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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. ))

passetemps: (doesn't get that kind of a deal)

[personal profile] passetemps 2023-05-16 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That particular story feels more like tragedy than horror to me, is all.
necrotiem: (one day i'll watch as you're leaving)

[personal profile] necrotiem 2023-05-18 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
It's tragic the narrator isn't getting their full night's rest, certainly.

I think the horror lies in not knowing who or what raised the sibling.
passetemps: (no but that is a cat)

[personal profile] passetemps 2023-05-18 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
My interpretation would be that there is no true phantasm at all, but that the narrator is plagued by grief and survivor's guilt and is unable to let go, all of which manifests in a vivid hallucination.

[ YEAH HE KNOWS IT WAS YOUR STORY, BUT, ]
necrotiem: (they think i left them in the will)

[personal profile] necrotiem 2023-05-18 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[jesus christ buddy lighten up]

I see. I wouldn't know; I've never felt anything of the sort.

[Even the way she says it is a little dismissive, as if the value of life and death doesn't carry a very high price.]
passetemps: (with a gun to my head i wouldnt try that)

[personal profile] passetemps 2023-05-19 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Consider yourself fortunate.
necrotiem: (it must be exhausting)

[personal profile] necrotiem 2023-05-19 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I certainly do. Near every day, in fact.

By the way... [She laces her fingers together.] Someone losing so much of their minds that they cease to see reality is also a frightening end.
passetemps: (i'm working on it)

[personal profile] passetemps 2023-05-19 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I will grant you that much.