bunch of paintings on the walls, too. It had stuff like, people, and animals, and more fishmen on it.

[yueshen]

What sort of people and animals, Miss Power...?

[powerplay]

Umm, just looked like random humans and random animals? Not any ones that I don't know, but pretty common ones. Dunno who they are, though.

[trickedges]

I'll add that when I searched the cave two days prior to their return I saw the same depictions, as well as ones that resemble the ... angelic symbols that we saw in Cittagazze. Not the wheel of wings, but the ones that look like a string of upside down people.

[afterword]

[ Weird ghost ship stuff... I guess that's one way of putting it. ]

So you saw them before we did as a group? It would line up a bit...

[powerplay]

I saw it on Wednesday!

[drinkingproblem]

Wonder why that one was different... That why you kept talking about fishmen the whole time??

[That was weird, but maybe it makes sense now. At the time he was a bit preoccupied......]

[powerplay]

Yeah, 'cause I saw something just like them. But less angry.

[drinkingproblem]

That one say anything? Or were you just stalking it?

[powerplay]

No. We just kinda saw it, and it ran away right when we saw it. I jumped into the water after it but we just ended up hitting the weird bubble wall.

[drinkingproblem]

Maybe they're more bold in numbers. Didn't really feel like they had room for that much strategy in those fish heads of theirs, though.

[Wrinkles his nose at the thought of fish heads, forever.]

[powerplay]

They did remind me a lot of the zombies I've fought before. Except the fishmen could speak, I guess.

[ Zombie fighting experience... ]

[drinkingproblem]

First time dealing with those things for me... Really wish it would be the last. I'm not into stuff that doesn't die when you chop it up.

Might've been better if they didn't talk, either.

[Like, he doesn't get wigged out easily but oof.]

[powerplay]

I know lots of things that don't die even if you chop them up!

[ Ah yes, the wild and zany life of devils. No wonder she's doing pretty okay despite it all. ]

[drinkingproblem]

What, other than zombies? Do I wanna know?

[He's a little bit behind in that department but catching up rapidly nowadays....... That's how their lives are now, apparently.]

[powerplay]

Well, yes. Devils can recover from any kind of injury as long as we drink some blood. The Eternity Devil had that as its effect, so it was able to regenerate endlessly for three days straight even while being chainsawed. And of course, Denji is able to come back from the dead, so.

[ And yet, even with all these death-avoiders, there is so much death in this series. ]

[drinkingproblem]

The human you know??? How many people can just come back from the dead... jeez... Your place is crazy, but I wouldn't expect less from a devil.

[Actually there's way too many immortals and immortal-adjacent here. The fact that he also counts as immortal-adjacent doesn't matter, it's the principle of the thing, okay.]

[powerplay]

[ Literally a Naruto is not allowed to comment on the immortality-status of other series okay. ]

Uhmm, well, a lot of people have died, I guess.

[drinkingproblem]

[He’s not an Uchiha, only Uchiha-adjacent, let him have this loophole it’s not like the series gives side characters anything else!!!!]

They’d have to die to revive but yeah, I kind of get it…?

[does he tho]

[powerplay]

[ Anything also having to do with Orochimaru at all is also just ass lbr. Especially Kabuto. ]

No, I mean like, dead dead. Never came back.

[voltadomar]

A note was found in the sunken city that relates to what Power and her group experienced. I only have a copy, but...

[He looks out, vaguely in somebody's direction. Maybe they could chime in?]

It described an affliction that caused the people of the city to undergo a morbid transformation.

[cranelike]

(And that certain person's direction would be Tsurumaru who has just been vibing most of this meeting. He looks away and looks back at Kim... and looks away... and back again before sighing loudly and uncrossing his arms from his sleeves. ​)

I was waiting to see what the others would say...

(Gently makes a sub-level for organization reasons.)