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

[dismemberthename]

[laughs, light and easy.] Mostly!

[starinhereye]

Have you talked with the, ah, talking animals?

[dismemberthename]

Uh. A little. Mostly I'm not sure whether or not I'm hallucinating them, though.

[starinhereye]

[glancing up, thinking about that]

Huh, guess that could be another answer. Do you hallucinate a lot?

[dismemberthename]

I don't, but I'm thinking about starting just so that those aren't real.

[starinhereye]

[oops]

How about this place . . . ?

[dismemberthename]

It feels pretty real to me.

[starinhereye]

Yeah. I couldn't have imagined this on my own. I've never seen anything like it.

[dismemberthename]

Ah... what sort of place are you from? If you don't mind me asking.

[starinhereye]

Clarines. We're a northern country.

[dismemberthename]

Can't say I've heard of it.

[starinhereye]

What about you? Where are you from?

[dismemberthename]

Japan, originally.

[starinhereye]

[shaking his head]

I haven't heard of Japan, either. You're a traveler?

[dismemberthename]

[simply nods] Yeah, pretty much.

[starinhereye]

So, you haven't seen something like this before either, too, right?

[dismemberthename]

I've been to high school, but this is definitely not a normal high school.

[starinhereye]

What's a high school?

[dismemberthename]

Uhhh, do you know what school is in general?

[starinhereye]

[laughs, more to himself]

Yes, I know what they are. Just not that type.

[dismemberthename]

Okay, that makes this easier. Basically it's the last level of school before you're an adult.

[starinhereye]

No, no, you went too fast. People can become adults without going to school.

[dismemberthename]

Yeah, that's true. But legally you're supposed to at least go up to high school. There's college after that, but that's not required.

[starinhereye]

That explains why it's a good demarcation. Huh . . . So, you have laws about attending school?

[dismemberthename]

Mmhm. Everyone's supposed to get a basic education.