notagain | WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

WEEK ZERO

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

Rise and shine, everyone! At 7:00 AM on the dot, those who are asleep will be roused from their slumber by the sound of a bugle call. It seems that breakfast is now served in the Mess Hall. How nice! It's up to you to decide if you want to continue sleeping or not... But maybe it's a good idea to grab a bite and explore your surroundings. After all, it looks like you'll be here for a little while.

Regardless of what you do, be sure to check the weather before stepping outside. You never know when you might need an umbrella! Once you're up and at them, though, there are a few points of interest this week.

If you swing by the Director's Office, you will find Black Shadows manning the receptionist's desk or flitting in and out of the rooms down the hallway. This week's tasks are now available, and you can check them out on the announcement board in the waiting room. Should you visit the Camp Shop, Purple Heart will be handling all transactions at the checkout counter. Even camp directors hold down normal jobs, you know. Strangely enough, Winter Wizard doesn't seem to be stationed at any set location. Maybe it's their week off? Oh, well. Seems like if you want to get ahold of them, you'll have to pay your respects to the bunnies.

Finally, though all seems normal at first glance... You will quickly realize something is wrong the moment you start interacting with other people. Or, more specifically, once you come in physical contact with them.

For the rest of the week, anyone who makes skin-to-skin (or whatever counts as skin, for the non-humans) contact with someone else will find themselves in a bit of a sticky situation. Whatever body parts touched will be stuck together for the next hour, with no way to separate them. Try not to create additional points of contact while trying to cheat your way out of this situation, yeah? That would be unpleasant, for each spot will last an entire hour. Good luck.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Am I wrong?

[just. smiles]

Can I ask you a little bit about why you were living underground?

Because humanity contaminated the entire surface of the earth with radiation.

Huh.

Way to fuck it up for everyone, humanity.

[he knows Belph well enough to know that he probably will appreciate the morbid humor]

[yeah]

I know, right? This is why we can't have nice things.

[thinks back to Yaldabaoth]

[stares into the distance]

What's it like, living underground? It doesn't sound. . . [ah] Ideal?

[he shrugs.]

It's not great, but it's not like I've known anything else either. The trade-off is that we did make leaps and bounds in technological advancements, which is how we survive underground. We've got cities and all—just no sun, little greenery, and all the other don't-haves you'd expect.

Though with the human population drastically reduced, what's left being stuck in a handful of cities, and strict control of resources, you can probably guess how a lot of society's issues have been dialed up to eleven.