chasma | WEEK FOUR MINGLE

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WEEK FOUR MINGLE

camebit: week 4 mingle

the castle within clouds

29 Remain

We hope that, with the start of your fifth week traveling across worlds, that you would be used to waking up in unfamiliar surroundings. The arid heat and bustling noise of the markets are gone now, the luxurious beds replaced with more gently broken in ones. You've got yourself a new bedmate—or two—but there's a different sort of buzz outside your door. Opening it will reveal a lively and colorful tavern full of other people, not just you and your fellow travelers.

Exiting the tavern shows a city full of all manner of people—much like Ahnkeen, this is a world made of different races you could only dream of or had left behind. The square is full of life and commotion, people, creatures. The Watchers aren't alone in being winged people, but there are elves, ogres, dwarves, worgs, and even small bird-like beings that chirp in greeting and carry out their business.

And there's a lot of business! Everyone around you is busily working on... something. Stalls are being set up and filled to the brim with masks, fancy dresses and suits, accessories, food, games. Hawkers at these stands advertise further business to be found in the actual storefronts, and many more give out free samples of food and drink, along with flowers to give to one another. A grand, wrought iron gate has been affixed to the castle gate's open doors, decorated in wrapped bundles of flowers and tree boughs, white silks draped to flow freely in the wind, with various offerings placed on either side of them.

Further exploration of the city will come to the realization that it is very much a city in the sky. All around you are rust brown and deep mahogany wood trees, in full autumnal colors, but the forest is broken up on floating islands all along the southern edge of the walled-in city. It's beautiful, but dangerous, and the locals and guards posted will advise you to watch where you're going so that you don't fall off the edge of the world.

And maybe keep an eye on your things. Unfortunately, the grifflets are not the only winged things here. While there are pegasi and wyvern and small dragons, assorted vermin can be spotted throughout the city, winged as well to have adapted to their environment. They are bold, and prone to biting.

Waiting for you to join them in the town square, outside of the Prancing Pegasi, are Baraqiel and Suriel. Shamsiel is not with them currently. Neither of them seem to be reacting to the effect for the week, even if it's abundantly clear that they are also affected by it, the same as you. Their hoods have been modified for the new additions to their persons—two slits with clasps to allow them to easily remove or adjust their hoods for... ears.

Baraqiel speaks up first, a pair of dark but gold-dusted and straight ears standing upright on their head. One of them twitches a little, an earing jingling faintly with the movement. They appear to be healed of their injuries, from the stay in Otamo, or at least enough that they aren't visible any longer. "Welcome to Camebit, apparently. Don't completely ruin everything this week, like you did Ahnkeen."

Are they joking? A little, but also not, as they continue. "I mean it. They're preparing for the Masquerade of Souls, so at least try to be respectful for once—I'm not going to claim responsibility for any of you if you manage to piss off the locals during their equivalent of a Ghost Festival."

Suriel also appears to have been mostly healed, having ditched the splint and crutch in the new week. Their squirrel daemon sits between a pair of cat ears in glittering, dusty gold that poke out from under their hood. "This festival is really important to them, so try to get along with them, okay? It might even give us something to look forward to!" After a moment, they add, "And don't worry too much about Shamsiel. They'll be okay, they just... need a little time."

Ready for your effect of the week? From the moment you wake up, until you've arrived in another world, everyone will get to be a furry. Hooray! This means you take on physical traits of a single animal—some leeway is allowed for creatures that characters would know from their worlds and creatures of mythology, the same as with your daemons—as well as some of their behavioral traits. This can include ears, horns, tails, wings, et al. Per law ("what law?" my law), you will only have one set of ears. This isn't Loveless.

Additionally, there will be A Thing posted on Tuesday. Please stay tuned for further information—but be ready to get fancy for a masquerade.

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[sheba is here, wandering around and looking at the stalls everyone is preparing with interest! her bunny ears - which match aura's - twitch a little at all of the sounds and all of the people.

seems like this masquerade of souls should be fun...]

[there is a man standing here, in the square, squinting at one of the food stalls tiredly. he looks confused? he keeps trying to get the attention of the stall people but they're not paying any attention to him because he's kind of awkwardly scrunched to the side where they can't see.

maybe you should offer to help?]

[me, yelling: oh my god he's a human for furry week

anyway, sheba spots this, then walks up and reaches over to gently pull him into their view.]

