WEEK 5

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WEEK 5

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Was what happened on Friday yet another tragedy in a string of them or just a complete shitshow? Well, regardless of which line of thought you subscribe to, the reality of it is that another three of your number are no longer in this realm with you. At least the remains of what had happened last week have been neatly cleaned up as always, even if that might not change what’s been etched in your memories. The drum set in the jazz bar remains busted though, because the masterminds aren't that generous. At least the tarot shop and boutique remain fine even if the vanished crystals and women's clothing aren't going to be restocked.

But either way, it’s a new week, and that means new locations to explore as the fog gives way to more of the city and its lamplit streets. The new moon waxes to half this week, appearing as a crescent moon for most of the week. It's far from optimistic, but maybe the brightening is a sign that this will be over soon...? Or maybe it just means the worst is yet to come, it's hard to say.

[[Welcome to Week 5! Note that new areas have been added, and can be found under the Week 5 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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[pr159]

Well, they're not exactly intuitive.

[ Actually, as long as he is here behind his shoulder... and since I'm not sure what Seteth is wearing right now...]

When you get to a stopping point [ i.e. when you inevitably get a game over in the very near future ] do you mind letting me do a quick follow-up check on our little experiment? No breaking or anything, of course.

[baitless]

I imagine you have to play the games often to memorize them. It's not too different from actual combat, I suppose.

[...he's starting to lose pretty badly, though...]

And no, that's fine. I haven't noticed any changes myself, though an examination on your end would likely be far more fruitful.

[You know, since he can get a better look at them and all.]

[pr159]

...No, I think it's still pretty different. In actual combat, you can at least infer that to do a specific kick, you need to move your leg. Pushing an arbitrary button with a symbol on it is hardly the same thing.

[ Maybe if the symbol on the button was actually a leg or something, but. ]

Excellent, thank you.

[ He will wait politely for you to finish gaming and take your shirt off. ]

[baitless]

Oh, that is true, but I meant more... the more you practice and execute things correctly, the more your body remembers what it's supposed to do. It's an abstraction, to be sure...

[...aw, shit, N. Buffalo kicked his ass. oh well.]

...and real combat really is easier than all this nonsense, but. Anyway. Just a moment.

[he takes his shirt off in the arcade, as you do.]

[pr159]

That much is true, yes.

[ All right, let's see what we've got now... thankfully we're far enough back in time that probably no one will walk in on this scene to see Rideaux feeling up a shirtless dilf in an arcade. ]

Interesting. I assume you could tell for yourself that the broken one had regenerated.

[ Since it would have kept getting extra-snagged on stuff otherwise, presumably. ]

[baitless]

[one could almost forget that they're the token heterosexuals.]

Yes, I could. It does beg the question of whether there is a way to get rid of these or if they are permanent, though I suppose I should be prepared to deal with the latter.

[pr159]

That would probably be wise.

[ "Prepare for the worst and don't bother hoping for the best" has come to be one of his philosophies. ]

The others we marked before don't appear to have grown at all. So it seems there's something of a set size they're supposed to be, which they won't grow beyond and to which they'll regenerate back when broken, apparently fairly quickly.