Trash Squad Day 1 - GAME START

[chinhotta]

[ Maybe you were going about your business and blacked out, maybe you were dead. Either way, when you come to, you are in what looks like the entrance hall to a school, except for the very well secured front door. Before you can really get your bearings, a voice rings out on an the intercom. ]

Welcome, kiddos! —How does that sound? 'Kiddos'? Too daddy kink? Eh, let's go with it for now. Anyway, welcome to a once-in-a-lifetime chance at romance and passion, with fabulous prizes! Find love beyond the boundaries of time and space! Original concept, do not steal.

Pick up your tablets and get settled in! A little later today, we'll have our first heart-pounding get-to-know-you event!

—Oh, also, no violence allowed! I know some of you kids are into the murder thing, but that's not the kind of game we're running here.

[ In fact, there are several boxes of electronic tablets around the room. When you pick one up, it displays the gameplay and rules.]

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CHINCHILLAS

[chinhotta]

[ If your exploration leads you past the auditorium, you might hear the same voice from the loudspeaker inside. If you peek in, there seem to be... two stuffed chinchillas...? Bickering by the stage. Maybe they can give you more helpful information. ]

Look, I'm just saying, daddy kink may be a popular joke, but some people still find it genuinely hot.

[ ...Maybe. ]

[chincoola]

Is that what you're into these days?

[liftoft]

[ With a fairly incredulous look, he scoops one of the tablets up and pages through it ]

Y-You gotta be kidding me! Again?!

[tsunderine]

"Again"?

[ that causes her to arch a brow ]

Has something like this happened to you before?

[flamingprick]

[He wasn't even home for 24 hours what the fuck.]

What the hell? I thought we blew this place up! I swear to god, if there's any raccoons running around I'm going to lose my shit!

[He hasn't even slept in his own bed yet this isn't fair at all!]

[redcarnation]

Wait wait wait, who blew what up? Care to share your info with the class?

[ In a situation so completely unfamiliar to her, Isuke feels its the best bet to immediately latch onto a better informed person. ]

[discerp]

[Why is this all disorientingly familiar. She fumbles with her tablet to read over the rules, uneasy and baffled.] Find...Love? Romance and passion?

[Um.]

N-not something like this again... [I mean, at least it's not murder??] I-is this a joke? Th-this is going too far!

[daughterofthemark]

[OH NO SOMEONE IS IN DISTRESS and also seems to have figured out the weird rectangles TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE]

What is it? Is someone hurt?

[dismemberthename]

[this person seems pretty out of place, what with the wolf pelt and all.] Seriously? This right now?

[helptilistop]

Hey, no time like the present, right?

[ nbd ]

[redcarnation]

Wow! ♥

Someone's willing to shell out this much cash for dating? Just how lonely do you have to be? Uwaaaah, pathetic.

[ Isuke is laughing, but there is a certain sharpness in her tone. She's not pleased ]

Too bad Isuke doesn't trust the set-up.

[lefthandpath]

[SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS ALLEN WALKER'S LANGUAGE?]

Haha... well. Wealthy old men have been known to have such interests, so I hear.

[daughterofthemark]

[A very confused princess is looking around, being... very confused.]

Tablets...?

[lefthandpath]

Apparently they work with direct contact?

[he... had to have it explained to him, too.]

[purrtagonist]

[ssssso there's a teenager in a school uniform (jacket unbuttoned, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, third-year pin attached to his lapel, SUPER CASUAL AND NOT AT ALL STIFF) kind of. . . standing in front of the entrance. he's holding his school bag loosely against his shoulder aaaaand is just staring off into the distance]

[expression blank]

[screaming internally to himself]

['sup]

[appleofhiseye]

[...cautiously waves a hand in front of his face]

Are you feeling okay? Do you need to sit down?

[justpure]

[FREE HIM]

Urgh...

[What... Why was he face down on the floor? Shouldn't he have felt the impact if he fell? Actually, what was this place, and why was someone's voice talking on the intercom about love?]

[He tried to get up and investigate, but...]

... Hm? [He squirms. And squirms again. Something was keeping his arms and legs bound-]

Oh, for pity's sake. [He glances behind himself, and sure enough whoever brought him here didn't bother to undo the reverse shrimp tie he was tied up in.]

[As much as he likes shibari, he realizes being in this position for too long isn't really good for his health. Plus, he kind of needs to explore. He looks up at anyone nearby and calls out to them.]

Hello...? Could someone please untie me?

[HIM FREE]

[Eventually, after some kind soul frees him from his bounds, he stretches his limbs and proceeds to go investigate the tablets.]

