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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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[ okay. maybe he's not going to die via eye lasers. he'll lower his voice a bit, though clearly he still sounds on edge. ]

Because I was busy. Not sure how I came here, but it wasn't by choice.

Could've taken the words out of my mouth.

[He is sighing and moving to stand, eye glimmer a little dimmer.]

Who are you, anyways?

...My name's Crea.

[ okay. certainly no death via eye lasers. success! ]

What about you?

[He's bending down to pick up a sword out of the sand next to him, brushing it off.]

Vergilius. [A beat, glancing around at the people around them.] So they've got a bunch of us in this mess, huh.

That seems to be the case.

[ he nods, a mild smile on his face as he looks around. he crosses his arms, sighing. ]

A double-edged sword, if you ask me. While it might be hard to bring a big group together, if we're able to then maybe we could find some clues about this place. It looks pretty, but I'm not sure if they would kidnap so many of us to have a vacation.

Oh, this is no vacation.

[A little swing of the sword as if to make sure its sound, and then a frown.]

They wouldn't capture a Color just for that.

...

[ ??? ]

A Color? Is that a title?

[ unless he means colors...? ]

[A SIDEGLANCE STARE AT IS LIKE. BINCH YOU DON'T KNOW??]

[JESUS CHRIST]

....I see. What a headache and a half.

I'm guessing that this is something that you expect me to know. Sorry to burst your bubble.

[ this is exhausting. ]

What is a Color?

I'm not here to open a dictionary and explain it to you. Whatever.

[HE REALLY IS NOT THE BEST AT LORE EXPLANATIONS HERE AT ALL]

Okay.

[ listen, he's not exactly unused to being treated like this, but not from some rando!!!

crea holds back a huff, crossing his arms against his chest. ]

Though you don't seem to have a dictionary with you either. So I'm not sure how you'd open one.

[congrats. another Mean Person to deal with.]

I hope someone taught you what metaphors are. Would be a shame if they didn't.

Now, now, there's a lot of people out there that grew up without going to school as children. You should be more considerate of them.

[ lol. lmao. ]

But fine, I'm going to assume that you're part of some elite group. I don't need your entire history, just a yes or no will suffice.

Edited 2023-05-14 04:08 (UTC)

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.

Good enough! Guess it makes sense, with your red eyes and all.

[ he might be nicknaming vergilius as 'red' in his head. ]

Do they shoot lasers?

...Do they what?

[??????????]

Your eyes! Are they lasers? Like magic?

Edited 2023-05-15 01:16 (UTC)

They're not lasers. Or magic.

[do u think you will get an EXPLANATION? no]

Wow, you really are a man of few words.

I don't waste words on people who don't need them, like people with annoying voices. Oh wow. That's you.

Don't worry! My best friend is of few words, too!

I'm starting to feel sorry for your friend.

No need! We've been friends since we were kids.

So he's annoying as you? Peas in a pod.

Hey, Sii-tan's nothing like me!

[ CREA SEEMS TO TAKE OFFENSE TO ONLY THAT PART? ]

If anything, he's kind of like you, scary eyes and everything, except he'd probably be far better than you if you met him. I'm sure of it.

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