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Intro log: Welcome to The Resort!
Before you even open your eyes, you can tell something is not right. It's cold. Not quite unbearably so, but cold enough that you can take notice of it. And as soon as you open your eyes, you will be able to see why it's so cold: you're in the middle of a snowy forest, with only a single two-lane road cutting through the thick trees.
Unfortunately, you seem to be without transportation. Fortunately, you are wearing warm clothes and snow gear, so freezing isn't an immediate problem. But without transportation, you're in for a long walk ahead of you.
There are others around as well. Other people, just as lost and confused as you are. Everyone seems to be lacking any memory that might explain why everyone is here. As far as anyone knows, all of you were just ripped out of your previous lives and dumped here on this snowy road, wearing snow gear and having any items that are important to you already on hand. And for some of you, you even have a new power, one that you somehow instantly know how to use...
Two ways to go: forward and back. Despite having no indication of which way is the 'right' way, you feel drawn towards one direction in particular. Going 'back' is possible, but you get the feeling that you will be even more lost if you try. And given that you have no food or water on you, it's best to keep moving forward.
So, are you ready to walk? Because you have a long road ahead of you.
((Welcome to The Resort! Your characters will have any objects or animals with them that they should have given their canon point, but are dressed in cold weather clothing.
This prompt is just the first part of the intro log. New top-levels will go up over the course of the weekend as everyone progresses from 'where the hell am I?' to the resort proper, and to getting settled in. For now, just start with this prompt. We'll link further updates here for easy access.))
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[ Inaba's here with her arms folded, lips forming a thin line as she tries her best not to look too concerned. ]
I won't ask people about their profiles to make things fair since I'm not really fond of sharing some of the information on mine, and for good reason.
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[It's almost a grumble, at odds with her bold declarations a few moments ago, but Blue Angel, real name Aoi, now that everything's all out in the open, isn't much more pleased by her profile than the rest of them. Despite all her posturing.
She's taking the problem by the horns, but she doesn't have to like it.]
But I'm glad some of us have a sense of fairness and minding their own business.
[There's a tilt of her head and a bit of a smile to soften that, even if it's not aimed at Inaba herself.]
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[ She's kind of been deadeyeing two of her 'dislikes' on the tablet for a while because Inaba honestly has no idea what to do when it comes to dealing with them. ]
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[Of course, technically they're not online, but can you blame her if her sense of reality is still a little confused and on top of that -- this situation isn't anything that common sense can really grapple with. Not even in a world where everyone runs around with A.I.s.
Zaizen Aoi isn't usually someone who sticks her nose in others' business. Blue Angel sometimes does, but only because of who she knows and who she is, within the world of Link VRAINS. There's really no reason for her to get nosy about the people here, as long as they're not connected to either of those personas.]
But as for these profiles... It's so easy to spin a story to make you see a person in a different light. Even if they're facts, they wouldn't be trustworthy. If someone can't see that, then that's their own problem, isn't it?
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Besides, I have my school ID with me that would also verify that fact, soooo. . .
[ There's no point in her hiding it, she supposes. Not to mention that they're meeting in person, too. ]
And that's true. Regardless of whether these are facts or not, it's probably best to take these with a grain of salt regardless. And if I'm going to learn about a person? I'd rather learn about them by interacting with them.
Because yeah, things like this? Can definitely be misconstrued. It happens a lot in forums.
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[That anything is real. That's the issue with a closed space like this.
She's really feeling it more than most. There's nothing except her own consciousness and the words on the tablet that could connect her present and past selves at all. She doesn't have a phone, or a school ID, or anyone who could vouch for a nickname of any kind.
In some ways, it's freeing not to be known. In other ways...]
I don't think I told you, did I? Blue Angel is my username. This... is my virtual reality avatar. So I guess that makes things even more complicated, in the end.
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[ It kind of hurts in another way, though, considering that Cinque kind of sounds like said friend, so she can almost practically hear her voice calling her by that.
But she doesn't show discomfort in her expression. But when she says that, she just stares at her wide-eyed. ]
Aaand this place officially continues to get weirder. Uh. Can I ask you a question? A "not so really personal" question, but one that I kind of am curious about.
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She quirks a smile at Inaba's expression, but she's come to expect that by now.]
Of course. I'd be more surprised if you didn't have questions.
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[ She is asking this question to so many people and based on information she's been getting, she's got to know now. ]
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[Time shenanigans have been vaguely brought up before, but so much has been happening that it's one of the things she hasn't looked into yet.]
It's 2027.
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[But come on, thinking it was just that Inaba didn't understand duel monsters or duel disk technology was a lot more reasonable than assuming she was from 17 years ago. Jeez.
She shakes her head.]
Let's... just say that we're both here from different times. But when is this?
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[ She probably wouldn't have thought of "being from the past" either, but that's because she's from a relatively normal world where things like this just don't happen! They just don't. The bodyswapping incident was just a one off thing.
Another sigh. She swears, she's going to get wrinkles. ]
I kind of asked the staff, and they said it was November. . . of 2018.
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... That's kind of halfway between us, I guess. It could be worse? That's a weird thing to have to think.
I don't know if we should believe them about the date, but...
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Yeah, I don't know either but I'm just wondering why would they lie about the date to begin with?
[ That's just the weirdest shit to lie about?? ]
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[Look, she's familiar with all sorts of shady dealings and people trying to outmaneuver each other but it usually has to do with card games and hackers, not... whatever this is. There might be hacking involved, but she's pretty sure it's not any kind of hacking she's ever seen.]
Make us argue?
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[They still haven't reached the levels they're going to reach on Monday, but they're giving it a good go. She thinks about it for another moment. She takes constructive crit!]
... Or they actually believe something that's not true, themselves. Now that I think about it, the staff... really don't seem like they have much personality of their own, do they? Like they're programmed...
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[ Which would make sense, considering just how strange they are. ]
And yeah, they seem kinda. Hm. Soulless?
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[And they are pretty creepy back home, especially the ones that are made specifically to hunt down human duelists. Nothing like tentacle monsters to complement a dead fish robot voice.]
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