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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[lacrimose]

[Nonchalant shrug.]

So what?

[cluelesscavewoman]

The people who did violence outside of the killing nights were executed as punishment... It is boring. And makes training difficult.

[lacrimose]

"Killing nights"?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge, it was the nights were someone was murdered. Then there was a vote to find who did it.

[lacrimose]

You talk like you've done this before.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I was here two weeks ago.

[lacrimose]

What happened? Did you escape... or win?

[cluelesscavewoman]

I was executed. But then everyone was brought back because of Akira's request... Then I went home.

[lacrimose]

[He looks downcast, and without warning, suddenly begins to cry.]

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Oh no.

She just stands there raising her hands and showing her palms, taking a small step back. SHE. DID. NOT. DO. THIS.

...Wait nothing happened at all. What did she do the last time she was in this situation?]

Pfffbttt-

[Blow as raspberry, that nearly made Akira stop crying in the tunnel.]

[lacrimose]

[This Akira mostly just looks confused, but he doesn't stop crying, his shoulders shaking as he sniffles.]

So many people must have been hurt... And now you're back here again...

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Well, guess she's back to awkwardly staring and wondering what to do.]

Seven people survived and did not need to be revived at the end. We were stuck as ghosts until then. It was frustrating to watch them.

When we were able to go home we could pick the conditions we wanted. So everyone was able to choose a place they would be happiest.

[Is she helping?]

[lacrimose]

[Hearing the part about the ghosts just makes him sob, but when she mentions their going home, he stares at her in disbelief, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.]

Were you happy, before they took you back here?

[cluelesscavewoman]

I went back to the same place I was from because I was not unhappy.

[That didn't exactly answer what he asked.]

[lacrimose]

[It doesn't, but it's better than nothing.] Then, things really worked out for everyone in the end?

[It sounds almost too good to be true, but there's no reason she would lie about it. He nods, and his tears seem to stop a little.]

I'll help you go home again, so don't worry.

[cluelesscavewoman]

Judge. Even some of those that did not have homes were able to go somewhere else.

[She never lies. Otherwise she would have gotten away with murder.]

I am not worried. It is against the rules for people to be killed here and they have already promised to send us home.

[She believes the promise?]