WEEK 0 MINGLE

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POPULATION: 37

Good morning, starshines. It is another beautiful day here on the base and it’s the start of a new week!

After the events of the day before and the meet and greet provided by four new Avatars, you may find yourself wondering how you can get in touch with them again. Fear not. One look at your handy dandy cell phone will reveal eight new contacts added to your directory. Feel free to shoot them a message. You may be surprised.

But before you get too far, perhaps it’s worth checking out the base once more. Those locked rooms from the days before have been unlocked, free for exploration. In addition, should occupants visit the central elevator they will find the elevator in working order (and flame-free) and that a new floor has opened. Take a look, familiarize yourself, and make yourself comfortable. Life on the base is a happy place.

And speaking of happiness…it’s funny. For the rest of the week, all who reside on the base will be inflicted with little feelings of hope and happiness, a belief that they can manifest almost anything. This week, all will discover that any mundane thing they hope for will be at their disposal...though do be careful. Those small wishes may come to fruition in ways you don't expect. For example, wishing for a year's supply of sushi may net you one astronomically large sushi roll. An eyeshadow palette may provide you with samples of actual colored eyelids. And a punching bag could be mistaken for a bag full of confetti instead.

May all your hopes and dreams come true, everyone.

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SINGLE-SYLLABLE SANDWICH SQUAD

[bachelorbored]

[kaz is here, anyway. in the boat. it's fine, he guesses.

well. except there's an ominous pop sound.]

Huh?

[and the boat starts filling up with water.]

Ah! Hey, you two people! We're sinking!

[niceguyferatu]

What the--

[ oh there it is. he feels the cool water pooling around his shoes. ]

Ah, blast! Quick, we need to plug it! What have we got to use?

[brightred]

Seriously? [She hates this this is stupid.]

You should start bailing. [That's to Kaz, and then, to Vlad.]

Just sit on it.

[She on the other hand, is going to do nothing.]

[bachelorbored]

Me?! With what, my hands?

[kaz has already taken his shoes off, keeping them out of the water on the bench next to him, and started rolling up his khakis.

he is, similarly to grell, doing absolutely nothing.

he looks expectantly at Vlad.]

You could use your clothes!

[niceguyferatu]

What?!

[ HE CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE GANGING UP ON HIM ALREADY ]

Why me?!

[ He takes absolutely no action to help anything. ]

[brightred]

You'd force a lady to sit on a hole in this boat? Shameful.

[bachelorbored]

[the boat is sinking. kaz gestures at vlad with one hand, nodding with grell.]

Among the three of us, you're definitely the oldest. Shouldn't you be taking charge of this situation?

I mean, I guess I can probably work something out, but these are Ralphs. [he's indicating the khakis.] So I think you understand.

[niceguyferatu]

[ PLEASE, LIKE RALPHS ARE WORTH MORE THAN VLAD'S SUIT

but dammit Kaz, you've appealed to Vlad's desire for leadership and praise. so. ]

Ugh! Very well.

[ he's gonna sacrifice the least valuable article of clothing on him: socks. He pulls off his shoes, removes the socks, and balls them up. Then he rolls up his sleeves (and his pant legs too, for good measure), and jams the sockball where he thinks the hole is. ]

[brightred]

[Grell's suit is worth more than both your lives combined tyvm. That's why she's sitting up on her bench with no part of her anywhere near the water.]

Now start bailing.

[bachelorbored]

[it's worth more because it's his! anyway, he beams at vlad, and nods at grell's suggestion.]

Yes, maybe you could use your shoes?

[a mechanical spider climbs on to his arm. he brushes it off without looking.]

[niceguyferatu]

Hmmf, fine. But, [ to Grell ] you are aware that you'll have to get into the water at some point, right? Either you wade into the river, or you go down with the boat.

[ Anyway Vlad will try to edge his way out of the boat, but his bare tender sensitive feetsies will brush up against...a rock? Some pebbles?

