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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[purrtagonist]

[rubbing the back of his head like DX]

This might be karmic retribution for you.

[and that time Rin threw a book at Akira's head!1]

[flamingprick]

Nah, you'd have to be throwing the book.

[And then a thought crosses his mind.]

Hey! If you're here and Ichigo's here, think any of the others are too? Like Dazai?

[purrtagonist]

[sitting up, frowning, brows furrowed and nose wrinkled]

It's possible. Can you imagine Dazai participating in a dating game, though?

[flamingprick]

Since most of the people I've seen here are teenagers, no. At most he'd be the bad chaperone slipping kids booze.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . HA]

Or weed, depending on his mood.

[flamingprick]

[Ugh weed]

I think I can safely say that wouldn't help any date ever.

[purrtagonist]

[UGH, WEED]

Not unless both parties to said date were into it.

[HE GUESSES]

[flamingprick]

If our experience was anything to go by, they'd need a chaperone to keep them out of trouble.

[purrtagonist]

. . . nobody wants a chaperone during a date. . .

[THAT WOULD RUIN THE DATE]

[flamingprick]

Exactly! Which is why weed-dates are stupid.

[purrtagonist]

I think it's pretty safe to say that neither of us are going on a weed-date anytime soon, then.

[was this important to clarify??]

[flamingprick]

[It's super-important.]

Let's stay away from other drugs too, just to be safe. And probably the booze.

[purrtagonist]

Thaaaat was going to be the plan.

[Akira's not really into mind-altering substances, thanks]

I wonder if the wine cellar is still locked.

[flamingprick]

Isn't wine important to dates? So it might not be.

[purrtagonist]

Even though most of us are underage?

[locked for murder but not for dating? why]

1/2

[flamingprick]

[They wanted everyone sober while killing each other?]

Look, being underage never stopped the raccoons, it's not gonna stop these things either. They probably want us boozed up so we're all smooching each other-

2/2

[flamingprick]

[And suddenly, his face brightens up.]

Hey! I can have my first kiss now! That'll make up for dying so stupidly last time!

[purrtagonist]

[RIN. . .]

[an amused, endeared snort]

If that's your goal, I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines.

[flamingprick]

You can't stop there. Akira, you gotta help me. You're the playboy of the group- [Out of Rin, Ichigo, and Akira he means.] -and I'm not so great at romance. What if someone tricks me to make fun of me? That would be the worst!

[purrtagonist]

[WAIT, HOLD ON--]

I'm the what?? What sort of impression do you have of me, here?

[flamingprick]

Every group of friends has a playboy. I'm not the playboy, and Ichigo's DEFINITELY not the playboy. So it's you.

[purrtagonist]

[he doesn't know if he should be offended over being called a playboy, or that he only got the title by process of elimination]

. . .

All right. Do you really want some tips?

[flamingprick]

[He nods eagerly.]

1/2

[purrtagonist]

[leans in reeeeeeal close, hand near his mouth, like he's whimpering conspiratorially]

The next time you see someone you like, open the conversation like this:

[clears his throat]

[purrtagonist]

Are you a parking ticket?







Because you've got fine written all over you.

[this was a bad idea]