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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.

NAVIGATION

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

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

It speaks poorly to any sort of cohesiveness, else they would have appointed one to truly speak for all-- not to simply have it all transmitted.

[highly unprofessional- what, do they not have any kind of division of labor? roles? hello?]

[ orig thread ]

... Is that truly all right, sir?

What if something happens while we are watching and waiting? I... must admit I'm rather anxious waiting for our captors to appear.

[from here]

[he's fine please leave him here to die as he lived, doing something stupid]

Don't you think it's weird that all that stuff fit in this bag? [There was an entire giant frog pillow??]

[later tonight sora's going to bolt awake with the sudden dread knowing a magical duck is going to kill him.]

I think so. It's weird though...I still haven't figured out how I got here. Or how any of us got here. Nobody seems to know anything about this place. [he tilts his head a bit.] What do you remember before you woke up here?

Uh. No. No way. It's kinda that bad?

[ How can he say "I was just trying to make you feel better" without coming off like a decent person? ugh ]

Aah, anyways, there's no reason to be all doomsday about things, right?

Yeah....me either. Usually there's something to go off of right away, or someone to talk to, but I'm running out of ideas. [the dough for the tart is finished and he begins flattening it into a baking dish while turning on the oven.]

I guess this hotel's kind of a clue though. [what with their names being on stuff.]

[The clap does not produce gold, so he is not impressed.]

But that reputation means nothing here. All that's left is to start from the ground up.

You'll understand my abilities once you use my services.

Um, hm. I dunno!

[ It looks like tea? Maybe it's not. Kano takes a packet of green tea and sticks it in his mouth to suck on.

... ]

I'm, like, forty six percent sure.

[continued from here]

No, no! I wasn't really paying attention and you just surprised me.

[placing the headband down with the other spread out items, he gently stands up to his full height]

Are you waiting for the train, too? Sorry, but could you tell me the name of this town? And how far it is to Central City?

Yup. It sounds like they need our help with something but they couldn't come see us yet. [that's one way of looking at it, sure.] I hope we'll meet them soon.

...Wow, you suck.

[ How's he supposed to be an amazing traffic director if his driver doesn't know how to drive. ]

It's green light! Green for go! Yellow for yield, and red for r... est stop.

[Original toplevel over here, still open to new tag-ins.]

[from here]

Huh, that is strange. Is it wrong about anything else?

[from here]

Yeah? You might've dropped them somewhere, let's look around the store.

[from here]

Ahh, well, there's so much to know! These things they gave us, they have a lot of information. Here-

[He pulls his out and starts reading from one of the profiles.]

"Skills: strong lungs perfect for singing extended power ballads."

[from here --]

[what in the world is he doing, that's not a key

With no other reason to question it, though, she simply watches, brow furrowing.]

...That has to mean that they were telling the truth, right? On the message everyone got.

I don't know a lot about kidnappers, but I always thought they were scary and didn't care what happened to who they took, you know? So...

Why would they have all this for us?

[ from original tl, new replies welcome. ]

i.
[ homura's not too out of place looking, maybe, compared to some of the others, just a small girl in a simple school uniform, hair in braids and a pair of red glasses perched on her nose, but, well- like most everyone else here she probably looks a bit out of time.

she's just going to be fiddling with the device they woke up with, maybe biting her lower lip a little as she reads through the message, and, ah. ]

So it's called a Participant Help System... but, um. Ah. It's not very helpful, is it? Ah... And... what is it that we need the help for?

[ par. participant? ]

ii.
[ as it turns out, after waking up abruptly on the side of a quaint village street it's natural to check yourself and your belongings over. she makes a faint, mildly distressed noise at the state of her hands for some reason, but laboriously heaves a sigh and pulls herself up into a comfortable sitting position somewhere at the side of the plaza to just. people watch, i guess.

but also look very slowly around at her immediate surroundings, seemingly searching for something.

a more careful eye will note that she... really doesn't go far at all from where she'd initially woken up. certainly never enough to leave her side of the plaza. huh. are you just gonna watch and not help, or. ]

iii.
[ or maybe: ]

E... Excuse me. I, ah, hate to be a bother, but could I ask a favor of you?

[ it doesn't matter who you are as long as you're close enough for her to either stammer at or call out to, and don't look like you're going to immediately shank her or something. she's taking everyone's odd appearances in... stride, it seems? yes, even the centaur. who cares about that when you've all woken up somewhere strange, right. ]

iv.
[ wildcard me, or hit me up on plurk @ ellipsesinaction or disco @ Unidentify#1562! please, please come at me. ]

(Original top level here. )

[From here]

Well sure! That's what airplanes are for, isn't it?

[Yeah he's being cheeky. But really, if she can't think of why a person might be able to fly, he won't correct her. Demon stuff is a secret for a reason.]

[He's seen weirder.]

Well, if you want mine you can have them. What's your name?

( original tl, new tag-ins welcome! )

[from here]

A girl who finds peace in prayer, huh? Well, that's a good thing to find peace in.

What's your name, then?

[original toplevel!

but also feel free to wildcard me with whatever you want if you don't want to try to load the old post. that's valid and you're valid.]

[from here]

I'm gonna have to stop you there. The last 'war' I lived through was over a decade ago. It's been pretty peaceful since then.

We're probably from different regions.

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