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]

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

[keepshispride]

[... Yeah, that's a dumb name, he's not calling her that.]

Foolish of you.

[lastgirl]

[We can't all have cool shounen names man.]

You don't take me seriously. That's fine. No man ever did, until they realized they were about to die by my hands.

[keepshispride]

[Cool names like Vegeta.]

If you think I'm not taking you seriously because you're a girl, you're wrong. [Judging by how she keeps specifying "man" there.] I'm not taking you seriously because, however hampered I may temporarily be, you're weak. If you tried to attack me, like you were thinking earlier, you'd die.

[lastgirl]

[She's visibly surprised when he tells her that, eye widening a little and harsh expression slackening, but then he continues and she reverts to a hardened scowl.]

Wanna bet?!

[And without any warning but that, she begins dashing right toward him with stick in hand, aiming to bash it against his head.]

[keepshispride]

[Depowered as he is, the strike still seems slow to Vegeta. He thinks about catching the stick in his hand and breaking it, but instead he just leans back, dodging the blow without even taking a step.

He smirks.] Would you like to try again?

[Vegeta can't sense power levels at the moment, so it occurs to him it might be a good idea to judge this girl's strength the old fashioned way.]

[lastgirl]

[She doesn't back down from the challenge, immediately trying to swing and strike him again. It doesn't really occur to her that he may be sizing her up - she refuses to be belittled by anyone.]

[keepshispride]

[And again Vegeta dodges, moving only enough to not be hit. Because he is a mature adult, picking a fight with a teenage girl and showing her up is improving his mood.]

Ho, almost. Were you actually trying that time?

[lastgirl]

Shut it!

[She raises her branch, only this time she doesn't swing. Okay she'll admit, he is strong. She needs to get stronger and she knows how.

Buddy lowers the branch and reaches into the pocket of her poncho, grabbing a clear plastic medicine bottle of blue tablets. Quickly she unscrews the cap and takes a pill out, chewing it up and swallowing it before putting the bottle away.]

[keepshispride]

[Curiosity and pride stop Vegeta from interfering with what Buddy is doing. Is she sick? Is this some performance enhancing drug? Only time will tell.]

If you need to take a breather, don't mind me. Go right ahead.

[lastgirl]

[Performance drug is right. Not what most people use it for, but that's all that matters to her. Joy makes her strong and she needs that strength right now.

Once ready she runs up to swing at him again. Only now she's noticeably faster, her swings carrying more strength and speed in their delivery. It's not nearly as much as usual, she can feel it, but it'll hopefully be enough that he can't just keep dodging her anymore.]

[keepshispride]

[It is indeed! Her first swing skims his shoulder, triggering a flash of rage and he smothers the urge to lash out in return. Without thinking, he catches the next strike in his hand, just before the the stick reaches his face.]

Was that your last trick? [He's surprised at the difference, and makes a mental note that until he gets his full power back, he might have to be more cautious than usual. But this still isn't enough to be a serious threat, in his arrogant opinion.] If so, I think we're done here.

[And then he tightens his grip on the stick enough to break it, with no obvious effort required.]

[lastgirl]

[And the stick breaks indeed, causing Buddy to let go of the wood entirely and hop back to create distance. Dammit. It took a while to find a good one that was proper for sharpening. Stupid Brad, why did he never teach her karate? She could use his moves right now, but she has no clue how any of it is done.

Still, she at least got one hit on him and she's satisfied with that much for now.]

This isn't over Vegeta.

[keepshispride]

It is for now. [Tosses aside what's left of the stick.] Come back in fifty years after you've trained to become strong enough to actually hit me. Until then you're wasting my time and yours.

Though even then you won't be strong enough to beat me.

[lastgirl]

I won't need to train for fifty years and I will land a hit on you.

[He's a lot stronger than she gave him credit for. But she won't let him win - this is personal now.]

[keepshispride]

Learn your lesson, girl. Before you get yourself killed.

[But whatever her token says, he can recognise pride when he sees it. That's what this is about now. Vegeta turns his back on Buddy and goes to walk back inside the hotel. He's finally worked up an appetite.]

[lastgirl]

[She watches him go without a word, silently fuming with annoyance at his arrogance. She'll get back at him for this.]

[keepshispride]

[Fume all you want, Buddy, he's going to eat his feelings.]