WEEK ZERO: INTRO MINGLE

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POPULATION: 37

There's the soft, chiming ding of an elevator as you slowly grow conscious. You remember the sound of a voice whispering in your ear, and then a very gentle, easy darkness as you fell asleep.

Then the elevator jolts, and you promptly ram into some of the thirty or so other people also waking up from their nap. Time to trample people on your way out! Be careful not to rip your flattering outfit with light up furry ears of an animal of your choice. On this elevator there are a total of 10 buttons and they're all lit up! But they don't work. A shame. The elevator doesn't go anywhere else.

In any case, once you exit the elevator, you'll find that you have a decently wide area to explore. There doesn't seem to be any sort of exit to the outside world, but that's okay. You didn't want to leave without what you came for, right? Besides, it's wonderful here: the temperature is perfect, every surface is as soft as clouds, and the atmosphere is so, so inviting. The base itself is low-lit in fluorescent neon colors which shift and pulse over time, and there's a soft, reassuring humming sound under your feet. It would be comforting if you didn't feel like you were being watched every time you walk along the hallways.

But hey, don't worry about that! Maybe you should be more concerned with the phone in your pocket! The phones have a few functions, as well as a low pixel camera. Pictures are in black and white, so no brightly colored selfies for you. Oh, and while you're taking those selfies, you might notice the symbol of your Avatar tattooed and glowing faintly on the back of your hand. Hope you're fine with impromptu body mods.

Eventually during your wandering, you'll find your room with roommates included! On the floor of your room, there is a big gift box with your name on it. Upon opening it, you will be absolutely obliterated with glittery confetti. But once you manage to get past that, the gift box contains the following:

✦ your item from home
✦ a pair of boxer-briefs labeled "ball hammock"
✦ a stress ball that looks suspiciously like a boob
✦ a rainbow bath bomb
✦ a Polaroid camera with 10 instant film
✦ a frozen steak in a vacuum-sealed pouch
✦ a blue and pink dual flashlight; one end has a normal white bulb, and one end has a blacklight bulb
✦ a tiny crown

Welcome to your new home. Take some time to look around, talk to your fellow indulgers. All of you can see each other's symbols on the back of your hands - maybe it'll strike up a conversation. After all, there's no better way to get to know each other than talking about your sins on the first date!

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Comments

[shiftingwinds]

this was obligatory;

[this tall lady can pretty much immediately be found at the bar, inspecting the different varieties of alcohol. by inspecting, i mean pouring out a little and sipping at it. upon seeing someone enter the room, shi qingxuan smiles, leans over the bar, and waves a hand to beckon them closer.]

Want something to drink?

[...also, sqx definitely has not bothered to change out of the default outfit and is sporting some cute squirrel ears.]

a ye olde meets a vending machine;

[after changing into some flowy robes (but keeping the ears, because they're cute), shi qingxuan goes wandering and eventually ends up in front of the vending machine, and after a few experimental taps on the screen:]

How interesting... I've never heard of most of these things. Hey, what should I try?

wildcard;

[hit me with anything else and i'll roll with it! or, if you wanna pc, i'm glad to - just grab me on discord or hit me up at bloodthirstiest to figure something out!]

[housewolf]

I. Kitchen

[Omi's perfectly fine in the elevator get up, little wolf ears on his head. Instead of going straight for his room, he beelines it to the kitchen.

As soon as anybody else comes in, there's a tall man in his Ariana Grande outfit and wolf ears calling out to them.]

Are you hungry? It looks like we have plenty of ingredients to work with.

II. Laundry Room

[Sometime later and Omi's covered from head to toe in confetti. At least he's in his usual outfit instead of the dress and wolf ears.]

I don't know why but I really didn't expect this place to have a laundry room. Usually in sci-fi such they don't even mention cleaning their clothes. Then again sometimes it's all post apocalyptic...

It's nice to have something so normal.

III. Wildcard

[Hit me with something else or contact me on discord: Mira#5533 if you want to PC]

[toesies]

option a: awakening

[Welp. Sorry but not sorry for stepping on at least ten people on her way out of the elevator, with all the grace of a monster truck. Upon freeing herself from it, she does a baby spin while staring at her ass. Jingles a little. Lifts a hand to touch the coyote ears on her head.]

Well, this is tacky. Who— [... and then her eyes land on the tattoo.] —Whatthefuck?

option b: common room

[Much later, Sheila can be found lounging on one of the couches, still wearing her Ariana Grande outfit and working it. Gently scrolling through her phone, she is apparently reading the welcome document because you will soon hear her say, in a mocking, babyspeak-like tone of voice:]

"Indulgence: verb." [HUFFS.] Like I don't know what that means. Bitch.

