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Last Resort Mods 🌊 ([personal profile] killerwaves) wrote in [community profile] guiltrip2023-05-15 11:41 am

WEEK ONE

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:

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. ))

necrotiem: (she's laughing up at us from hell)

[personal profile] necrotiem 2023-05-16 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[She likewise shows more interest and delight than anxiety, palms opening to him in invitation.]

Do tell! There is no history of magic in my family - I studied it while away - so I am unfamiliar.
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[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-16 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oui! Now then, where to begin...?

[From the very start, he supposes. Here goes!]

There was once a family of magicians living on a small island known for its inland sea. When they welcomed their only son into the world, they taught him a lesson he would never forget: "Everyone has the right to be happy— everyone and anyone."

The boy took their lesson to heart, seeking happiness above all else, until he finally found it. Upon rendering his Papa and Maman lifeless corpses, he had found his happiness in their sacrifice!
necrotiem: (i'll stare directly at the sun)

[personal profile] necrotiem 2023-05-16 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[This also doesn't seem to be a particularly frightening story for her. Quin gives her fists a little shake in appreciation.]

Well done. They might have been a little more careful with the lessons they tried to impart. It's a story about lessons with a lesson attached. [He simply had to do it to 'em...]

Though it ran a little long. I do hope you can still get the credit for it.
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[personal profile] conchy 2023-05-17 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
A fair assessment, mademoiselle Quin! Had Maman and Papa recognized the true power of their lesson, they might have thought twice about imparting it to their son... but there's no sense crying over spilt milk. One way or another, he would have learned to seek happiness on his own.

[Ah, but that's right: there's a task attached to these stories, isn't there? Lobelia was simply enjoying a little trip down memory lane, but he'll make an effort to conform to the demands of the task for the sake of gaining something new and potentially interesting.]

"Maman and Papa, your lesson was not for naught, as happiness I did seek without aforethought. Your cri de mort will live on within the conque, the seeds planted by your lesson quite féconde."