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Week 6
Weather: All Week - Clear Skies
- A New Week
This weekend, you had unusual dreams. For some of you, they brought you to an outdoor arena that none of you had ever seen before. For others, you dreamed of a familiar place: a place that felt like home in some way. And when you fall asleep on Sunday night, you’ll find that dreams of your homes are continuing. Your home may be exactly as you remember it, at any point in time before you arrived here; perhaps there will be slight differences, or maybe it seems like a different version of your home altogether. Maybe nobody else is in it except for you.
For each dreamer, however, you’ll find that your dreams will start in your own world; but at some point, there will be a mysterious blue light that appears. It looks like a large portal that will lead you to somewhere. Choose to step inside, and you’ll be taken to a random islander’s dream. Alternatively, if you elect to remain inside of your own dream, you may suddenly see a ray of yellow light that appears, and once the light fades, another one of your fellow islanders will appear before you.
Abilities will work as they did over the weekend in your dreams and in the real world. Everyone will have one of their own, whether it be their existing powers from home or something new entirely. Even the formerly powerless will have something within them -- namely something similar to what the strange boy you saw this weekend could do. Perhaps you now have the ability to launch apples at your opponents at a lightning fast speed. Maybe you can rip a tree out of the ground with your bare hands.
And most importantly...everyone will remember their dreams when they wake. Your memories of seeing your friends’ homes (or seeing them in your home instead) will remain. These dreams seem to happen every night for the rest of the week.
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Things do seem to return to relative normalcy on Monday morning. Tom Nook’s announcements begin, though he only has two new things to report.
“Good morning, everyone! I hope you all had a fun weekend, yes? I apologize for not having much for you to do this time around, but hopefully you could all use it as a chance to relax. Now, though, it’s time to get back to work on event planning. I’m hoping to bring K.K. Slider over by August 15th, so if that date does work for all of you to host the event, then that’s when you’ll need to be ready by. Once you’ve all decided on what to do, the other thing I’ll need for you to do is to create flyer designs.
In my tent are some papers and markers, crayons and what have you. It may see a little...childish, for some of you, but I assure you that your creativity will come a long way in capturing the hearts of all sorts of people in this world! Feel free to submit as many designs as you want, and I’ll send them over to Nook Inc. to make copies of all of them. We’ll work with Orville to get them all sent out.”
The next and final announcement follows immediately afterwards.
“And finally, we have an exciting opportunity passed onto me by the Able Sisters! Mabel and Sable are holding a design contest for an Isle Sonrisa pattern to put on some of their clothing! Channel your island spirit into your design and create something that you think best represents the island. You can use the supplies for the flyers to draw out your designs, and submit them to Mabel by Thursday. Everyone will get a participation prize of 5,000 bells, but there will be a grand prize for the person whose design gets selected!”
He claps his hands for a brief moment in excitement.
“That’s all for your announcements! Have a wonderful week, everyone!”
Possible Objectives
1. Participate in the Able Sisters' design contest. (Note: Entries can be drawn OR written out OOCly. We will choose a winner via RNG.)
2. Work towards preparing the island for your event
3. Make those flyers and submit them to Tom Nook (drawn or written OOCly is fine)
4. See what's going on in your dreams...
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... You need to think about your own happiness, too.
[ Everyone would be happier if Dokja thought about himself once in a while instead of making sure everyone else is cared for. Joonghyuk genuinely believes that. He eats some more, but lets the spoon rest on his tongue as he lets the flavor sink in. Idly, the tip of his tail wags. ]
The parfait is palatable. [ ... ] Have you always wanted to do this?
[ Plan a birthday surprise. ]
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[ It's a wry smile that Dokja gives the other man. Of course, Joonghyuk can't exactly say that what he's doing now isn't making him happy. Because.. it is. Making memories like this.. even though the happier he feels, the more guiltier he feels too, the more he knows it will be harder to let go. In a way, it's a sort of punishment.
He laughs a little at the mention of the parfait. It was good. His tail uncurls from its tight restraint around him, brushing over and resting over that black tail with a curl. ]
Hmmm, I didn't know until now. At first, I thought it should be something I could learn for the kids. [ Quietly, he looks back at him with a slight lean. The planning.. the preparation for it.. maybe he did always want to plan a surprise party. ] I had fun doing it.
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Happiness. Guilt. Joonghyuk understands those sentiments, but he can't let it get to him. Or maybe Dokja's presence reminds him he shouldn't. They have to be strong for each other. He has to be strong for Dokja. Being strong for Dokja means eating his parfait and pulling out one of the biscuits to nibble through it like a hamster. It's not overly sweet which is how he likes his desserts. ]
... You did well.
[ It's something he knows he hasn't told Dokja enough back at home. He never thought he needed to, but Dokja also never found a time to... Stop. ]
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Hearing that compliment has him shift a little where he sits. He remembers last time Joonghyuk said something similar, due to a dare. So he observes him now with a curious look in his eyes. However, he smiles a little more and he leans against his companion.