Excuse me...? I think he had a question for you...

[the man startles! and blinks down at sheba for a second before frantically looking between her and the stall owner.

to their credit, the stall owner apologizes and asks what they can do, and the man just... shrinks, shoulders hunching. it's very funny because he's like six feet tall and he's trying to hide behind sheba.

with a very terrible mix of a sheepish and exasperated expression, the man opens his mouth, and squeaks.]

[why are you trying to hide behind sheba, she's tiny]

...

All right. Umm. [hmm. how to do this. she glances between the tall man and the food the stall owner is hawking.] Did you want some of this? You can just nod - [she nods to demonstrate.] Or shake your head. [she shakes her head to demonstrate.]

[thank you for allowing me to make this joke first thing in the morning

the stall has a collection of food, and he looks very interested in some of it. when she points to the meat skewers, he looks at her, and then... nods? hesitantly?

can he like, eat that? he's not sure.]

[she doesn't know either? but hey, only one way to find out.

she turns back to the stall owner and smiles.]

Two skewers, please!

[and she'll pay for it somehow. she was bartering so much in ahnkeen she has money, probably.]

[HE LOOKS DELIGHTED

the stall owner offers two skewers! they look delicious.

....... how does he use his hands to eat]

Thank you.

[she holds one out to him! the other she's keeping for herself.

she'll take a bite to demonstrate How To Eat.]

[oh

hell yeah, okay. he watches her for a moment, and then very carefully nibbles at the meat on the skewer. he's not like, great at hand-eye coordination because he has had hands for about checks watch - an hour. but he manages!]

[he's doing so good!!]

What do you think?

[there's a pause where he brings his free hand up and stares at it. he is playing hand simulator here. his ring finger goes down, and then his middle, and then his pointer.

and then he gives her a thumbs up, with his pinky sticking out.]

[

she should correct this but it's super cute. so she returns the thumbs up in just the same way, pinky out.]

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[also because the mods called my ass out on this

another familiar face is wandering around, hair tucked behind her ear. she doesn't have any animal features, but when she sees sheba her expression brightens.]

Oh, your ears are so cute. [she says, amused.] Those are new.

[sheba brightens up when she sees her, too! hello!!]

...if it's anything like the last couple of weeks, they'll be gone when we move on, but... [she giggles] I think they're pretty cute, too. Thank you!

[a beat.]

Are you going to be coming along with us every week?

Guess so. I expected to go back to Otamo when I went to sleep last night, but apparently something wants me to stick around!

[she reaches out, and then pauses.] Oh, right. Should probably ask - can I touch the ears?

Well... I'm glad to see you again, even though you're far from home.

[we're just not acknowledging the possibility that otamo has gotten wrecked after their departure.

she stays still as lup reaches out, then nods.]

...sure, I don't mind.

I'm not exactly displeased to be here. This place is uh, is rad, and seeing all these other worlds after being stuck in the dark for so long is nice.

[cinematic parallels... she's also unaware of otamo's possible destruction! hooray!

when sheba says she doesn't mind, lup very carefully touches the ears... and then scritches them very gently.]

[she giggles at the ear scritching! wow, that's nice. is that what aura feels like when she scritches her ears?]

...well... since you're here, let's go look around together! Are you going to go to the masquerade?

Oh, absolutely. You can't stop me from showing up to a fancy ball.

[she stops scritching, and gestures like after you. she'll follow! she's got her eyes on a couple of stalls ahead with trinkets and things.]

What about you, are you going?

[onward! she's stopping at a stall selling some fancy perfumes...]

Definitely. Save me a dance, okay?

[ooh, perfumes. she's super down to look at some of these.]

Of course, boo, you're the first on my card. [she says happily. she picks up one of the samples, and sniffs at it before holding it to sheba.]

I like this one. [it smells a little like vanilla. like a cupcake.]

[she beams! and then takes the sample to sniff it.]

...ooh! This smells nice... it kind of makes me hungry, though...

[she opens her mouth

and then closes it, because even lup behaves herself around kids. don't be gross, lup. instead:]

That could be a good thing. If you smell like something people like, they'll like you. Scientific fact.

Really?

[is that true? she's not sure if it's true. but it probably would make it easier to like someone she had a neutral opinion of...]

Hee hee, maybe I should get a bunch of these, then.