WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL PT 2

[gatonina]

ARRIVAL PT. 2

▽ FULL NAVIGATION ▽ LOCATIONS ▽ STATUSES ▽ IC PROFILES ▽ IC RULEBOOK ▽ MURDER PROPOSALS ▽ PCS ▽ CURFEW ▽ AUDIENCES ▽ CAMP STORE ▽ REPORTING

POPULATION: 41 The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round…until they suddenly stop. Just as quickly as the bus ride started, the sudden jolt of the bus hitting the brakes may disrupt you from your current activities (whatever those may be.) It’s hard to determine just how long you’ve been on this road trip, but some of you may be able to tell it’s been nearly forty-eight hours. Where could you have possibly been traveling? Worry not, dear travelers! Why, if you’ll wait one moment, the doors of the bus will gently open… …and the floors of the bus will tilt, spitting every single one of you out onto the ground with little warning before the doors slam closed and the bus begins to drive away. As you gather your wits and regain your bearings, the first thing you may notice is the very distinct scent of pine and the lingering scent of rain in the air. Beneath your feet, the words BUP STOP have been spray painted into the dirt and above you a large wooden sign proudly declares that you’ve arrived at your destination. Welcome to CAMP GATONINA. Well-maintained greenery surrounds the area with trees as far as the eye can see, and a dirt path seems to lead straight into camp. Fog looms in the distance, though perhaps that’s from the rainy weather. Come along, don't be shy. You’re welcomed here, after all! As you make your way forward, you’ll soon be greeted with the sound of a bright and almost cheerful voice that seems to be amplified somehow, gathering the attention of all. "Right this way, ladies and gentlemen. Your lovely hosts await!" A cloud of fog parts, and in the center of the path sits a three-tiered platform. Three figures stand on the platform before you, two of whom hold a white basket with depictions of the sun. Despite looking directly at them, it’s hard to make out the features of these three outside of their very unusual outfits. You’ll have plenty of time to explore the camp later, but for now it seems that the figure in the top hat has a megaphone in hand and an announcement to make. "That should be all of you. Let's not waste time, shall we? You'll need these sooner than later, I imagine." The figure with the top hat begins to call out names as the other two figures hold onto the basket, using their free hands to distribute small keys with different wooden keychains shaped like animals. When the final key is distributed, the megaphone is lifted once more as the figure without the basket gestures to the space around you. "Welcome to Camp Gatonina. We look forward to your stay." [ooc: for the sake of your mods, please choose only one NPC to speak to for now! Should we feel confident with our tagload, we may open this up to more tags later, but don't worry! There will be more opportunities to speak with them in the future... Please be sure to read all of the new information provided to you! In addition, please keep in mind that this is not the week zero mingle! A new mingle will go up tomorrow to officially begin the game, so please do not use this post to toplevel regarding the new locations! You may, however, PC to your hearts' content ♥]

Comments

[chaoticlootral]

[listen, flirting with the npcs worked last time]

Hah! Yeah, I mean, you could say that-- hey, speaking of, just to clear the air, there's nona that funny business here, right?

[Making. Making a jacking off motion.]

[gatonina]

[thanks for the demonstration.]

While we won't exactly stop you if you wish to have such relations...no. It's not a requirement.

[chaoticlootral]

Oh-- no, uh, no thanks! I'm, um, taking a break. A sabbatical from horny, if you will. Mark that one down for ol' Taako, on vacation from relations! Hah!

[Coughing.]

Anyway, what's the whole point of this? You got an endgame in mind? I think I speak for everyone when I say I kind of think we could use a lil' break.

[gatonina]

[the worst is that there's a laugh that follows that.]

Duly noted, Taako. [but anyway.] Isn't this relaxing? The great outdoors, absolutely no murder, and beds! Actual whole beds, and showers! This is the ideal location to take a break while we figure out how to get you back to where you were supposed to be going.

[chaoticlootral]

[Are we like . . . . . . . vibing. Anyway Taako just raises an eyebrow at that Upsell of sleeping in a shitass cabin in the woods.]

Don't oversell it. You still have to walk to a group bathroom to take a shit, and I don't see any signs of like, a decent cookware set.

I'm taking it from your reaction to, uh, that, that you knew where we all came from?

[gatonina]

[we vibing.]

I had to try, didn't I? Though I can't do anything about your bathrooms, perhaps the kitchen will appeal to you? The appliances are fairly up to date.

[but there's a nod.] We knew. A bit unsettling of a game, wasn't it?

[chaoticlootral]

Sure, that's a word for it. I'm not going back for the record.

[Crossing his arms.]

[gatonina]

I don't think I can blame you. I suppose we can try to find a way to send you home and not back to that island. There's still time.

[chaoticlootral]

Right.

[Huffing!!!! He's not going back, and he's not really accepting any other answer. Stubborn.]

If this is supposed to be "relaxing" why the crap can't I have my magic powers? I want my magic powers. Give them back.

[gatonina]

I steal hearts, not powers, Taako. I can't exactly give them back to you.

[chaoticlootral]

Oh my god has that line ever worked on, like, anyone?

[gatonina]

No, but my charming personality seems to stick with people.

[chaoticlootral]

Mm. If you say so . . .

[Negging! Wow.]

So what's with the little secrecy games? Got any insight into that one? If this is supposed to be a break, and we're here by "accident," then why bother setting all this up?

[gatonina]

Sometimes secrets are fun. You've never been to a camp, have you? They do these kinds of things to build a healthy sense of competition and camaraderie and what-have-you.

[chaoticlootral]

Have too. It was some dumb HR team building bullshit in a donors only bonus episode. I had to inhabit Merle's body for the worst half hour of my fucking life, Brad from HR should really learn not to trust us in, uh, trust falls, and the camp counselor summoned a dragon to try and murder us, instilling a deep distrust in me of camps. We learned nothing.

So basically I know all about camp.

[this is all real and happened by the way]

[gatonina]

...ah. Pardon my language, but what the fuck?

[chaoticlootral]

I did make a fun little frame out of popsicle sticks though.

[Yeah. What the fuck.]

[gatonina]

They do say that arts and crafts are rather therapeutic. I can at least promise we won't be summoning dragons anytime soon?

[chaoticlootral]

Eh, the dragon would be fine. Better than murder, anyway!

[gatonina]

No one is getting murdered or a dragon. We would really, really prefer that you all did not murder, actually!

[chaoticlootral]

I think we'd all prefer that? Or-- Actually I can't promise that for everyone.

[gatonina]

Okay that alone is a bit disturbing.