WEEK FIVE MINGLE

[grigori]

nerak: week 5 mingle at your service

25 Remain

Waking up this morning will reveal some unfamiliar surroundings. While Camebit had an autumnal chill in the air, things are a little different, now - the air is frigid, and waking up is an adventure, considering you are swaddled to the nines and cozied right up to your roomie of the week (where you have one, anyways). Everything around you is made of ice and packed snow, fogged glass and porcelain, and it is freezing. Who thought this was a good idea? Even the brisk chill of Camebit in the skies above everything was more forgiving than this! This isn't a transition! Whose manager can you speak to..?

About that.



You have to trek out of the lodging, and over into the building made of actual wood and stone, to actually see your Watchers of the week. They're all dressed in their full cloaks again to combat the chill, even in this building, although both Rameel and Satariel are standing much closer to Yomiel than they usually do - much like they had in Ahnkeen, actually.

"Good morning and welcome to Nerak! If you've ever wondered what it was like to stay at an ice hotel, then you're in luck!" Rameel says with moderate flourish as they make sure to keep close to Yomiel—their daemon currently not found anywhere near them as they make the announcement. Looks like they're without their black box of musical wonders this morning.

While the other two Watchers press close, Yomiel's daemon has wrapped itself around their neck like a polecat scarf. Warm. Arm cradled gently against their chest, they pause to glance at Satariel before greeting everyone. "Try to be careful. The ice can get slippery, especially when you're all looking like that and leaving a mess everywhere you go." Whatever that means.

Satariel seems a little more subdued than usual but offers everyone a smile, daemon bear-shaped against their back, large head peering around at everyone while they take in the travelers that come to join them here in the hotel lobby. Their cloak is completely closed around them - not even the front of their dress can be seen, and they're clearly holding it tightly shut. "Please be nice to the hotel staff - if I catch any of you being rude to them, I'll kick you clear across the tundra before sticking you in their outdoor 'jail' for timeout. We're guests, but they're working hard to accommodate us, alright?"


With the new week, travelers will find that they no longer the adorable animal features they did in Camebit, but something much less cute. Injuries from their pasts have come back to haunt them, major or minor, and they cannot be healed. The good thing is that they don't seem to hurt or really take a toll on the travelers at all - at least, not until they're touched, and then both you the other will feel the pain from the moment the wound was inflicted. This effect lasts all week.

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Talk to Yomiel

[grigori]

[ resigned to their fate, yomiel can easily be found in the hotel lobby. similar to ahnkeen, the temperature changes around them, but instead of aircon, they radiate warmth up to a three foot radius. somehow, it doesn't seem to melt the ice at all.

they sleep out here? or in random spots around the hotel, with their daemon curled up next to them in ocelot form. sure, why not, that's probably fine.

otherwise, wander the ice gardens with them! though they'll stop before the maze, looking at it thoughtfully. ]

...Think you can get through it without getting lost?

[ is that a challenge? yes. yes, it is. do you accept? ]

[quiz]

[ maze! maze! maze! ]

Isn’t there a trick to it? Like you’ll find your way through as long as you keep your hand on the wall?

[ But yes she accepts, binch. ]

[grigori]

But can you get through it without using any tricks like that?

[ or are you going to be a coward ]

[quiz]

[ WOW!? ]

Of course!!

[ And she’s running in cause she wants to prove them wrong so bad IMMEDIATELY ]

[grigori]

[ well

they're laughing a little as they trail behind reze. probably shouldn't leave her out here in the cold, huh. ]

[quiz]

[ When they come to their first split she immediately goes left. Walking with confidence before they get to the next split — right!

Yomiel better stay within range cause all she’s got is a heavy jacket on and some shorts + thigh high combo cause she’s the fashion first kind of girl.

Soon, however, they’ll reach their first dead end. Oopsies. ]

Ohhhh, maybe you made a wrong guess going right at the fork?

[ blames them iMMEDIATELY even if she’s the one guiding. ]

[grigori]

[ they'll stick close because girl you'll probably die out here if they don't. ]

Oh, definitely. I guessed you might have a chance, but the maze has already won.

[quiz]

[ SMACKS HIS ARM ]

It was one wrong turn!!

[grigori]

[ i flipped a coin and it said she hit their broken arm lmao. so they give a quiet hiss of pain but otherwise try to ignore it. ]

...And one is all it took for you to find a dead end.

[perfectdistance]

[Nero steps into the three foot radius.

...

Nero steps out of the three foot radius.]

[grigori]

[ friendship ended with nero ]

[perfectdistance]

It's so warm around ya.

[grigori]

Not everyone likes laying out in the snow without a coat on, you know.

[perfectdistance]

Not a fan of either extreme temperature, huh?

[grigori]

Not really. A balance is good.

[perfectdistance]

[Nero

Lies down in the snow with no jacket on.]

[grigori]

I'm not convinced that you're totally sane. Just saying.

[rerouter]

[Monika pauses when she accidentally steps into the three foot radius, blinking in surprise. Hello? Warmth??]

... Man, is there anything you can't do?

[grigori]

Make it rain, here or in Africa. It's really just a hot and cold kind of thing.

[rerouter]

Aw, that's a shame. We could have blessed the rains down in Africa.

[grigori]

[ laughs ]

Too bad. All we'll get here is more snow.

[rerouter]

And it's not even the appropriate time of the year to sing about it. [A beat.] ... I think.

[the FUCK are holidays]

[grigori]

Yeah, I don't think so. This is more of the "relax all year round" kind of hotel. What do they even need with holidays this far out?

[rerouter]

Maybe it's summer somewhere else. I'm surprised a hotel all the way out here can be this successful, though.

[grigori]

Every place has an appeal, right? Maybe the usual patrons are trying to get away from something - it's less likely someone would find them all the way out here than some tropical resort.