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]

...!

( He's happy to have help and it has an immediate effect on him, getting him to calm down some and give her a small smile, )

Really? ( He's easy to please and he takes a step closer, his trust clearly won in an instant, ) Thank you!

( And... he can definitely talk about Kamekichi? That's easy! )

Hmm... Kamekichi has been with me for as long as I can remember... I don't know what'll happen if he's gone too long...

[fluorospar]

[There we go. At least he doesn't look like he's about to burst into tears any longer.]

Of course. It would be a shame to leave your companion out in the snow, after all.

[Also, she just has this urge to help sad puppy-like kids. It's an instinct that can't be stopped.]

Kamekichi, is it? He sounds like a good friend to you.

[Think about the good, not the bad, Urashima!!]

[minogame]

He's not really good with snow... so the sooner we find him, the better!

( The cold is literally no place for a turtle, even if it's a spirit turtle. )

Mhmm. That's right! Kamekichi! He's my best friend! We've been together for as long as I can remember.

[fluorospar]

That is quite the friend you have.

[Someone with you for as long as you can remember...? Impressive, really.]

I am glad to hear it. There is no reason to be all too concerned for his sake, I'm sure. He sounds intelligent. [For a...whatever animal he is.]

[minogame]

( Even more impressive when "as long as you can remember" is almost 500 years. Kamekichi is an old turtle. She's very wise even if all she does is sleep. )

He is, he is! He can live for a very long time so he's very wise. But the cold is no place for a turtle.

( The cat... turtle... is out the bag. )

[fluorospar]

[.......]

Pardon me? Did you say that your companion is a turtle?

[minogame]

Yes.

( Kamekichi is, indeed, a turtle. )

[fluorospar]

[Okay, Selena, don't question it.]

... Very well then. That will help me to know exactly who and what we are looking for.

[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. )

[fluorospar]

[This kid is definitely tripping.]

...Is that so.

[She's just...going to humor him okay.]

Understood. Then that is even more reason that we'll have to find him. He is a very special turtle, he is your friend and he knows the Dragon King.

[minogame]

( One would think that sounds completely ridiculous when you say it like that but it makes perfect sense to him. )

That's right! He's very lucky too. That's why he's called Kamekichi! It means Lucky Turtle.

( And they're all going to need their luck later... )

Oh, and I'm Urashima. What about you, miss?

[fluorospar]

My name is Selena. It is a pleasure, Urashima, despite the unfortunate circumstances.

[Kind of a foreign name since SS doesn't even have the generic ~eastern city~ deal, but she's rolling with it.]

Perhaps his luck will assist you as well.

[minogame]

( Holy shit it's true there isn't a token Asian place... )

Selena. ( It's a different name for sure but he likes it. ) I've never heard a name like that before.

( Thinking for a second, )

It's pretty.

[fluorospar]

[Oh... what a cute puppy??? It makes her want to pat him on the head. Though she refrains.

Barely.]

Thank you. That is very kind of you.

I have never heard of a name quite like yours before either; you must come from a very different place than me.