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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[grigori]

...Why would either of us want that? I'm not interested in something that's going to hurt you.

[quiz]

Cause it hurt you, and it didn't really hurt me.

But all my injuries would probably knock you out for real.

[grigori]

So what? That doesn't mean I want to hurt you back?

[ hello? ]

[quiz]

I know that, but still --

... I dunno, I just thought that it's something like an exchange.

[grigori]

Why would it need to be? [ ... ] Do you want it to be?

[ reze please they are so confused. ]

[quiz]

[ she's confusing ]

Sure.

[grigori]

[ stares. ]

Why?

[quiz]

Why not?

[grigori]

[ you are so fucking weird. yomiel is closing their eyes behind the mask.

...but they offer their hand to reze, after a moment. ]

Fine.

[ do your dumb exchange so they can regret their life choices. ]

[quiz]

[ my rolls said fuck yomiel in particular, so they’re gonna get… some pain.

She grabs their hand, drawing it closer to her, where there are already bandages around her throat. Oddly enough there’s a slight flush to her cheeks? Like this is embarrassing and while she’s anticipating this, Yomiel isn’t.

She places their hand around her neck and — ]

Boom.

[ This time she hisses, taking a step back as it’s… different to keep your head despite it feeling like it just exploded? Yeah, good luck with that. ]

[grigori]

[ you can only be so prepared when you have no idea what to expect. they know about reze, of course, to a point, but it doesn't help even though they think they're braced for it.

the feeling drops them to one knee with a pained sound, hand on their head, vision gone red. they're going to need a moment. ​]

What... [ they take a deep, shaky breath. ] ...the fuck?

[quiz]

[ comes home and tackles u

Reze drops down, fingers twitching -- she holds her hands out, but she doesn't touch them. ]

Sorry. This is... technically the only way I can really feel pain these days.

[grigori]

[ they curse again. ]

Seriously...?

[ someone really put this girl through hell? damn? let this mouse rest and be happy. ]

Don't apologize. It's not like it's your fault.

[quiz]

I can probably tell you... later.

[ Yeah. ]

Are you okay?

[grigori]

[ right... later. they nod. ]

Just... the worst headache of my life. Could be worse.