"People will be assigned dates due to apparent chemistry?" On what grounds are they basing this?

[aria_ardeinae]

[ Reyson can sympathize here, he's a big proponent of freedom, and of not being tied to things. Just let him, ah - hm. ]

...These knots are well tied. You wouldn't have a knife on you, by chance?

[ He has delicate fingers, he's not equipped for this. ]

[bladeisme]

[It's been...pretty long since he was last here, in his cognition. 5 months of helping the soul society rebuild, of settling back into his life, of having Illya officially become part of his family (Isshin almost immediately adopted her the moment Ichigo was finished explaining, swooping the two of them into a bone crushing hug and blubbering all over them)....of missing the friends he'd made in a horrible murderschool and his own heartache.

He's managed to get a new eye to replace the one he'd lost (thanks, Urahara!), though the scars -
the vertical one running from his forehead to his cheekbone the most prominent - he'd gotten through events during Nope's Peak still remain. Because he'd died and come back, Orihime couldn't reject them - which was fine. It was a reminder that it happened, after all.

So when he unceremoniously returns, after thinking that chapter of his life was over?

Yeah, it's not a surprise that Ichigo starts fucking screaming.]

I WILL PERSONALLY STRANGLE YOU MOTHERFUCKING RACCOONS OR WHOEVER THE HELL ELSE IS RUNNING THIS! YOU CAN'T JUST FUCKING BRING US BACK HERE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS, NOT AFTER WE BLEW UP THE GODDAMN CONTROL ROOM! COME THE HELL OUT HERE SO I CAN STAB YOU ASSHOLES UNTIL YOU EXPLODE INTO FURRY ROBOTIC CHUNKS!

[He doesn't stop there, still plainly screaming for a while, which might be a little bizarre considering he's also wearing a pair of black-framed glasses on his face.

After he finally stops yelling, he just. balls his hands in his hair and leans against the nearest wall, making an extremely frustrated sound.]

[daughterofthemark]

S-sir?!

[WHY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM DO A SHOUTING]

[slice_of_life]

[There's a girl nervously glancing around the room, staring at everyone awkwardly, but the minute anyone tries to make eye contact with her she looks away.]

[Then the intercom blasts its message and she jumps.]

A-Ah... M-Murder...? What sort of place is this?

[discerp]

A-at least it said it...Wasn't murder? [Look. We should all count our blessings here. Mikan looks about as nervous as Yuri might feel though]

[thickandchunky]

[There's a very muscular guy with a big sword strapped to his back, arms crossed and glaring (not at you, but in general!).]

This... must be another new world.

[bestmothercat]

Ah, if it isn't Commander Ike, himself. I was beginning to accept that I wouldn't recognize anyone here. Yet here you are!

...Unfortunately. [He knows you got places to be and are needed and... Yeah. ]

[helptilistop]

Oh! Well, this is different!

[ Someone is clearly pretty chill about all this, but hey, when you're a servant, getting summoned out of the blue is just sort of how it is. Either way, here's this excitable pink bundle of energy wandering around the room, touching just about everything to see what it does. He spends somewhat of a long time on the front door, in particular. ]

Boy, this sure seems excessive, though. Someone really doesn't want us cracking that safe, am I right?

[ So he says, to whoever's closest. ]

[liftoft]

Ah?

[ He's been staring at the door too, giving it a... not very optimistic look ]

Well... I mean, if we could just leave, then we would. Nobody's gonna play some weird game like this for the heck of it, right?

[bestmothercat]

I mean, I got places I'd rather be. Need to be. [a blue tail is swishing behind him as he tapped his tablet curiously. Pressing everything. ]

But sure. Beorc court-shipping, is something I was always curious about?

[tocatchafallingapple]

[ ... cat tail. the barest of eyebrow raises ]

Curious about how relationships start?

[sunbottles]

[Life is funny. One moment you're dragging yourself home early in a fit of self-loathing and unrequited love, the next you've blacked out and woken up on the set of a surprise dating game.]

Wh-what? [Find... love?] What?!

[Sayori doesn't even head for the tablets. She just stands there, fidgeting awkwardly with the hem of her skirt before looking up at a passing someone with a painfully pleading smile.]

Um... so, I think they picked up the wrong person. Ehehe... they probably made a mistake, right?

Right?

[daughterofthemark]

...I'm not certain. It isn't clear what the selection criteria were for this event. Is there some reason you shouldn't have been chosen?

heaven's feel spoilers!

[tsunderine]

[ Okay, so... Tohsaka's gotten some answers, although there's still things that she's confused about, that she's found herself questioning things -- but more importantly she's spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out how this tablet thing works and is somehow failing.

