WEEK ZERO: MINGLE

[gatonina]

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.

Comments

[disreguarded]

[ STOP bonding god ]

Good, because that was my plan all along. Do you actually know any dances? I know like, waltzing, and that's it.

[survivaltricks]

[she started this!!!]

I know how to move my body in time with the music in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

Does that count?

[HE CAN DANCE HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW IF THE DANCING HAS A NAME??]

[disreguarded]

[ she splutters, laughing. ]

That sure is a fucking definition. We actually need music. Have you heard any around here yet?

[survivaltricks]

Nope.

[popping that p]

It almost makes you miss the bus, right?

[disreguarded]

Kind of, except for how the music on the bus was also awful.

[ hm. ] I mean, we could probably make our own music? Can you sing?

[survivaltricks]

Uh.

[this panicked look is an ABSOLUTELY NOT]

[disreguarded]

[ PFFFT. she splutterlaughs again. ]

Holy shit, your face. It's fine, I can't fucking sing either. We could stomp out a beat, maybe?

[survivaltricks]

[oh thank god]

Ooooor we could just move to the rhythm of our souls.

[swings her hand in his own]

[disreguarded]

[ what a fuckin' dork ]

Okay, yeah, and what kind of rhythm is that? [ she's laughing, though. what if she just used that swinging to twirl herself. tadaaa. ]

[survivaltricks]

Something kind of like--

[laughs a bit as she twirls, and once she's upright again he lifts her arm above his head so he can twirl next. twirl!!!]

Like this?

[disreguarded]

[ twirl!! why is akira so cute. beau twirls him, and then extends her free hand out behind her as she bows, still grinning. oh, also, she's got phoenix's hat on, I just realized, which makes her look extra ridiculous. ]

Man, if we get out of here, I'm gonna have to take you to Hupperdook.

[survivaltricks]

When.

[he corrects, because there is no "if" here!!]

What's Hupperdook like?

[disreguarded]

When. [ she huffs at him. she's gonna... vaguely wiggle like she's dancing. ] It's this gnome city that's built into the side of a mountain? It's super fucking industrial and they work super hard all day and then party all night. It's so great.

[survivaltricks]

[he laughs and starts bobbing to a silent tune himself. it's hard to dance without music but here he is!!]

Sounds like your kind of place. I wouldn't mind paying it a visit at all.

[disreguarded]

Like my kind of place? What kinda girl do you think I am, Akira?

[survivaltricks]

The kind who likes to have a good time?

[he doesn't think this is a wrong assumption since she said she wanted to take him there to visit]

[disreguarded]

[ good answer. also she's just teasing him. ]

You're right, actually, good job. [ she grins. ] I haven't been there in a while. Last time I went I won a drinking contest and got all my gold stolen by a bunch of street urchins.

[survivaltricks]

[he knows. he knows!1]

Oh.

. . . sorry about your gold?

[disreguarded]

It's fine, I got it back. [ ... she's not going to say how ] Fucking wild. You guys don't have gnomes and stuff like that on Earth, huh?

[survivaltricks]

[Beau]

Nope. Not unless you count the ones that appear in movies and storybooks, but they aren't real. Just humans pretending to be gnomes.

[disreguarded]

H... how, gnomes are like, three feet tall.

[survivaltricks]

Magical movie special effects.

[he wags the fingers of his free hand at her. for emphasis]

[disreguarded]

[ she remembers hunter telling her about this, actually. ]

Oh - like in The Thing? Where they like, turned people's heads into gross monster shit.

[survivaltricks]

Exactly.

Through the power of bullshit, movie makers can make anything seem real.

[disreguarded]

[ them have this conversation while wiggling vaguely to none music is really funny. ]

Huh. I gotta tell you, it's really weird to hear about normal stuff in my world being fantasy in other people's.