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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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[personal profile] ho_ohs 2023-05-14 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
The old-fashioned way, of course.

[And indeed, the response to Magolor may be most instructive.]

We made the choice we had at the time for our survival. And now you will share that choice.
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[personal profile] ho_ohs 2023-05-14 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Just us, the robots, and our esteemed guests.
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[personal profile] ho_ohs 2023-05-14 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I almost envy your priorities.
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. But before that, we should totally dance and sing!

[ He's jesting...for now. ]
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[personal profile] ho_ohs 2023-05-14 12:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad to see we have some attentive listeners in our midst.

[Also matter-of-fact in return. So like, yeah. Looking forward to Temenos being the resident catherder.]

The circumstances of our arrival were just about as messy as yours -- we arrived at random and had no information about our whereabouts or the mechanism. We've been able to learn more about the world with time and tests, but our understanding is still limited.

[There's also this, even though the voice is being coy in this particular thread.]

As I've said, superhuman essence produces power for the resort, but we should be cautious about the way we feed it. There are still unknown variables to test.
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-14 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I won't.

[What's being considerate of people.]

Not a group. I work on my own, for the most part. Just...think of it as a title.
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-14 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...Hm.

[Now that he's looking around...]

Same thing here. Guess I was the lucky one. Unless they all ran off somewhere.
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
So are you!

[ Merlin says as the drink is poured easily into each glass, then he brings up some cranberry juice from where its hiding, some triple sec, and a bit of lime juice. Soon enough, they will have their mixed drinks done for them with the ingredients all set out. As well as a bit of Merlin's probing at the 'staff'.

They did say something about mixing drinks, so a cosmo is apparently Merlin's choice for them to indulge in today. ]


Merlin, the greatest and most legendary wizard of all! A mage whose legend has surpassed the ages. Heheh, pretty cool, isn't it?

[ What is having an introduction with any sense of humility... ]
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Ouch! Critical hit!

[ Merlin, this is common sense...! ]

It is, it is. You're right.

Since we're all in this, together, what about some introductions? Who will be my partner in crime in escaping this paradise that is a hell in disguise?!
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly! I'm actually brave enough to reveal my real name.

What does that say about you, who masquerades around pretending to be a Raptor?

[ Merlin...... ]
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-14 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, yeah.

[LAUGH IT UP WHY DON'T YOU!!! Anyways he also raises his head in the direction of the smell, furrowing his eyebrows.]

You think whatever this place has for us is even safe to eat?
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1/2

[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Ehh...yes there are, but...

[ Is he now. Haruka is likely earning a lot of ire from these shady folks, isn't he?

Naturally, Merlin is going to turn up his annoyance levels! ]
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2/2

[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Your methods are absolutely terrible! Horrible!

I don't even know why anyone should trust anything you say!

[ He pauses, thinking. That's what a typical hero would say, right?

He nailed it! Somewhere out there, Ritsuka is proud of him. ]
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3/3 jk

[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh wait, one more. ]

Also, you haven't compensated us properly for this! We need more extravagance!
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, well, welcome to the little show. I don't mind giving one from time to time.

[ ...Evidently, apparently. Or so he says, since this does contain real magic than not. Still, he does know how to teach the trick sans the ability! ]

My own personal touch to them, you could say.

You seem very knowledgeable in telling apart flowers, though. Are you a gardener back home?
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[personal profile] mysticpowerbroker 2023-05-14 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
They really are so rude, aren't they?

[ how cruel... ]
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[personal profile] gluttoning 2023-05-14 01:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't send us back otherwise?
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[personal profile] gluttoning 2023-05-14 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Food's important.

At least you can talk to us. If you needed help, you can use that voice to ask. And if you can't ask for help, then it's not like that's your fault. Neither of you sound all that desperate, either.

...

If you're not telling the truth, though, people might start ripping up the island to get more answers. That might get messy.
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[personal profile] gluttoning 2023-05-14 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He has to think about it for a second.]

I won't. The burgers are too good. If you taste bad, it might sour my stomach.

Different people taste different. Their souls do, too. Sort of like a nice glass of Demonus.

[Another pause.]

It's okay, pudding boy. You can't help looking delicious.
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[personal profile] skyworp 2023-05-14 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That would make sense, wouldn’t it? [And he hates things that make sense, so let’s be glad it doesn’t.] No, I knew where I was going. I suppose the whims of something else brought me here. Brought us here.

[And really, how thrilling a prospect!]

Quite a place this is, isn’t it? Quaint. Calm.
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[personal profile] skyworp 2023-05-14 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Name’s Skywarp. Either the future or a madman, depending on your opinion. Which will it be?
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[personal profile] felame 2023-05-14 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ghosts and demons........ she's going to assume he's joking. the horrors are human, and sometimes human-adjacent. ]

If they're present, then we shall burn them away during our patrol.

[ obviously, she's joking too? with a completely straight face? anyway, ]

Though I suppose you'll need a name to call when we encounter such things. I am Xiao, of— formerly of Liu Section One.
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[personal profile] felame 2023-05-14 02:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Or out of the frying pan into another frying pan.

[ this is not how phrases work, but xiao's flowery language is saved for moments that are Not This. ]

There's plenty of willing participants within The City. That it would be us two... Quite unfortunate of us, Red Gaze.

[ must be a day ending in y ]
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[personal profile] felame 2023-05-14 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course. That's always what it's dressed up as.

[ just pay them next time like regular sketchy execs, jesus ]

When does this end, then? When one person remains? Or when the time we earn for you with blood yields results?
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[personal profile] immortalpoet 2023-05-14 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha. Tell me about it. Those hapless souls signing up for L Corp when it was still up and running come to mind.

[Truly a meat grinder, that place.]

Unfortunate, indeed. Perhaps that's the point. To laugh at us.