WEEK ZERO: ARRIVAL - OVERFLOW

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ARRIVAL

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PASSENGERS: 41 You know how the story goes by now. One minute you’re somewhere familiar, and the next you’re suddenly somewhere else. Unlike previous times before, the source of your rude awakening isn’t a mystery. A harsh jostle causes your body to lunge forward as a tire jumps over a pot hole in the road. Try as you might, it’s hard to ignore the steady thrumming of an engine and the gentle sway beneath you. The faint scent of gasoline seems to waft from the outside, but as you look around you’ll notice that the windows are locked, tinted, and impossible to see through. Likewise, the door ahead of you appears to be locked as well. Perhaps the scent is your imagination…? Regardless, though the lighting is a tad dim, it becomes apparent that you’re inside a large bus dotted with the occasional seat and amid a jumble of other bodies. The people you were last with may be among your fellow passengers. Perhaps they are not. But worry not; there’s plenty of time to look around and get to know one another on this long, strange trip. It may even be wise to examine the staircase at the other end of the bus. Who knows what awaits you on the other floors? Ah, but before you move too far it may be best to assess the situation. On the bright side, any injuries you incurred have been healed! Isn't it nice to have your limbs in place again? Miracles happen. But...what happened to your clothes? You’re fairly certain you weren't wearing this t-shirt before...and what's with the denim shorts? Maybe you were fortunate enough to get the knee-length version, but for those of you waking up in bootyshorts...well, we're sure you look great! And what better way to tie the whole look together than white socks and tan sandals? At least you'll be comfortable for the ride. Lucky for you, your new threads aren't the only gift you'll receive upon waking up. Attached to your waist is a high-quality bag filled with some fun goodies for every passenger! For those of you who unzip your bag to check its contents, you will find: -Dry shampoo -Wet wipes -Deodorant -Travel pack of toilet paper -Travel toothbrush + toothpaste -Poncho -A stylish travel guide No other items are on your person at this time, even if you were holding onto it as you began your previous departure. That's a bit troublesome, isn't it? Not really; it's still a bus. Be grateful for the extra elbow room, alright? Oh, and one last thing...on the wrist of every passenger is a small, equally fashionable white scrunchie. Not your style? Perhaps it's a good idea to give the travel guide another read. Searching the bus from top to bottom will net zero results in the way of an escape. All of the windows are similarly tinted and locked, and the only exit door appears to be the one on the first level that can't be opened at this time. But hey. You're all old pros at this, right? You know what to do next! Get to know the people around you, trade stories with your fellow passengers, and...well. Buckle up for the bumpy ride ahead.

Comments

SECOND LEVEL...A THING

[gatonina]

[On the second level of the bus, a ouija board sits innocently on the bar counter. Unable to be removed or damaged, the board almost seems to invite passengers to approach it, planchette pointed straight toward the middle.

Perhaps you should say hello? You never know who will answer...]

you are all so fucking demonic (new tag-ins fine too)

[coastal]

[unfortunately, lili's items being missing means that her hairpin is gone, so guess who's using the scrunchie as a scrunchie? lili. imagine in every thread she's berating you with bunny ears peeking out atop her head]

[ i. you knew this was coming (first floor) ]

[it's probably going to be hard to ignore the sounds of struggle as something keeps crashing on the first floor. maybe she barely had elbow room to start with, maybe she didn't care - but here's lili smacking against one of the windows or the main bus door. was she going through them one by one? maybe!

and each and every time she gets knocked back - maybe you'll catch her right before this time]

Ugh, you've gotta be kidding me!

[and she thROWS HERSELF TO SLAM INTO THE SURFACE WITH HER SHOULDER - which will unfortunately probably mean she's going to squeal before slamming back against you. it's fine, she's light. just catch.]

[ ii. hey dj you suck (third floor) ]

[at some point, lili will probably be in the Reading Corner, trying to peruse through the selection of books, holding them by the spine and shaking them as if there might be a clue inside. yet the longer she lingers, the more irritated she gets before she finally turns to whoever might be nearby - ]

Hey you. [delightful]

Do you know any other songs?

[ iii. luigi board ]

[she points at it and stares down the nearest person]

Explain this.

[ iv. i'm adding a wildcard before i forget again ]

[sometime by the afternoon of day one, lili already has a cut on her cheek, so that's cool - otherwise hit me with anything]

c-3po

[coastal]

[from here ]

[well, as long as she's back on her feet, she doesn't seem to mind that much. she's still going to be more bewildered than anything, so that means her considerably declawed. she's too confused to be horrible.

so she dusts herself off and tilts her head]

A cyborg... is...?

