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

[liftoft]

[ ?? Gives him a look that can best be described as 'cautiously friendly' Why would anybody he doesn't recognize know Shuichi? ]

You mean Shuichi? Yeah--what about him?

[afailedmurder]

I'm his partner.

[slight but highly intentional pause]

We've started up our own detective agency.

[liftoft]

[ you're his whating whatidy what what? ]

--What?

[afailedmurder]

Where are my manners? My name's Akechi, and as I said, I'm Shuichi's partner.

[I CAN USE GIVEN NAMES TOO, WHAT NOW?]

[liftoft]

[ Well, now he just looks annoyed ]

Right... and are you an evil mastermind, too?

[afailedmurder]

Of course not.

["mastermind" is way too strong a word]

What does that have to do with anything...?

[liftoft]

Just seeing how far you were gonna take your story--!

[afailedmurder]

It isn't a story. We met here during the previous round.

[liftoft]

Well, Shuichi is my sidekick.

[ Ergo.

vis-a-vis

concordantly ]

[afailedmurder]

[ SORE WA CHIGAU ]

I've... heard a bit about his past. I'm glad to meet somebody he was so close to.

[liftoft]

Yeah... You're not really making any sense here, y'know? And if you actually hang out with Shuichi, then you're smart enough to figure that out.

[afailedmurder]

Of course I've figured it out, but I didn't think it my place to break it to you. I don't doubt that you know him and vice versa, but the two of you are from different timelines.

[liftoft]

See, I get that that sounds crazy too, but you sound less like a crazy liar when you start out with that, y'know? That at least gives me more to work with than "I guess some time between last week and this one Shuichi started a detective agency with some guy and didn't even tell me he was planning to."

[afailedmurder]

Well, I also needed to speak with you to be certain.

[liftoft]

And there was no other way to do that then immediately going into the detective agency stuff?

[afailedmurder]

[cocks his head to the side, oh-so-innocent]

I apologize if my approach was off-putting. I thought it would be best to broach the subject of our mutual acquaintance early on, before any misunderstandings occurred.

[liftoft]

You sure that's what you were trying to do? Because like I said, that was basically the fastest way to confuse me!

[afailedmurder]

Well, if there's anything you're still confused about, I'd be happy to clear it up.