Sure, she was told to ask someone, but Tohsaka is Tohsaka.

She isn't the type of person to just give in and ask for help. And that's where her stubbornness comes into play. But eventually she gets frustrated enough that she's made the decision to just. Angrily. Throw the tablet in the air and hit it with the item that's come with her - the jeweled sword of Zelretch - like a baseball in her frustrations.

(Sorry to anybody who gets hit, she's not trying to be violent.) ]

[flamingprick]

[Yep, he's getting beaned by that tablet. Once he's hit he falls to the ground, clutching his forehead and cursing up a storm. He's pretty resilient so he'll be fine, but that definitely hurt.]

[truthstranger]

[ Shuichi looks... less instantly frozen with horror than he could? But only by a little bit, and possibly only because he's actually had a while not locked in schools in terrifying murder games. Eventually he shakily goes over to pick up a tablet. ]

No violence...? Really? This is the dating game version?

[fightingoverdose]

'Dating game version' of what? You know something 'bout all this?

[motorcycle_noises]

[ There's a teenager in red motorcycle leathers looking at the tablet as if it's something straight out of a sci-fi television series. Which, when you're from 1999— it pretty much is. ] Romance? Passion?

[thickandchunky]

[Ike's answer to that is a shrug.]

Two things I'm not good at.

[lefthandpath]

[someone sure looks like he was picked up off the street.

he is currently. very underwhelmed by all this nonsense but also how the fuck do you work this screen thing? completely unaware the gloves don't tend to work for these kinds of things.]

... so how exactly is this suppose to work?

FFF OUR TIMING

[flamingprick]

[Oh, well! Rin can help with the tech-illiterate at least.]

You gotta take off your gloves. It's done by touch.

[aria_ardeinae]

[ Here he is, the White Prince of Serenes, looking about as ruffled as a birdman can get. It's very ruffled. He's taking up twice as much space as he usually does, wings spread out and fluffed to the maximum because he's irritated and a little bit scared and is thus communicating I'M BIG, FUCK OFF to the world at large. ]

Ridiculous! As if I have nothing better to do with my life than put my virtue on the line for the entertainment of deviant rodents!

[ He's going to be pacing around ranting in this vein for a while. He's physically weak in many areas, but he's got a good set of lungs. When was the last time he took a breath?? ]

[fightingoverdose]

[rather than fucking off sara is blatantly staring at him like someone who hasn't seen many birds nor men, much less the two of them in one]

I was pretty sure they were only talkin' about some boring ice-breakers and party games, but if you're tryin' to give away your virtue, that ups the ante some...

[artisticliberty]

Where am I? And what exactly is meant by... 'daddy kink'?

[this pretty noodle guy is picking up his tablet and really hoping it will explain one or both of those questions]

[tsunderine]

Ah, you don't know what a 'daddy kink' is? Do you want me to teach you...?

[ Rin is smiling, but it's the kind of smile that looks almost dangerous. ]

[loveisanopenseal]

Yes, I understand you clearly now. This seems to be what they call "speed dating". I have heard of this phenomena that seems to be quite popular in getting to meet new people. Yes, you date at various speeds though all driving laws must still be followed or you might be presented with a speeding ticket.

If it is truly a original concept, you colorful creatures must be the original creators. How wonderful~

[Though Elizabeth has not exactly planned to be here, she doesn't seem too bothered at all. In fact, she seems very excited.]

[discerp]

[Opens mouth.

Closes mouth.

Meekly:] I...I don't know if actual driving is involved...?

[tocatchafallingapple]

Romance and passion? I suppose it can't be all bad then.

[ he says that with a laugh and picks up a tablet.

he's looking at it exactly as though he's never touched one before. in fact he's holding it upside down ]

[helptilistop]

[ Swinging around in front of him after approaching from behind, Astolfo puts one hand on top of the tablet, one on the bottom, and casually flips it over before putting it back where he found it. ]

There ya go!

[appleofhiseye]

[the first thing that she does is dig a tablet out of the nearest box and then proceed to frown at it, completely at a loss. after a heavy pause, she taps the screen to see if it does anything. and then tries to sneak a look at how everyone else is using these things.]

I feel like this needs a little more explanation than what's been given...

[tocatchafallingapple]

There's a bit of a learning cure, it seems Little Miss.

[fightingoverdose]

[the bulky gal in a short skirt and long gakuran jacket is mostly staring at the scene with blatant curiosity and probably more chill than one would expect, given the situation/number of obviously non-human folks]

...Wonder how tight-assed they're drawin' the line on that 'no violence' thing.

[purrtagonist]

[eyebrow shoots up]

Plan on putting it to the test?