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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

[chrysaline]

Not at all. I felt something strange, but...

[ Wait. She freezes up, then briskly slaps her cheek with one hand. She stares at her fingers a moment before running them through her hair. ]

Ahaha... it doesn't feel like a dream, either.

[finalforte]

Hmmm...

[Looking him over.]

Nope! Still boring ♥

[chosenwang]

That tells me you have no taste.

[ He knows he's pretty. ]

[finalforte]

He talks like a person, and teleports everywhere. It's annoying.
Kanon wouldn't mind if he got turned into scrap, hyaha ♪

[finalforte]

Kanon's tastes are fine. It's not Kanon's fault your friends are being too nice~♪

[conceivesfrenzy]

I haven't been to school in years, silly! And besides, they don't even have these back home, so how would I even know what you're talking about~?

[townmusician]

…That feels like a statement that’s way too deep for roomie conflicts…

[does the kirby character have a dark, mysterious past]

[immortalpoet]

...

[He lapses into silence - as if his mind is in a dark sea, and he's pulling his head up to take a breath, before sinking back in. His own attention settles on her, finally, eyes a dull, shadowed glimmer.]

You're welcome.

[A sincere statement of his own.]

A kind statement. I appreciate it. As with you, I suppose. To regain one's footing is easier said than done...but it can be done.

[skyworp]

And what becomes of your current rulers?

The first line on my last tag should have been an action. Whoops.

[hearnoplague]

...

[ He looks absolutely flabbergasted. ] How are you not...

[ He. Really is far from home, isn't he. ]

... Ugh. [ He pinches the area where his nose bridge should be. ] Must I explain everything to you...?

[hearnoplague]

[ Kallamar is gritting his teeth. He did NOT need you to pour salt into his gaping wounds, you cretin! ]

Urgh... [ He is now attempting to keep himself calm as possible, but now he feels incredibly vulnerable and must find a way out. ]

Thank. You.

[divector]

Well, that's a shame. It's funner to think that way.

[divector]

Walk one way, you get winter. Walk another, you get summer.

You're right, that does sound odd, if kind of fun.

[divector]

[ Laugh and you'll lose, laugh and you'll lose, laugh and you'll lose... ]

Ah, that's unfortunate. Voice recognition is always so finicky... If you want, I can just type Xiao for you.

[ Surely nothing bad will come out of this. ]

[divector]

Thanks, I'll look forward to it if it ever happens once we find our way out.

[ Mostly because Skydom sounds fun. That's it. It's like seeing a cool robot and wanting to touch it. ]

[ho_ohs]

[Alas, this is the nature of the beast. She's being mentally menaced by a palm tree.]

An estimate, yes.

[There's maybe a sliver of approval for the revision. If you squint.]

The normal rate is at least one a week, but it could vary depending on many factors -- including who's on the island and how their abilities are interacting with it. We won't be able to know for sure until we've made more observations.

[skyworp]

I’m inclined to agree—

[Skywarp realises he hasn’t got this fellow’s name.]

Who did you say you were, again?

[dysnowpian]

[ With an immutable smile. ]

They would be removed, of course.

[skyworp]

By force? I do like it when rulers are removed by force.

[hearnoplague]

... Erm. Perhaps. Some manner of evidence?

....

Do you have any idea what sort of place this is?

[hearnoplague]

... I would ask why you insist on staying, but you say you have no way of leaving. Why is that?

[ho_ohs]

It's because we've more or less understood the basic mechanism for bringing people here, but the reverse is far trickier. You all wouldn't be here if we had found the means to leave already.

[divector]

Oh, right, I haven't introduced myself. I'm Ibuki. What about you?

[immortalpoet]

Seems like some sort of resort.

[He's glancing around.]

Never been here before?

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[dancing_flames]

[As luck will have it, Shuda happens to wander by as Joshua is standing on top of one of the tables in the buffet and waving that orange device of his at the ceiling. That in and of itself is enough to get him to stop and stare; the words the boy is muttering don't do anything to help clarify what's going on to a man who comes from a world without anything resembling the internet.]

Wifi?