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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[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.]

[detanimetion]

[thank you smol child for understanding]

But that moon isn't anywhere near big enough to pose dramatically against! What have the humans done to it?

[lastgirl]

Nothing. [For once.] That's the way it's always been. The moon is too far away to get much bigger than that. You'll have to pose against something else.

[detanimetion]

WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING A MOON IF PEOPLE CAN'T POSE AGAINST IT. [seriously!! it's useless!!]

Is it at least close enough to grant magical moon powers? Anything?

[lastgirl]

...Don't think so.

[Fish people are fucking weird.]

[detanimetion]

Ugggggh! This suuuuucks! [PUNCHING A HOLE INTO A NEARBY TREE OUT OF FRUSTRATION]

...no, no, I'm fine. [deep breath] I can move past this crushing disappointment. [clenching a fist and RAISING IT TO THE SKY] I will overcome this heartbreak and move on to better things!!

[lastgirl]

[Holy hell what the fuck did she do to that tree.]

...Who are you? You're a strong fish monster.

[detanimetion]

[PUFFING UP PROUDLY you are clearly a child of fantastic taste] I am, right? The strongest fish monster!

[holding out a hand] Undyne, Captain of the Royal Guard! And you?

[lastgirl]

Buddy. Ruler of Olathe. [Now that all the other gang leaders are dead thanks to her. She grabs the hand, Undyne's scaly skin strangely rough, and squeezes it. Because what's a handshake?] I want to be allies with you Undyne. You're very strong.

[And she sounds and looks like a woman fish monster so that's a bonus.]

[detanimetion]

[well Buddy gets points for admitting that she's super strong but] Sure! We can braid each other's hair and trade eyepatches and have sleepovers!

--NOT!! Fuhuhu, you think it's that easy, punk?! You really think I'm soft enough to ally with some human I don't know anything about? If you want my strength at your side so badly, then first - [DRAMATIC POINTING AT BUDDY] - you have to prove you're worthy!

[lastgirl]

[What the hell is a "sleepover"?]

Fine. I'll prove it to you. [She holds up the sharpened tree branch in both hands, wielding it like a sword.] I challenge you to combat!

[detanimetion]

[Wow Undyne's not about to fight a child with a stick - HAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING SHE TOTALLY WOULD.]

Fuhuhu, so you've got some guts after all! But can you follow through? [A blue spear appears in her hand, which she tosses to Buddy.] Now...show me what your determination is worth!

[lastgirl]

[When the spear is tossed at her she drops her stick in favor of grabbing the spear. She's never used one before, but it shouldn't be too hard. She gives it a couple test swings in the air, getting a feel for the length, and then charges at Undyne.]

[detanimetion]

Good! Never turn your back on danger! Face it head on! LIKE THIS!!

[She summons another spear and hurls it at Buddy. It flies straight towards her, though Undyne didn't put her full strength behind the throw so it shouldn't be too hard to deflect.]

[lastgirl]

[She swings her spear at it and deflects it, making a swing at Undyne right after. It's not very strong because she's so unaccustomed to using a spear, nor is she on her Joy, but she tries.]