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WEEK 4

Last week could probably only be summed up as a mess. Three people died, one was turned to currency and the hotel pool remains in a general state of unusability unless swimming in pulpy mush is someone’s idea of a good time. And that’s not even counting the haunted morse code T-Rex. At least the greenhouse is as relaxing as ever, even if someone seems to have made off with a number of succulents and cacti.

But with the new week comes a new set of locations to explore as the fog retreats to reveal another portion of the city. The half moon wanes to a new moon this week, leaving streets even dimmer this week -- hopefully you have some other portable sources of light available if you plan on straying too far beyond the reach of the lampposts in the new areas.

[[Welcome to Week 4! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 4 tab on our Locations page. Once again, feel free to make top levels at your discretion, and remember to note it in your header if you plan on investigating any locations. You can also privately contact The Lady or Rembrandt.]]

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Here's our first contestant! He's a lawyer with a good work ethic.

[ Will Smith gesturing at Mikami. ]

Did you know, he can bench press over 200 pounds?

[ Yeah, we're doing this. ]

[well this answer is kind of A Lot but- ]

So what is it considered if he's nowhere near my type but I wouldn't precisely say no, either.

[ Thinking about it. ]

Let's go with Maybe.

Fair enough.

[ Should he be saying thanks to this? Is this something people say thanks to? He does not want to say thanks to this, so... let's try for..... ]

Noted.

[ Hello??? Hello???? What exactly is happening here and why is he getting strung along to witness it......???

His expression looks like someone who's bitten into a lemon and is trying to keep their cool. (Someone, not Mikami. Mikami can bite into lemons without missing a beat. Hidden talents.) ]

.... can I leave now...?

You have two maybes and a four out of ten! That's pretty good.

[ It's all from villains though. Where's all the good men and Raven ]

Only that I don't recall ever asking to have my body scrutinized by you people.

[ He's not an object! He's got feelings! Maybe. Possibly. Who knows really. ]

That makes it a "maybe" from me as well.

[mikami does not deserve this.]

I see.

[ He's just trying various stoic reactions to this idiocy so he can seem in control and mature. Maybe. Is it working? No. ]

Are we supposed to be responding with our own personal opinions here or objective evaluations? Because given the extremely skewed gender ratio here, I'm not sure how well the former is going to work.

[ You can pretend to be as gay as your outfit for a night, dude ]

You can use objective evaluations.

[ HE'D RATHER NOT

Anyway, he'll think this over for a second. ]

Let's say 4 out of 10.

[ These croquettes are making him feel generous. ]

[ Okay, wow. That's below the half-way point. Mikami has never in his life cared about being perceived as attractive by other people, but still. ]

This wasn't even a numerical question.

[ Get a haircut and then talk to him? ]

That seemed like the simplest and most accurate way of giving a rating. Would you have preferred it if I'd just said "no"?

Yes, actually. Simple and to the point.

[ So are numbers, but they're also somehow harsher and, more importantly, make him feel more personally scrutinized. ]

[ Well, if you insist. ]

All right. No.

Feel better?

[ A roll of his eyes, sorry. ]

Very. Thank you.

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Objective votes are an option, right?

[ Like, he's thinking of joining in on this at least a little. He just didn't want it to be a colossal issue ]

[ ET TU; REAN???? He looks betrayed. ]

[ Sorry friendo...! ]

Yup, objective votes are an option.

[ No issue here. He should join. ]

...Then I guess an 8.5 out of ten would do.

[ Giving a nod. ]

I'd go about eight myself.

[ It's definitely the lifting as well as it being fun to mess with him ]

[ He's just pretending to not look this way. He's not even sure what's more embarrassing here - receiving a high rate from Rean, whom he likes, or from Dazai, whom he really does not like. They're both disturbing for different reasons. ]