Oh jesus no, these things have legs and they are MOVING

Vlad yelps in surprise and practically launches backwards into the boat, sending it rocking violently. ]

[brightred]

[Grell doesn't even have time to ask him why the hell he's getting out of the boat when suddenly he's.... jumping back in to it this is not how that works!!!!]

What the hell are you---

oh fuck! [Yeah she just looked out of the boat why are the walls like, crawling with spiders(?)?]

[bachelorbored]

Hey! Don't rock the boat! What if we--holy shit spiders!

[kaz gapes at the hideous scenery, and actually makes a reflexive attempt to launch off some magistocratic magic—nothing.]

Ahh, this sucks! Fuck the boat—let's get out and flip it over, so it covers our heads!

[niceguyferatu]

[ clinging to his lil corner of the boat: ]

There are already spiders in the water as it is, what do you think I was reacting to?!

[brightred]

Why are there spiders in the water?? [Grell is not standing up in the boat because she's not stupid.]

[bachelorbored]

WHY ARE THERE SPIDES IN THE WATER?!

[he yells it almost in sync with grell, gripping at his own seat with white-knuckled hands.]

This is insane![every time a tiny mechanical spider draws near, he hits it with a brand-name leather loafer. there's an electrical-sounding crunch, and the smell of sizzling ozone.] Doesn't this thing go any faster?!

[niceguyferatu]

[ Vlad crawls to the back of the boat where the motor is and starts looking desperately for any kind of setting. Which I'm gonna say there is.

He literally kicks it into high gear, so like. Enjoy the chaotic jostling of this boat as it speeds up. ]

[brightred]

[THERE ARE STILL SPIDERS ON THIS BOAT!!

every time she sees one she smacks it, and then the boat turns into a speedboat and she's mostly just clinging for dear life. Sorry but anyone behind her is getting smacked in the face with all of her hair.]

[bachelorbored]

[kaz is getting smacked in the face with all of grill's hair.]

Puah! Are you serious right now? [he brushes it out of his eyes, his mouth, and turns to his seatmate, glancing back behind them at vlad, and the TUNNEL O SPIDER]

At least tie it--Aarhgh!

[nickelodeon gak dumps down comically out of nowhere. all over kaz. all over his nice loafers. into the bottom of the boat, mixing with the water that's pooling around their ankles.

from this, the vibration of the motor, and just like. water soaking through it as a matter of course. vlad's socks pop out of their hole.]

[niceguyferatu]

[ oh great. now there's hair whipping around, Vlad's getting residual slime off of kaz, and there's spiders practically leaping at them as they speed along.

And then his wet socks pop out of the hole and smack him right in the face. wonderful.

Vlad doesn't even bother trying to look--between the socks, the whipping hair, the slime, and the wind, he knows he won't be able to see shit. ]

Is there an end in sight?!

[brightred]

[Sorry you want her to let go of the boat and stop smacking metal spiders to put her hair up??? No. She refuses.]

Don't run us into a wall! [She has water on her glasses she cannot see a thing.]

[bachelorbored]

No! There's no end in sight when it comes to this miserable plane of physicality!

[it's a wail of despair as he wipes gak out of his eyes, flicking it accidentally on to both grell and vlad with zero awareness.

wait]

Oh, were you talking about the tunnel? It's--oh shit!

[the 'oh shit' is mostly in reaction to... well, that the water coming in is no longer water. but tiny mechanical spiders.]

[niceguyferatu]

Well I won't run us into a wall if you tell me if one's approaching!

[ in the meantime, he'll peel one sock off his face and start whipping it around to try to smash spiders out of his face as they fly by him. ]

[brightred]

[Her hair is also in her face because why wouldn't it be.]

I can't see shit!

[bachelorbored]

There's no wall! Just spiders!

[kaz is whole hog flailing his shoes at this point, hitting anything even vaguely spider-shaped.]

This is easily stacking up to be one of the worst days of my life!