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WEEK TWENTY-ONE

The Void (again)

On the seventh day at precisely 1:32 AM, the campus once more resets. Everyone trapped in the experiment falls unconscious (if not sleeping already) only to wake up sometime afterward in their assigned bed, in their assigned room, in their assigned dorm in the exact condition they arrived, wearing the precise clothing they arrived in.

Gone is the chaos or excitement of the previous week. What remains of Derleth University has returned to its gentle void so all its guests may recuperate peacefully. The dinning hall kitchens have been restocked, the damage to the campus from last week's alien invasion is undone. All is mostly well again.

The void itself is an unsettling endless white. Almost as if the university has locked itself away in a brilliant white room, but with no discernible ground, horizon, walls or edge. You can step outside the campus, walk for hours as if you've traveled a long distance, but when you turn around the buildings of campus are only several feet away. The void is safe, but after a time can also be terribly dull.

Characters from The Good Place might find it not too unlike Janet's void. Characters with a programming background might think of it more like a computer simulation where the surroundings have yet to be rendered. How your character views the void is up to you.

A REVIEW OF CAMPUS CHANGES SO FAR

1. Carter Hall was destroyed. A large black monolith has taken its place. It's creepy. Don't touch it. Bad things happen when you touch it. Those who did still get occasional nightmares. At least it keeps the "ghosts" on the second and third floors relatively quiet?

2. The Green has been expanded into a small wilderness. No longer a glorified field, there are trees and strange animals beyond the squirrels (details at infodesk). Fandral even made a pretty little clearing in it for all your campfire needs.

3. There's a stable, built by Fandral and Loki, in progress, for those of you who end up with larger animals that need a nice little shelter to stay in.

4. There's a small bar inside Dexter Hall but it is currently out of stock. Alcohol is rare on campus again. Sorry, dudes. Hope you restock next time unless some of you decide to great creative with alcohol production.

5. Peasley Theater does have a wardrobe for new arrivals to browse through and pick up some extra clothing. Better than just having the clothes on their back until they can do their own shopping.

6. Sometimes this weird guy comes on TV. For those of you with some psychic ability, you might get his videos to show up on purpose. Here, here, and here.

It's a rest week, folks! Hit the comments if you have any questions.