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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Comments

[grigori]

There's no rule saying I'm required to help someone I don't like.

[ shrug. ]

Boredom, mostly. Normally I'd focus on playing, but since there aren't any instruments around here...

[ they have to find entertainment elsewhere. ]

[quiz]

Mhm... Hm...

What instrument do you play again?

[grigori]

Guitar. Electric, mostly, but acoustic's easy enough to adjust to.

[quiz]

Is it?

[ She peers down one path and then another, making her choice after a pause. ]

What if I find you one?

[grigori]

Sure. It's the same chords most of the time; they just sound different because it's produced in a different way.

[ ...they pause. ]

Then I'd play.

[quiz]

Then I'll be sure to find you one.

[ She turns a corner and they meet a dead end, but before Yomiel can see it she's turning on her heels and pushing them back. ]

Don't look! Should've trusted my gut.

[grigori]

And how do you plan on doing that?

[ ahhh but she's already pushing them away, so they just laugh. ]

Not looking doesn't change that it's another dead end.

[quiz]

But you don't know that. It could actually be the exit, but I just wanna spend more time with you?

[ That said she's just gonna?? wrap her arms around them??????? Hug from behind... ]

YomiYomi is so warm~ Makes me wanna curl up and take a nap.

[grigori]

[ this is happening now. they've accepted their fate. ]

If you fall asleep out here, I'm leaving you.

[quiz]

I'll cling to you like a monkey.

[grigori]

You can try.

[quiz]

[ JUMPS ONTO THEIR BACK LIKE A SPIDER MONKEY!!!!!!!!! BELLA AND EDWARD WHO??? ]

[grigori]

[ i

the warmth abruptly cuts off while they stumble and try not to fall in the snow?! ]

Reze--

[quiz]

Hey, hey, you encouraged this!

[ She's clinging onto their back, legs wrapped firmly around their waist. ]

You can carry me, can't you? I shouldn't be that heavy, I've been dieting...

[ she's also lying ]

[grigori]

Why don't I believe you?

[ the warmth isn't coming back! that's her punishment for startling them! since they've regained their balance, though, they're not dropping her, so that's... something, i guess. ]

I'm not finding the way out for you.

[quiz]

[ Too bad for them she's used to the cold! That's what living in Russia does for you! ]

It's okay, I can guide you like this. [ She leans forward, just to whisper into their ear... asmr... ? ] Go right at this next split, please~.

[grigori]

I'm not a horse, Reze!

[ they aren't moving. ]

[quiz]

[ But they're not dropping her... HM! ]

Are you just using this an excuse for me to cling to you, then?

[grigori]

[ if only she could see the way they roll their eyes. ]

I didn't make you jump on me. Get off.

[quiz]

You encouraged it!

[ She whines, but jumps off... ]

If you won't carry me then is it alright if I hold your hand?

[grigori]

[ and she's down! so they will continue with portable space heater duty again. ]

I really don't see why you have to.

[quiz]

[ Just holds her hand out without saying a word. ]

[grigori]

[ why are you like this. ]

I could just leave you out here to get lost in the maze on your own.

[ just pointing that out! after a moment, though, they'll give a heavy sigh and let her have their hand. reze wins this round, they guess. ]

[quiz]

[ "i can fix them", "i can make them worse", well i can make them hold my hand!!!!














and maybe put on a maid dress ]

I'd find my way back to you, y'know.

[grigori]

[ they are not going to wear a maid dress. ]

I don't think I'm not the one you need to be coming back to.