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Weekend 5...?

WEEKEND 5 LOG ♬
Weather: Clear skies all weekend

On Saturday, there’s nothing new or unusual. It seems like the wish granting has been put on hold, and your efforts can continue to go towards progressing the island more. With the museum, Able Sisters, the entertainment area, the garden and more, the amount of development Isle Sonrisa has gone through is crystal clear when you compare it to your first week here.

All seems to be normal. That is, until you decide to fall asleep.

Whenever you begin to dream, your dreams are very vivid and reminiscent of the time you all dreamt about your homes. This time, however, you see your fellow islanders around you. Everyone may look confused, trying to figure out where they are. And that’s entirely fair, because where you are now is a little different from the island you’re used to.

That power you felt earlier in the week feels strong, too. It feels natural. And when you channel your energy…

Those of you who had powers originally will feel them start to manifest. Every ability you had is coming back. They seem a little...dampened, though, like they aren’t the full extent of what you could do before. Those who did not have abilities before will start to feel in tune with whatever’s on their person, whether it be a shovel, a bug net, even a stack of apples… You’ll be able to use them in ways you couldn’t have before.

And maybe you’ll learn how to use that new ability soon, because someone is waiting on top of one of the ledges, staring down at all of you. And he is staring very, very intensely at you. A moment passes, and then he hops down...and swings his net at the nearest person.

Strangely, if the target is you, it doesn’t hurt. You feel the boink land, but it doesn’t hurt at all. Should you choose to retaliate, no matter what you do, the boy does not seem to be in pain either. Now’s the time to experiment with your newfound (or returning) abilities. Mess around with the environment, or go ham on one another! The strangest thing is that you will feel your energy draining the more you use your powers -- which is to be expected -- but the pain never really settles in.

Furthermore, there are no injuries or blood. In fact, every punch, every kick, every impact looks cartoonish!

The last notable thing is for Joonghyuk. If he looks up at the sky at any given moment, he’ll specifically see a shooting star fly across the sky. The wish to have strength is going a little haywire, but it’s certainly something, isn’t it?

As for Sunday, well… It’s worth mentioning that those abilities aren’t just a dream after all. In fact, you feel as though you can use them in real life, too, with the same effect -- the environment can be altered (for instance: super strength means you might be able to lift a tree with your bare hands, with some work) but there are no injuries or pain when you use them on others! … But the strange boy from that dream is nowhere to be found. Huh. Wonder what that was about...

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[ It's this dream again... Quiet, warm, waning sunlight streaming through the windows of a dormitory lounge. Half a dozen people sit around the main living area on the couches, laughing and chattering away, but Minato sits out of the way and off to the side, in the shadows of the stairwell leading upstairs. There's a white shiba inu snoozing away on his lap, but that's about the extent of the interaction he allows himself in these dreams, neither approaching the rest of the group nor any new person he is surprised to see in his dream.

Lifting a finger to his lips, he requests silence, waving you over to sit next to him on the stairs. ]

[ Sadness is not having Personas who can use Armageddon. Maybe that's for the best, though, because in the far back corner of the island where Minato had been practicing archery the week before, instead of the land being blown into smithereens, there is instead a huge fire that wells up and overwhelms the sand and cliff face, pervasive despite not catching on any of the greenery. The air is sweltering, humid, fire roaring and reaching several dozen meters into the air.

At the edge of the inferno, Minato lies on the ground, panting and struggling to get up onto his feet, two beings on either side of him in a slow, ritualistic dance that keeps the flames burning.

Y'all are lucky Minato does not have his Evoker. But also unlucky because he does not need it to summon Persona. ]

[ At the start of the day, Dokja can be found sitting around on the swinging bench nearby house two. It isn't too strange at first since he seems to be having a conversation with someone but... nobody is there..? Of course Dokja behaves otherwise, pinching his bridge as if dealing with someone insufferable. ⸢Kim Dok Ja⸥ ] Shouldn't you have an answer?

[ ⸢I do n't alwa ys kn ow every th ing.⸥ ] Or you could be hiding something. [ ⸢Stu pid⸥ The Fourth Wall has finished stabilizing! ]

[ Later on, Dokja can be found in a resting area near part of the river but what stands out is the large black wings...? Of course it's not just that, he also has two curved horns raising out of his head and last anyone checked, he was part fox? Which he still has said ears and tail to go with that statement. He's struggling at the moment because the wings look like a mess. Clumps of feathers are stuck together, and it looks almost like a molting gone wrong.

His hands are trying to reach for places not easily accessible with his hands and makes a frustrated noise. Maybe help him? Or watch him struggle trying to preen?? ]

[ Finally, whatever you happen to be doing, you'll find Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk together, which isn't at all strange. The two have always been seen around with each other frequently, when they aren't doing this daily tasks- though also sometimes doing that too together.

Instead, Yoo Joonghyuk looks his trademark Murderous Intent and anyone close by may be able to tell why. There's an almost unnerving pressure that blankets on those nearby. It's as if a sudden heavy weight has been put upon you, but it doesn't hurt. It feels uncomfortable at most. Maybe forcing you to have some goosebumps and chills. Yoo Joonghyuk obviously is having none of it. ] Kim Dokja.

