WEEK ONE

[killerwaves]

WEEK ONE

29 Vacationers

As much as this vacation was unplanned, hopefully you've found some time to enjoy yourself this weekend as you've settled in. The idyllic beach, all inclusive food, drink, and shopping might be almost enough to distract you from that pesky talk of sacrifice. Vacations really are about letting your worries pass you by. Hopefully you've found the time to set up your U-PINION too, because if you haven't, it's been chirping incessantly since the date turned to Monday. And come Monday at noon, everyone's device will let out a pleasant jingle, heralding several announcements across the screen:

Happy Monday! We've hope you've been enjoying your time at Sungem's Peak. The Mermer (intranet) is now fully operational. Chat with your friends and get recommendations for how to best enjoy your vacation, by:

• Reading about your fellow vacationers via their profile
• Chatting on the network
• Asking honest questions via our anonymous poll system
• REQUIRED: Reading the RULES set by the administrators

We're also happy to announce our reward system is live! Complete tasks to receive special items to improve your stay!!! Contact your administrators for any questions or concerns. We hope you have a wonderful week!

The artificial peppiness of the announcement just oozes out from the U-PINION, and soon thereafter everyone will be accosted by a friendly robot that forces a physical copy of the rules into their hands anyway. Just in case. They'll also present a copy of the tasks this week as well, for any interested parties.

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TASKS:

Be Nice
Now that you're acquainted, tell another person one thing you like about them, and why.
(REWARD: RARE!)

Let's Play!
Play a game with someone else. Any type of game: board games, card games, or even a party game! (Reward: Common )

Summer Spooks
Tell a two-sentence horror story in person, or on the network.
(Reward: Common)

((OOC: Welcome to Week 1! This is a peace week, so they'll be no case this weekend. However, we have something for you to chew on Saturday, time to be announced later in discord.

We'll also be playing around with the network and seeing what works as far as formatting goes, so thanks for bearing with us! Also please note, that the poll questions are anon, but any answers won't be. ))

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[idologue]

I was... at home, after a long day at work. I can't say I did anything special. I was playing with the Haros, as I often do.

[ Mr. Pink, her spherical robot companion, adds: ] Haro! Feeling fine!

My home is located on a space colony, if it matters. We appear to be from quite different universes to begin with, though, so I doubt it means anything...

[solutionary]

We must have been brought fairly close to each other then, because I spoke to you just a few hours before. The traveler and I had returned to Bubu Pharmacy to finish the treatment.

[finalforte]

[>:|!!!!]

[finalmix]

Doesn't really change the fact that they probably took over and then had to figure out that they were in way over their heads?

[ shrugs. ]

[immortalpoet]

[kind of a 😒 expression]

......I would, if it didn't feel like you'd find pleasure in it, somehow.

[necrotiem]

Oh, don't be a tease!

[plunges]

...I see. I hope it went as well as you expected.

[ And he'll get a nod of acknowledgement. ]

[skyworp]

Who knows? Maybe it’ll turn out different.

[finalmix]

Cute nails.

[ he can appreciate! ]

[immortalpoet]

i'll be a tease all i want, thank you

[immortalpoet]

It might have been electricity. The tingling sensation.

[he has the look of someone who does not want to be asked what electricity means because he will not explain it]

[finalforte]

[Lighting up!]

Kanon decorated them herself!

[They're long and acrylic, but there's definitely some added flourishes.]

[hearnoplague]

[ Is the growing irritation amusing to you? He would have cursed you with plague by now if he just had his precious crown... ]

Are you joking? I could barely hear myself shout at those loud critters! And that was before my ears began to ring from the noise!

[hearnoplague]

What is that? Some form of magic?

[diabolizes]

will do!

[ All they have at the moment is time, so he'll surely be able to. ]

inclined to? i suppose you wouldn't elaborate that in public, would you?

[ Wei Wuxian considers that wording rather vague, so that's what he'll assume. ]

i'm sure many of us could use relaxation. too bad we won't be finding much here

[immortalpoet]

No.

[NEON SIGN OF AN EXPRESSION BLARING "I WILL NOT EXPLAIN ANYTHING"]

cw: cult stuff?

[hearnoplague]

Really? Have you not heard of ritual sacrifice before? That's the most common way to go about it.

[ He's speaking awfully casually about this. ]

[idologue]

[ Lacus waits a little before speaking up, more interested in what others have to say than she is in contributing, but... ]

Has anyone made the effort to speak to our administrators some more? They're quite personable in a one-on-one setting, I've found.

Rapt0r might appreciate someone to talk about games with, if that is anyone's forte here. I'm sadly not very well-versed in playing. Ho-Oh is also rather forthcoming when engaged politely. He seems to value manners quite highly.

[dupiety]

Oh? So some of us did know each other prior to this.

I was mildly concerned to discover that none of my traveling party awoke with me, given our close proximity at the time. We'd just set up camp for the night.

[solutionary]

As abhorrent as it is, knowing how many or how the blood was spilled might give a clue to why they need us or how long it has been going on. Nothing good comes from any kind of magic fueled in such a way however.

[felame]

[ hmmm. well, she supposes it doesn't hurt. especially when— ]

... I cannot be sure, besides the sensations others have previously described.

[ —her information is so helpful!!! anyway. ]

But I can divulge that I also share a... [ the way she pauses on this, like this is so weird. because it is? it's so weird. you're all weird. ] ... world with another here. The nature of our work is the same, but the paths we walked did not intersect prior to this moment.

[ she is not naming names out of respect for vergilius' migraine and because she does not find that particularly relevant ]

[finalforte]

Are you going senile? There's no way you and Kanon can compare.

[hearnoplague]

Do you take me for some careless fool?!

[finalmix]

[ tbh, yeah, ]

At least the noise didn't take physical form and attack you further.

[ he seems oddly satisfied by that. ]

[dupiety]

[Fortunately, Temenos does not need to ask him.]

Maybe so. But where did it come from? Assuming it was whatever mechanism our captors used, how did it manage to reach us...?