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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?

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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!

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

Status Changes

Passports

NAVIGATION; (FULL NAV)

INFO

PLAYER STATUSES IC PROFILES MURDER PROPOSALS CYOA SIGN-UPS

SETTING

NPC AUDIENCES LOCATIONS ROOMING CURFEW

REPORTING

PC TURN-IN MOD REPORTING EVENT TURN-IN VOTING

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ watches him do this ]

You're gonna break your knuckles punching like that, bud.

[ does not stop him. also she has huge fucking gauntlets on. ]

Wouldn't be the first time. [ continues punching. but notes the gauntlets. ]

Oookay. Maybe adjust your thumb a bit so you don't snap it in two.

[ shows him with her own fist. i just assigned him bad punching form i'm sorry ]

[ help ]

I know how to punch just fine!

You sure? You look like you punch like a little boy.

[ OKAY THIS IS UNCALLED FOR

there is a hint of goading to it, though. ]

[ growls and grits his teeth so hard it's a wonder they don't crack

then he punches the horse again (correctly, now), with more force behind it than any other punch so far

and immediately curls over on himself, cursing up a storm as he cradles his hand ]

Sheesh.

[ moves over to him, looking at the damage. ]

Better form, though. Broken? [ a beat, and then there's a like... hissing sound, before one of her gauntlets falls to the ground still curled into a fist. clank. ]

...maybe.

[ can he not tell, or does he just not want to admit to injury? who knows! ]

Uhhhh huh. Okay, well, Mr. Tough Guy, you want to try with the glove?

[ you can punch the shit out of the horse with her gauntlet. it won't do anything but it's fun. ]

...sure.

[ which is to say FUCK YES HE DOES ]

Knock yourself out.

[ gestures. he can use the one she dropped! it's really heavy, though. not abnormally so, but it's like, made of metal. ]

[ goes to shove his other, not-possibly-broken hand into the gauntlet and lift it up--only to have to do a doubletake at the weight. jesus that's heavier than he expected.

he gets it on the second try, though he clearly struggles with the weight of it. ]

...so how's this thing work? Just punch like you normally would?

[ it's technically made for people to do mining, so it's pretty sturdy! he can see now that he's got his hand in it that it shifts to fit comfortably around a good portion of his arm, with all the little mechanic-y bits easing in place. there's a button inside that makes those mechanical bits come loose so he can get his hand out, but otherwise it's pretty On There.

anyway, vi rests her bare hand on her waist, and gestures at the horse with her other glove like it weighs nothing. ]

Yep. It'll cushion your hand, too. [ so he doesn't break that one too ]

Huh.

[ just moves his arm around for a little while, getting used to the feeling of this thing on his arm and watching how it works.

then he heaves all his strength and throws his entire body into another punch at the statue! of course, it does nothing. but also, look ma, no pain! he pulls it back to look at his arm in fascination. ]

Huh.

[ hehe!! she watches him do this with a less shitty grin this time. ]

Tell you what. You can borrow that for a bit if you want to destroy shit. Don't hurt people though, or I'll kick your ass and tie you to the conveyor belt.

[ rolls his eyes ]

Yeah, yeah, I know the routine.

I mean don't hurt people with the glove, not in general. I don't want it blamed on me and I don't want to see if this place has a jail.

[ she's not your mom, you can fight people if you want ]

Edited 2025-05-31 02:55 (UTC)

Like I said, I know the routine.

Good to know you're not opposed to violence in general, though.

[ and then goes off to one of the vending machines to try and wreck it with the hardest punch he can give it!!!

he was hoping to break it but instead it just shoots a bag of doritos at him. disappointing. ]

[ watches him do this from where she has decided to sprawl back out. ]

You do what you have to, yeah. [ is her answer to that last bit, nonchalantly. ]

[ throws the doritos at her

then punches another vending machine and this time gets a can of baja blast directly to the gut for his trouble ]

[ catches them!!

and laughs, when the baja blasts him. ]

You gonna take that? [ beat! that! machine! up! ]

[ he scowls at first, at the mockery, but then...well, she's actually encouraging him to do violence with her violence-enhancing glove, right? might as well.

he throws the baja blast at her too, this time pitching it like a fastball.

then goes back to punching the machine, which now just starts shooting out drinks rapid fire in response ]

[ she sure is!

the baja blast being fastball specialed at her is easy enough for her to catch - she's got crazy reflexes, and the glove helps. the fact that the machine starts spitting them out means she's just going to start slapping them back like a tennis match. yeet. ]

[ well now he's punching a vending machine, dodging its cans, and trying to dodge the returning ones that vi is hitting back

which is to say, he's not, he can't do that, that's too many things

so he gets a soda can to the back of the head. he whirls back around at her. ]

Hey! Work on your aim, if you're going to be throwing those back!

Edited (no. i require goofy icon.) 2025-05-31 06:19 (UTC)

[ she snortlaughs. ]

Quit bitching and dodge better! [ gets bonked in the shoulder by a baja blast. ] Ow.

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