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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.

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Comments

[ho_ohs]

Most tourist ventures are powered by various kinds of sacrifice.

[You’ve learned something about this voice: it may be a bit of a pedant.]

[finalmix]

[ shrugs! it's not like he has anything better to do with his time anyway. ]

You seem like you were doing just fine on your own, but what are you looking for?

[rhythmaction]

[He taps a metal finger against his chin, face screwed up in thought.]

So...did you not want to take a vacation and got brought here, anyway?

[Give him like. Maybe a few minutes for the lightbulb to turn on.]

Well, if you change your mind, I can keep an eye out for enemies. Nothing's gonna get by me!

[He strikes a stupid pose, his hand whipping out the garbage collector stick hidden inside. It looks pretty unimpressive, even if it was used to whack someone over the head.]

[divector]

I have others to look after back home, so I don't want to leave them be for too long.

[rhythmaction]

[Chai frowns at that.]

I meant like...people being killed and stuff! On purpose!

[felame]

... If you had managed to find such a thing in a place like this, I wouldn't know whether to find the incompetence of whoever brought us here fortunate or infuriating.

[ both! probably both! ]

[divector]

[ Why does Chuuya remind him of a weird fusion of Yukinami and Hyuga... ]

This place is rather small for a fight though. Anyone could probably make it collapse in seconds.

[diabolizes]

[ I CANNOT BE CONTAINED ]

Essentially, yes! You create magic through your own spiritual power. Once it's strong enough, you can project that power outwards.

[ He doesn't know how complicated that might sound to someone from an entirely different place, so he tries to keep it somewhat vague. ]

[townmusician]

How bad are you at playing the flute? Geez.

[Ignoring the “spooky stuff happens” comment happened at all.]

[rhythmaction]

Cool. What are you normally, then?

[He squints at Magolor, as if trying to determine what other form he would normally take.]

[ho_ohs]

There are some positive side effects to the situation, even if they are few.

[As for the rest, well, there is that one rather large catch. Maybe even whale-sized, in fact.]

stepping on the beach

[divector]

It happens. But what are you doing here... Hmmm...

[ The hamster wheel in his brain turns. It doesn't take him long to suddenly start levitating some sand nearby. Seems like he's intent on lightly covering this new acquaintance? That's what people do on the beach, right? ]

[finalmix]

So more like a walkie talkie, but in cat form. Interesting.

[ headtilt. because he's absolutely mirroring the headtilt that chai is giving him just to be annoying. ]

Little out of range, maybe?

[finalmix]

[ josh actually snickers because hey, that's actually a pretty good one. ]

Fair enough, especially if you're going with the entire method acting or roleplaying concept. Any chance you'll be bursting into flames soon?

[skyworp]

Ah yes, responsibility. Very heavy, that. Looks like you don’t have much choice but to let it go for a while, though.

[finalmix]

[ is watching how the robot is making maybe slightly distressed beeps and still hovering over the ground. ]

Maybe it's biding it's time for now.

[felame]

[ and she'll do the same, though she doesn't partake just yet, busy as she is with offering her companion the most questioning side glance he's seen in his life.

or, well. considering his vibes. probably not the most questioning side glance he's seen in his life— ]

... I can hardly question your work, given how far I suspended my disbelief to everything else surrounding it.

[ OF COURSE, ]

I had thought that was a joke, when you mentioned those being in the dark. Though that begs the question of why you would rather keep them around, when the common nature of your work would deem that your response should be the opposite. Unless that was the joke?

[ what was the joke. ]

[chrysaline]

So it isn't strange at all, where you're from! I can't really picture that. What kind of magic do you use, Sir Wei?

[ On the confusing spectrum of "alarming situation" to "strange but whimsical story" this is gradually sliding towards the latter. ]

near the cabins bc I do what I want!!!

[finalmix]

[ because josh is josh? He has an obnoxiously pink aloha shirt on. ]

You look kind of lost.

[ way to state the obvious, josh. ]

[townmusician]

[Maybe if their social link advances, Chuuya can get the Forbidden Lore.]

…That’s a good way to put it, yeah. I don’t hate being an idol, at least.

[divector]

[ He laughs. ]

I'll just have to see what survives in the aftermath.

[divector]

Guess I'll have to watch my back then for any regards.

[ He carefully sets the robot down on the ground, but not before whirling it in the air a couple of times. Why? Why not? ]

[townmusician]

[Why is he so tall and buff, it’s so intimidating. This is so much worse then talking to Tsunashi Ryuunosuke…]

Haruka Isumi. You better remember it!

[dupiety]

Oh, just a humble cleric in service of the Sacred Flame. Hardly as interesting in whatever you have going on, Mr. Skywarp.

[From the sound of it, he really does mean that.]

I can say with complete confidence that I've never come across a being like you on my travels.

[skyworp]

Even among the counterfeits, I’m still one of a kind.

[It’s not what Temenos meant, he knows. But it’s what he’s going with.]

I could say the same for you. What are you? You little things, running around this place.