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WKND0 MINGLE
Rise and shine!
Maybe the last thing you remember is back home, whatever "home" is for you. Or maybe it was in a world between worlds, as you left to go home. Either way, when you open your eyes, you're no longer in either of the above. Whoa... talk about déjà vu. Haven't you been through this whole "wake up in a mysterious place" song and dance before? (For those of you who don't have potential memory problems, that is.)
And just like last time, you're not alone. Dozens of other (live) bodies are scattered around you, coming to their senses just as you are. Hey, some of them might even be familiar to you...
Where are we?
GENERAL
You're in a spacious but dingy windowless room with metal sheet walls, dull concrete floors, and paneled ceilings with visible vents and piping that appears to go nowhere at all. It’s quiet enough that footsteps and voices echo, and the only light comes from the fluorescent lighting hanging from the ceiling. The ceiling panels drip a little, leaving suspicious murky puddles of water pooling on the ground. On the wall are spray painted construction marks and certain parts of the room are covered with dusty tarps.
While this is an open room with a lot of empty space, a part of it taken up by the enormous statue that seems to be being stored here, partially covered in dusty tarps, right in the middle of the place. It is of a blue horse in mid-gallop, and the horse’s head and prancing hooves reach all the way to the tall ceilings. It has an evil energy.
...Well, at least there are rows of connected chairs with peeling leather set up throughout the room for your comfort. There are a few vending machines around. They aren’t exactly working, but if you shake them a drink or a snack may fall out.
Towards the south end of the place is a customer service desk! While the room is currently unmanned, there is a phone available for you to dial the customer service hotline. You’re going to be on hold for a long time, but the hold music is surprisingly catchy and occasionally a recorded voice tells you that your call is very important and a customer service representative will be assisting you shortly.
BAGGAGE CLAIM
In the center-ish of the space is a simple baggage claim. The belt moves rather erratically and in random bursts, sometimes forwards, sometimes backwards. Every so often, you can see luggage jostling by on it. One of them is yours—it has your name on it! Gods know when it's finally going to come by, but once you get a hold on it, it contains: two items familiar to you (one from your world, another from your last rodeo), a phone, a passport, and lastly, a coupon labeled "CONGRATULATIONS: BUY ONE GET ONE FREE."
Should you turn on the phone, you'll find that you have no signal, making the camera, flashlight, passport directory, and memo app the only working functions of value. Yes, that's right, there's a digital copy of everyone's passport for you to flip through on your phone. Nosey. However, the device does have one notification, already saved.
Are you ready for your ultra-exciting competition to win an EXCLUSIVE TRIP to Australia?
Teams will be assigned in a few days, so get to know your future potential teammates and competitors!
Teams will be assigned in a few days, so get to know your future potential teammates and competitors!
BATHROOMS & SHOWERS
You were wondering, weren't you? A fluorescent bathroom sign hangs in one dim back corner. Inside are rows of metal-doored toilet stalls, two long rows of sinks, and an enormous mirror. The mirror has some cracks in it. It's pretty much as bare bones as it comes. On the wall near the exit is a touch panel. The screen reads How do you like our bathrooms? and then shows several smiley faces: 🥳🥹🤔😵💫🤡. You can share your enjoyment of this bathroom by selecting one of these smiley faces.
All the way on the other end of the dinky space are two coin-operated showers. You don’t have coins, but that's okay. The mechanism is broken, so the showers will turn on with cold water for a minute at a time and abruptly shut off.
RUNDOWN
- Characters initially awaken only with the clothes on their back.
- Characters can receive their home & game items, alongside with other offered amenities listed above, via the baggage claim.
- At the moment, any attempt to send text messages will not go through, and the network cannot be accessed due to lack of signal. The only working functions on the phone are the camera, flashlight, passport directory, and memo app.
- Profiles are currently active on the phone via passport directory.
- Multiple areas are blocked off and cannot be broken through (marked in red).
- If you are making any notable changes to the locations, please tell us in your mod DM for now!
- There will be A Thing coming up on Saturday @ 4pm PST/7pm EST! OOCly, it will go on for the rest of the weekend, so you do not need to be here immediately.
QUICKLINKS
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Don't just stand there and get hit by an idiot.
[aka are you okay maya]
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[ record scratch ]
Ms. Manwol?! You're here too?
[ ignores her lecturing ]
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Unfortunately. [she is so so so mad about it, but she hasn't found anything to throw at people in her rage yet,
she dusts maya down again]
Let me guess -- you don't remember how you got here?
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Nope. Kidnapped again.... it's seriously getting old!
And I'm really sorry it happened to you, too, Ms. Manwol.
[ she says like she's somehow responsible ]
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[but also good girl maya... manwol will usher them away from the grieving sqq]
Come on, let's see what kind of horrid place we've landed in.
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You know, this is my first time in an airport. It's... terrible.
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[money improves it... like all things in life]
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[ aww ]
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I won't deny it. [PLEASE DO] But not many people understand that as well as you do, Maya.
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[ but also i lied this is her second time in an airport pretend she said second ]
That's because I'm super smart!
[ ok maya ]
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Obviously. [MANWOL AGREES!!!] Is that why we were taken? Because we were the smartest?
[THE WAY THIS IS A JOKE BUT ALSO MAYBE NOT]
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The smartest, and the most beautiful. [ maya just going along with it ]
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Is that why they took my make-up case...? To make things more even?
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That, and you don't even need makeup to look stunning.
[ continues praising manwol ]
Did you get your stuff from the belt?
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continues to feel happy to be praised bc manwol is like this]
I did. What about you? Did you get anything useful?
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I can barely lift it...
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Not the one he slept outdoors for weeks in? That coat?!
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Yeah. He did technically lend it to me, after, I, um, got mauled, but.... still....
[ manwol will be more horrified to know dimitri wrapped maya in it like three times ]
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Throw it away.
[DON'T DO THAT]
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[ maya no ]
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We're shoving it in the laundry first thing. As soon as we get laundromats.
[such optimism]
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.... it probably does need a good wash, since I had to drag it on the ground...
[ it's so heavy ]