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.

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[recrypt]

In that case, remember to kick it before the worldwide zombie apocalypse happens. ♪ You really don't want to contract ELID.

[survivaltricks]

I'll make sure to pencil in a death-date on my to-do list.

[he can joke morbidly like this because he was part of the mansion crew]

[recrypt]

[ yeah, they all got used to it. ]

I'd say that maybe it's fine and that you might end up in one of the luckier cities that survive the initial breakout, but unless you have any intention to relocate away from Japan or already live elsewhere...

[ akira kurusu is a very japanese name, so, ]

[survivaltricks]

[BOY]

Considering my livelihood is in Japan? Proooobably not.

Though I hear Paris is nice this time of the year.

[recrypt]

Good plan, considering that for a measure of very to less bad, Europe is probably closer to the less bad end of things these days.

[ i mean, belgrade's doing great. unfortunately i don't have a map of what places got mega-fucked up and which places got slightly more easy to quarantine bits. other than that america got mega screwed and so did large portions of china and japan, because beilan island was over there to begin with. ]

[survivaltricks]

I'll start brushing up on my French.

[recrypt]

Can't help you with that, I'm afraid. ♪

[survivaltricks]

It's okay. I'll pick up some books when I get home.

"French for Dummies Trying to Escape the Apocalypse."

[recrypt]

I'm not sure they'll have that in a bookstore. Perhaps you can special order it?

[survivaltricks]

I just hope they're not out of stock from all of those other people trying to prepare in advance.

[recrypt]

Don't worry, I won't tell too many people. It'll be up to you how you decide to use this information.

[survivaltricks]

My little secret. . .

I feel like I should tell the government so they can prepare.

[recrypt]

[ oh, hm, governments getting involved. her expression blanks back into a very neutral smile for a brief moment. ]

... How would you convince them?

[survivaltricks]

-- that's a joke.

[yeah. noting that blank expression]

[recrypt]

Think of it as a thought experiment?

How would you convince a corrupt government to accomplish anything at all of value.

[survivaltricks]

I wouldn't.

[ha ha! ha]

[recrypt]

[ ha! ha ha ]

Fair enough. ♪

[survivaltricks]

[. . .]

[. . . a tiny sigh, and some of the tension seeps from his shoulders]

Looks like we both have some issues with the powers-that-be back home.

[recrypt]

[ a vague, vague smile ]

There's more than one reason why we don't exist.

[survivaltricks]

[quietly]

And a reason "getting arrested" is listed as a skill on my boarding pass.

[recrypt]

Hehe. ♪ Here I thought the "criminal activities" part explained that.

Did you know it's illegal for a doll to be without a registered owner or master? It's tied to our login IDs and everything.

[survivaltricks]

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What?

[wow that is a surprisingly sharp and angry reply]

[recrypt]

We're not people, Akira. Not in the ways that matter.

[ it's lilted out, light and singsong-

they don't sound like her words, though. ]

We're just machines who do a better job than others at pretending to be. After all, Dolls were made for humanity's sake.

[survivaltricks]

You are a person. In all the ways that matter.

[he hisses, fingers clenching into fists]

Just because some stupid government doesn't treat you like one doesn't mean that you aren't.

[recrypt]

No point in arguing with me about it when my opinion doesn't matter.

[ don't convince individual roombas go reform society first ]

I'm just saying. I can hardly judge you for anything like "being arrested" when my entire existence, or the lack thereof, is illegal. ♪

[ be gay</strike het do crimes ]