★ WEEK TWO: FORWARD MOVEMENT ★

[modaphor]

[A lot has happened in a few short days.

Arche has grown a great deal from her interactions with the assembled agents of the facility; thanks to their influence, her chamber has taken on a few new additions, including a rapidly filling curio cabinet and, more recently, an orange and black Maine Coon kitten has come to stay in the facility as well. Thanks to Ginti's advice, he is no longer confined to his transparent tank in Arche's Chamber; in fact, you may see him wandering around during the week. Please be kind to the local wildlife!

On a more serious note, Arche has located one of her missing memory cores, which comes with some...vaguely unsettling information surrounding it. But, since the general consensus seemed to be "yes, we'll help", she is now hard at work securing the gateway to the pocket dimension; if asked, she will approximate that it will take her until late Thursday night to get everything up to scratch.

In the meantime, she's helpfully provided some recommendations for people to work on this week, in preparation for this week. If you need something to think about, you might try working on one of those?

Otherwise, the facility is still available to you, as is Arche. Have a good week, everyone!]


SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY

[OOC: As with last week, if you want to talk to Arche, please use the subheadered comments! Also, we had some agents looking around for clues last week, so as a way of encouraging and streamlining that —

If you intend to look for clues, please explicitly mention what sort of thing you're looking for and approximately where you are looking, and consider asking for mod attention in the comment header so I can find it easier! Thanks, everybody!]

Comments

[nullorvoid]

Well, it's a lot to think about, that's for sure.

[Though he doesn't seem...too bothered by that at all, really. There are some things about it that are better to think about than others, and a few things that come to mind outside of the puzzle itself - Decim was always going on about respecting humans who live full lives, which is something Ginti's always found stupid as hell, but there's something at the back of his mind that's going to be making him consider that sort of thing for the next couple days, he can tell.

Ah, but that can wait.]

Speaking of that damn puzzle with the long-named guy and the cat - I got something out of the machine the other day, made me think of you.

[It doesn't take him too long to find it; it's in one of his approximately half-million pockets, but he's never had much of a problem keeping those straight.

That...sure is one s kitty hairpin, Akane.]

Take it. I don't have any damn use for it.

[...AND HE SURE IS BAD AT GIVING PEOPLE THINGS.]

[moonoverjune]

It is, but I think understanding how people think is a big part of communication...it may be a bit of a peculiar way, but if you want to form interpersonal relationships with people, getting to know the way they think is always important.

[She's a bit surprised, though, when he offers her the hairpin...]

F-for me? Oh, well, thank you very much..! If you don't have much use for it...personally, I don't think it would look bad on you, but I suppose I could try it on!

[And that she does..!]

[nullorvoid]

[Akane, that is a girly as hell hairpin, he is not going to be wearing it.]

Go ahead and keep it.

[...]

As for understanding people - that's...I ask them questions, sometimes, when they pass through. I don't usually get any answers that make sense, though.

[moonoverjune]

[It'd look good on him!]

I can't imagine people would make too much sense, from a rational perspective, in what are basically their last moments...

[nullorvoid]

They're better off than you'd think - they don't know they're dead, when they first show up. So they're usually pretty lucid, unless they weren't already for whatever reason.