[oh - ]

And my name is Lili. You don't need to call me 'miss'.

ash

[coastal]

[from here]

Don't give me a reason to hold you a knifepoint, or else it won't be a surprise.

[she's casual as she says it, but there is definitely an underlying current of honesty beneath her words]

anaido

[coastal]

[from here]

[ . . . she doesn't seem

opposed

but - ]

What is that?

ASCH OVERFLOW CATCHALL....... [new tagins fine too!!!!!]

[getdrekt]

asch.exe has stopped working

[you ever yeet yourself out of a place in the most dramatic way possible after making several extremely questionable decisions then end up on the floor of a bus dressed like you're trying to compensate for something with a bunch of other people, some of whom you know, all just bumping into you and hollering and yelling and it's generally chaos and you were supposed to be dead and frankly that's what you'd prefer at the moment?

anyway

asch is just. frozen. staring straight ahead into the middle nothing.



he's not moving.

wow he might really be in shock.

maybe you could talk him through it...? actually it's kind of funny. maybe you could balance stuff on his head. it's all up to you..........]

flayn

[coastal]

[from here]

[ . . . she frowns]

What circumstances do you mean?

We had some as well but... I wonder if they manifested in the same way.

natalie

[coastal]

[from here]

... why is he ten.

[like

why.]

overflow for anaido (NEW TAG-INS ARE 100% FINE)

[wowcool]

A. THE WHEELS ON THE BUS GO ROUND AND ROUND

[A dream within a dream? Perhaps, perhaps.]

[Anaido stirs to the sounds of the bus. There's sure a whole lot of other people, huh? This isn't the quiet, peaceful island he was on. Baby Shark is blaring in the background. The detective stirs, glancing around.]

Haha. [He's...crying? But somehow he's smiling through it, like someone's tried to get him to laugh after he's been through something terrible.] Haha. What a nice...dream, huh?

[And then he sniffs, and proceeds to roll over onto the nearest person on the floor next to him. Whoops? He didn't notice you there!!!]

B: ALCOHOL TIME

[It's definitely crowded on this bus - Anaido, suddenly in a very strange look, what with the scrunchie wrapped around his head, can be found sitting at the bar on the second floor, holding a bottle of wine.]

[Suddenly, he lifts it above his head, hand trembling, like he's considering bringing it down onto himself-]

[And then barks out a laugh and finger-guns with his free hand at whoever is nearby, lowering the bottle to place the countertop. He...seems to be in a good mood?]

Come on, come on, let's share a drink together! To celebrate these very strange circumstances!

[He might be grinning, but god, does he look like he's gone without several nights of sleep already, judging by the circles under his eyes. The man is Tired.]

C: WILDCARD

[Someone please tell Anaido to STOP WEARING THE SCRUNCHIE AROUND HIS HEAD, THANK YOU. Anyways he's everywhere and anywhere!! Throw whatever prompt at me you want!]

tsurumaru

[coastal]

[from here]

[shE'S JUST GOING TO GLARE AND GLOWER AT HIM]

Ugh.... You're lucky I wouldn't betray you like that.

[lili wouldn't betray most people, it's not her style, but like

tsuru especially]

[wowcool]

Just do it - it's! Super! Cool!

[He gestures with a finger-gun at every exclamation. Why is he like this.]

[fishingforcompliments]

There were some on the island who were affected by a... curse.

While they were, it was not possible for them to confess what they had done, or even to indicate to us that something was wrong.

[She frowns.]

...even someone who is normally honest might not be able to be so, in a case like that.

minako

[coastal]

[from here]

... yes, but not without all but one of us dying first.

But the last one remaining got to decide if those who had fallen first were revived - so it was fortunate that he was kind enough to make that happen.

[instead of like

completely slamming betray on them all, could you imagine]

overflow for flayn!! new tag-ins are a-ok

[fishingforcompliments]

good morning(?);
[Well, this isn't how she expected her day to be going.

Flayn takes a few moments to let her surroundings sink in, then thinks back to the last thing she can remember. Frowning, she shakes her head.]

This cannot be...

[This is the part where she scans the crowd anxiously for any familiar faces. Honestly, she looks more and more ill-at-ease with every unfamiliar face she finds. This sure is a day.]

goodie bag;
[The clothing is strange. The items inside the fanny packs... well, they're a little strange, too. She's looking through hers, examining them all. When she gets to the dry shampoo, she turns it around to get a good look at it, not realizing that the nozzle is pointed right at her because she's never seen such a thing before.

Of course, she ends up spraying the dry shampoo right in her face.]

—ah!

