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

[purrtagonist]

There's an aquarium on the fourth floor. It kind of makes it feel like we're under water, but. . .

[dismemberthename]

...Well, it's definitely not a real school. But we knew that.

[purrtagonist]

No. It's just a backdrop for whatever television show we're starring in.

[a beat]

I wonder why they chose a school. . .

[dismemberthename]

'Cause a lot of us are around that age? If it's a show...

[purrtagonist]

[taps his third year pin on his lapel. yep]

It's only natural to stuff a bunch of kidnapped teenagers into the one place they hate most: high school.

[dismemberthename]

I dropped out. This is bullshit.

[purrtagonist]

Mmyep.

[popping the p for emphasis]

Bright side: they won't force us to attend class. Probably.

[dismemberthename]

I don't want to think about what classes they'd teach here.

1/2

[purrtagonist]

Advanced human anatomy: how to stab someone in the heart without hitting the ribs.

[purrtagonist]

[GOD. FUCK]








That was morbid. Sorry.

[dismemberthename]

[it's ok akira he would ace that class] ...I won't call you out on being morbid if you won't call me out on thinking it was hilarious?

[purrtagonist]

[THUMBS UP]

Your secret is safe with me.

[dismemberthename]

Thanks. [offers him a hand.] I'm Sudoh. Nice to meet you.

[purrtagonist]

[takes it, mouth curved up]

Akira. I wish our circumstances were different, but the feeling is mutual.

[dismemberthename]

[his arms are scarred to hell and back, and his hand is no exception to that. also very calloused.] Yeah. The situation sucks, but at least there are nice people.

[purrtagonist]

[Akira's not that bad off, but there is a pink scar line running across his cheek, directly under his eye! and his right hand has a jagged pink impalement scar on his palm, so. . . yeah. HE AIN'T COMMENTING]

The situation does suck, but the people. . . [well] If there's anything to hold onto in a place like this, it's the bonds you form.

[dismemberthename]

...Yeah. That sounds about right. [hey sudoh what if you smiled like it didn't fucking hurt you to]

[purrtagonist]

[THAT. . . is an interesting sort of smile, and Akira has always been a good people reader. he pauses for a second, just taking it in, before he decides it's way too early in this Confidant to comment]

Don't let your guard down, though. The rules make things seem innocent and safe, but. . .

[still can't trust a chinchilla]

[dismemberthename]

Ah, don't worry about that. I'm used to some fucked up shit, so even if this place is trying to get our guard down, I'll be careful.

[purrtagonist]

[another pause, because how does one take that??]

. . . sorry.

[that he's used to some fucked up shit, because. yeah. that sucks? but at the same time]

But-- good. And if you have any questions on how this school works, feel free to ask me.

[dismemberthename]

...Sorry, that was kind of blunt, wasn't it? But, I take it you've been here before?

[purrtagonist]

It's fine. I don't mind.

[bluntness, he means]

And I have. I didn't really want to visit again, either.

[dismemberthename]

Mm. It sounds like it was more violent before. I'm glad you got out okay.

[purrtagonist]

I survived.

[in a manner of speaking, not like he died in the middle and had to be revived or anything. he shrugs!]

In the end, that's what matters.

[dismemberthename]

Yeah. It is.