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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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[ Because it's ~Merlin Time~ (no, this isn't a good excuse)! ]

Hmm...really? But, that's alright, there are all kinds of people.

Say, what do you think of our chances here, anyway?

[ Merlin wonders if Haruka really wouldn't care, but that's fine even if he did or didn't. He looks like he could do with a real good laugh. Now that the plot is in motion, though...

He puts on a pair of sunglasses and puts a hand under his own chin, looking serious. He is testing to feel if he looks decent in them... ]

And what kind of person are you?

[Annoying?

Also, he looks ridiculous, and Haruka will tell him as much.]

You look like an idiot.

[But...]

Our chances at what? Surviving?

I'm a Merlin! Thanks for asking.

[ Yes, in other words, very annoying.

But at the insult leveraged his way, he gasps theatrically. ]

There goes my hopes at becoming an idol. Alas.

[ ... ]

Hmm. More like getting out of here! I'm already assuming we'll survive. Unless you think someone is going to try to kill us in our sleep or something...that'd be terrible, wouldn't it?

Wearing sunglasses wouldn’t make you more of an idol anyways!

[Everyone can wear sunglasses.]

Isn’t that basically the same thing, though? It’s a weird island, we can’t just live here forever.

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?!

[help, he needs an adult]

…Haruka Isumi.

[Which is only polite, with Merlin having already introduced himself, but it still feels like giving him his name is a bad idea.]

Are you really planning some sort of escape?

[ He is an adult!!

Now that he has Haruka's name, though, it will be all over for him. Giving a mage one's true name? A mistake! Jokes aside, though, he seems safe for now. ]

Oh, definitely. I have better things to do with my time than be marooned on an island.

People are waiting for me back home, you know. I'm a big deal!

[ Or so he says... ]

A big deal?

[He doesn’t believe him, but it’s not like he has any proof he’s a liar.]

A big deal in what way?

Like this!

[ Spreads his arms wide, and suddenly a burst of flowers pop out of nowhere behind him like in some kind of magical show...or something like that. ]

See? Pretty big deal, right? You're amazed, aren't you?

[On the one hand, magic in itself is impressive, on the other hand…

On the other hand.]

Is that it? Are you going to pull a rabbit out of a hat next?

I could, but that's a common trick anybody can be capable of!

[ His ego is so big he misses the entire point. ]

[Y’know, he’s just gonna… let this go.]

Right. I guess it is a cliché, but the flowers aren’t really impressive, either.

[ Wow! Okay, he sees how it is. ]

What?! I can't let this end with you assuming that I'm not impressive!

[ Merlin... ]

Watch, and be amazed, Haruka!

[ He spreads his hands out again, and then in a swirl of petals, he seems to no longer be standing there (he is just directly behind the area with the sunglasses again, only barely out of sight...) ]

Are you amazed now?

[Well, it’s certainly flashy! And definitely not anything Haruka’s ever seen in person!

But also…]

You didn’t go very far.

[ Puffs cheeks out as if he is the picture of maturity (he is not) and pokes his head from around the set of sunglasses. ]

But can you do something like what I did?? Or something amazing?

What are YOUR skills, huh?

Well, no... but I was expecting more drama to go with you attitude.

[He's very over the top, isn't he?]

I can't do magic.

[ Very and proud of it!!

Though, he laughs at the attitude portion of that, making a lazy hand gesture of some sort that probably doesn't mean much. ]

You may not be able to do magic, but magic isn't the only amazing skill that exists out there.

[Other amazing skills, huh…]

I sing. That’s what I’m best at.

Hmm...I'd like to hear you sing sometime.

A song can be enough to captivate someone's heart straight away!

[ Places a hand on his own chest a bit theatrically. ]

Well... if you want me to, I can do that. Right here might be a little... weird, though.

[Not the weirdest place he'd have performed, though. Singing for royalty is pretty... unique.]

I would.

[ Just going to say that. Show him that beautiful voice, Haruka. ]

Well, I don't mind where it is. We can always find a better place, right?

[Thank god he’s not the type to get performance anxiety.]

Well… Sure, if you really want to. It’s whatever.

Alright! Let's go outside, then...maybe right out on the shore.

That's a nice as a scene as any~

[ Then, just like that, Merlin will bounce on out of there to go in that exact direction. ]

…Wait, right now?

[Which, okay, he could do that, but he needs to be emotionally prepared for this.]

[ Seeing that face when he looks back makes him laugh. Haruka, you're a treasure.

For a moment, he retraces his steps so he can return to the room proper. ]

I was thinking right now, yes!

No time like the present, right? But if you're really nervous, I could just fetch you later on at some point?

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