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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[hopefragment]

Huh?

[Huh? Huh???

Ugh... he just sighs and presses his fingers to his forehead, shaking his head. If there are people from all over, places that... he isn't even sure are on this planet, maybe he shouldn't be surprised that they can all understand each other.]

That's... I really wish I knew more about what was going on here. That doesn't make sense, I know I can't speak English...

[He says, continuing to speak perfect English.]

[dereban]

Yeah. [ She says that flatly, letting out a sigh. ]

And I don't know, either... it might be some sort of creepy experiment.

[hopefragment]

N-not at all.

[That just adds another mystery!! What the heck dude, all he knows is your name.]

Well... I'm Hinata, from Japan. Have you gotten the chance to look around here yet?

[Or was getting hit in the face by the door your first thing. Welcome to Lebensbaum.]

[herbgrace]

[...This kid seems so earnest that for once her first thought isn't immediate suspicion at such strange questions. No, he must have hit his head.]

Perhaps our kidnappers were too rough with you before bringing you here. You should really sit down. It's 2016, by the way.

[smileleftbehind]

[Cheshire doesn't come back, but he also stops moving forward as he calls for his precious Intention. He might be a grouch and standoffish, but he wasn't outright cruel when he didn't need to be.]

[herbgrace]

Yes. I'd been imagining the door of this--hotel? Must be barred, but perhaps we should check. It could be that this is some sort of bizarre prank. [Since, if they're not being kept inside, it's probably the worst kidnapping attempt ever.]

[minogame]

You can't miss him! He's a very special turtle.

( Like, actual lucky turtle. Affiliated with the Dragon King. Maybe he's a messenger! Or maybe she's Otohime herself. Who knows. )

He knows the Dragon King.

( This kid is tripping. )

[herbgrace]

Yes. [It's difficult to figure out why from their position.] I haven't seen any notices mentioning the town being condemned or dangerous as of yet, at the least.

[dhaosu]

[ But keeping secrets are fun! ]

... Take a guess.

[ No, he really wants him to take a guess. Just one, and then he'll say. ]

[minogame]

Urashima Kotetsu.

( That's his name. )

You can call me Urashima. ( ... ) There are a lot of Kotetsu.

( Just saying. "Kotetsu is my father" basically.

And he follows along, still checking for suspiciously shaped patches of snow and what not. )

[herbgrace]

Then we--push it off. Metaphorically. From the inside. We just need to... Figure out the material of the container we're in? [Lithuania isn't great at this.]

[dereban]

[ She understands things being bothersome. This whole situation, to her is one of those things. ]

It's not too much of a big deal. [ At least, she thinks so?? ]

But if he's small, it might be hard to find... But let's try nevertheless.

[okuri]

[ He tenses and leans back. Personal space was of the utmost importance to him, and now that he's focused on her, he should be able to understand just fine.]

I didn't know that could happen. [ But he stops fiddling with the talisman, and lets it drop. Nausea was familiar enough to him without adding a cursed (?) talisman to the mix.]

[dereban]

And you were the one who was staring.

[herbgrace]

Yes, we must be. [Her luck might be bad enough to cause a cosmic happenstance like this, but surely thirty-odd other people can't have her sort of luck.] I'm not fond of waiting around in a situation like this, but it might be the best choice.

[okuri]

Nothing. [A beat.] This is how I am. [ Rotting away from the inside out.]

[muties]

That sucks. So you can usually see out of that eye?

[ That's a little weird but sure ok why not. ]

[herbgrace]

I see. [It sounds like Hinata might have not been in the most normal of circumstances before this, then, either, if he was on an island he didn't know the owner of.] That's quite a range for a kidnapper to work with, either way, isn't it? [Kidnapping from somewhere in the Pacific Ocean and from Europe at roughly the same time.]

[smileleftbehind]

You shouted out of nowhere!

[herbgrace]

[That's a weird set of things to want to do.] Well--if that's the sort of thing monsters like, I'm sure humans and monsters will be able to get along. [After some diplomatic negotiations. Lithuania still isn't quite sure if she believes this.]

[hopefragment]

[Listen, he has a very narrow frame of reference, he's doing the best he can.]

Yeah... I'm going to look around some more. There's got to be some kind of information as to what's going on here.

Oh, sorry, I haven't introduced myself, have I? I'm Hinata, Hinata Hajime.

[dereban]

Let's check.

[ Better to do so instead of just assuming things. ]

It's a pretty shitty prank though, if you ask me.

[minogame]

( But he's a time traveler. )

2016? ( He's doing the math. ) Uwah!

( He's in the past?! He's really in the past! )

No, no, I'm fine!

( Holding up both hands disarmingly. He's good! )

[dereban]

T--That's because it's freezing.

[minogame]

( He stays close to Cheshire and his hand twitches as if he's going to reach out and grab onto Cheshire but... are those claws? Ah... )

... I don't see anyone.