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00 - prologue
PROLOGUE
It doesn't matter where you are or what you're doing – something strange begins to happen. There's a sudden burning sensation that wraps around your right wrist and part of your forearm. If you glance at the affected area, you'll find that it's...glowing. The glow is pale blue, and it's so bright that it hurts to look at. The burn itself isn't so painful that you feel like keeling over just yet, but it does hurt nevertheless.
But before you have time to try to soothe the pain, you start to feel lightheaded, dizzy. Perhaps some of you may attribute this to any injuries you may currently be sustaining. For those who were previously unscathed, however, there's quite possibly no explanation for this other than the sudden appearance of the mysterious burn on your arm.
There is no time to mull it over, though, because it is the last thing that you see before the world suddenly fades to black.
When you regain your senses, your vision is blurry; but when it starts to even out and you survey your surroundings, you find yourself sitting in a rather uncomfortable chair. Looking around you’ll see rows and rows of chairs, all facing the same way towards a desk, a podium, and an empty wall. A projector hangs from the ceiling and the lighting is bright and artificial... For some of you, it might be reminiscent of a college lecture hall. For others, you might have never seen anything like this before.
Your wrist, by the way, feels perfectly fine...though there’s now some kind of strange marking on it. It looks like a scar of some sort, and if you choose to touch it, it doesn’t feel inflamed or damaged in any way...but that doesn’t mean you don’t experience any pain. Perhaps the last thing some of you remember is a hard-fought battle, and the aches from your injuries still linger; some of you might not even remember getting hurt, and yet, your body aches like it has; for the lucky ones who feel fine, well. Pray that it lasts for a little while longer.
Because the moment someone gets hurt – emotionally or physically – there’s a small chance you’ll feel it, too. Where and who and what it’s coming from, though, is on you to figure out.
In front of you on the desk is some kind of device – a tablet, for those of you who are familiar. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be capable of doing much of anything right now, other than take photos and videos with the Camera app. There's also a translating app for those of you who need help reading some of the text around campus, as it is all in English. (Verbally, however, you can understand everyone in your own language. Tablets are also in characters' native languages.) It seems to be incredibly durable and hard to break, but you may want to be careful with it regardless.
Something shifts in your pocket (or...in your socks/shoe/what have you, if pockets aren't a thing) as you move around. Should you reach in and feel for it, you’ll find some kind of card – those who are familiar with modern technology will recognize that this is some kind of card you need to swipe. It has your name and a photo of you on one side, and the back of the card has the word "KEYCARD" on it.
There are also other people here, scattered throughout this mysterious classroom you’re in. In fact, there’re a bunch of you — 29 others, to be exact.
And now... you’re free to do whatever you want. Mostly anything, at least, given that once you step outside and explore, you’ll notice an ominous fog behind the various buildings within view. Still, this is a good time to get your bearings, check on what you have - and don’t have - and talk to the people around you until orientation starts.
( OOC: Welcome to your Intro Log! The partner system is in effect for the Intro Log, meaning that yes, pain share is happening! For some notes regarding the partner system, your character will not know who their partner is upon arrival. It’s entirely possible that they find out now if their partner gets or is already injured, or if they can pick up on their mood. Otherwise, they’ll find out later today...!
Anyone who tries to leave campus grounds will have to enter through the fog, but no matter what, they will mysteriously wind up back onto campus grounds. And for clarification, the keycards are what characters need to gain access to their dorms!
Finally, we will have an NPC Reveal at 6pm EST today! )
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Can't go around making people feel bad right off the bat. Sorry for reminding you of bad things, then.
[And then he whips back into an upright stance and grins.]
Living on your own doooesn't mean much, really. I'm used to living in dorms like this one, but other than that you can call me kind of self-sufficient. And if you live in a forest like that, you're probably pretty self-sufficient, too, Riku. Is it cold there? Or do you live in one of those niiice, temperate mountain forests?
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Try to be more thoughtful next time.
[Also this is a bit sus, but he's not about to stop talking.]
It gets very cold at nights. Bitterly so, almost to the point where I can't stand it.
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["Riku," the more you push the more sus you get.
Meanwhile Madara is trying to find a common thread. He's faced worse than you, dude.]
Cold in the mountains, huh? Sounds nice! I guess I'll have to say "excuse me!" and come riiiight over to visit when we get back to where I know! Oh, man, but you said you don't like noisy people... Well, sorry about that, too. I don't have any other mode. Not like I do around threatening people or anything? You know, like you did, and all!
[W i n k.]
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[He smiles brightly.]
Though isn't it a bit rude to invite yourself over without a proper invitation?
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[That is assuredly not what he's saying, but Madara is the king of throwing people off like this, so let him be.]
I'm sure we'll be great friends by the time we're settled in here, and then you can invite me over aaaany time.
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[don’t tell me vampires don’t exist even as a legend in mhyk i don’t perceive it there’s too much lore]
Hah, who am I to deny someone so earnest, even if that someone who hasn’t even introduced themselves yet, Mama.
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[Pretty sure they do but Madara knows a real life vampire so YOUR BALL, OWEN.]
I told you who I am! I'm Mama~. [A laugh.] Well, my name's actually Madara, but Mama's my nickname. Eeeeverybody calls me that. [He wishes.]
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Somehow I get the feeling nobody calls you that. Why would you be so insistent over it? Do you truly want people to see you as a character, or are you afraid of people knowing the real you? The you you want to keep locked up away from everybody else…
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If Owen thought Cain was a menace...]Pleeenty of people I like call me Mama! Sure, most people call me "Mikejima" or "Madara", but who's keeping count when we're all brand new friends!
[He's not rising to your bait, Owen, even if it's true.]
I'm just here to help out, you knooow? Like a good "Mama" ought to. The real me is right here!
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We’re not going to be friends.
[Ever!!!!!!]
So I’ll just call you Madara, hm? Better than being something like a mother.
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Yeah, something tells me you might not make friends too easily... Don't bend over backwards and hurt yourself if it's too haaard!
[Shrugging.]
Can you blame me for trying? I'm friendly like that! Unless people get on my testy side, which is just no good. Hoping I won't see you there, you knooow?
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[He doesn't want friends anyways, so like. He doesn't intend to do anything besides keep being himself.]
I think it might be fun to end up there. I want to see what a person like you would do if you hated me.
[The countdown to facepunching has begun.]
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[Biiiiig smiles, and he says it easily:]
You won't like what you see, you knooow?