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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[callalilies]

injuries schminjuries.

[ (tiktok voice) what the fuck.

anyways, here is kaeya with his shirt off trying to bandage up one motherfucker of a wound on his shoulder. it is bleeding. like really bleeding, and while it doesn't hurt when he touches it at the moment, it definitely looks like it should hurt. it's a cleaving cut and smells burnt right down to the muscle.

he's tired and he's already bandaged up his other oozing burn wound on his right arm/hand from back in otamo. this is just. not a good day? it'll get better.

let's find out about the unfortunate effects of touching wounds. ]

play ball/ice garden.

[ polaris, meanwhile, is having a literal ball. kaeya can be found outside later, scooping up balls of snow and tossing them at his daemon, who gleefully chases, pounces, and bites at them with each toss.

he does come back from time to time when kaeya stops throwing however to just put his wolfy forelegs around him and? hug? and lick his face. ]

wildcard me/pc me.

( dm me or do what u want here! )

ice garden

[perfectdistance]

[Disce in her cat form and Nero are just lying in the snow. Disce's fussing over him, but Nero looks completely at peace, for once.

It looks like he's been bitten through, the same as last Friday.]</small.

[callalilies]

[ kaeya is not obnoxious can you believe. instead, he sees the wound and frowns a bit... nero's lying the snow but disce seems? okay? fussy, but okay. which means that nero is...

you know. not just dead in the snow. that's a relief. ]

Enjoying the cold, I take it?

[perfectdistance]

[Disce swishes her tail annoyed at the bleeding.

Nero does not even get up.]

's the nicest place we've been.

[According to him, anyway.]

[callalilies]

Can't say I mind the amenities.

Is this like home for you?

[ propping his chin on his hand, polaris just rolls in the snow as a wolf one moment then pops up! as an ermine the next to pounce over and over again into the soft snow drifts. ]

[perfectdistance]

[He's in a 3/4th sleeve outfit and looking so calm.]

Somethin' like tha-

[And then he looks very awkward.]

It isn't...?

[callalilies]

[ a slight roll of the eyes here. ]

You've already started, may as well finish.

[ he looks so peaceful tbh. kaeya just glances down at the snow and then. plops down into it too on his back, eyes skywards. ]

injuries

[bloodyromance]

[You know that for him this is like if you took your shirt off and drizzled chocolate syrup across your abs, right? He just raises his eyebrows, clearly checking Kaeya out despite the gaping wound in him.]

Need some help, love?

[callalilies]

[ yeah this is. bad. but also he does need the help. he looks at spike when he offers and sighs. he can't quite lift his shoulder well enough to actually get the bandages to line up right. each time he tries, the wound grapes, burnt edges oozing blood again.

it's more inconvenient than painful, and unsightly. it has to be pushed together at this point. ]

Just a bit... yeah... if you wouldn't mind. I woke up like this...

[bloodyromance]

'Course. Sit down, yeah? [And he takes the bandages softly. He can smell Kaeya's blood coming off of it, though there's also the singed bit which is a little nasty, even for him.

He does frown, though, concerned.] Does it hurt for you? Didn't for me, just an hour or so ago.

[This week is going to be actual hell for him.]

[callalilies]

[ he'll ease down to have a seat and will readjust his left shoulder with his bandaged right hand. this should be debilitating, but he seems to be alright, even as blood slowly runs down his shoulder. the wound is familiar and spike will know precisely where it's from due to having shared the unfortunate memory of it in otamo. ]

No. Not physically at the moment. I'm waiting for it to pick the worst moment to start acting up.

[ he looks downwards into his lap a moment before looking over his shoulder. he chuckles weakly. ]

Good thing I'm not left-handed, hm? Did you already take care of your own?

[bloodyromance]

It's not visible, just from this one time when Darla stuck me with a dagger in the ribs.

