week 0 - arrival

[vicedirector]

seven vices arrival ♫ saturday & sunday 36 players remaining You remember happening upon something awful and nauseating. What it was, precisely, is lost to you, but you have the instinctive feeling that by escaping from it, you've avoided something terrible. When you open your eyes, you find yourself laying in bed in a dark, dusty room, facing a digital alarm clock. Its face, reading 12:01, is one of the only sources of light in the room. The other comes from the window, shadows flickering about. Opening the blinds will reveal that it is nighttime, and what looks to be a massive bonfire has been lit in the street at the front of the building. A wooden talisman hangs around your neck, with one of seven symbols carved on the back. Attempting to take off the talisman will result in a wave of intense dread, and the all-too-familiar nausea. A brass key engraved with a unique room number lays on the bedside table beside the clock, as well. But you won't get any answers just sitting in your room all night. >Investigate? This is an open mingle for arrival in the town. Waking up just after midnight on Saturday, characters will have the weekend to explore and socialize before the plot begins. The profiles and IC rulebooks (both the personal ones and the public one at the chapel) have not been revealed/given out yet. The kitchen will still 'prepare' breakfast on these days, and the bonfire will burn continuously into the daytime. Per items: smaller items that a character could easily carry with them will be in their rooms. Animals and larger objects will either be waiting outside or in the hotel lobby. cast setting

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[minogame]

No!?

( Now he's just overwhelmed and sounds confused. )

I'm fine, I'm fine...! I'm just... playing around so don't mind me!

[stupidly]

[If she starts to look too cold, Gilbert has a bigass coat to donate, at least! Please don't freeze, Alisha...

But the offer has him looking briefly surprised, even if she's right.]

Oh— All right. Right. —My name is Gilbert, by the way. [Since they're going to be working together to Escape™ and all.] ...And I've already checked most of the area to the left of that hotel.

[unpleasantries]

I'm sure "they" aren't the least bit concerned for our comfort. They've already abducted us, so leaving us to freeze sounds about right.

[All these flavors and Satori chooses to be bitter.]

...That idea about more clothes is good, though. I can't believe I didn't think of it myself.

[Living in Hell means you forget what layers are since it's always nice and toasty.]

[dereban]

Age group. [ She says the answer in a split second without even thinking too hard on it. ]

... And how exactly am I not making any sense? Schools are common in modern day society.

[symbologic]

[Definitely lighter, look at this stick of a boy. Cannot compare to the slender macho before him, clearly.]

I'm quite alright. [Faize grabs his sword and pushes himself to his feet, fixing Hajime with a slight frown and a piercing stare.] Though I must ask, what exactly were you doing?

[Standing outside his door like that...mighty suspicious!! Is he gonna have to get his sword out after all?]

[lastgirl]

[Buddy looks up to the sky at the same time as the fish monster and then looks to the fish.]

It's the moon. And the stars.

[No surprise that a fish monster doesn't know about the moon and stars.]

[stupidly]

[He definitely doesn't seem surprised by the answer, so Break was likely right - Gilbert's known him for a long time, and this is one of the benefits(???) of getting to know the way Break thinks.

...Not that he doesn't have his own share of paranoia. He may find it difficult to pick out liars, but he's not as trusting as he once was.]

It's better not to be caught off guard, right? [SOLID LOGIC.] ...They'll reveal their hand soon enough, anyway. It isn't as if we can just be kept here indefinitely.

[keepshispride]

[Vegeta vaguely remembers all the children who'd desperately tried to kill him, after he'd killed their families and destroyed their homes, but had never stood a chance- and then banishes the memory.

What a rude little punk.] I didn't say anything about not tearing out your tongue, brat, so watch it. I am Vegeta. Speak my name with some respect and maybe I'll let you live.

[americanbeauty]

[That sounds fake but okay. Okay, yeah, she has to say something. She looks positively baffled at his explanation.]

...Basketball? Is that a type of sport? [A mighty large frown. It sounds like a sport but there shouldn't be one she wouldn't know about.] I've never heard of an association like that from Stephen... Who is the promoter?

[sobowtor]

[Poland's face immediately flushes pink as he leans down, her eyes darting up to that cowlick and down to her shoes intermittently.]

...po...land.

[Little by little she's shuffling backwards...

[herbgrace]

Are you sure? [He definitely sounds confused.] Urashima--that's your name, right? Do you need to sit down?

[stupidly]

[NO SUCH LUCK. Since the kitchen is in such close proximity, Gilbert gets a glass of water in no time! Poor Poland.]

Oh—! [SHE'S MOVING, AT LEAST.] Wait a second!

[okuri]

[ Japan was at least a place he recognized, and he nods at that.]

Yes.

I'm from Japan too. [He adjusts the scarf around his neck as he talks, uncomfortable with just about everything.]

...I was doing something important. I need to go back. [Fighting for Miharu's life (and his too, maybe.)]

[detanimetion]

I'm the person who's gonna teach you how to cook right so you stop getting in the way of everyone's hopes and dreams of breakfast!

[Rolling up her sleeves - oh wait, she's wearing a tanktop. ROLLING UP HER IMAGINARY SLEEVES.]

Step one! You have that stove turned down waaaaaaay too low!

[stupidly]

[Turtles are reptiles, aren't they?? Doesn't that mean they don't do well in the cold? Gilbert looks around at the vast expanse of freezing cold ice and the scattered patches of snow...]

When did you lose him?

[herbgrace]

We can't die. [Not like this, anyway. There, feel better?]

[dhaosu]

[ Stare... okay that was an odd way to phrase it. ]

Kidnapped, stolen... such things are one in the same.

In either event, it would seem everything thus far points to that conclusion. The odd nature of this enclosed area, and the fact that my own memory is missing of how I reached this place. I presume I am not the only one with this issue.

[keepshispride]

[He is 100% for real, Hinata. Be afraid.]

Yes. Are you done asking stupid questions?

[lastgirl]

Vegeta. [She repeats, but flippantly so.] I'm Buddy. Remember my name. I'm not afraid of you or any man.

[minogame]

( Shaking his head yeaaaaaa no??? NO!! )

I'm okay, miss...! I'm sorry I ran into you, I'll be more careful, I promise...!

[princessantly]

[ She is not too cold, she just has goosebumps and a very desperate need to not let her teeth chatter. SHE IS NOT USED TO THIS. ]

That should save us some time. [ And finally, she offers a smile and a little bow, one hand to her chest. ] It's a pleasure to [ get mowed down ] meet you, Sir Gilbert. My name is Alisha.

[herbgrace]

Yes. [Lithuania lifts hers slightly from where it rests against her chest. Hers has the greed symbol on it.] I don't know what it means, but so far everyone seems to have one.

[hopefragment]

Right...

[Was that really necessary? From the way he's looking at her, it doesn't seem like he thinks she's the literal devil. More like she's messing with him... though honestly, with some of the people he's run into, he can't say he's totally sure. He just gives her a bit of an uncomfortable grin and shakes his head. Let's just talk about the tech!]

How can you be sure no one tampered with it while you were unconscious...?

[sobowtor]

[Poland adds jumping up and down to her walking routine while clutching her alarm clock to rub at her exposed arms.]

Astute observation.

[minogame]

( They are indeed reptiles, hence his panic! )

I don't know...! ( Which is the wosrt part because he can't even retrace his steps or anything like that. He's truly searching blind in this place. ) I woke up and he was already missing...!

I've never lost him this long before...