WEEK FIVE MINGLE

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nerak: week 5 mingle at your service

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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

[senjinrouha]

Yoo Joonghyuk and Sholmes have been missing since at least yesterday, I think.

I was in the lobby with Kaeya, Diluc and A-Qing.

[ … ]

I don’t like what that message said. One is gone, and another is soon to follow? We need to do a sweep around the area, someone might’ve been trapped outside overnight.

[ he’s not talking about susato. he just looks mad. ]

[yueshen]

I agree. As quickly as possible.

[ hhhhhhh. he's just tense and quiet today, serious, but san lang looks deeply unhappy in his qilin form, his tail lashing behind him. ]

That's two accounted for, at least. The others.... The Temporals have also not been responding to messages. We will need to have anyone else with healing abilities on standby.

[senjinrouha]

[ he looks really mad at that. ]

I told them not to go doing something stupid like the Celestials did the other week. That asshole.

[yueshen]

I know. It - we will just have to be ready for whatever happens. I am not sure of their fighting capabilities, so...

[ haha!! who knows what situation they could be in!!! ]

[senjinrouha]

[ ratshakes the mods directly. ]

As well as finding anyone who’s in trouble now. I have no idea how you treat someone for exposure to extreme cold though.

[callalilies]

You have to warm them slowly if they have hypothermia, otherwise you'll shock the system.

We can work in a spiral, start on the interior, make our way out and see if we can find any sort of signs of tracks out in the snow. Not sure how long it'd keep in a storm, but we should perhaps gather some of their belongings and set out for a scent trail as well.

[ even if they're hidden, we have to try. ]

[sponsoredby]

They went to get answers.

[ That's all he's saying on that. ]

[senjinrouha]

Yeah? And that turned out really well for the Celestials when they went looking for something.

[ … ]

… We’ll just have to be ready, with supplies, for when they get back.

[sponsoredby]

That's all we can do.

They wouldn't have stopped no matter what anyone said. We can also demand quests from them immediately to work on their injuries, since they can heal themselves.

[rerouter]

[... Oof.]

We need to be prepared when they come back.

[sponsoredby]

Of course. We'll do everything we can.

[arcsplainist]

Aye, that we will. I shall make myself available and await their return.

[senjinrouha]

...

Hold on. [ there's a moment where yuri just... blinks, and holds a hand to his ear like he's hearing something. ]

... Ah. Maybe save some of those resources. I think the dead can help with healing?

[escardos]

For real??

[senjinrouha]

[ he's BLINKING. ]

Uh, yeah. We might have to yell at the Temporals to go see them as soon as possible, but they can heal them too.

[arcsplainist]

[ what. ]

Pardon?

[senjinrouha]

[ a big ol' shrug, alphinaud. ]

You heard. The dead can help. We just need to make sure the Temporals go to see them.

[rerouter]

... Huh? Where is this coming from?

[senjinrouha]

I have no idea. It was like I just heard it?

[sponsoredby]

We should get some equipment and head out immediately. Spread out to cover more ground.

[senjinrouha]

Blankets, some — are you meant to give people who’ve been trapped in the cold hot drinks or does that shock their system? I have no idea.

[ fuck. ]

— Oh, shit. Allen wasn’t in our room Wednesday night either. So at this point I there’s the confirmation he’s missing, not just room hopping.

[aono]

I noticed him missing since Wednesday night too, yeah.

...and I have one use of my fire left this week. I can use it to warm people up if we need it, but it only lasts for ten minutes.

[senjinrouha]

… Honestly, I assumed he was with you. That’s my fault for not double checking.

[sponsoredby]

I have something that can help with frostbite, but... and something that could help in a life or death situation.

[senjinrouha]

[ he just pats his shoulder. ]

Save that for who you’re thinking of. But good thinking on the frostbite healing, did you get that just in case?