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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[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?

[truthstranger]

...Yeah... I was here for a game before. And one before that, that it was modeled from.

[fightingoverdose]

Huh... You must be pretty invested in winnin'.

[truthstranger]

What? No! I don't want to be here!

[purrtagonist]

[WELL THAT MAKES ONE OF THEM. although Akira is composing himself quickly after his moment of internal yelling]

You know. . .

The way you say that makes it sound like there was going to be a "dating game" version all along.

[hey there]

[truthstranger]

Ah...

[ he looks happy to see him, at least ]

W-Well, maybe not all along. But there was apparently a dating game version of mine, in some timeline...

[purrtagonist]

. . . really?

[so it is a thing???]

Are murder and romance not nearly as diametrically opposed as I originally thought?

[truthstranger]

Mm, I saw it on the machine, if I turned it to the carrot side...

[ Let's... skim over that subject. ]

It's just a different sort of show, I guess. And people are entertained by both.

[starinhereye]

Ah, you've been through this before?

[truthstranger]

I've been here before, yes. But it wasn't about romance then.

[starinhereye]

I'm more curious about the "dating game" version, than the place.

[truthstranger]

Well, that's what the rules sound like. It's certainly not a killing game.

[lefthandpath]

... versions, is it?

[truthstranger]

Ah... yes. I've... been here before, unfortunately...

[lefthandpath]

... I keep hearing about this. Should I... offer my condolences?

[bladeisme]

Shuichi?

[LOOK WHO IT IS....although Shuichi will probably notice Ichigo has an eye where he shouldn't have one at all.]

[truthstranger]

Kurosaki-kun!

[ His eyes widen, and he sounds a little happy. ]

[bladeisme]

[Oh good, this is a Shuichi he knows. He breaks into a grin, temporarily forgetting their situation due to having the opportunity to say hello to a friend he hasn't seen in almost half a year.]

Hey. This isn't exactly how I planned seeing you again, but - glad to see you're alright.

[dismemberthename]

Youuuu said that like it's just. A thing.

[truthstranger]

W-Well, I guess I don't know that, but... I've seen it once before.

[dismemberthename]

Exactly like this, or just... similar?

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Sup?]

You will do good at this, because you are good at making friends.

[Remember what she said about your first title?]

[truthstranger]

A-Ah... We'll see. It looks like I don't have that title this time...

[ He seems relieved about that. That seems like setting inappropriate expectations ]

[cluelesscavewoman]

[She lifts her tablet as well, she's only read the rules.]

I see you are the ultimate detective now instead of sharing that title, well done... My one has changed as well.