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

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[feytality]

Found my profile, did you? Aren't I a cutie?

[ fingerguns at him, completely unphased by his judgmental look ]

[nascens]

[NOT LIKE THIS. He is also unphased by how unphased she is. The circle of life (being unphased edition).]

If you're only going to say useless things, don't say anything at all.

[feytality]

Are you in denial about my cuteness? That's okay, you'll get through it. Mister.... is it Scaramouche?

[ his namefield is so long ]

[nascens]

[HIS NAMEFIELD IS SO LONG AND SO STUPID.]

There's no reason for you to address me at all.

[feytality]

So what am I supposed to call you, then?

[nascens]

There are dozens of other people milling around, as you can see. Go talk to them instead and you'll have no shortage of names to call.

[feytality]

Aww, but you seem interesting. I wanna know your deal.

Plus, if you were checking out my profile, that means you were a little bit interested, too!

[nascens]

Don't flatter yourself. Even an idiot knows that the first step of being thrust into an unfamiliar situation is to make it a familiar one.

[Does even an idiot know this? His observation of some of the people here make him doubt...]

[feytality]

I mean, you're not wrong. But I wouldn't say everyone thinks that way.... [ looks around to all the chaos in the bg such as bathrooms getting destroyed ]

[nascens]

They're showing that they're worse than idiots.

[He'd be so mad if he had to worry about toilet paper. You fuckers are nightmares.]

[feytality]

[ privately pleased she's not worse than an idiot. it doesn't show ]

Well, it's something like.... when people aren't in control, they lash out at their surroundings, even if it's to their detriment.

[ literally just quoting alex here ]

[nascens]

[HELP she's so funny and Alex is so right.]

It could stand to be more to their detriment. No one's died yet.

[feytality]

It's a little early for that, doncha think?

[nascens]

No such thing as too early when it comes to eliminating pests.

[feytality]

And who counts as a pest to be eliminated, in your opinion...?

[nascens]

Everyone I've had the great misfortune of speaking to, though a few of you do manage to stand out.

[feytality]

[ oh, so he's one of those ]

In a good way or a bad way?

[nascens]

What do you think?

[No points for getting the right answer!!]

[feytality]

I'm assuming you mean in a bad way. But here's a challenge question for you! Anyone here that's tolerable?

[nascens]

Again: there are plenty of other people here who would be much more thrilled to engage with your inane curiosity. In fact, I suggest that one.

[Pointing at wherever Childe is.]

[feytality]

Tsk... you failed my challenge. [ how will he sleep at night, knowing he failed this challenge... ]

Also, I already talked to him, so there.

[nascens]

[HOW WILL HE SLEEP INDEED...]

Is there anyone here you haven't spoken to yet?

[feytality]

[ clearly, terribly ]

There's a few!

[nascens]

I'll direct you to one of them, then.

[feytality]

You really hate talking to me that much, huh?