[He remembers. Diluc's work. He wonders how Kaeya feels about it's presence... He can't resist touching it while trying to treat it, and god it hurts like hell. He didn't know that could happen. He winces, feeling the burn and heartbreak. Oh god, that sucks.]

[callalilies]

[ the sound that leaves him is choked off and sharp and he holds rigidly still a moment, his fingers curled. he thinks about how he knows that it isn't just himself experiencing it over again, that spike is too. this is terrible. he shakes his head and sucks in a quiet, shuddering breath. ]

Mmh--what'd she do that for?

[ he tries not to focus on it even as he has to close his eyes and just keep holding his own elbow to keep everything in place. he knows spike will have to glance over the wound to keep the bandage straight, so. he's just going to suck it up, dig his heels in. ]

play ball!

[rerouter]

[Oh... Cute... She laughs, Pygmalion bouncing in the snow behind her.]

Well, you two look like you're having fun.

[callalilies]

[ polaris catches a snowball and immediately bounds over to pygmalion with it like a prize before darting back and crushing it in his jaws, waiting for another. ]

Making the most of the snow. It's been a while since I've seen any!

[ how are today's effects treating miss monika? ]

[rerouter]

[Relatively well, apparently! As bundled up as she is, dressed in black from head to toe, Kaeya won't be able to tell where she's currently bleeding from. Pygmalion on other hand starts to chase after Polaris, while still staying within the limits of his bond with Monika.]

Oh, yeah? Then it sounds like you're right at home. I'm kind of jealous...

[callalilies]

[ black does wonders for all of our surprise bleeding. polaris will kick up snow with his back paws and instigate a game of chase this way and that within their boundaries, bringing them to circle around their respective people at one point in a loop de loop. ]

Hardly any reason to be, there's plenty of ways to enjoy it. [ he'll pick his way through the snow towards her now that polaris and pygmalion can play with one another. ] How are you faring otherwise?

[rerouter]

To be honest, I'm not a huge fan of cold weather, so... [She's jealous that he's so at home while she's freezing her tiddies off. Awful. At least Pygmalion doesn't seem to mind it as he loops around, chasing Polaris.] Well, I'm okay either way. I'll just be a little grumpier than usual until we leave, ahaha.

[callalilies]

Why don't we get a warm drink then? I hear the hot chocolate is decadent and it isn't as thought we're footing the bill hm? At least not that I've seen, I've yet to be asked for payment...

[ oh boy. ]

play ball

[greatdeduction]

[Don't watch now, Kaeya, but someone is tossing a snowball directly at you!]

[SOMETIMES SNOWBALLS HAPPEN]

[callalilies]

[ WHACK

right in the kisser even.

kaeya goes down with a splat from his seated position, definitely not anticipating the ball, but he's not mad. if anything he just laughs-- ]

Oh? You want to play too, Sholmes?

[ scrambling for a snowball so he can just give that a good old toss at him back! fine! ]

[greatdeduction]

Hm? Me? Why, I'm perfectly innocent! It was the wind!

[He's just grinning like the devil, trying his best not to laugh - and then a snowball is tossed back at his face. ROBLOX OOF.]

[He does let out a laugh back, brushing the snow off before moving to toss another one.]

[callalilies]

Oh? Carried on the hot air coming out of your mouth? I think not!

[ is the snow covered in blood when he gets up? yes. is this standard fare at this point? also yes. polaris just yips excitedly and darts through the snow to just. bite at it and toss it around. play. yes. ]

[greatdeduction]

Who knows~

[And yes, blood snowballs! Its fine! He's bleeding through his shoulder! It's Fine.]

[Irene in crow form flaps down to shift into a beagle, yapping as she jumps through the snow. Sholmes is going for making another snowball.

[callalilies]

[ he tosses another and darts behind one of the statues now, peeking out ever so slightly. meanwhile, polaris will leap after irene, tail just a white blur as he kicks up snow and plays at chasing after her excitedly. ]