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

[foreverphantom]

a. first, the angy reaction

[ it takes him a few minutes. he sits up with a groan and looks around, confused and groggy for a moment...before it starts to click for him. randomly abducted, waking up in some unknown place, surrounded by other people also waking up?

he scrambles to his feet and spots the giant horse statue. he calls out like someone is listening or caring: ]

I'm claiming the horse statue as punching bag!

[ then he goes over to the horse statue and. well. just starts punching it. while yelling. is he yelling out of anger, or pain when his knuckles hit fuckin stone? hmm. ]

b. now the calm one

[ okay he's tired himself out on the horse statue, so eventually he grabs his luggage from the baggage claim with bloodied knuckles. he's looking over his things, and especially his passport, with an expression that kind of looks like he swallowed a lemon. ]

Well. At least they got my name right this time.

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[bxkautx]

[ just watching him do this. kind of thinks it's funny, actually. ]

[foreverphantom]

[ when he tires himself out and needs to take a break to catch his breath and also give his knuckles a rest, he catches her watching and glares ]

What?

[bxkautx]

Nothing. [ it's fine. ] Wear yourself out?

[foreverphantom]

[ yes ]

...no. I'm just taking a break.

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[findsrisks]

[Ah. This fucker.]

We've only been here for ten minutes!

[foreverphantom]

[ sneers over at her and does not even recognize her, sorry, they had like zero CR the first time ]

And?

[ punches the horse again--at a bad enough angle that he recoils and hisses as he shakes his aching hand out ]

[findsrisks]

[Fair, she was in a suit most of the time.]

We don't have our superpowers here, so you're just going to hurt yourself.

[foreverphantom]

[ scoffs ] Like that's ever stopped me before.

...wait, what do you mean "our" superpowers?

a.

[doublefists]

[ 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. ]

[foreverphantom]

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

[doublefists]

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 ]

[foreverphantom]

[ help ]

I know how to punch just fine!

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[toyska]

[There are so many rambunctious teens here. It's like looking into a mirror...]

You'd feel better fighting another person, I think.

[foreverphantom]

[ me, reading this tag in my inbox: Oh No

he exhales sharply ]

Yes.

[toyska]

[It'll be fiiiiine]

A word of advice, though--you're better off going into it calm and controlled. If your opponents can read your frustrations, it'll make it that much easier for them to read your movements.

[foreverphantom]

Are you volunteering?

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[teenrebellion]

[ just kinda watching judgmentally. who is this fool. ]

[foreverphantom]

It's called a "healthy coping mechanism." Or so I'm told.

[teenrebellion]

Healthy coping mechanisms usually don't involve getting yourself injured.

[ sympathetic words! very unsympathetic tone. ]

[foreverphantom]

They can.

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[sixam]

[ wow. maybe he really is in hell this time. ]

Man, when are you gonna learn that shit doesn't work?

[foreverphantom]

[ turns around to glare at the stranger ]

What, like you know what does?

[sixam]

[ he seems to actually consider this. ]

Actually for you, yeah, you seem to usually wear yourself out after throwing a tantrum and then pretending like you didn't so maybe that does work for you?

[ the way he says this is more observational than anything. ]

[foreverphantom]

[ raises an eyebrow ] And who the hell are you supposed to be, oh all-knowing nuisance?