MOCK ROUND INTRO LOG

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Welcome to Rokkenjima. This island may just be a copy in the middle of reformation, but the Witch extends her greetings all the same. Please, relax.

This game is just a trial run, but please do not think you can sleep through this. The Witch fully intends to put the system through its paces, so please put up a good fight.

The difficulty level depends on you. Think deeply on your moves during this short play time.

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 whatever it was when you laid eyes on the envelope.

...Speaking of, Every last one of you have an envelope in your hands, with a gold letter 'L' on it. It's the same letter you were reading before you 'woke' up here, after all. More than that, those of you who had supernatural or magical abilities will feel...strange, as if your abilities are being forcibly blocked. Try as you might, you just can't use them - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

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...

What did you just get yourself into?


Mock Round Calendar!
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[artificialhighness]

[Peering back at him from the water.]

You have a wish?

[dawnwardspiral]

[ ... ]

I do. You do too, don't you?

[artificialhighness]

I'm not sure it would be worth this.

[Not that she has all that much to lose. Robots don't come with hefty inventories where she hails from. All the same...]

[dawnwardspiral]

...Something feel off with you too?

[ As in, Riku wondering if she had abilities and they'd been blocked as well, but the question can be taken however. ]

[artificialhighness]

... Yes. The witch must have taken something.

[There's a brief thread of venom in her voice, quiet but there.

She hasn't confirmed anything yet. But.]

As a price. To motivate us. To level the playing field. Whichever it is, I want it back.

[dawnwardspiral]

[ Figures that it wouldn't be just him, but he's in agreement with that, releasing a breath of sorts. He's definitely not okay with being powerless, despite his cool disposition. ]

She didn't have a right to take something like that away from us. [ ... ] Hopefully she'll show up soon so we can tell her as much.

[artificialhighness]

[They can be coolly dispositioned together. Once she puts all that out there she tucks herself back together again like a flower closing up. It's not so much the powerlessness of it. It's something else. Something bigger.

She'll have to think more on it later.]

I didn't think it was possible to take things like this. Part of what I am.

[She underestimated what the world was still capable of. But then again, is this the world?]

I'm very interested in meeting her.

[dawnwardspiral]

[ Riku had seen many things, but being so powerless wasn't something he'd been in such a long while. It disturbed him, to put it simply. ]

I didn't think it was possible for just a single person to take what I had away.

[ Where did she get her source of power? He had to wonder. ]

That makes two of us.

[artificialhighness]

If it's the same for all of us, then it's possible it's not taken. Just disabled.

[It would take quite a lot to disable what she is without disabling her functions altogether.

So either the witch is powerful, or meticulous, or something else. #justrobotproblems]

Yes, that would make more sense.

[dawnwardspiral]

Probably.

[ It did feel like it was just kind of blocked, but to Riku that's the same as taken away. Though, it's probably easier to get back something that's been blocked instead of 'taken away'. ]

...By the way, I'm Riku. Who're you?

[ He's not always the best at introductions, but he can still do them. ]

[artificialhighness]

[There's a small nod, acknowledging both the agreement and the introduction.]

My name is Luna.

[She also forgets to introduce herself a lot, mostly because everyone usually knows exactly who she is. Go team.]

I suppose we will be working with each other for a little while.

[Or against each other. You never know.]

[dawnwardspiral]

[ He'll nod to acknowledge she's given her name.

Hey look, 'team bad at introductions' made at least one so far. They're doing swell. ]

Looks like it. Hopefully it'll mean we get out of this place sooner than later.

[ There is the possibility of 'against each other', but Riku hasn't exactly considered it at this point. ]

[artificialhighness]

[At least they managed it on the first day, that's already something to celebrate.

That, and the fact that they don't actually have a casualty on Day 1.]

I think, if it weren't for the game, I wouldn't mind staying here a little longer.

[The beach is nice and all.]

[dawnwardspiral]

[ This isn't the disaster round, so they can probably expect no early casualties.

Maybe. There's still possible forest misadventures (?) ]

I'm not a fan of the interior, but the outside is nice.

[ So yes, islander is here for the beach. ]

[artificialhighness]

[There are always 1,001 ways to die, it just depends on your talent and luck from that point onward.

How's their collective luck--]

You don't like this style of house...?

[dawnwardspiral]

[ Should they roll now? ]

I guess I'm just not one for so much fanciness.

[artificialhighness]

The witch does seem to have a unique decorating sense. I wonder if it is a part of her game.

[See: psychological warfare.

Or maybe it's just her over-the-top personality...? Fushigi mystery.]

[dawnwardspiral]

[ ...He'll almost smile as he's kind of amused. ]

Maybe it is. I guess at this point she'd be playing the long game instead of a short one if that was the case.

[artificialhighness]

[She's a bit bemused herself. It's been a while since she really bothered to pay attention to architecture, or indeed the aesthetics of her surroundings at all. Perks of apocalyptic chic.]

If she is playing a long game, then it isn't with us.