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INTRO LOG

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.))

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

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Huh?? Wait, what do you--

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...Are the staff implying one of us can rewrite reality?

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... I would have thought they were the ones with that ability.

[Please see: literally all of her.]

Unless one of the guests is the one who brought us all here.

You mean like a mole?

[Bad.]

I don't know if we can call it a mole. The... Those of us from the blizzard aren't the only ones they call guests.

[Please see: jacuzzi monster. She's still not sure about the rats??]

Thinking about the other guests is really hard, much less guests who can rewrite reality!

I don't think any of the other guests are normal. Then again... the same can probably be said for us.

[She's pretty sure. She's not normal in any sense of the word. Also there are dragons and tiny pegasi, which are weirder and weirder the more she thinks about it.]

I guess so! It's not every day you see a virtual idol!

[And he's garbage, so.]

No, and it isn't everyday you see... those are bunny ears, aren't they? Let me see.

[She's going to reach out, not far enough to touch them, but just to scope them out.

If he allows it, though, maybe she'll poke them to see what the heck is going on there.]

Those are my BitPhone.

[He doesn't much react when she reaches out to check them out - if she actually does try to touch them, her hand will phase through because they're just holograms.]

It's a custom mod I made myself! ...Well, more like I made it thanks to big bro Mikado.

Your...? Oh...

[It’s partly realization as her hand moves right through the holographic accessories, and partly appreciation at the make of these — even in terms of holograms their resolution and solidity is amazing. She smiles a little and pulls her hand away.]

They’re pretty cute. You— have a brother who’s good at tech too, huh?

He's actually my cousin, but I call him big bro!

Does that mean you have a brother?

My stepbrother. Akira. He’s an amazing hacker.

[You can probably see the way her face lights up a little in a way that has nothing to do with acting or personas, even if you’re not looking too closely.]

He helps manage Link VRAINS.

That's kind of like big bro Mikado!

He's the one who created the Master Program, and he maintains it all by himself. Says he doesn't like others touching it.

I don’t think anyone could maintain Link VRAINS alone. Your brother sounds pretty amazing, too.

He's incredible! There's no comparison between a real genius like him and good for nothing garbage like me!

[You get karate-chopped on a body part of your choice for that one, young man. This is going to become a reflex at some point.]

I don’t think your brother would be happy with that comparison.

[She and Akira might be somewhat dysfunctional, but they’re definitely more functional than that.]

What’s the Master Program, anyway?

My arm!

[He doesn't sound all that pained.]

The Master Program is a program they implemented about four months ago to store everyone's ID and information. Before that, there were all kinds of cases where IDs would get lost, but since then, not a one. Everyone connects to it through their BitPhone!

[She didn’t chop all that hard. Consider it more of a reminder than anything else. Eventually they’re going to have to do something about this slapstick dynamic.......]

... It sounds like he really changed society. And there aren’t any security issues? Hacking, or viruses, or...?

[That’s always the rub when it comes to centralizing and digitizing information, isn’t it?]

Nope! The Master Program is ridiculously complicated. He came up with everything from scratch.

I've peeked at it a couple times myself, and I wouldn't even know where to start!

Hmm, it’s like a movie. One genius programmer against a whole army of hackers, or rogue AI, or whatever.

[It reminds her of the stupid AI army SOL Tech tried recently. It’s funny, but human ingenuity still definitely outstrips most AI.

It’s a little comforting, in the midst of everything else.]

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Pretty much! They say it's about 99% secure.

[About as secure as can be while still accounting for the possibility of unexpected error.]

My big bro's amazing, though. There's no way anyone'll get past him!

Haha, I know some people who've made it their life's work to slip past in that 1%.

[Ghost Girl and her brother and maybe even Playmaker or the Knights of Hanoi would probably like to have a crack at it. It's maybe a good thing that most of them are focused on Link VRAINS. A good thing for the rest of the world, anyway.

Then again, Link VRAINS is the more important thing to her, too.]

But I hope your brother keeps it up! So if you two are both programmers, you must have made other things, right?

A few! I made an app called Mutter a while back. It was originally just so I could keep in touch with Mikado and my parents, but everyone started using it, too. It lets you make groups to chat in.

You made an entire messaging app... I guess your aesthetic is pretty good, and that's important for those kinds of apps too.

[Come to think of it...]

How would you rate this place's apps, anyway?

[They're pretty useful for the very limited functions they have, but hm.]

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