WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL

[retellers]

WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL (43 remain) 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 and sparklers - packets of tea - one unlabeled pill - a rock that resembles the galaxy - if they're of age, a mini bottle of alcohol; if they're underage, a can of Mountain D*w Baja Blast instead - a singular condom - a single random one of these pillows (how did this fit?) - a handheld device 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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[siblingless]

[gee hajime how come the goodie bag let you have FOUR headbands.]

... Well, I suppose some friendships are like that.

[Her view of some friendships may or may not be borked.

[twitter]

[ sometimes people abandon headbands and you steal them. it's fine. but in reality i wrote this early and forgot to proofread before posting but it's fine ]

It's much livelier this way.

[siblingless]

[i can't believe hajime stole from pikachu, too.

but also you're valid.

She hums, thoughtfully.]

... It would be awfully boring if we agreed on everything all the time, wouldn't it? [Disagreements between friends are healthy, she guesses?] Do you think we'll get to meet them soon? They seem— [uh] like an interesting bunch.

[twitter]

[ she glances back at the phs ]

Weeeell... it did sound like they wanted to meet us a lot. I wonder what kept them away though?

[siblingless]

[That prompts her to glance at her own PHS as well, frowning.]

That's true. They went through the trouble of writing a welcome message for us, so I suppose they expected to be occupied when we arrived... But it's still odd not to meet with your guests right away, isn't it? I hope nothing bad happened to them.

[Girl, they kidnapped you? "They said it wasn't a kidnapping." They kidnapped you.]

[twitter]

I hope not... I wonder where they would be though? The castle? Across the bridge? Maybe one of the locked buildings?

[ you know. all places they can't go to and thus cannot give any help. ]

[siblingless]

Well... If they're in the locked buildings, they would have to step out sooner rather than later, wouldn't they? I can't imagine it would be very comfortable to stay inside for too long.

[Like, their potty breaks and food? Stay safe, mystery NPCs.]

[twitter]

It might depend on what's in there.

But we'll find out!

[ probably! ]

[siblingless]

I hope so. We have so many questions without answers right now.

[twitter]

And we'll probably only get even more questions as we wait.