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saturations) wrote2022-03-20 10:07 pm
saturations) wrote2022-03-20 10:07 pm
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[it's thursday. it's thursday, and you're in the prism doing whatever it is you feel like you should be doing today. maybe you're sleeping in (damien.) maybe you're hanging around at the forge to bond with your kin (yasusada.) maybe you're kicking around in the office kingdom to be around the person you like most (marceline.)
maybe you're doing none of the above, actually, but wherever you are, you find yourself to be the recipient of a text.]
where r u?
[it is accompanied by a picture.
upon opening this text, the world shimmers around you and you find yourself passing through a black and white archway. you enter a city.
all three of you may recognize it for various reasons. it's the hustling, bustling crowd in the middle of a crossing. four sets of white lines lay out on the ground in a square formation, a fifth crosswalk cutting through diagonally. cars drive through, and the buildings tower around you. people barely seem to notice you as they hurry this way and that.
this city is more alive than the one you may have seen before. colors burst brilliantly, lights and sounds wrapping around you and scent of delicious food and coffee waft through the air. you're in the middle of the crossing together...]
[win what? good question. but you get the sense that this is something you really want...perhaps it's a good idea to go check it out?
you check your phone. everyone but the three of you has been erased from your contacts, though there are a few blurred out names. you also have access to a notes app, a map, and another locked application.
what would you like to do first?]
maybe you're doing none of the above, actually, but wherever you are, you find yourself to be the recipient of a text.]
where r u?
[it is accompanied by a picture.
upon opening this text, the world shimmers around you and you find yourself passing through a black and white archway. you enter a city.
all three of you may recognize it for various reasons. it's the hustling, bustling crowd in the middle of a crossing. four sets of white lines lay out on the ground in a square formation, a fifth crosswalk cutting through diagonally. cars drive through, and the buildings tower around you. people barely seem to notice you as they hurry this way and that.
this city is more alive than the one you may have seen before. colors burst brilliantly, lights and sounds wrapping around you and scent of delicious food and coffee waft through the air. you're in the middle of the crossing together...]
[win what? good question. but you get the sense that this is something you really want...perhaps it's a good idea to go check it out?
you check your phone. everyone but the three of you has been erased from your contacts, though there are a few blurred out names. you also have access to a notes app, a map, and another locked application.
what would you like to do first?]
[huehuehueHUEHUEHUE
That's not what yams does, that's just me. Yasusada, for his part, stumbles through the archway, looking around--it is no longer emotionshare week, but his vibes of "AGAIN?!" are clear enough on his face. Shortly after that, though, he just looks surprised and confused.]
Eh? Wait, isn't this...
That's not what yams does, that's just me. Yasusada, for his part, stumbles through the archway, looking around--it is no longer emotionshare week, but his vibes of "AGAIN?!" are clear enough on his face. Shortly after that, though, he just looks surprised and confused.]
Eh? Wait, isn't this...
[ marcy is wearing this. this is irrelevant to what's happening but is important to me even if we get an outfit change later. she's looking around with a ?? look on her face because she recognizes the place, but then her phone pings and she just. hrm. ]
... This is going to suck.
[ AGAIN???? but also she has no patience so she just sighs and squints at the picture and then the area around ]
We might as well go, right?
... This is going to suck.
[ AGAIN???? but also she has no patience so she just sighs and squints at the picture and then the area around ]
We might as well go, right?
--Eh, Damien?!
[WHY. Not like "oh god why is Damien here", but like "WHY ARE WE APPARENTLY SPIRITED AWAY PARTNERS". Very funny.
Marceline's right, though--he looks around a little more, but then he nods at her.]
We'll have to. [There's no getting out of here by just standing around, probably.]
[WHY. Not like "oh god why is Damien here", but like "WHY ARE WE APPARENTLY SPIRITED AWAY PARTNERS". Very funny.
Marceline's right, though--he looks around a little more, but then he nods at her.]
We'll have to. [There's no getting out of here by just standing around, probably.]
You've got some bad luck, Excalibur.
[ i mean, like, so does damien? and he glances over to marceline because she wasn't with them last time, but she did go on an adventure too so... ]
You too, I guess. Eugh.
[ and he has no input on what to do here so he just shrugs. he'll go along with whatever... ]
[ i mean, like, so does damien? and he glances over to marceline because she wasn't with them last time, but she did go on an adventure too so... ]
You too, I guess. Eugh.
[ and he has no input on what to do here so he just shrugs. he'll go along with whatever... ]
Yup. We can form a dang club with HP when we get back. C'mon, let's go.
