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

[hopegloats]

Before? Or currently, I wonder. I'm not convinced it ever ended, even if a few minutes ago the stakes were much higher. That sounds strange doesn't it? But up until now the theme was murder.

[afailedmurder]

No, not at all. My circumstances are similar... with the exception that for my group, it happened a few months ago.

[hopegloats]

Another group of Ultimates? That would likely rule out coincidence.

Also, I should congratulate you. It would appear you excelled in your previous game.

[afailedmurder]

I survived it.

[hopegloats]

So you did. That's admirable. You must have worked hard and had quite a will to live.

[ he smiles ]

I'm Nagito Komaeda. Nice to meet you.

[afailedmurder]

Ah... something like that.

[more like he was too busy wallowing in self pity and/or fooling around with his boyfriend to get around to killing or being killed]

I'm Akechi. I'd be interested in comparing experiences, if you're up for that.

[hopegloats]

Of course.

[ Komaeda is not subtle as he immediately looks up the name in his tablet, making a face when he sees the listing. ]

Ah, but 'Ultimate Pleasant Boy'? Is that really a talent?

[afailedmurder]

Rather silly, isn't it? Last time I was the Ultimate Food Blogger.

[hopegloats]

Are you saying these aren't correct?

[ He looks at his own for the first time, it's.... well, it's wrong, but it seems more fitting. ]

What's your real talent, then?

[afailedmurder]

[making people go insane]

Talent? Well, I'm a detective...

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda is CLEARLY relieved. This is the sort of answer he wanted. ]

Ha. Haha. Of course. Obviously no one would have such a useless talent as 'Pleasant Boy'.

[afailedmurder]

[takes a look at his own tablet]

Of course not. And "Stepping Stone" isn't a talent, either. You really shouldn't take any of it to heart.

[hopegloats]

It is a talent though, isn't it? Acting as a stepping stone so others can reach their fullest potential. It's certainly much more consequential than luck, which really is a meaningless talent.

Ah, but in reality it would appear these are all fake, aren't they? Of course I only deserve to be Ultimate Lucky Student, after all.

[afailedmurder]

I'm not certain either of those things is a "talent," exactly...

But you shouldn't be so hard on yourself, Komaeda-kun. There's more to a person than natural aptitude.

[hopegloats]

[ Komaeda seems to shrug off some of his intensity, laughing ]

You're right. And some of these are completely nothing. It makes you wonder what the point of having them listed even is, don't you think?