[Watch purple NPC be a sweetheart while Sheila is out here shitting on them. Terrible.]

option c: rec room

[There is a button.

She is going to smack the button with all the self-restraint of a 5-year-old child. That's it. That's the prompt. Goodbye, gravity. Sheila glances at whoever happens to be in the room with her. And then softly, with feeling:]

... Oopsie?

wildcard.

[Remix one of the prompts above or come up with your own! You can also hmu on plurk or discord if you want to hash out something specific.]

[bonetiddies]

arrival;

[As soon as everyone exits the elevator, this cute little Ariana wearing light up bunny ears and a full face of skeleton makeup is covering herself awkwardly with her arms while trying to scroll through the welcome guide on the phone. She seems a little less confident with every sentence she reads.]

. . . Huh. Well, we're already here. No going back now.

vending machine

[A little later, the same girl is instead wearing all black, with a white robe wrapped around her shoulders, and more importantly - just a lot of bones? She has bone ear piercings, a lot of jewelry that seems to be made out of bone, and some kind of bone corset around her waist and hips. It certainly looks like it was all made out of human bone and still has joints intact in various places, but a lot of it looks almost like the bones were molded like clay.

Anyway, Harrow is staring at the vending machine, looking at the different options like she's a little lost and talking to herself.]

Wait. McNuggies? No, that isn't what I was trying to pick.

wildcard

[Make up whatever you want, or hit me up on discord at sizlaria#7171 or villainous!]

[bachelorbored]

HOUSEWARMING

[kaz does not stick around to be ariana grande. in fact, once he's over the sultry shock and scandal, he just sighs hugely, and walks off. you could probably catch him if you wanted to, though.

an easier place to catch him is taking the full glitter load directly to his face in his shared room with aoi.

maybe you were passing by and the door was open. maybe you heard the funny sound. in any case, it happened within view of the hallway, and you really got to see it. regardless of which, here's kaz, dressed normally? again, getting a sparkly facial.]

Gahh! Puah! Fuck!

HELL'S KITCHEN

[kaz is putting his steak away, since it's a food, in the kitchen.

he just puts it in the pantry.

anyway. time to browse the vending machine!

is kaz just adding ten packets of squid ink to a plate of fettuccini for his combo?]

COMMON SENSE

[kaz is dropping the bath bomb in the hot tub.

that's probably fine.

if you're nearby, or look like you're about to use it, he nods confidently at you, and gives a bright smile.]

You're welcome!

WILDCARD

[literally anything you want. i'm especially open to shenanigans with kaz! hit me up on disco if you're feeling some kind of way.]

[gamerbrain]

arrival

[ once they've stepped off the elevator and have al looked around... aoi is just standing around like a npc waiting to be spoken to? okay. she isn't changing out of the cute outfit, naturally, but does not seem to really be conscious of it at all. (hers has kitty ears!)

if you approach her: ]

Pretty sci-fi. And the premise is a blatant excuse for smut. Nice and straight to the point. Feels more like a bonus chapter, if anything.

cell phone

[ a little later, after having retrieved... a cell phone? not the ones everyone got, but her own typical black smartphone... aoi can be found standing in the hallway holding it up in the air like an idiot. ]

Boop boop boop boop boop boop boop... Boop boop boop boop...

[ um. is she trying to find a signal? ]

wildcard

[ oh right wildcard. gimme anything with anyone??? feel free to dm on disco or whatever if u want to plan something but im ota ]

c

[housewolf]

[Oh he was not expecting that to happen. Goodby gravity, goodbye ground.]

I can't say I was expecting that.

[Nor does he know how to move around in zero gravity.]

Ever experienced anything like this before?

option c

[shiftingwinds]

[well, someone walks into the rec room just in time to get accosted by antigravity!

could be worse, though. shi qingxuan doesn't look too bothered, and instead just giggles as they drift aimlessly.]

Well, that's unexpected! How fun.

A.

[headmt]

[Someone may or may not have noticed the new tattoos yet, because he's already got a bunch. Nothing out of the ordinary there. Also jingling a little, mostly because he just got stepped on. Doesn't seem too put out by it though.]

Really? I think it's pretty flattering on you, in fact.

[like i was gonna let someone else be the first to hit on sheila]

arrival

[housewolf]

[She's not the first gamer Omi's ever met.]

Isn't this more like the prologue? With the new arrivals and all.

vending machine

[housewolf]

That depends, what do you like to eat?