[Well, now her eyes are stinging and she's coughing.]

the wheels on the bus;
[It's a little later on. Here's Flayn on the first deck, covering her ears and making a face.]

This music is terrible...

[Save her. Knock her out. Put her out of her misery.]

wildcard;
[hit me up with literally anything else my arms are open to all of you!! snag me on disco or bloodthirstiest if you want to plot first or have a pc!! though we may end up just having our characters aggressively whisper into each other's ears. sweats about the bus.]

ASCH

[wowcool]

[from here!

[He stares at Asch for a moment, before he breaks out into a light peal of laughter.]

You expect too much from me. [A shake of the head.] I don't have a lot going for me, but I think I'm good judge of character, that's all.

magnus

[coastal]

[from here]

If you can't manage it, that's a different level of bad that I can't manage it.

[he's got like an entire foot on her]

So we're working with unbolting it where it stands, picking a lock, or finding a way to destroy the door with something other than brute force - maybe melting it, but that could be pretty dangerous with how small this space is.

[if there wasn't such a high chance of collateral damage she'd go for it]

Overflow for Chuuya! (new tag-ins welcome)

[shortforever]

Prompt from before

[Yeah, he's waking up pretty quickly after that pothole. He sits up, looks around quickly, then frowns. Then he's going up to whoever is nearby and saying something.

If it's someone he doesn't know, he'll say this:]

What's going on? And what's with these shitty clothes?

[If it's someone he recognizes, however, the answer is slightly nicer:]

Why are you here? We shouldn't have ended up in the same place, right?


New prompt

[Okay, Chuuya has gotten some information, and he's not too happy about what he's hearing. Which means he's going to start asking for more information to confirm what he's hearing. Because he needs to know what bullshittery is going on here.]

How many of you here know me already? People from Blue's house don't need to answer, I already know all of you. I mean everyone else.

[YEP.]


wildcard

[Come at me with something different if you want, I'm up for anything.]

[voidbreaker]

I try not to give people reasons to hold me at knifepoint. Don't plan on starting now.

[ he'll fight them but. eh. knives? nah. ]

Flayn

[shortforever]

[from here.]

Not really.

[It absolutely was scary, don't let him fool you. He's just trying to act cool.]

I'm strong enough to beat any monster, so it was fine.

MYSTERIOUS OUJIA BOARD WHO LIKES LUCIFER(???)

[wowcool]

[from here]

[Now that gets him to blink at the board, a little confused.]

no i don't have any picture. what's the picture?

C-3POverflow (new tag-ins more than welcome!!)

[machinetranslation]

I. how rude an awakening

[It doesn't take much to knock over C-3PO in the best of circumstances, but that's doubly true for when he's powered down and inside a moving vehicle. The harsh jostle of the pothole bump throws his lanky body right to the ground.

Anyone nearby would certainly hear the loud thunk of 75 kilos of metal and wire hitting the floor so unceremoniously. Coming to investigate, you'd see a golden-plated figure (underneath the shirt & booty shorts, that is), face-down and currently struggling to right himself—worriedly muttering in a tinny, clearly non-organic voice.]

[Will you help him get up? Quietly watch? He doesn't seem to be having much luck on his own with the swaying motion of the bus.]

Oh dear, it seems I must have powered down after everything...

II. speaking to the bus manager

[Whenever he does make his way to his feet, assisted or not, Threepio sets out exploring the interior. It's not long before he locates the driver's cabin, intending to ask about where they're headed and if perhaps they could pilot a bit more smoothly.

Knocking and looking through the tinted window, he spots the silhouette of a familiar domed shape.

The knocking becomes louder and more impatient.]


R2?? R2-D2 open this door at once! I should have known this rough flying was your handiwork.

[Knock knock knock

R2? Flying? This golden robot man is shouting some strange things.]

III. wildcard/bully

[Whenever he gives up on yelling at R2 in the driver's cabin, C-3PO will wander around the first deck, chatting to anyone he sees, complaining to himself, and decidedly not attempting to climb the ladder. Feel free to approach him and ask what his deal is, he'd certainly love to tell you.

Hit me up on disco at ikiguy#4890 for any bully requests or ideas!]

ash

[fishingforcompliments]

[continued from here]

...it was meant to be over, though. We were supposed to go home.

45

[shortforever]

[from here

He snorts at her comment, and he flops down on the floor next to her.]

That's fair.

...maybe I can keep Dazai from dying this time.

[fishingforcompliments]

Oh! Do you fight monsters regularly, then?

[impressive!!]

asch

[coastal]

[from here]

Please don't flatter yourself thinking I even cared enough to throw books at you to begin with. You were the one being useless and not moving, making me drop what I was working on, moron.