[ mod said it'd be funnier if we explore elsewhere so marceline leads them in the completely wrong direction because the phone can't tell her what to do. BURGER TIME ]
[ mod said it'd be funnier if we explore elsewhere so marceline leads them in the completely wrong direction because the phone can't tell her what to do. BURGER TIME ]
Edited 2022-03-21 21:47 (UTC)
Sorry.
[Look at his Pomeranian ears. Watch them droop. Even if they're not bodymod-ed he looks enough like a puppy that the vibe is there anyway.
Except then Marceline is leaving?! HELP he will follow her]
Eh, are you sure it's this way?
[yams has not actually been to scramble crossing specifically, he just knows what it is because he's Japanese]
[Look at his Pomeranian ears. Watch them droop. Even if they're not bodymod-ed he looks enough like a puppy that the vibe is there anyway.
Except then Marceline is leaving?! HELP he will follow her]
Eh, are you sure it's this way?
[yams has not actually been to scramble crossing specifically, he just knows what it is because he's Japanese]
[ yams is an adorable pomeranian and it's very distracting. puppy. anyway; ]
It's a quest point. You never go to the marker first thing, c'mon, every one knows that you gotta explore for side stuff first. Adventuring 101.
[ and then damien requests coffee so like. yeah. okay. let's look around for a coffee shop ]
First side stuff: coffee.
It's a quest point. You never go to the marker first thing, c'mon, every one knows that you gotta explore for side stuff first. Adventuring 101.
[ and then damien requests coffee so like. yeah. okay. let's look around for a coffee shop ]
First side stuff: coffee.
[Maybe Damien should be nicer and Yasusada won't have to apologize for nothing, how about that!!]
I don't think that's how missions work...
[He says that but he's still following so apparently Marceline is the leader of this team now. Except he's spinning around and looking at everything as they go!!!]
I wonder what era this is?
I don't think that's how missions work...
[He says that but he's still following so apparently Marceline is the leader of this team now. Except he's spinning around and looking at everything as they go!!!]
I wonder what era this is?
Sure, in video games too. But real life dungeon and quest stuff is totally like that too.
[ marceline spots... the coffee shop! hurray! she walks over and once they get close enough she pauses ]
Are we gonna have to pay for that?
[ marceline spots... the coffee shop! hurray! she walks over and once they get close enough she pauses ]
Are we gonna have to pay for that?
Let him explore, he's a big boy. [ a beat ] Wait, no, this is some kind of secret murder place, Yams, no splitting from the group.
[ anyway, she doesn't even have real pockets and her phone took up all of it so she just gestures at herself like. me neither. dang. ... she is still going to walk over to the store ]
If the food isn't free we'll do the main quest, I guess.
[ anyway, she doesn't even have real pockets and her phone took up all of it so she just gestures at herself like. me neither. dang. ... she is still going to walk over to the store ]
If the food isn't free we'll do the main quest, I guess.
[now that you've all come to that conclusion...
welcome to hachiko cafe! there's a sticker on the window that looks a little like a skull, and when you enter the shop you're greeted by a clerk.]
"Welcome to Hachiko Café!"
[yeah you fucks don't actually have any money yet? but there are free samples because you wandered around enough. you can either try the free sample (which is like a sip of coffee), or you can actually go out to the real hachiko like you're supposed to.]
welcome to hachiko cafe! there's a sticker on the window that looks a little like a skull, and when you enter the shop you're greeted by a clerk.]
"Welcome to Hachiko Café!"
[yeah you fucks don't actually have any money yet? but there are free samples because you wandered around enough. you can either try the free sample (which is like a sip of coffee), or you can actually go out to the real hachiko like you're supposed to.]
[ damien resists the urge to order something he cannot pay for... but will take a free sample of coffee because a bitch is fucking tired and we're HERE, so he may as well?????
also he's still holding onto yams'sleash? scarf, but loosely. ]
So, uh. What the fuck is Hachiko?
also he's still holding onto yams's
So, uh. What the fuck is Hachiko?
[ marceline grabs a coffee sample! it's for damien. now he can have two tiny samples and yams can have a tiny scone. adorable. ]
No clue, but there's a statue in the picture, so probably that thing. We might as well go. [ ... marceline is not affected by loitering so she does not care about only grabbing some free samples and then leaving the store? which she does. goodbye to hachiko they go ]
No clue, but there's a statue in the picture, so probably that thing. We might as well go. [ ... marceline is not affected by loitering so she does not care about only grabbing some free samples and then leaving the store? which she does. goodbye to hachiko they go ]
[love that yams is truly the only bitch with manners. so! yams can have a tiny piece of scone, damien can have two little shots of coffee, and marceline can have the child leash. they are delicious? maybe you can come back another time when you have money.
as they approach hachiko, they'll see that there's a man waiting at the statue. despite the bright colors and loud fashions of the city, he seems to be dressed in black, glasses perched on his face and a single glove. upon spotting them, there's a slight smile.]
