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foundationmods ([personal profile] foundationmods) wrote in [community profile] thefoundation2019-03-23 11:33 am
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ROUND 3 INTRO LOG



Welcome to The Island. The Witch extends her greetings to you on this fine day, and is pleased to finally begin the game. Please, take a seat.

Though this game may be more difficult than originally expected, there are high hopes placed upon you. Fight well against what awaits you in order to reach a truly sparkling end.

The difficulty level is challenging, but also depends on you. Think deeply on your moves as you play.





You wake with a start - even if you don't remember falling asleep in the first place - and find yourself standing on the dock of what looks like an island. There's a noise behind you - and if you turn to look, you'll see a plain white boat taking off and leaving you all behind, not stopping for a second if you try to flag them down or scream at them.

It doesn't look like you can swim to shore, either - there's nothing but sea in all directions, and something tells you trying to swim out will end up badly. However, a small dip, if you were so inclined, would be fine. It's not like the weather is bad for it - it feels like it's summer, despite it having been firmly springish at the Foundation.

...Speaking of, what happened? The last thing you remember is being...wherever you were, and then seeing a yellow bird come towards you. Perhaps it was in the corner of your eye, or landed on your shoulder...regardless, all of you saw the bird before you were whisked away to this strange island.

Is it a new SCP? Something like this isn't outside the realm of their abilities, after all.

And there's something else. Your abilities are blocked, beyond those natural to your body. Try as you might, you just can't use any of your more supernatural or superhuman skills - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

There is also a...letter? on your person, as if it was there all along - in your pocket or in your hand. It is...a remarkably plain envelope, and even the letter itself is plain parchment.

It reads:

'To the players in this game,

First and foremost, let me begin with an apology: for many of you, this is not a good time to bring you here, and forcing you to play in this game instead of asking nicely is quite rude of me. For that, you have my apologies.

However, as you will soon find out, this game is quite necessary. I hand-picked all of you because I felt you were the best for this task, strange circumstances notwithstanding, and I am sure you will excel beyond even my expectations. Please give me some consideration and play this game to your best efforts. Success will be greatly rewarded.

I will be watching, and I will intervene if needed. But I think all of you are up to this task. I am in your debt for this.

- The Witch of ██████████
'

...hm.

If you decide to head up the path, you'll find Goat....men? waiting for you near the doors to the mansion. Despite their bright red eyes, they merely bow politely and wordlessly bring you into the mansion, showing you your rooms and then stating that they will prepare food for you or anything else you should need whenever you want, in surprisingly deep voices.

As they leave, you can't help but wonder...

Where are you now?

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[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-24 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ Syaoran thinks highly of the Foundation right now, but that's a large part in how they were trying to sell the concept to him during the intake interview, and in a way that casually leaves out a lot of pertinent information. ]

You saw that yellow bird as well, then...?
rikuchi: (And dull my blue?)

things i thought i responded to smdh

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-24 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh boy.

Riku has no clue that the other thinks this at the moment but believe it that he'll try to tell him otherwise if he should ever find out... ]


I did. Might've been an SCP--they tell you about those at the interview?
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[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-24 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
They didn't.

[ They said what the Foundation was about - sort of - but nothing about SCPs. ]
rikuchi: (heart will)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-24 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Record scratch.

...He pinches the bridge of his nose for a moment. ]


Of course they didn't. They did tell you that they were up against something at least, right?
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[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-24 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, they did. And that they needed my help for it.
rikuchi: (Cause my heart will not give up on you)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-24 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Let's start simple... ]

...What you'd be going up against would be SCPs. They are usually places, beings, things, or even people that the Foundation considers to unnatural enough that they'd need to have it taken care of. Usually, this involves a lot of life-threatening missions since there are numerous SCPs throughout the universe.

[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-24 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I see. I think I understand that much, at least. And life threatening wouldn't be anything new to me, either.
rikuchi: (And dull my blue?)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-25 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...My biggest issue is the part where they force others into throwing their lives away in the first place, without a care that not everyone is ready to jump aboard their so-called 'mission'.

[ Riku supposes that there are people who are perfectly fine with helping the Foundation, but he's not going to get into the organization's structural issues, but rather the sticking point for him. ]
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[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-26 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
... Is that really how they treat people?
rikuchi: (Yet I kept hanging onto them)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-27 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ He'll nod, serious look still present. ]

Don't fall in line with what they want, and you face the consequences. It's how they've always been.

[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-27 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
. . . I see. If they're like that, then there really are problems that need to be changed.
rikuchi: (Even when every time I did)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-28 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Though something tells me that doing anything like that would require a serious, combined effort.

[ Given with how big the organization was... ]

I can't believe they didn't go more into detail about what you would actually be facing in the first place, though. Just goes to show you how desperate they are.

[ Even if the brunet was used to risking his life, Riku is not cool with that kind of vagueness. ]
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[personal profile] excavated 2019-03-28 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Probably.

[ That wouldn't be surprising to him, however. ]

I guess they really are desperate to get what they want in that case... even I understand that feeling.
rikuchi: (You’re my endless sea)

[personal profile] rikuchi 2019-03-30 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...it's unfortunate that he could understand it. ]

...The worst part about it is that I can too. Even if I don't agree with it.

[ He releases a sigh. ]