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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[pikaffeine]

arrival

[ the goodie bag is only slightly smaller than pikachu, but boy oh boy is he going through it. he has, in fact, thrown everything out of his bag and is going through everything with passion. items litter the ground around him. the pillow, however, is bigger than he is, and so when it comes to pulling it out he seems to be struggling a little. a lot, in fact. he can't hold both the pillow and the bag and so he is passionately attempting to remove the pillow just by pulling. it is not working at all. he is only dragging it all further away from his spread out pile of junk.

his phs lies on the ground, forgotten. who gave a phone to a rodent. ]

kitchen

[ if you missed it in arrival... there is a fluffy yellow ... thing... with a hat on currently on the counter next to the coffee machine. it is pouring itself a cup of coffee. there is an empty, dirty cup next to it.

this is normal. ]

kitchen

[pulsecannon]

[ Not even going to notice the second cup. Just going to look at him, and then try to peek around his back. ]

You're the strangest moogle that I've ever seen. Hey, do you have a COMM or something on you?

[pikaffeine]

Pika... chu?

[ what is a moogle. he's never heard of that pokemon before. but since she's looking at his back he is going to turn around to attempt to see what she is looking at. this is a futile effort, and so he just kind of does a 360 attempting to look at his own tail before he stops. wait. a COMM. does she mean the phone thing???

pikachu helpfully points to the bag he dragged all the way to the kitchen and somehow managed to stuff everything back into ]

Pika?

kitchen

[exercisms]

[As soon as he sees him, rushing over! He looks some combination of relieve and annoyed.]

Dimple! Is that you? I woke up in this weird place and lost my phone!

[pikaffeine]

[ who the hell is dimple. is he being mistaken for some kid's lost pikachu? pikachu turns around with a baffled expression, holding his now full coffee cup. he takes a sip. ]

Pikachu.

[ he shakes his head. there. clearly that should clear things up ]

kitchen

[robopriest]

[Oh, totally normal.]

[Yeah, he's just going to go over and pour himself some coffee once Pikachu is done. Its fine. This yellow cute animal is fine. Hansa just lifts the cup up like he's doing a little toast to the creature once he's done.]

Cheers.

[He has questions he does but first!!! Coffee time.]

[pikaffeine]

Pikapika!

[ oh, he likes this guy. pikachu holds up his cup right back before drinking it happily. cheers to this weird place at least having coffee ]

arrival

[moondumplings]

Here let me help..!

[ she takes hold of the back end of the bag and tugs at it to unleash the plushie from its confines. haha, here's hoping he doesn't immediately slingshot away with it as a result ]

[pikaffeine]

[ no he sure does get flung away a few feet back with a distressed "pIIIIIII". he seems to bounce back fairly quickly, though, and he is immediately grabbing the plushie and shaking it.

what kind of monstrosity is this. tell him your secrets, toy. wait, right, he should probably respond to the person who helped him. by launching him into the stratosphere but the plushie IS free, so. ]

Pipikachu.

[ thanks stranger now he has to beat up this?? weird?? toy??? it doesn't even look like anything. what the hell is a dog. ]

arrival

[assistance]

[ she bends down and pokes him. ]

kitchen

[yamantaka]

[ he walks into the kitchen and just. stares ]

Should... you be drinking that?

arrival

[heartablaze]

[She sees the ears, the general size, and any utterance of the letter P -- nah this has to be only one marshmallow thing--]

Mokona???

Mokona, hey! What happened? Are you okay??? What do you h---

[Oh. That's. A tail. And yellow.]

...

M.... Mokona?

arrival

[dawnblushed]

[she's




sort of just staring at pikachu with wide eyes as he struggles with the gigantic pillow. so cute.]

arrival

[chanteuser]

[ ...

she just crouches down and holds the other end of the bag, so it won't be dragged along with the attempts to free the cushion. ]

Now try.

arrival

[reconnective]

[sora's watching this for a few seconds while he's passing by, but it's only when he notices that pikachu's not succeeding at all that he turns around and approaches. give him a moment to crouch down to be on his level.]

Hey, little guy. Need some help with that? [why does sora think any of this shit just belongs to pikachu and not that it was stolen? whatever, it's fine.]

kitchen

[bisouled]

[ this is....... a weird-looking baby nopon? It's all she can figure. It looks sort of similar... ]

Um... Excuse me - did you come here from Makna?

[ on the bright side, this means Fiora immediately assumes he's a fully sapient person, so she just lifts a hand, hoping her robotic body doesn't freak him out too much. It was easier when the rest of the group was with her. ]

arrival!

[siblingless]

O-Oh! Here, allow me to help.

[TINY YELLOW RODENT... WHY DOES THIS TINY YELLOW RODENT HAVE HIS OWN GOODIE BAG. Oh, well. If she can accept Morgana, she can accept this. Yoshizawa crouches down next to him, holding the bag by the opposite end. Release the giant pillow from the confines of the bag, Pikachu.]

kitchen

[stillnot]

[ .......... ]

What the fuck?

kitchen

[lionson]

[Shiro is going to be immediately assuming things about Pikachu, because he's very familiar with animals of human-like intelligence.]

At least re-use your cup if you're having more that one. Or wash it.

[He is absolutely going to grab a clean cup to use for himself, though.]

arrival

[riegan]

Uh...

(Is he seeing this? Is that some sort of giant yellow rat? He's never seen any creature like it before!! But it seems to be struggling with one of the goodie bags for some reason and Claude just sort of... watches a bit before kneeling down to

1. Hold down the bag
2. Get a closer look)

Hey there, little guy... someone lose their stuff?

(IS THERE?? A PERSON AROUND???)

kitchen

[antaressnipe]

[A centaur and a rat walk into a kitchen--

But no really, nevermind his own shaky familiarity with most things in here -- watching the yellow rodent pour himself a beverage is enough to warrant a stare]

Ah...

[He sees, he sees... he sees something.]

arrival

[suddenlybees]

[ What the fuck is this.

Everything that Pikachu takes out of his bag, Kano stoops down and picks it up and shoves it into his pocket. ]

kitchen

[sacredchants]

[ she.


she has no idea what he is but he's adorable and she's just going to stand there quietly fawning and awing. she doesn't know if she should step closer. will it run away from her if she gets too close? what should she do???

SO WHAT IF IT'S DRINKING COFFEE. ]

kitchen

[evocationary]

Oh, sweet. Slide me some of that sweet, sweet bean water, little dude.

[ what's up, pikachu. she's completely nonplussed by the coffee pouring. this is normal, she sees nothing wrong with this. ]

kitchen

[cuedoves]

[ zuko watches this display incredulously, eyes squinted.... even for avatar, this is a weird animal. ]

[ and it's drinking something from a strange machine? ]

Stop it. You don't know what's in that.