"Are you here for the sign-ups?"
[he hands them a flyer.]
[the flyer reads: REAPER'S ROMP!
Complete the romp and collect your stamps for a chance to claim the prize of your dreams.
reading it, they will all see different things.
yasusada and marceline will see the word freedom.
damien, meanwhile, will see the word power.
when they blink, they won't be able to see this anymore. the flyer only states they can claim the prize of their dreams.]
"If this is your whole team, I'll get you guys signed up right now."
as they approach hachiko, they'll see that there's a man waiting at the statue. despite the bright colors and loud fashions of the city, he seems to be dressed in black, glasses perched on his face and a single glove. upon spotting them, there's a slight smile.]
"Are you here for the sign-ups?"
[he hands them a flyer.]
[the flyer reads: REAPER'S ROMP!
Complete the romp and collect your stamps for a chance to claim the prize of your dreams.
reading it, they will all see different things.
yasusada and marceline will see the word freedom.
damien, meanwhile, will see the word power.
when they blink, they won't be able to see this anymore. the flyer only states they can claim the prize of their dreams.]
"If this is your whole team, I'll get you guys signed up right now."
Oh Hachiko is a dog! I read about it in one of our books, back at the citadel--he lived a little after my time, so--
[Yams will tell them the story of Hachiko as they walk, because he is basically Hachiko as a sword. It's fine.
He takes the flyer, holding it so they all can read it together.]
Do you think this is what we're supposed to do?
[Yams will tell them the story of Hachiko as they walk, because he is basically Hachiko as a sword. It's fine.
He takes the flyer, holding it so they all can read it together.]
Do you think this is what we're supposed to do?
[ is damien listening to the story of hachiko? probably not. he probably interrupts it with yawns in the middle. rude ass.
he looks over the flyer... ]
Whatever it says, isn't it just going to turn into some kind of brawl? That's what all these trips turn into, isn't it?
he looks over the flyer... ]
Whatever it says, isn't it just going to turn into some kind of brawl? That's what all these trips turn into, isn't it?
[ marceline meanwhile absolutely listened to the story of hachiko and went nooooo puppyyyy sadly at it. she was moved.
and then this thing and she kind of sighs ]
Yeah, this is totally gonna be a fight to the death at some point. [ they are just saying this while ignoring this poor glasses man. marceline glances at him ] Yeah sure this is our team. So where are these stamps, dude?
and then this thing and she kind of sighs ]
Yeah, this is totally gonna be a fight to the death at some point. [ they are just saying this while ignoring this poor glasses man. marceline glances at him ] Yeah sure this is our team. So where are these stamps, dude?
[me as marceline. anyway, the man lets them talk amongst themselves, though every now and then his form seems to waver as if he's deciding if he should stay or go.
when marceline finally speaks up, he grins again before handing them a card.]
"Great! So here's the rundown on the Reaper's Romp. We've set up three checkpoints in three different places throughout Shibuya. Specifically at Udagawa Back Streets, Dogenzaka, and Cat Street. All you have to do is take this card and get it stamped at each checkpoint. When you're done with that, mosey on back here for your prize. And that's it!"
[he seems pleased with himself, but there's a moment's pause before he perks up.]
"Ah, I almost forgot. You'll need these for each checkpoint, too."
[he holds his hand palm-up, holding what appears to be three pins.
-a blue and green pin with the image of two sheep, split in half to reflect day and night
-a blue and green pin with a pink hand in the center, crackling with green lightning
-a pink pin with varying circles and white levels all over it.]
"Ready for the game to begin?"
when marceline finally speaks up, he grins again before handing them a card.]
"Great! So here's the rundown on the Reaper's Romp. We've set up three checkpoints in three different places throughout Shibuya. Specifically at Udagawa Back Streets, Dogenzaka, and Cat Street. All you have to do is take this card and get it stamped at each checkpoint. When you're done with that, mosey on back here for your prize. And that's it!"
[he seems pleased with himself, but there's a moment's pause before he perks up.]
"Ah, I almost forgot. You'll need these for each checkpoint, too."
[he holds his hand palm-up, holding what appears to be three pins.
-a blue and green pin with the image of two sheep, split in half to reflect day and night
-a blue and green pin with a pink hand in the center, crackling with green lightning
-a pink pin with varying circles and white levels all over it.]
"Ready for the game to begin?"
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