redactable | WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL

WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL
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Whatever each character was doing—chatting with friends, going to bed, saving the world—ceases. In fact, it's likely nothing more than a groggy memory now, as they open their eyes to unfamiliar surroundings. Apparently, they took a nap right in the middle of a small town, plopped outside on the paved road. Ow?

Oh, but it looks like they've been given a goodie bag. Everyone likes gifts, right? Inside, it contains:

a single random one of the following headbands

a rock that resembles the galaxy

a single random one of these pillows

Should they boot up the device, the screen helpfully informs them that it's a Participant Help System (PHS). Not much on it, but it does have a few apps, including a memo one for taking notes. There's also a messaging system, though it's only capable of receiving messages, not sending any. As a matter of fact, there's an alert for a new message already. Maybe it'll explain what's going on.

Good evening, everyone. Uh, how are we sure they’re arriving in the evening? Just say “hello”! Or “greetings”! Greetings is fancy, right? Oh that’s true. Greetings, everyone. That’s better? Yes! Except maybe we take out the that’s better part in the final version. Will do!

We’re sorry that we’re not here jklk oh no how do i erase what i wrote. Where is the question mark. Help press backspace. What is a backspace it’s written on the keyboard. Do you even know how to read? right now. There are a lot of things happening that’s so vague? Could we maybe TRY to not be ominous, guys??, It’s going to be ominous no matter what we say, so who cares so we need time to best prepare for you all. We will greet you properly soon, so please make yourselves at home! There are a lot of places to explore, and the kitchen has a lot of delicious food. Please don’t be shy, but also, don’t damage anything. It’s a little inconvenient. They’re going to do it just because you sound so fucking whiny. I’m sorry oh this is how you write somewhere else. Please do not fight or do. We don’t control your life choices. No please do not fight how do i make an exclamation mark maybe we should’ve gotten someone else to write the draft of the message? No offense. I’m sorry Sorry stop apologizing. No one else volunteered. Maybe we’ll luck out and none of them know how to read

Thank you for your time! We’ll see you soon. Also, we promise you haven’t been kidnapped or anything!

Oh dear. I don’t know if this is going to be edited, so if it isn’t, then I do apologize to the participants for our lack of organization. We’re doing our best! Probably.

Er, what? Unfortunately, it seems as though that's the only info they're given for now. In the meantime, why not explore the surrounding area? A number of buildings are locked, and the Planetarium appears to be closed, but there's enough to keep the characters occupied for a day or two. They might even want to get to know their fellow "participants" better, while they're at it.

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locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests
murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

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[ her stomach growls in response. does that answer his question? ]

Perhaps a snack.....

[it does, which is why he laughs at that. but he looks appeased with the answer and gestures to the smattering of ingredients on the counter.]

How do you feel about dessert?

[ hello new favorite person ]

All dessert is good dessert..!

Good answer. Let's see...[scanning the items...] Chocolate mousse, or banana souffle?

[ drools ]

Chocolate banana!

Oh! Sure! [...can he combine them? little chef didn't really teach him how to do that but he can probably figure it out!] I should have it ready in a sec.

[and off he goes starting to make the souffle first since that's more delicate. caaaarefully cracking open the eggs, he seems to be concentrating hard even as he continues to talk.]

Do you know what's going on here? Everybody I've talked to so far seems just as lost as I am.

[ it's his first iron challenge.

in the meanwhile, usagi makes herself comfortable to both watch and chat ]

Not particularly..... The message was so confusing. I didn't understand it at all....!!

[ all she knows is she's away from everyone without a way back :c ]

I think they were confusing themselves, too. [cooking, cooking. this is much slower without little chef but he seems to remember the steps.] It's a little hard to know how many of them were talking to us, but it's at least three different people. And they're coming soon. They sound like they were expecting us though even if we weren't kidnapped.

[...so what does that mean.]

[ it looks good regardless. she's excited to eat it ]

Eh... But how could that be possible..?

[ this is already getting too complicated for her to puzzle out ]

Wouldn't we have to know if we would be here if it wasn't a kidnapping?

[ what ]

I think so, but...I don't know. Maybe something happened that we can't explain yet. Do you remember what was happening in your home before you woke up here?

[at least usagi's going to get a nice dessert out of this while sora asks the real questions.]

We just started a new semester. It was exciting because one of the local bands would be attending our school... I had just seen my boyfriend off to America for college-

[ [ her smile goes a little strange then because haha, sometimes you see something incredibly traumatic and your mind just nOPE'S out of that. ]

But nothing that would end in this.

[oh...hm. he's not sure what to do about that because trauma's bad, but he offers her a sympathetic kind of grin all the same as he works on the souffle.]

It's funny. I've asked a few people that same question and I haven't heard about anything that seems like it would lead us here. But we all showed up at the same time. I haven't met anyone who was here longer than the rest of us.

[ it's fine she won't remember it in a week anyways ]

That we all were brought here at the same time..... I wonder if there's a special reason.

[ another calling? ]

[hate this.]

There has to be. Someone was waiting for us, which means they need us for something. So all we can do is try to learn what we can and wait for them to show themselves so we can help.

[ :relieved: ]

Mm. I think that will be the best choice. [ she's honestly glad they're in agreement ] I think all of us getting to know each other will help as well. Maybe that's why they're late?

Maybe. It's harder for us to get to know each other if we're busy asking them all kinds of questions. [...but speaking of:] I'm Sora.

That's true.... Though I guess all of us just as confused will be a good place to start!

[ being confused together, yeah! ]

I'm Usagi!

It's nice to meet you, Usagi. [baking, baking.] The good thing about all of us being confused is that we'll all learn together. No secrets.

[ smells so nummy can't wait for it to be in her tummy :9 ]

Mm..! If we all work together I think we'll be okay.

Have you met a lot of the people here yet? I don't recognize any of them. [he hasn't met elsa yet, so. anyway the souffle goes in the oven to bake and now he's on to making chocolate sauce.]

[ she shakes her headly sadly, pouting immensely. ]

No one from home is here.

[ despite not meeting everyone yet, she's absolutely sure she would Know if they were. but also haha power nerfing. ]

[:c]

I'm sorry. [he just said he doesn't recognize anybody either and yet that's still sad?] That probably made waking up here even worse.

[ nods sadly........ BUT! she's making new friends so she's not lonely at all! yeah! ]

I'll have plenty to tell them when we go home though!

Yeah! We'll make a lot of friends here and have a ton of stories to share about this place as soon as we leave. [but by the magic of rp, the souffle is ready! which means sora's caaaarefully pulling it out of the oven so it doesn't immediately deflate, equally carefully drizzling it with a chocolate sauce.]

What do you think?

[ sorry sora, she can't speak cause she's too busy drooling. hnnnnnng chocolate ]

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