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mgtropes ([personal profile] mgtropes) wrote in [community profile] allstarz2025-05-30 09:00 am
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wknd0 mingle

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?
( Image )
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.
spiritbalm: (IA_64)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-30 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what is a frumpkin and why does it sound insulting.

she's darted under some of the chairs and is now having a fun time playing hide and seek with maya, staying just out of her reach.
]

Lady Von Qui'skers of Waterdeep.

[ why is he leaving out an important part of her name. ]
feytality: (PLACEHOLDER 7: PLACEHOLDER RISING)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
That's such a mouthful! No wonder she ran away.

[ maya stops trying to catch her and instead wiggles one of her long strands of hair with the bead on it to try to get the cat to come ]

[ this is not a good plan ]


Pspsps!
spiritbalm: (IA_72)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-30 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
She likes her name! She normally responds to it. And the spell. But it's not working.

[ she is definitely going to ATTACK the hair with the bead on it, so now enjoy a cat fully attaching itself to her hair while anders stands there and rambles. ]

These places are so afraid of mages ...
feytality: (abort abort abort)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-30 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Ow, ow, ow, Lady! Be gentle!!

[ as she realizes that attracting a cat to her hair was not a good idea ]

What do mages have to do with this?

[ uh oh ]
spiritbalm: (IA_49)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ she's having soooooo much fun. ]

She's only playing ...

[ that horrible pet owner who watches their pet be terrible and then just ignores it happening. ]

Every time, they steal magic.
feytality: again: get off tumblr, maya (my DELICATE SENSIBILITIES!!!)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
She can play a little gentler! That hurts...

[ trying to pick her up and detach her from the hair ]

Yeah, they took my powers away, too. It sucks.
spiritbalm: (BA_030)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
Alright, alright ... I'm not the one with cat toys in her hair.

[ reaching down to help, scooping her up like a little orange sack of potatoes. ]

Because they are afraid of magic, so they would prefer to shackle us.
feytality: (oh he diiiiiidn't girlfrien)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't you want help catching her in the first place? [ maya did all the work here ]

That, or it's just inconvenient to their plans. [ sighs ] But I'm sick of it. [ she needs her powers!!! otherwise she's useless! ]
spiritbalm: (BA_063)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I don't remember asking for help.

[ maya simply volunteered out of the kindness of her heart, like some sort of softie fool. ]
feytality: she'll beat you up with her noodle arms (Does Maya have to smack a bitch?)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
I could tell from your expression! You were desperate to get your kitty cat back, safe and sound!

[ or was he ]

[ .... she pets lady ]
spiritbalm: (1-7)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
If you say so ...

[ he kinda was. lady is very friendly and is immediately leaning into the hand and purring, happily. ]

She normally listens better. Maybe she's gotten too used to the spell ...
feytality: I don't know why she does this it's creepy (TOUCHES OWN FACE TO INDICATE THOUGHTS)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
You have a spell to make cats listen? Geez, that's mastery of magic if I've ever heard it.

[ continues to pet lady and gives her scritches and otherwise looks delighted spoiling this kitty cat ]
spiritbalm: (BA_060)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well--

[ the cats can hear. if they listen is maybe different. ]

I try.
feytality: drops of jupiter something bla bla bla (Insert Pearl Jam lyrics here)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ normal cat behavior ]

So what's your name, o master of cats?
spiritbalm: (BA_063)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Anders is fine.

[ even though it's in quotation marks on his profile. ]
feytality: feed me and you might live (might be plotting your murder)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Maya. [ no quotation marks on her profile ]

Can I ask you some questions, Mr. Anders?
spiritbalm: (IA_49)

[personal profile] spiritbalm 2025-05-31 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he doesn't look super enthused, but he's not going to be outright mean to the perfectly polite teen who hasn't offended him either. so. sure. ]

If you want.
feytality: MEANING OF LIFE, THIEFING, SAME DIFFERENCE (pondering how to thief Nick's wallet)

[personal profile] feytality 2025-05-31 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Is this your first time getting kidnapped?

[ she hasn't offended him YET ]