PC: Shen Qingqiu

[westedge]

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week 0, monday

[westedge]

[ like. okay. a park is nice...ish? it's debatable considering they are still in a city and there isn't much room for them to go anywhere, but having something new is nice. this is what jonas thinks to himself as he sits on top of the slide and peers down at the ground where people are passing through.

he thinks he's in a pretty safe spot though, so it's half the reason he calls out to sqq. ]

So. What'd you think of yesterday? [ and people's instincts, because boy howdy. ]

[peakfan]

[ is he crying about the fact there is a singular tree in this concrete jungle? maybe so! he'll never tell! who knew he'd actually miss his forest dwellings when it's gone!!

that said, he absolutely does not jump at surprise voices above him and whips out his fan to hide the blanching. PLEASE. HIS HEART CAN'T TAKE THIS. ]

It seems that one was right to be concerned.

[ so, so dryly ]

[westedge]

[ he's valid. unfortunately while jonas got used to trees but he's also fine with a city so can't relate too bad. he does not seem bothered he just surprised him either. ]

Yeeeahh...I think we knew it was going to be bad, but that was almost impressive.

[peakfan]

[ his expression doesn't change but the exhausted school teacher energy is so high right now ]

One would think almost all of the participants were children.


[ except for like, three people ]

[westedge]

Have you seen some of the children here? They're doing better than some of the others I've met so far.

[ so like. yikes. ]

[peakfan]

[ thinks about their shortest members. nods. ]

It seems that way, hm? Ah, to have youthful energy. [ you're just old, sqq ] One can say however, it gives a better understanding of who will be the liveliest of our group.

[westedge]

[ bro. ]

I feel like you can still be really old and have energy, but maybe that's just me. [ regardless... ] Think it's a good thing or a bad thing to be this open about how reactive they are this early?

[peakfan]

[ being an old soul is a way of life not an age bracket ]

There will always be those who are honest with themselves and their feelings. [ it's a good gauge of the general vibe in his opinion ] One can only gently nudge those volatile emotions in a positive direction.

[ translation: it's gonna happen regardlessly so just point them in the direction you want them to go ]

[westedge]

[ he's not sure what he was actually expecting as an answer, but there's a slow blink of understanding as he mulls over that. ]

Kind of like all we can only do for people less honest is try to nudge them into being more open? One of those might be easier on people than the other.

[peakfan]

Exactly what this one was thinking of. [ GOOD JOB. shizun is proud of u ]

[westedge]

[ there's a few moments he goes quiet, thinking things over because it's not like he disagrees entirely. but i'm sorry to say he's focusing on something else. ]

Is that just...the way you normally address yourself? [ it's hesitant because it does in fact have the potential to be rude as shit to ask, but he has his reasons. ]

w0, sat...2!

[peakfan]

[ WELL THAT SURE WAS A THING. they slid under the fence 20 seconds to the wire. good job everyone!!!!!

jonas will get a gentle shoulder touch while wandering down the street. wao. ]

Somehow we worked it out, hm?

[westedge]

[ the touch to his shoulder kind of makes him jump just a little, but not enough to be too reactive. he turns his head, and for the time being he does not have a cigarette in his mouth. but he does seem to relax just a little once he notices who it is. ]

I'm not sure if I should be impressed or disappointed at this point. [ that was. so close. ] Doing okay?

[peakfan]

[ half the reason was just in case jonas was too lost in thought and the other might just be `touch starved` but it's fine ]

For one, the timing could be no more dramatic than the most epic of novels. [ he sighs in exhaustion ] This one could sleep for days.

[westedge]

[ you know what that's completely fair. ]

Think the drama will win our teams some extra points? [ dryly. he does not think so, but he is not sure actually. ] As much as I think a lot of us would love to sleep for days, we've still got tomorrow to look forward to.

[ y...ay... ]

[peakfan]

[ HE'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO NAP THROUGH IT THANKS. imagine if it takes place in ikea he'll legit just steal a blahaj and be like wake me up when execution ends ]

One can only imagine what kind of.... event they will have planned.

[westedge]

[ honestly me as him, i would also nap through execution! at the ikea. ]

...public executions used to be a thing. Or maybe they still are in some parts of the world, I don't know. We know what erasure is but it's hard to figure out how they're planning to have another player erased. Or maybe we won't have to do anything and it'll just happen? The rulebook just says a player will be erased, not necessarily that we'll have to watch or anything.

[ granted, the reapers said to brace themselves for tomorrow so fuck the players, he guesses. ]

[peakfan]

[ laughs in transmigration. but at least he doesn't mind the question ]

A difference in language one believes. After all, this one is from a time far older than most.

[peakfan]

One must be ready for anything to occur. What is proper and what is possible seems unlike anything this master has seen before.

[ smashcut to later like DAMN I REALLY WISH WE MANIFESTED IKEA INSTEAD. anyway he internally laughs a little about public executions because wowee! people just sort've die in stallion novels. in multiple fun ways even! not that he would know! haha! hahaha! ]

[westedge]

All the more reason this place must be driving you a little crazy. But you're coping okay?

[westedge]

I don't know if I'd call any of this proper. But you're right. We've gotta be ready for anything even if it seems impossible to prepare.

[ and even then that apparently would not have helped them at all today, damn. ]

[peakfan]

This one is unbothered. The rules of language is different from one town to the other let alone a place that mixes countries let alone universes.

That so many places other that oneselves speaks so similarly is perhaps the biggest surprise of them all.

[ WHY DO YALL GET TO SPEAK PLAIN ENGLISH THIS AIN'T FAIR says the ye olde from ancient china (fantasy) ]

w1, tues

[peakfan]

[ smacks something in here at the uuuuuuuuuuh throws dart steps of the cathedral. let's go full confessional yeah! sqq looks like he ate something sour while absently scrolling his phone and wowee he's gonna yeet it across the entire landscape again! ]

Is nothing meant to be private?

[ HE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS WHERE'S HIS NDA DISCLOSURES ]

[westedge]

[ help. that's fine, jonas would probably have wandered back here anyway, which is why he's watching the phone soar before slowly swiveling his head back to sqq. ]

Social media's usually not private, no. [ he's just talking shit, he has no idea what's going on with him right now. ] See something you didn't like, I'm guessing?

[westedge]

[ honestly that's fair and valid of him to ask. ]

You'd probably lose your mind on modern Earth then. A good chunk of the world speaks the same language, plus all the people that know how to speak multiple languages. Not that I do, but like...in general.