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Last Resort Mods 🌊 ([personal profile] killerwaves) wrote in [community profile] guiltrip2023-05-13 11:01 am

WELCOME

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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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-14 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you know what a lottery ticket is and not know that it’s gambling?!

[Sir? Please explain? He is confusion!!]
divector: (ⓘ she's fleeing from me again)

[personal profile] divector 2023-05-14 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I just never connected it before? I haven't actually seen what a lottery ticket looks like.

[ his fellow gremlin doesn't know what movie theaters are even though he watches a lot of shows, it's totally normal ]
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-15 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[This absolutely isn’t normal!!]

…I feel like there’s a lot to unpack here, but I’m not sure I want answers. The psychokinesis stuff is already wild.
divector: (ⓘ hello i live another day)

[personal profile] divector 2023-05-15 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's right and should say it. ]

Hmm, if you don't want answers, then isn't it fine to not ask? We have a lot to focus on already.
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[personal profile] townmusician 2023-05-15 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you’re right.

[He deflates, much like a balloon that’s been leftover after a party.]

This is shit.
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[personal profile] divector 2023-05-16 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
It's not ideal, but you still have a lot of paths open to you this early on. Good luck.