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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?
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!
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
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Don't think I'm allowed to complain so much about that arrival itself, rather why the arrival.
[ been there, and while he is inwardly Pretty Mad, well. this is how he is. ]
Do you know what we're doing here to begin with? And who sent this message about teams and winning a trip to... Australia.
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You're allowed to complain about both, I think. Though I feel slightly more responsible for the former.
[but they'll answer the question steadily.]
There is a group who has summoned us here calling themselves auditors. They are critical of the fact that apparently many of us have participated in competitions where things like revival from death, travel between worlds, even wishes have been given out.
They are the ones who sent the message about Australia. It seems that their intention is to have us host a such a competition.
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Were we supposed to land somewhere else?
[ baggage claim wasn't that bad for him. he enriched himself. ]
Auditors, huh? Fancy. [ inquisitors, auditors, what's next, tax collectors? ] Critical of it, though... what's so critical that they want to add to the pile?
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[but yes, that's a good question.]
They don't want to add to the pile. They want to take it all away. The endings, the revivals, everything that I'm sure you worked very hard for. The point will be to persuade them not to. We've been told that so long as certain milestones are hit, at the end of this the dead will be returned to life and all of you will be returned home safely with no harm to the others you met in your last experience.
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Certain milestones? Mm. And what sort of milestones are they expecting us to hit, exactly, can you say?
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Many of the things we've had in common involve a body count to start... that's not very promising.
[ folding his arms a little. ]
But I take it they've got your hands tied when it comes to what information you're permitted to give us?
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There are things I cannot say, and also things I do not know. But I have tried to be candid wherever I'm able to.
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[ dislike, he makes a bit of a face as he says that, but if the truth is they'll all be revived in the end... and it's happened before. what's to say they can't make it happen again? they have to make it happen again. ]
Understood... been there enough with the whole not having the answers most people want right out the gate.
[ a nod. ]
How long have the four of you been here? In this strange place?
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Several weeks, now. Not much longer than all of you.
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Several weeks... preparing I take it?
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[a bit of embarrassment.]
Not that our preparations appear very evident for the moment. What a dismal arrival. I'm sure you'll all very in need of nourishment and rest, now that you've been let out.
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[ a shake of the head. ]
Got any recommendations for food around here, then... North?
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[tilting their head a little.]
The only option at present seems to be Congratulations. Do you enjoy steak?
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[ this does not feel very congratulatory! ]
But steak was a staple back home, so. That works for me.
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[since there is nowhere else.]
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Oh. One last question - the whole Australia thing. What's that got to do with anything? Or did they just send us that to be confusing...
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It does seem rather disconnected, doesn't it? But yes, they do want you all to participate in this Australia competition and form teams and try to win. And I can't say it's a terrible idea to go along with it? At least, it can't hurt.
But yes, one wonders what it has to do with the audit.
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The both of them begin with "au"?
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I think that may be the mystery solved!
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There we go... Thank you, North, for what information you can provide, and for handling the minefield of questions from... everyone.
I take it we'll be able to contact the four of you in time? Once things are set into motion.
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