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]

Yeah, that's one word for it. So this [presses his hand to his chest] is Shut Hell, and I'm Sudoh. We actually look pretty similar, so she's probably my ancestor or something? But she's in here too, so if I suddenly start acting way different it's probably her.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . ooooooooh]

Should I reintroduce myself to her when the time comes?

[dismemberthename]

If you'd like. We switch back and forth, so she wouldn't know you. But we usually only switch when something terrible happens, so hopefully it's unlikely you'll meet her.

[purrtagonist]

[a nod]

If I ever meet her, I'll try to make a good first impression.

[BUT]

Why did you travel to the past, though?

[dismemberthename]

It was an accident, the first time. I got strongarmed into bringing a classmate home after a party, and she played an instrument I'd made, and I woke up in this body. A lot happened, but I did wake up in my own body again later. Except Suzuki-san was gone like she'd never existed, and the past had changed so an entire written language had disappeared from history. So I went back to try and fix things.

[purrtagonist]

[ah. . . huh]

Did you get caught up in trying to fix the timeline?

[dismemberthename]

[shrugs] It's not quite like that. I can't go back whenever I want. So I just... have to do my best, and hope that it works out? It's been over a year now, since I was in my own body. There's no guarantee I'll wake up right from when I left off, if I ever go back. I could be dead, or in a coma. So... if I ever go back, I may not get another chance.

[purrtagonist]

. . . I see.

[:( Sudoh]

That must be really tough.

[dismemberthename]

[shrugs]

It is what it is.

[purrtagonist]

Yeah.

[a pause. a considering pause]

What's the saying, though? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

[dismemberthename]

Well, I'm definitely stronger than I was!

[purrtagonist]

[that gets a light laugh from Akira]

A silver lining, then?

[dismemberthename]

There are lots of those. I have people who really care about me, now. Even though I'm some weirdo from a place they've never heard of.

[purrtagonist]

[ah. . . you know, he gets that. but what was he saying about bonds earlier?]

Oh yeah? Tell me about them?

[dismemberthename]

Sure. There's Suzuki-san, when she maybe exists again, and Yurul, who's her ancestor like Shut Hell is mine, probably, except without the going back in time part. Boldu is a member of his family, and Ibaha cares... maybe a little bit too much, to be honest. For someone who doesn't know anything about the situation...

Pretty sure I can't count Veronika, but it would be a nicer world if I could.

[purrtagonist]

["when she maybe exists again." TIME TRAVEL IS HARD]

Why can't you count Veronika?

[dismemberthename]

[IT SURE IS]

Pretty sure she'd kill me if she got the chance. Even though we like each other, we are definitely enemies. And I pissed her off pretty bad.

[purrtagonist]

[. . . . . oh. well. he sure knows how that goes]

Some friendships can't get by without an attempted murder or two.

[SO WRY]

I'm kidding, by the way. That shouldn't be a standard for friendship.

[dismemberthename]

Eh, we weren't friends anyway. Like, we seriously were enemies from the start. But she saved my life, and was kind to me.

[purrtagonist]

[and his expression softens, gaze flickering away]

Relationships can be complicated.

[he shrugs]

[dismemberthename]

Yeah. It is what it is.

[shrugs right on back]