[gamerbrain]

That's what makes it feel like a bonus chapter. Aoi can't figure out where the story is going, like this.

drinks,,,

[gamerbrain]

[ aoi raises her hand, for some reason? ]

That's illegal.

[housewolf]

Can you... usually figure it out?

[shiftingwinds]

Hmm... well, I'm not too picky an eater! I do like trying new things, though.

[gamerbrain]

Yep. Aoi usually has the script to follow.

[sengokus]

[ I. PICK YOUR POISON ]

[i'm sorry he's not staying in the ariana grande outfit because it'll cause me, dana, psychic damage - so mineo's in his actual clothes, even if his hair is absolutely still dealing with stray pieces of glitter and confetti - and he'll just be staring at the symbol on the back of his hand related to sloth. he looks a little disappointed]

Isn't this kinda depressing... If I were to get a tattoo, it'd be like - a crest? Or some swords. Maybe a dragon - ahh, a dragon tattoo! Wouldn't that be way manlier than some dying plant?!

[these thoughts shouldn't be said out loud.

but he'll wave you down with that very same hand]

Heyyy! Did you get tatted up too? Don't you think they should ask permission for this kind of thing?

[ II. WALK WALK FASHION BABY ]

[when everyone is out of their ariana grande outfits - and whatever it is that you're wearing, so long as it's not normie pleb clothes, mineo will do an up and down of what you're wearing followed by a very earnest:]

Excuse me!

Your costume's super suuuuper cool! That was just in your closet? I'm way jealous! Did you make it yourself? Or did you buy it off Cosonsen?!

[he thinks this is comic con. also for the record random non-human parts will still count and earn his admiration. he thinks you're just really determined to wear your cosplay you probably paid $300 in commissions for, it's cool]

[ III. YEET ]

[also pure head empty prompt: as he goes through his bag of goodies in more detail, he's off to the side and muttering to himself as he shifts past all the fallen confetti]

Huh? Something soft? What's this - WHY!!!!

[good news everyone, mineo has touched one tiddy-adjacent item. it's the stress ball shaped like a boob and, with the strength of a track and field star, it's getting thrown across the room in his surprise

i'm so sorry]

[ WILDCARD ]

[wildcard me up babey i'm here for a bad time not a long time. pcs & random prompts both welome!]

[housewolf]

New things, huh? How about a cronut? It's a combination of a croissant and a donut.

vending machine

[fluffier]

[ jk britt she looks hella cute!!

Yuel is also pretty entranced by the vending machine, but she's never seen anything like it so she tries what any school bully would do: ]

Huh? How's the food s'ppose to come out of there?

[ She tries to pick it up so she can shake it's lunch money out! But it doesn't budge. :( ]

obligatory

[bonetiddies]

Oh.

[She definitely has changed out of her arrival outfit and is now wearing a lot of black and bones accessories. Anyway, she's reacting to this offer extremely awkwardly, almost suspicious as she looks at the various bottles.]

Yes, thank you. I'll have a wine.

[housewolf]

So you play a lot of games?

[shiftingwinds]

What, really? I've never heard of a law like that.

[what a boring law]

[niceguyferatu]

a.

[ Here comes this tall be-suited dorito man, light-up neon cat ears on his head and rubbing the back of his hand absently as he examines the common room. He raises an appraising eyebrow at the bar before giving it the slightest of nods. ]

Well, they do seem to be determined to provide us with quality accommodations with which to, ah, indulge.

[ He heads over to the TV and fiddles with it until he changes the channel and...lands right on the softcore porn. Then flips through every channel he can, only to see romcom after romcom, all playing right during scenes of people making out or getting intimate. He purses his lips and turns the TV off. ]

Although they do seem to have a rather narrow-minded idea of how to do that.

b.

[ In the kitchen, Vlad is staring at the touchscreen vending machines thoughtfully. He examines it from every angle and experimentally touches the screen a few times, gauging its responses, before eventually nodding and stepping back to take a low-res photo of it on this weirdly shaped phone, muttering as he does. ]

A fascinating application of technology...

c.

[ This is Vlad. In the laundry room. He stares at it in what looks like dumb surprise, before eventually puckering his lips in...disgust? disappointment? ]

How very...domestic.

d.

[ wildcard, babey! hmu at CaptainPlanette if you wanna coordinate something different! ]

a

[gamerbrain]

It's like a uniform. You look good.

[shiftingwinds]

I've never heard of either of those!

[time to order a cronut!



and a croissant and a donut for good measure.]