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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[plsbully]

I'm privy to many of the modern world's new terms but not that one, I am afraid. Could you educate me?

[justpure]

That's an interesting way to put it... But I shall explain.

[He's used to giving long speeches about different aspects of civilization, and it's a little easier when he's explaining terms from his home country.]

"Chuuni" is short for Chuunibyou, or "Eighth Grader Syndrome." It is a behavioral pattern commonly seen in middle school students. It tends to manifest as haughty arrogance over false traits or the delusion that they have magical powers no one else has.

In other words, the chinchillas believe you are a childish person living in your own little world. You have my condolences.

[plsbully]

-- Ku--hahahaha!

[ it's a laugh that seems more amused than irritated, on that new knowledge, tipping the brim of his hat down over his face for a moment to hide some of that. ]

Of all the many things I have been accused of in my life -- that is new. What a remarkable term.

[justpure]

[Huh. That's a better reaction than he expected... Perhaps that title wasn't as inaccurate as he thought?]

Indeed, but the behavior it describes is not exclusive to my country or students. To make an arguable example of a literary work, Don Quixote could be classified as a Chuuni on account of believing he was a knight errant on a noble quest. The character did possess a lot of self-righteousness to the chagrin of his neighbors, if I'm not mistaken...

[plsbully]

Mm, the concept itself is not unfamiliar to me. I can certainly see how it would translate across eras. But it is a bit much for them to assume my own fixations are mere delusions.

[ in other words he's not like those other chuunis! definitely! for sure! ]

[justpure]

... Your own fixations? You mean your fixation on revenge?

[Are you actually a chuuni, sir?]

[plsbully]

[ he might just be ]

Of course. I have very real reasons for that. And I do possess magical traits that are not exactly common, among humans.

[justpure]

...

[As a human, he doesn't quite believe you. Then again, there was that bird man earlier...]

What sort of magical traits...?

[plsbully]

I am a Heroic Spirit -- my entire existence could be said to be "magical". Heroic Spirits are historical and mythological figures summoned to the current era to serve as proxies in wars, traditionally, but my own circumstances are a little unique.

[justpure]

. . .

[Now he's really staring. As an outsider, he has little reason to believe him outside of the fact that there do seem to be a lot of people from different worlds gathered here. However, as an anthropologist...]

So you're saying you're some sort of well-known figure? I don't think I recognize you from anywhere...

[plsbully]

Ha! I doubt I'd be recognized so easily. But I have been known as many things - - the King of the Cavern, Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni...

[justpure]

... The Count of Monte Christo?

[He was going to argue that this man didn't look remotely like Sinbad, but that name, the King of the Cavern and Abbe Busoni were aliases of the Count according to Alexandre Dumas' famous novel...]

I suppose you were also known as Lord Wilmore, yes?

[Assuming that Avenger is, in fact, the noble spirit of Edmond Dantes and not a delusional person.]

[plsbully]

Ah, so you know of the novel?

[ weirdly Dantes doesn't seem to be uncomfortable at all acknowledging the fact that he's a fictional character. the inky black shadows around his cloak curl around himself as if pleased.]

Then you know of the man named Edmond Dantes, as well.

[justpure]

Of course, it was a highly influential story...

[Hm... Crazed men don't usually have dark auras around them. This might be a delusional spirit, perhaps?]

And yes, that means I know your real name.

[plsbully]

I'll ask that you not use it.

[ compared to his easier tone from before he sounds more curt, now, like he's drawing a line in the sand. ]

Edmond Dantes - - the man who found love at the end of his story and was freed - - that man is not me. I am indeed the Count of Monte Cristo but I embody the hatred and vengeance in his heart.

[justpure]

Of course... If that is what you wish, Count Avenger.

[Well, he certianly acts like the Count... Something's still bugging him though.]

But you said you were a sort of... Spirit version of the man?

[plsbully]

Beings such as I are not the literal incarnations of ourselves, but spirits summoned to appear as we were at our peak.

[justpure]

Ah... I see.

Forgive me, I don't believe I've encountered anything like it before.

[Still assuming this guy isn't crazy...]

[plsbully]

If you were a normal human under normal circumstances I can certainly see why that would be the case. Magi don't like to advertise.

[justpure]

I can see why they wouldn't.

[The legend of the Caged Dog Village comes to mind.]

But these are not normal circumstances at all. As far as I know, your kind doesn't even exist in my world.

[plsbully]

My implication was more they may exist in your world while you were unaware. Though I do agree - - the circumstances here aren't normal.