wknd0 mingle

[mgtropes]

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

Comments

[bulls]

That or you'll break it. Either way we win.

[ballies]

[ clown clown ]

If it is meant to summon something, then whatever it’s summoning is taking its sweet time about it.

[bulls]

Maybe the clowns are putting on their make up.

[ballies]

Give it a press and find out. They might be tired of me trying.

[bulls]

Oh really? I get a turn with the clown button? Truly?

[ he holds out a package of powdered mini-donuts wrapped in plastic. ]

A trade for the privilege.

[ this is a joke. but also, he can shake the vending machine again. maybe she needs a snickers a snack. ]

[ballies]

[ oooh, snacks. you may dazzle a woman with cheese tiny powdered mini-donuts ]

Ooh. You drive a hard bargain.

[ she's already taking the donuts. ]

[bulls]

[ they had stick cheese but this was what fell out. ]

I know, this clown button holds such power...

[ clown. clown. clown. ]

...

No wonder you wanted to press it so much.

[ it does nothing but it feels like doing SOMETHING. ]

[ballies]

If it's one of those ones that feeds back to someone though?

[ she peels open the packaging and pops one of the little donuts in her mouth. yum. ]

They know we think they're clowns.

[bulls]

Good. I'm sure the crew could have used a few clown buttons on the Eudora. Maybe for the best we didn't have any.

[ audience requests were clown buttons. ]

[ballies]

The Eudora?

[ mental equivalent of a chinhands. ]

[bulls]

Space ship - was a courier ship before it went through hell for quite a long time.

[ballies]

Everything ends up going wrong in these things, huh?

[bulls]

When doesn't it. I take it you've had your own 'delightful' experience?

Many here seem to be familiar with having a bad time shortly after being kidnapped like this.

[ballies]

Yeah, we can call it that with heavy inverted commas. It's a bit of a trend -- none of us are any illusion about what's probably gonna happen.

[bulls]

That we're going to be made in some way, shape, or form to kill one another by some unknown force or threat? Or just because someone's feeling antsy?

No illusions here.

[ballies]

[ eeeeeeeeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. ]

Wonder if I can just take my name out of the Austrlia draw and go home.

[bulls]

Right? What if I don't want to go to Australia?

What's even there...?

[ballies]

Quokkas.

[bulls]

Is that Latin?

[ballies]

Aboriginal Australian, I think?

They'll just little guys. They look like they're smiling.

[bulls]

Never heard of it.

[ i'm sad we have no network connection or else he could witness their cute smiles. ]

Little guys that smile... I guess Australia isn't so bad if that's what awaits, but I'd rather go home.

[ballies]

[ he could. ]

Oh, sure. They're cute but I don't think they're worth living through another one of these nightmares for the chance to go see them for free.

I could just go when I get home, if I wanted to.

[bulls]

I have enough "cute little guys" to go home to as it is. I don't need to venture outside of Russia to see more.

[ a tip of the head ]

You travel a lot back home?

[ballies]

Oh, hey. That's a place I recognise.

[ DA. ]

Not exactly? But if I nagged him enough, Ryuki'd buy a ticket there.

[bulls]

It's the only place I've ever known 'til I got thrown into space.

[ the lack of enthusiasm is so palpable here. clown. clown. clown. ]

The power that you hold sounds immeasurable. [ make someone buy you a ticket to straya to see the quokkas any time ] What's your name?