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Last Resort Mods 🌊 ([personal profile] killerwaves) wrote in [community profile] guiltrip2023-05-13 11:01 am

WELCOME

INTRO



Whoever you are, wherever you were, the last thing you remember is the salty smell of the sea breeze and a distinct tickle of electricity across your body. Enough to cause alarm perhaps, but in the next moment it all goes black, or blue to be more precise. When you stir into consciousness, those fuzzy sensations are all that you have as an explanation, though there's certainly more to experience around you.

The warm bright rays of the sun, the rhythmic cresting of the waves into the shore, the unfortunate feeling of sand sticking to you everywhere, because you're lying flat on your back on a beach without a beach towel. At least you're not alone, and at least it doesn't seem like you've been completely dumped unceremoniously, as there's orderly space between you and the 27 others who share your predicament. Whoever left you here probably could have dumped you into a pile, but they have better manners than that.

However you decide to react to your sudden vacation, you'll find that you're dressed just as you last recall and that you have at least one possession of yours on hand. Whatever else you had on you appears to be affected by baggage routing, unfortunately. You'll also find a key inscribed with a particular bird and a strange device in your pocket, ostenstibly some type of cellphone from the period when blackberrys were all the rage. A pop-up window will greet you when you turn on the device, prompting you to pick a username (this pop-up can be ignored for up to 24 hours) and also walking you through a basic tutorial on its functions. For now, it seems like the public network isn't running, but the direct message function is availiable. It ends with a cheerful blurb instructing that "For further questions and help, please contact one of the hotel staff!"

As there's nary a soul that seems to actually work here on the beach proper, it might be worth it to explore. Around the resort are robots manning the buffet, sweeping, and even making cocktails if you want to drink your problems away. While they'll answer to basic commands, provide you with a map of the island, or even be happy to tell you the weather, they're incapable of engaging in any meaningful dialogue. Any questions or demands they can't answer will yield the statement to please contact the administrators.

Whoever they may be, but they'll show their faces eventually. Probably.
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conchy: (2)

[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's a hell of a lot of shells, you might say. When the man has the audacity to refer to his collection simply as seashells, Lobelia clicks his tongue.]

Non, non! These are conques, not mere seashells. I will forgive your mistake this time, but please try not to repeat it.
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[personal profile] hearnoplague 2023-05-13 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Robots?

[ Said like he has never seen a robot before in his life. ]
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[personal profile] diabolizes 2023-05-13 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He quickly notices that fancy gown and feels sympathy for her. His robes my be aplenty, but they surely aren't as hot as a gown. ]

It's never too warm for tea.

[ But let him do some rummaging around... ]

There are plenty of mixers and juices... I don't see tea bags.
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[personal profile] gravitys 2023-05-13 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ JUDGING HIM A LIL BIT FOR THIS ALREADY ]

Not gonna make someone sleep on the floor. The beds are big enough for it. [ Though he's praying whoever the hell he has to share with isn't THAT annoying. Which...may not be granted if Joshua is planning to hop on in. ]
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1/2

[personal profile] chosenwang 2023-05-13 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ uh... ]
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[personal profile] diabolizes 2023-05-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ WOW.... Already he's being blamed for something, unbelievable. ]

You're in luck! Neither do I! My name is Wei Wuxian.
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[personal profile] plunges 2023-05-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hums at that. ]

I considered doing that myself, but my limited knowledge on this device would have made that a foolish decision.

[ Who knows what they'll need this for? ]

Thank you for your assistance.
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[personal profile] gravitys 2023-05-13 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing useful. I was somewhere else, then I was here.

[ He...doesn't THINK this is a Poe thing. There's not enough random murder mystery detective bullshit for it, and his settings are usually less...

...whatever the hell this is. Besides, he'd have noticed getting sucked into that. ]
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how could i ever

[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-13 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[blinks]

Oh...? What an unfriendly fellow! You won't win many friends if you don't comport yourself with some élégance.
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-13 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"To that of a mortal"...?

[chuuni?]

Uh, a phone is like - I mean, they're just things you use to talk to people? You can like, call them or text them or use the internet on them...
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[personal profile] gravitys 2023-05-13 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
There's some robots manning the bar and whatever.

[ Chuuya...isn't used to that, but he at least can recognize what they are. It's a bit sci-fi for him, though. ]
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-13 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has a permit to be mean! Its a paper saying "I will do whatever I want - Vergilius"]

[He turns around to look at the younger man, grimacing.]


It's annoying. And it was testing my patience.
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[personal profile] diabolizes 2023-05-13 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...A squid. Well, that's new. There's a bit of a delay before Wei Wuxian answers, simply because he's processing this new information. ]

I'm sure we can work something out. Although, if we have a maiden among us, I recommend that we leave one of the beds for her and her alone.
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[personal profile] chosenwang 2023-05-13 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That is certainly something he hasn't seen before. ]

What? Oh, nothing. I'm just thinking out loud. [ Time to forget the bot. ] I don't think I've ever met anyone like you before.
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[personal profile] gravitys 2023-05-13 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Chuuya. [ He doesn't have to ask Xiao for his name, because well... ]
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-13 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Voix????? Is that like - voice? Is this some Little Mermaid shit?]

Why do you want that?

[His voice is like the best part about him! He needs that!]
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-13 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[AUTHOR CLUB UNITE]

[He lets out a disconcerted, annoyed noise at the answer, turning to look around them with those same vivid eyes.]


What the hell is this? Some kind of...beach?
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singing fish

[personal profile] diabolizes 2023-05-13 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you know this song?

[ He's never heard it, but he sure is going to join Haruka in starting up more of the fish. ]
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[personal profile] plunges 2023-05-13 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
... You seem surprised.

[ Have you never heard of the Adepti? Or, perhaps, gods and ghosts and all that jazz, sir! ]

Why do I need a phone to cast a net? Can we not simply find one on a place such as this one?
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[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-13 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[So much anger contained in such a tiny man... Truly a shame, but maybe Lobelia could capture the entirety of Xiao in a conch? It's worth trying.

Chuuya's question is met with a firm shake of his head.]


Au contraire, I grew up by the ocean. I never tire of it, and how could I when it is awash with noise?

[Speaking of noise, when Chuuya holds that shell to his ear, he'll hear the squall of seagulls contained within it.]
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[personal profile] plunges 2023-05-13 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. You should tell it that. Perhaps it will stop asking.

[ ye olds figuring out technology... ]
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[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-13 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[u can be his lil mermaid if u want to bb]

Why else? I want to savor the sounds you make long after we part ways.

[You should be used to this, Haruka. You've got stans.]

Mm, yes! There's something special about your voix. Surely you agree.
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-13 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? You don't care? Weird.

[Honestly, kind of a wild thought to Haruka, but he's been in and around the music industry for a not-insignificant chunk of his life.]

I think fishing songs would probably be better then this... Not that there's anything wrong with metal or rock, but it feels a bit out of place...
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-13 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It literally didn't even do anything? How short is your patience?!

[He says, ready to test it.]
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:^)

[personal profile] plunges 2023-05-13 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no need for things such as friendship.

[ ...mostly... ]

Mortals seem to place a lot of value on obtaining their prized possessions through their own merits. I assumed that you would feel the same.