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]

[BUDDY. . .]

Don't worry.

Tablets don't bite.

[lefthandpath]

I know that much!

[purrtagonist]

Are you sure? You looked a little skeptical.

[lefthandpath]

Golems bite. This isn't a golem, so of course I know.

[purrtagonist]

Golem?

Then what do golems look like?

[lefthandpath]

Generally, they're round, black, winged creatures--kind of bat-looking! With one eye that covers most of one side of their body. They record things and play them back for the science division of the Black Order.

[purrtagonist]

[oooooh]

Like flying video cameras. . .

[lefthandpath]

... is that what "video cameras" do?

[purrtagonist]

Yep.

And as a bonus, they don't bite, either.

[lefthandpath]

Well, I don't really mind the biting aspect so much...

[Allen, it's an expression...]

[purrtagonist]

That's because you're used to it. But imagine being able to capture moving images without having to worry about being bitten.

[lefthandpath]

It's not really those golems that tend to bite, really.

I have a gold golem my master made. Timcampy. He tends to bite a little, but it's no more bad than when a cat does?

[purrtagonist]

[BEING A CAT-NOT-A-CAT OWNER HIMSELF, Akira gets it. although Morgana doesn't really bite]

He sounds like a character.

. . . master?

[lefthandpath]

Ah, yes.

[smile is... kind of rueful because gdit Cross Marian.]

I was an apprentice for a General of the Black Order--a religious Order that fights against the akuma created by the Millennium Earl.

He's... gone now. And he was a complete gambling debt-kicking, brothel-hopping, lush bastard.

[weirdly, he misses him. a lot?]

[purrtagonist]

[HA. he huffs out a laugh, hands dipping into his pockets as he rocks back onto his heels]

Was he good to you?

[because if so, then all of that other junk totally doesn't matter]

[lefthandpath]

... "to" and "for" are a bit different, aren't they?

[smiles a bit because like. that should be explanation enough, really.]

[purrtagonist]

[it sure is. and Akira doesn't press]

I'm sorry to hear that he's gone now, then.

Even if he was a bit of an asshole.

[lefthandpath]

Haha... well. He certainly tried his best.

[his best was just really shitty]

But thank you.

[purrtagonist]

[SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW PEOPLE ARE. . .]

Akira, by the way.

[jerks a thumb at himself]

And you?

[lefthandpath]

Oh, yes, sorry.

Allen Walker.

[holds out right hand for shaking?]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . takes it!! even though he is Japanese and he is used to bowing]

Is just "Allen" fine?

[lefthandpath]

Mm, that's fine! I don't mind at all.

[purrtagonist]

Perfect.

Want to take a look around the school together? See if there are any escape routes?

[lefthandpath]

... honestly... if there are showers and a fresh change of clothes...

[please, he's been on the streets for three months. be kind.]

[purrtagonist]

There's a dorm area, actually. The rooms each have a change of clothing and a shower area. I can show you where they are, if you want.

[HE SURE DOES KNOW THE LAYOUT OF THIS PLACE ALREADY]