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[killerwaves]

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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Comments

[dakicover]

Not even if a clown suddenly appeared behind you?

[ haha! ]

Just kidding. That means that you're a dependable person. [ crea nods. ] I'm Crea, by the way. Nice to meet you!

[diabolizes]

[ He tsks. ]

It's called being polite, you see.

[dakicover]

Woah-

[ maybe crea's still just a little high strung from the situation at hand. he turns towards alice, and then back towards the phone. ]

Well, I guess cursed for all eternity isn't that big of a deal... but what's the difference between a "username" and my name? Is it like a code name?

[gravitys]

[ Their deal is Dazai is VERY HIGHLY ANNOYING and Chuuya both wants to murder him but trusts him implicitly (often to his detriment)...it's Complicated (tm). That said, he probably wouldn't turn Lobelia down, help him his taste is probably a huge question mark. ]

Chuuya. [ Stop calling him "monsieur" it's too fancy for him... ]

Is it somethin' anyone can learn? I guess it'd be good for setting up traps. [ He can't say he'd use it for anything NOT combative... ]

[divector]

01. once upon a palm tree

[ Some time after the mass awakening of chaos, a young man with an exceptionally long coat stares at you from a palm tree.

Yes, a tree. Everyone knows they are simply pre-benches after all. More importantly, if you do notice him, he'll wave and throw a coconut at you. If you don't? He'll also wave and throw a coconut at you, just with worse aim. Breakfast is important, you know. ]

02. these robots don't get a break

[ At the buffet, he levitates a poor robot, peering at its outer shell from all directions while munching on a sandwich. Curiouser and curiouser. ]

"I wonder what sort of colony created you?"

03. souvenirs for the folks back home

[ Who grabbed way too many sets of pens and postcards to write on, you ask? This guy. He's writing away on top of a previously procured book while browsing. Talk about multi-tasking. ]

"I think they'll like this one... Or maybe this one? Something cuter might be better? Hmm, so many choices..."

04. wildcard

[ He's wandering around a lot today, so feel free to poke him wherever. Chances are he's doing something strange to comment on. ]

[gravitys]

...Feline golem? [ LIKE...he guesses that works. ] I dunno how "alive" they are, actually.

[gravitys]

That's what I figured. [ He just...couldn't figure out what/who it was. Bullshit! ]

Can't say I recognize anyone here, though.

[gravitys]

Chuuya. You scared of clowns or something?

[ Why was that the example, bro. ]

[dakicover]

Never met one. But their face paint is kinda weird, isn't it?

souvenirs

[felame]

... Or hollowly inspirational.

[ here is the woman in a suit, tie, and fancy overcoat looking at "TAKE THE SUN INTO YOUR OWN HANDS" with a raised brow. relax. ]

Though in all respects, it's aggravating to have this kind of display considering the nature of our circumstances. As if I would purchase from their "gift shop."

[ she is assuming his circumstances are The Same, but— ]

[townmusician]

Yeah, I overheard it being performed…

[Look at all these fish!! They’ve got such a collection going.]

It feels like a weird choice, though?

[diabolizes]

[ He lets out a long suffering sigh as he nurses his orange juice. ]

I don't either. I had hoped there would be at least one person I know here. No one will believe me when I say I was taken to a place like this.

[divector]

[ Looks between Chuuya and Alice, then Joshua and Chuuya. The hamster wheel of fate turns.

Immediately after, he sits on the other bed with Alice as well. ]

I'm glad we could solve this with minimal issues.

[ Isn't peace great? ]

ii

[passetemps]

[ god it sucks out here but he needs to go around the whole island to get his bearings, so. here he is, standing on the hot beach in his black cloak.

he looks at the cat (??) for a moment, then shakes his head. ]

I would argue that she is exhibiting a perfectly reasonable level of wariness for someone who presumably just awakened in an unfamiliar place.

[finalmix]

i.

[ beach version joshua isn't that much different from regular joshua except that his pants have been replaced by shorts and he is bafflingly wearing an ugly neon pink hawaiian shirt over his normal oversized white shirt. and slippers. he's not getting sand in his sneakers thank u very much.

and he has a pair of sunglasses that he's pilfered from the shop on his head. it's very touristy.

but anyway, he seems to be entertaining himself by watching other people freak out and just looks out at the sea with an entirely straight face, and goes, completely deadpan and not like anything is Very Wrong at the moment: ]

Huh. This is new.

ii.

[ ANYWAY. later on joshua can be found wandering around the resort building itself and looking down at what looks like an orange coloured brick and occasionally frowning at it - or if you happen to catch him at just the right moment, he's climbing on top of surfaces and waving said brick at the ceiling. ]

Seriously, is there no wifi here? Signal? Anything?

[ he refuses to use the bird phone. for now. what era is that bird phone from anyway???? ]

iii.

[ set the scene: joshua, standing outside the toucan cabana, still with his orange case iphone in hand, holding it up to his ear and talking to someone on the either end even though there is No Service At All: ]

All those upgrades I requested for, and none of them work at the moment. What kind of coverage did you provide and why doesn't it work here, you would think it would-- [ grumble grumble ] If there is trouble because of this and delays to the schedule I'm going to have to add it to your roster of items to fix, I didn't ask for a vacation, you know???

[ who..... is he talking to........... ]

wildcard me.

wildcard me, pc me, hmu on discord if you want something with josh! seriously I'm down for Shenanigans.

[townmusician]

Of course I’m surprised! Nobody talks like that.

[CHUUNI?!]

It’s not casting a net! How do you not know what any of this is?

totally cursed toucan cabana

[divector]

On a scale of 1 to 10, how awful are we talking about here?

[ This is Important. ]

[townmusician]

[hello cops police?]

Just buy an album like a normal person, then!

[where tf is he gonna find a zool album out here]

I need my voice. I’m an idol.

[conchy]

Non! The station of one's birth is not that important. Were that the case, I would be the one sleeping on the floor.

[He is but a simple boy from an unremarkable oceanside town, after all...]

What matters much more is one's intellect.

[gravitys]

I actually can't say I've ever thought about it. It's just paint.

[ Clowns...exist. He doesn't find them funny... ]

[finalmix]

Yeah, like a convention?

[ how is that an answer ]

[townmusician]

[He’s seriously thinking about vandalizing the fish now…]

What about spikes? Do you think fish hooks would work?

[Gonna make these fish look metal as fuck.]

I thought the greeting cards were just kinda like - y’know. Those weird memes people make to make places seem all weird and spooky.

[diabolizes]

So you were eavesdropping!

[ Time to activate another fish. ]

Is it a weird choice? I've never seen anything like this.

[gravitys]

Yeah, well, who cares if they believe you as long as we get a way back home?

[ Chuuya doesn't really care about his credibility with his coworkers in that sense...he just won't tell them tbh. ]

yo man what a weird name you got there

[divector]

Well then, hello, Xiao Hmph Worthless.

[ Not making a move to help or otherwise get closer, but the smile on his face is evident from a distance. ]