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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[syndromed]

[ and as you all seem to have predicted: sholmes is holding rika furude.

her small body is completely limp in his arms, tear-stains on her cheeks and her skin sickly pale.

there's something off about this - something that might take a moment to really process. rika is being brought out of the car. but no matter how long you wait, her daemon doesn't follow. she isn't even in the car. bernkastel is nowhere to be seen.

rika doesn't have a single injury on her. she isn't breathing.

rika furude is dead. ]

[senjinrouha]

[ ….





he looks furious but also bitterly unsurprised. ]

[allyship]

Rika...

[rochalizo looks kind of horrified, although yeah, not wholly surprised. SHAKES COLA THOUGH

anyway, since he can't help with the healing—]

What... what happened?

[greatdeduction]

[He just glances over at Rochalizo, with that same empty expression on his face.]

They cut the connection. That's how it happened.

[What does THAT mean.]

[allyship]

[yeah what the FUCK does that mean]

"They"...? [also,] Should... you sit down?

[callalilies]

[ kaeya is just. waiting for rika's daemon to show and... well.

this is not good. ]

Where did that come from?

[ polaris just joins niah in howling. let's get some heals here. ]

[sponsoredby]

[ Kotetsu is there immediately when he hears the howling. There's panic in his face when he sees the look on Sholmes and the body he's carrying.

Both he and Finley go to the man, daemon and child. It's hard to find words, but he reaches out to touch his arm. ]

Sholmes...

[ Finley goes to check on Irene, trying to comfort her any way possible. ]

[greatdeduction]

...

[His eyes flick to the other man, but there's not much change in his blank expression. Irene also just lays down in the snow as Finley approaches, not lifting her head.]

...Hm. [He finally says, quiet. There's an unusual sharpness in his voice as he speaks.] If there really is a god out there...I'd rather think I'd like to kill him.

[sponsoredby]

[ Finley lays down next to Irene, trying to move closer. As close as Irene will let her. ]

...Yeah. Do you... want to talk?

[ He doesn't like this one bit. Hearing Sholmesthis cold. Disconnected. He sees why, but. He doesn't have a clue what happened and has no idea if he can help. ]

Tell me anything I can do for you right now. No matter what it is.

[yueshen]

[ oh.

it's not - it's not surprising, somehow. they've had people come back from these adventures like this before, but they always... they always came back from it. xie lian's been around waiting for the groups to return, and, seeing this he's just sort of floored to the ground for a moment.

... right.

snapping himself out of it, he calls - ] Baraqiel! Suriel! Shamsiel! [ - and then hurries over, looking up between the members of the group, back down to rika. san lang, qilin, lets out a mournful sound, somewhere between betrayal and despair. ]

What happened?

[lefthandpath]

[Allen isn't moving still. he seems to be unconscious.]

[grigori]

[ xie lian calls, and much like monika sending for the watchers yesterday... baraqiel answers. they come quickly, as if they had been on alert to ensure that someone would be here, and follow the sound of the qilin. there's a grim frown, but -

when they see rika, they actually come to a full stop, their daemon's hackles up and making low, horrible sounds, not coming closer. ]

... [ apparently they're shocked to silence, but after a beat they seem to get past the realization of what's happened. ] I kept my last empowered exchange, as I said I would. Take it.

[greatdeduction]

...Go to Allen right away. He's hurt the worst.

[That's all he says, monotone. He's still holding Rika.]

[afterword]

[ How does he even respond to any of this? He looks at each of them before back to any others. ]

Herlock Sholmes and Allen, see to the healers. Quickly.

[ Meets with Joonghyuk's gaze. ]

Yoo Joonghyuk. [ ... ] Here, I have my first aid kit.

[ This is. Not good. Jin is barreling through the snow at Joonghyuk and Niah both but slows down as she gets close enough. She will quickly brush against Joonghyuk's legs before sniffing at Niah eagerly. Hurt?? Okay? ]

[lefthandpath]

[Allen is still not moving. doesn't seem to be conscious, actually.]

[malewife]

[ Nice. Everyone and their mom can watch Joonghyuk sit down nearby to do first aid on himself and pull a bullet out of his left arm using a medical tong/tweezers because zetsu told me dokja also brought Joonghyuk’s medical supplies, I guess.

Niah seems fine though he does have Dust coming from similar spots: right shoulder, left front leg. ]

I’ll need help for my shoulder.

[ Looks around for a medic?? ]

[escardos]

Is there…a chance she’ll come back?

[ like his group? like so many others?? ]

[callalilies]

I can't see her daemon... [ a deep frown ]

[greatdeduction]

...

[He shakes his head.]

It would take a miracle.

[malewife]

… If she was still alive when they separated her daemon, there might have been a chance.

[ … ]

But she was dead.

[voltadomar]

[Kim approaches quietly, his expression grim.]

... I'm sorry.

We can take her from here.

[greatdeduction]

[He just looks down at her in his arms.]

[She's so pale.]

[arcsplainist]

[ ... Oh. Oh no. Alphinaud goes pale, especially after overhearing everyone else. ]

Twelve forfend... Tell me 'tis not true.

cola 🔪

[rerouter]

[...

hearing everything discussed here and just

shit]

[bloodyromance]

[He drags a hand down his face.

God. Fucking dammit.]

...This isn't fair. [And with that he's just walking away.]