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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! )
1
Are you okay? Do you need any help?
no subject
I'll be fine. [ He huffs a bit, hand pressing more firmly against the scar on his chest. ] Just a bit confused.
no subject
[ It looks like a scar, but maybe there's something that came about because of the injury? Riku's no stranger to bodies misbehaving, after all... ]
Are you sure? I can find a hospital or something if you need medical attention!
no subject
Pretty sure a hospital won't help at this point.
no subject
[ He has doubts, but he knows what it's like to not want to go there. He understands. ]
Okay. As long as you can still move around.
[ He pauses for a moment. ]
Um... I'm Riku, by the way! I don't know what I'm doing here, but it's nice to meet you!
no subject
[ A little pain is fine. He'll survive. ]
I'm Ace. I don't even know where "here" is supposed to be, but nice to meet you, too.
[ He does glance around a little, taking in a bit of the surroundings and the different people here. ]
no subject
[ A little dry laugh, then: ]
Well, Ace, if you want to look around, we can go together?
no subject
[ It's mostly a joke, but the concern the other guy had was real. At least he's pushing the pain down the more time goes on. It was just the initial shock that startled him so bad. ]
But I wouldn't turn down an offer to explore around this place.
no subject
[ This guy seems nice; it really is a shame he came here in bad shape, but at least he's handling it like a champ... Riku stands up and makes room for Ace to get up, too, ready to help him if he stumbles or anything like that. ]
I'm not even sure where to start, but we can at least see what we're dealing with!
no subject
Good point. Not a bad idea to see what's what.
[ He places his hand on his desk and pushes himself up to get steady. ]
From the look of it, everyone around here seems to be pretty lost, too.
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[ Ace seems to be handling himself alright, at least! That's good. Riku starts to head out of the seating area and towards the stairs going up towards the exit. ]
Do you think there's someone from here who'd know what's going on? Like...a local! Or someone who works here. Maybe we can keep an eye out for someone like that, too?
no subject
[ He doesn't seem to be worried about any dangerous that could possibly come about. He's been in plenty of situations to know how to take care of himself. ]
Even if we don't find someone, there might still be answers in what's left behind.
no subject
[ Off they go! Riku opens the door to leave the lecture hall, though... ]
Oh, if you want to look around here first, actually, we can do that. Or we can write something on the whiteboard and encourage people to do the same!
no subject
The place looks a bit boring, but we could leave something on the board.
no subject
[ Aaaand back down the stairs he goes, all the way to the board... ]
Hmm, what do you want to write? "Riku and Ace were here"?
[ that's lame ]
no subject
You gotta go with something more exciting!
[ And he's picking up the chalk to start to draw out Whitebeard's jolly roger on the board. It would match what's on his back, but only a small bit of it can be seen through the scarring. ]