Week Five

[stagemanagers]

[Last week, you had your very first minor body pileup! Granted, the Balladeer's death was entirely unrelated to anything, but at least he died as he lived - getting completely fucked up in some kind of carnival-themed hellscape. Only two days later, another terrible accident took Rina and Varian both from you. It's just been one of those weeks, huh? At least you got to add both of their corpses to your weird growing collection!

Again, you'll wake up this morning with another new snippet of memory. You'll also find that the stairs in the lobby are no longer blocked. You can only access one part of the second floor, but it seems like there's some neat stuff up there!

Outside, a few things seem to have changed. For one, the weather has turned - it'll be overcast this week, with periodic rain and even scattered thunderstorms. For another, the bushes around that rock out by the football field have bloomed. That's nice.

Get to it, friends! I'm sure everything will be fine this week!]


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

(( Be sure to submit your memory regain and your AC for this week! As always, Hester's office hours and the merch booth remain available. ))

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[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine keeps laughing, definitely almost losing her footing as Janis spins her—yet, she's not afraid right now. She's not alone.

She joins in with Janis: ]

Wherever you are!

It's like catching lightning,
The chances of finding someone like you...

[mayavericks]

[Maya does step forward, just a little. Just to make sure that no one falls, that Peregrine doesn't go too far. Hadn't they only just promised to not let her fall?]

It's one in a million
The chances of feelin' the way we do.

[fourbutts]

[ Janis grins, pulling Peregine in close for a few steps. She's... she's having fun. Full, unabashed fun, with two girls she likes very much. ]

And with every step together
We just keep on getting better

[comeandfindme]

[ She stops spinning, her hair twirling around her, in her face, and looks up at Janis. Maya's presence is closely felt. When Peregrine sings, it's to both of them. ]

So can I have this dance?
Can I have this dance?

[mayavericks]

[Peregrine Wells. Janis Sarkisian. Both have always been incredibly beautiful women. Yet in the near five full weeks that have passed, neither have looked as beautiful as this. She can't even be sure if she's seen Peregrine smile like this in some time.

So Maya does something stupid. She's always danced fluidly. She's always known her steps, and always charged forward with confidence. Yet she holds her hand out as if she might join them, as if they could somehow dance together comfortably as a trio.

Hell, maybe they could. Right now, Maya might as well believe anything.]

Can I have this dance?

[fourbutts]

[ It takes a bit of doing, but... Janis is pretty sure she can adapt to this, so long as the steps are simple. Which should make it easy for Peregrine. So she reaches her own hand out to Maya.

There's three of them, and they can make this work. ]

Oh, no mountain's too high
And no ocean's too wide

[comeandfindme]

[ The three of them, all dancing together. The least experienced of all of them, Peregrine has little ability to improvise. Instead, she has to go with the flow and trust that the other two have her back.

Which, she does. Peregrine trusts them. She trusts a lot of people here, more than she ever thought she would.

She reaches for Maya's other hand, singing with Janis. Almost defiantly, she looks to the sky; the Wizard can't keep them apart, not the three of them, not their friends who have passed. They'll find a way to save them. Right here, in this moment, that's what Peregrine can fully believe. ]

'Cause together or not, our dance won't stop!
Let it rain, let it pour!

[mayavericks]

[Maya can't help the giddy, delighted laugh that bursts from her lips. Her fingers intertwine with both of her partners, falling into step with them. Thankfully, she keeps her own steps simple -- no tripping anyone up here. She doesn't need to showboat with them. She doesn't need to be the top star with them. She can be just be Maya Tendo, a stupid teenage girl who is equally as stupid with love and is currently dancing in a bunch with two incredible women.]

What we have is worth fighting for
You know I believe that we were meant to be, yeah

[fourbutts]

[ Janis looks from Peregrine to Maya, laughing. Just... laughing. She's happy enough to laugh, no jokes, nothing. Just... herself. The person she wants to be. ]

It's like catching lightning
The chances of finding someone like you
It's one in a million
The chances of feeling the way we do

[comeandfindme]

[ Throughout all of this, Peregrine has kept looking down at her feet, making sure she's...well, getting it right. But the longer they all dance together, the more the girls pass her between them, the less she feels she needs to. Now, she just feels like... Well, like a teenager, having fun. How long has it been since she did that, just...something for fun? ]

And with every step together,
We just keep on gettin' better.

[ She giggles and fake bows. ]

So, can I have this dance?

[mayavericks]

[Maya's heart practically soars the second she can meet Peregrine's eyes. She can't remember the last time they all looked like this -- blissful, like the teenagers they are. She can't certainly can't remember when things felt lighter than air, felt as easy as breathing. Before the loss of Connor, certainly, though it may well have been after Mumble even.

But right now, that doesn't matter. Right now, she pushes that thought as far from her mind as she can, and simply focuses on each note, each verse, each step. Every moment is precious, and she'll cling to every second.]

Can I have this dance?

[fourbutts]

[ It's been hard to think, sometimes, even harder than she's admitted to Maya or Peregrine, or even herself, about just who she is or where she actually belongs. It's not easy, being a character and being a narrator, you know? You have memories, but the memories don't always feel real. You're aware, but only some of the time. And no one else is aware of the things you know.

But right here, right now? Janis knows she belongs. Where she's going to belong as long as they'll have her. ]

Can I have this dance?

[comeandfindme]

[ Peregrine's done countless exercises, countless workouts to get herself in the best possible physical shape for survival. Survival, survival, survival, that's what she's been about, pushing herself to the very edge. And yet, this moment here, it has her more breathless than any drill she's put herself through.

She starts to slow, and the way it's worked out, she's holding each of their hands in hers. ]

Can I have this dance?

[mayavericks]

[As their movements slow, and as Maya is left to look between both Janis and Peregrine, she lifts her voice up one last time. She meets their eyes, challenging them both to join her.]

Can we have this dance?