[ Dokja, meanwhile. ] What? I'm being careful with it.

[ The third/final prompt is a joint thread with Joonghyuk! So feel free to tag and the order will go (Your character) > Yoo Joonghyuk > Kim Dokja. ]

Edited 2020-08-01 19:40 (UTC)

[This may be the most excited anyone has seen Lio since arriving. He knows this feeling, the feeling that he has to burn something or he's going to burst, and he's honestly missed it.

First, a small message:]

I'll be at the northern part of the island most of the day. no one panic when you see the flames.

[Just saying.

But after that, he'll be right where he said he was, at the northern part of the island where there's few people to risk burning. He gets a bit of wood in a pile first, so there's a big pink and blue and green neon bonfire, which gets most of the urge out.

But then he also creates a few Burnish constructs, which is really just his motorcycle and a (villager-sized) dragon that he lets run around and spit fire at rocks and weeds while he has fun.

Damn, he missed this.]

Minato-san!

[Serval waves, running up to Dokja, but...?]

...huh? Dokja-san? You didn't have wings and horns before. Wait, is this like how I can jump higher and stuff again now?

[During the day, Serval is in the theatre practising. Practising what? Well, she's... hitting a frying pan with a stick, and occasionally ringing a gong. Is this music? Maybe.

If you don't want to hurt your ears, you can also find her at the pool, though she isn't going in the water. Instead, she's crouched by the edge, batting around some of the tennis balls that are floating at the side of the pool. Someone is easily amused.

But during the Smash dream, she seems a little confused, and doesn't attack until the Villager hits her... at which point she just blinks.]

Huh? It's a game? Okay!

[And she slashes with her claws in return, then jumps twice her height onto one of the floating platforms with a giggle.]

[The dreams here just keep getting stranger and stranger. Seeing the things people are capable of makes Adelaide curious, and that feeling she felt earlier in the week just gets stronger and stronger. It's something familiar, and she just...

She wonders.

She can be found outside of house one, near the river. She has an axe with her, held between her knees as she crouches down. She takes a breath, before dragging her hand along the blade of the axe hard enough to draw blood. It stings, of course, but she's expecting that. She watches as the blood wells up, before holding her hand out over the ground. When the blood hits the ground, it... Sizzles. Black smoke raises from the blood and the wound, and it coalesces into a solid form. For a moment. It shifts, like it's glitching out, and changes, but just for a moment. It seems like the first form is stronger, somehow, but it's still... Weak.

Adelaide grins, and reaches out to pet the creature.]

Hey, it's been a while, hasn't it?

[For the rest of the day, wherever she goes the creature is a shadow. It seems curious, watching people even while it's shape is changing and fluctuating. It seems to be purring, especially when it gets close to anyone fond of Adelaide. It likes that you like her! Maybe? Possibly. Maybe it just likes people.]

[Serval is poking her head out from behind a rock. Very, very far away. She starts waving her arms and flailing.]

Someone help Minato-san! And bring water!

Ah, Serval.

[ The black feathery wings lower a little to get a better look at her instead of blocking his vision. Even though said wings feel itchy. ] That's right. This transformation is something I had learned before. Looks like we all regained some more from home.

Amazing!

[She starts to flit around Dokja and looks him over, curiously pawing a wing.]

I wonder how come you're a fox here, then, and not whatever kind of animal this is?

[ A wing twitches at the pawing as though ticklish but otherwise lets her touch with no complaints. ]

Well, back home I was a Demon Lord and this is the appearance that represents it. Though Minato's appearance is interesting when you consider most of our appearances are animals related here. [ Minato seems more like a dragon if he had to name something? ]

[Byleth makes her way out that way eventually, coming to a stop when she spots the bonfire.

Those colors... interesting.]

You seem pleased.

[Byleth wanders over and silently takes a seat. She smiles softly at the sight.]

[ when serval jumps up and jumps onto one of the platforms, she'll happen to jump right in front of hitsugaya. a very, very cold breeze passes on by and he looks at her with a defensive stace.

but upon realizing who it is, he relaxes, huffing a little. ]

Having fun, are you?

[Lio just beams.]

I have my fire back. I feel whole finally.

[Scintilla was fully prepared to start cursing out yet another weird dream, but this one was...notably less ominous. Less ominous, except for ducking the net suddenly swung at her head.]

What the hell--

[On instinct she brought her hands together into some kind of sign--then immediately vanished in a puff of smoke and reappeared in another, standing on one of the floating platforms. She paused at the realization of having moved, blinked green eyes a few times, and looked around.]

...Did that just work?

[Continual weird dreams aside, Scintilla spent most of the day fishing; she could sell some and eat the rest, and survival was her only real priority in a place like this right now.]

[As the day wore on into evening, she arranged a collection of skewered fish, along the beach--then formed two quick signs with her hands and huffed out a small flame to cook the nearest one. Picking up the skewer and taking a bite of the flame-cooked fish, her tail swayed excitedly. Even without her job stone, it was nice to feel a little more like herself again.]