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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.

((OOC: Welcome to Last Resort! Poke a mod in the discord if you have any questions. The NPC meet and greet will take place at 5PM EST/2PM PST today! ))

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[rhythmaction]

Ah!

[Chai jumps back, startled by Skywarp's sudden appearance. He stumbles back, arms whirling about to retain his balance. A black, cat-shaped creature at his feet lets out a funny electronic drum noise as it scampers behind Chai for protection.]

Woaaaah--that was sick! How did you even do that? Do you have the ability to teleport? I didn't know robots could do that!

[Completely ignoring Skywarp's question.]

[dancing_flames]

... what?

[NO REALLY, WHAT]

[microtransactions]

[ vergilius can scruff him, sure

but then at some point, while he's not looking or his back is turned or something, there he'll be. right back on the bed where he was, looking entirely unruffled by the experience. ]

Got that out of your system? I'm sure we can talk this out, no? ★

[townmusician]

…Yeah?

[Technically? At least he knows what television is, so he doesn’t need to explain it, which would probably go worse then him describing phones to Xiao.]

They’re all the same, like, boring creep gets hit by a truck and wakes up in another world and now he’s super OP. This is even worse, because there’s - cannibalistic demons? Who think I look like pudding.

[townmusician]

Why are you asking me what?! I’m not the one who brought up food!

[microtransactions]

[ magolor sits back onto his hands, blinking. ]

Huh. That was pretty quick. You sure about that? We all don't even know each other yet, you know?

[dancing_flames]

I was referring to the possibility of killing fish for food. Why did you jump to cannibalism?

[dancing_flames]

Garage Island, potentially. Or at least that's what I'm hoping.

[Otherwise heads will roll.]

[dakicover]

[ hmm...crea thinks about this for a moment, considering the circumstances, and... ]

Then this can't be an isekai because you're not powerful. You said you don't have powers, right?

[passetemps]

[ looks at alear adopting every seagull they come across on the battlefield ]

Perhaps... though it could not be considered a selfless action, as it was personally fulfilling to me as well. Her departure was bittersweet.

[ hence the wistful gazing at bird stationery ]

[gluttoning]

Yeah. Something light and fruity that would go down easy but have a little kick to it, maybe.

[It sounds good, now that he's imagining it.]

[dakicover]

What the hell-!?

[ it's not often when you see a wholeass ROBOT appear through a golden portal. crea basically jumps out of his skin like a startled squirrel, staring at this newcomer with wide eyes. ]

I'm Crea. Who—or what?—are you?

[rapt0r]

Well I didn't say that either. But it's not worth the headache to say anymore.

[microtransactions]

[ there's a mumble of something inaudible, muffled by the sand before he pushes himself back upright, so all crea really catches is vaguely annoyed, incomprehensible muttering that eventually just resolves as: ]

... feet.

[rapt0r]

At least I know I'm worth a -san now.

[stilllovesyou]

Sand tastes good here too!

[She pipes up, in defense of the sand, like it has feelings. Also conveniently revealing she's eaten the sand already.]

[gluttoning]

...

We'll be fine for now.

We can dig for answers without panicking. Or running out of food yet.

I don't want to get too comfortable here, anyway. Even if the food's good.

[dakicover]

...

[ did this person break their foot? they don't really seem to be in pain, however. ]

Yeah. What about them?

[rapt0r]

I'm only in things for myself.

[ As evidenced by his extreme chuuni. ]

But that's good to know.

[rapt0r]

Hmm, like boar?

[ They evidently know japanese, or at least some considering the honorific talk before. ]

Again, too much effort.

[dakicover]

I'm sure you could find better food once we get out of here.

[rapt0r]

That's just how things are. You'll see.

[rapt0r]

That's just your actual name.

[rapt0r]

[ This is possibly a lot to take in. After a beat: ]

They're games like that, except you play them on devices so you don't need to go outside. It's way better.

[gluttoning]

Maybe. I don't get to have human-world-style cheeseburgers too often anymore, though, and those robots make so many of them!

I could live in that buffet if it were just a little bigger. For a few days, anyway.