How often he's leaned on him before but never really like this. ] Then I'd say this was a success, even though I technically didn't get you a gift.
[ They're quite limited here and so far he hasn't found anything that seem.. fitting. Not since that time he commissioned that pocket watch. ]
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Despite being so mean to him earlier, Joonghyuk doesn't shake him off at all when Dokja leans against him. He lets that weight settle as he scrapes at the bottom of his parfait glass. It seems despite Joonghyuk's complaints, he prefers to clean his plate. ]
... Food is a gift, Kim Dokja.
[ If anything, Joonghyuk believes it is the greatest gift. It's what keeps humans alive, so how could he not consider it one? Even if he refuses to eat most food—that comes from mostly arrogance. ]
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His head lingers against a shoulder with a flicker of his ears back as he draws his gaze back to the island. Then, he moves and suddenly drops his head in the other man's lap with a grin up. ] Even though you're pretty picky, Joonghyuk-ah.
[ Now, he gauges the other's man expression to see his reaction. ]
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Picky eater. Sure. Maybe. Without a second thought, he carefully brushes Dokja's bangs to one side. They're getting a little long. ]
You won't eat tomatoes.
[ PINCHES HIS NOSE. ]
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Help. ] Gah! [ Swats that offensive hand away. His voice pitches under the pinch, doing his best to speak while he chases it away. ] It's fine without them!
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Some tomato dishes are delicious. You are depriving yourself of that experience.
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Which I am doing quite happily, thank you. [ He gasps out. Pushing a hand in Joonghyuk's face if he's not gonna let so easily. Punk, you think he won't try and slap your handsome cheeks? ]
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You're being rude.
[ HE KNOWS HE'S A HYPOCRITE. ]
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Look at it. Look at him. Dokja is being rude? He doesn't need to say anything, Joonghyuk should already know what Dokja wants to say to that. ]
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The other man, on the other hand? Dokja is being rude. If he's going to give him the silent, judgmental look, Joonghyuk will of course return it. ]
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Dokja shakes his head side to side, to the best of his ability as he grumbles. His tail starting to bat against that black one with a pin back of white black-tipped ears. ] You're acting like a child.
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Eventually, he lets him go and his scowl softens. ]
... It's my birthday.
[ He can be baby if he wants? ]
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[ He peers up at him for a moment longer, pushing some weight onto his arm so he can sit up a little again. His other hand cupping that jaw to lead him close to meet him partway. His ears flicker for a moment, straining on listening but once he seems satisfied that he doesn't think they have any nearby onlookers does he press a chaste kiss to those lips. There's that familiar telltale squeeze of his chest and race of his heart. It isn't bad, but he wonders if there will ever be a time he'll get use to it. ]
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Chasing after him, he gives Dokja another kiss on the lips, uncaring if others see or not. It's just a kiss. His expression is the same as always, but his tail is wagging in small motions across the blanket. ]
I didn't expect you to be brave enough to kiss me in public.
[ Just saying. ]
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Especially when Joonghyuk seems as to look normal as always. He kind of hates it. How easy it is for the other man to work him up, while seeming unbothered himself. Of course, that's not exactly it. Not when he catches peek of that tail in the corner of his eyes. He huffs at those words, trying not to cave into the urge to jut his lips in a pout. Not when he challenges those words with a tug to bring him closer to mutter against those lips. ] Shut up.
[ Given he's kissing him again right after, except he may have bitten his lip a little in the process. It's fine, he deserves it anyways. ]
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??? What the fuck? Did Kim Dokja just bite him? Joonghyuk looks at him dumbstruck, eyes blowing out and eyebrows fiercely furrowed. Well... It did shut him up, but it also looks like he's ready to grab the other man by the neck and yeet him into the river. Even his tail is upright, puffed out from confusion. ]
Why did you do that?
[ Answer correctly and you get to live. ]
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Would you believe me if I said it was on accident?
[ Which it was. In a spur of nerves and huffiness he accidentally clipped his teeth on his lip when trying to kiss him. Reasons maybe he shouldn't talk a second before kissing.
Don't look at him like that. It really wasn't on purpose. Even if he's guiltily looking away, please believe him. ]
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You expect me to believe biting is an accident.
[ Oh, Dokja. Joonghyuk is definitely looking because it's difficult to believe you've accidentally bit someone in a kiss. It isn't an easy fumble like biting your own tongue by accident.
However, he supposes he can figure out how Dokja accidentally grit teeth. He is an idiot with little experience. ]
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Yes? I was nervous.
[ Like he said, he was nervous! How is that hard to believe? Especially with someone as little experience like Dokja. Stop mean to him... he's embarrassed. ]
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This is Lie Detection Beta. Intimidation. ]
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Sorry. [ Will an apology suffice? At least Dokja is use to the intimidation strat, even if subconsciously he wants to shrink further away because of it. He puts up enough front to deal with it since he knows well enough he's not guilty.
Again, he'll just keep his mouth shut next time he kisses him. Even if in a way he deserved it. ]
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... This is nice, but strange.
[ To be normal, to not need to fight. ]
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