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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Comments

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[pulsecannon]

[ Ignore her dirt and blood covered appearance please. It's dried so it's fine. She'll look at the rock for a moment. ]

Beats me. Maybe we're supposed to throw it at something?

[ Like a window. She does have something important to ask! ]

Why would you put that thing on? You don't even know what it would do.

[ Pointing to the headband ]

[reconnective]

[hm. cater. you ok there buddy? but he rolls the rock between his hands like it'll answer all the questions of the universe before he shrugs and drops it back into the bag. they can yeet later.]

Maybe. [he rolls his eyes upward to look at the headband as best as he can.] And why not? It didn't look like it was gonna do anything bad. Why else would it be in the bag with everything else?

[it's a loot drop, maybe it'll give him a boost in strength.]

[pulsecannon]

You never know where it's been or who it even belongs to.

[ It may have adult germs or something ]

The bag is weird, okay? We shouldn't just trust it because it's there.

[reconnective]

Okay, yeah, it's a little weird, but...I don't know. I just feel like it's supposed to help us somehow. So we should keep track of everything we find.

[pulsecannon]

It makes you look like some kind of bug.

[ Time to poke the heart. ]

Maybe it's a bribe to get us to feel like we can trust 'em or something.

[reconnective]

Hey! [that's rude? but the heart bobbles back and forth and he lets it.] We don't know we can't trust them yet, do we?

[pulsecannon]

Better to be safe than sorry. Besides, if they were trustworthy, wouldn't they have been waiting for us to wake up? Who the heck leaves a bunch of people out on the street?

[reconnective]

There must have been some kind of emergency they had to take care of first. I'm sure they would have been here to greet us if they had the time. [like. one would hope.]

[pulsecannon]

[ ... ]

Oh boy. You have gullible written all over you. How did they have the time to pack and give out little goodie bags then?

[reconnective]

What? [offended! but also okay fair but offended anyway!] I don't know, maybe they were preparing everything and then something major happened and they had to leave. It's not like that hasn't happened before.

[pulsecannon]

Let me guess, you help out everyone you come across with a sob story, huh?