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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Comments

[justpure]

... That's actually the most likely explanation.

[Hey, dude. He's up for theorizing.]

That might spell trouble for us, though. I don't think these two rodents will make effective matchmakers.

[purrtagonist]

Likely not.

[callin' it like it is]

Unless their only definition for "chemistry" is "what is the most entertaining."

[justpure]

That's exactly what I was thinking.

The coming days may very well be a living hell.

[purrtagonist]

[HA HA. . . HA]

[somewhat wryly, mouth twitching]

Could be worse.

[justpure]

Yes. We could be forced to murder each other instead.

[WHY IS HE SO CASUAL ABOUT THIS.]

[purrtagonist]

[AHA. . .]

[equally as casually, without missing a beat]

And for some of us, murder tends to lose its charm the second time around.

[justpure]

Oh? You were forced into a killing game as well?

[purrtagonist]

["as well." his gaze narrows briefly, before he regains his carefully composed neutrality]

I was. Right here, in this very school.

[justpure]

I see...

And I assume you were being tormented by the "Raccoons" Sarsaparilla had mentioned?

[purrtagonist]

[rocks back on one foot, kicking the ground idly as he talks]

That's right. Tycoon and Raquelle. I thought we disabled them and blew up the control room before we left, but it looks like they managed to get things up and running again, anyway.

[justpure]

Ah... I think it may be more likely that this school is under new management. Have you spoken with the chinchillas yet?

[purrtagonist]

I have.

[first thing he did, honestly]

I never thought I'd see the day where I'm asking myself how much I can trust a chinchilla.

[justpure]

[Good priorities there, dude.]

Well, at least we're prepared for any worst case scenarios.

[purrtagonist]

[of course, talking to them was about as useless as he predicted it'd be, but hey. he tried]

As prepared as one can be for them, at least.

[justpure]

[Nod.]

It would be best if we introduced ourselves, then.

I am Korekiyo Shinguji, pleasure to meet your acquaintance.

[purrtagonist]

Akira Kurusu. Just Akira, please.

[none of that fancy honorific bullshit]

You're actually the third person I've met who has been through a killing game before.

[justpure]

Akira... That's a strange thing to insist on. It would be proper to go by last name basis until a close bond is formed... But then again you could be from another culture.

But I digress. I wonder how many others were pulled from that misfortune?

[purrtagonist]

No, I'm from Japan. I just don't care for formalities, though I'll call you Shinguji if you prefer.

[but yes, that is a digression]

This might be a strange question, but do you know a Shuichi Saihara or a Maki Harukawa?

[justpure]

Ah...

[Wait... Those names... Could that be?]

Yes! They were my classmates, and we were trapped in the same nightmare... How do you know them?

[purrtagonist]

[perks up immediately. BINGO. friend of Shuichi: found]

I know them both from the killing game in which I participated a few months ago.

They were players, too.

[justpure]

[Close enough, anyway.]

Oh... That sounds rather unfortunate...

[purrtagonist]

[close enough!]

That's putting it mildly.

Once was enough, but twice? Neither Shuichi nor Maki deserved that.

[justpure]

Life isn't fair... And fate has its whims. All we can do is survive as long as we can. Isn't that right, Akira?

[He's really counting his blessings now.]

[purrtagonist]

[sets his jaw tightly, like he wants to argue against that. like he thinks there is more they can do than just survive. but first-hand experiences have taught him differently]

That's right.