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returnjourneylogs2022-01-01 04:57 pm
returnjourney) wrote in returnjourneylogs2022-01-01 04:57 pm
Entry tags:
- !event,
- *helpdesk,
- agrias oaks (final fantasy tactics),
- aki hayakawa (chainsaw man),
- alex mercer (prototype),
- bucky barnes (mcu),
- claire fraser (outlander),
- ezio auditore (assassin's creed),
- j. a. volkhov (original),
- jinx (arcane),
- loki odinson (mcu),
- rhys strongfork (borderlands),
- silco (arcane),
- theo crawford (original),
- william (westworld)
SET SAIL: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
SET SAIL: FIRST IMPRESSIONS
Welcome to the new year and the Return Journey's opening event! We're starting with something light to get everyone acclimated and so no one feels they've missed too much if they app after the holiday season. We'd like to make it easy for any new players to jump in right away.
If you have any questions about the event, please ask here.
1. What? My name is who? My name is—
Salutations! Now that everyone's respective warden and inmate orientations are out of the way, you've been given a helpful, mandatory name tag. It instantly appears on your shirt and can't be taken off, though where it appears on your shirt is a bit more unpredictable; it's an imperfect science, so it's just as likely to pop up on the back of your shirt as the front. If you try to remove your clothes, the tag appears on your skin; they're waterproof, so a quick shower won't get rid of it, either. What can we say — it's mandatory.
While the tags all follow the standard "HELLO my name is" format and have your name or most common alias, they also include some other information. For wardens, it features a space that declares "I LIKE" and one or two of your most choices hobbies. For inmates, it features these hobbies and "I have killed [x] people" (this may be a specific number or something akin to "a lot of" or "no"). Fun icebreaker, right?
2. Twenty Questions
Speaking of icebreakers, a brief announcement summons everyone to the observatory. Again, yes, it's mandatory; wardens must retrieve absent inmates before any more information is revealed. Better hop to it!
Upon arrival, passengers will discover that the Peregrine's resident bot force has reconfigured the observatory with small, portable cubicles, each with a transparent wall that retains a lovely view of the observatory's massive window. Each inmate is assigned their own cubicle and, upon entering, cannot leave without a warden's say so; the door only unlocks with a warden's CommLink.
Wardens are tasked with interviewing at least one inmate, to get a feel for their prospective charges. They can have as much time as they need to formulate what questions they want to ask, but that might leave some inmates waiting. Maybe that's on purpose, though. In any case, the exercise is over once an inmate is asked five questions and a warden receives five answers.
Archimedes will collect name tags after the interviews for incineration. The robotic owl is, notably, the only one who can remove them.
3. Polite Picnic
The greenhouse doesn't always have enough fresh produce to go around (and often what is collected is frozen and preserved), but given the circumstances — a new mission and new passengers — everyone can reap the rewards this month...if they share. A bot stationed in the mess hall mechanically tells anyone who crosses into range (whether they mean to visit the produce table or not) that they aren't to take more than three fruits and/or vegetables. If you choose not to abide by the rules...well, that depends if you're caught and by who.
The produce available are as follows:
Adalfane: Tastes like cocaine, but very nutritious, especially when eaten raw.There are notably fewer tsanyi than adalfane or tuadath. But if everyone's nice and cooperates, each person can get exactly one.
Tuadath: Smells awful, but very hearty when cooked, tasting a little like steak.
Tsanyi: Pure, sugary sweetness. Can be made into a refreshing drink, eaten raw, or sprinkled over a desert.
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[ That's probably a joke. Maybe a joke? Who can say. ]
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Doesn't sound as appetizing when you put it that way, but I guess that goes for anything.
( regardless: ) What's your favorite color?
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but the color answeer he takes in stride. he wears a lot of black. blue's still his favorite. )
If you were a color, what color would that be, and why?
1/2
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If you were a color, what color would that be?
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[ That's about the last time Jinx asked this question. ]
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Just answer it. Faster we get through these, the faster you get to leave.
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(Convenient, isn't it? Having something to do with your hands other than wrap them about the neck of —) ]
Take your time.
[ Questions, is it? Sure. How long will Barnes wait? ]
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smiling to himself, he locks eyes with silco and waits.
he can do this all day. )
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The past several hours have seen Silco slump gradually onto the desk, chin propped in hand; body sinking floorward. What began as a hard stare has drifted. A heavy eyelid droops, across, that baleful bare iris slips past Bucky's nose.
It is — all things considered — pretty tiring to be resurrected.
Finally, an elbow tips. He falls, slams out his arm only in time to smash against it. The string of expletives remain distinctly not an answer. ]
omg i'm HOWLING
sitting forward again, he eyes the damage a moment before asking, ) You okay?
:,) i'm having so much fun i love them
I'm fucking dead, you —
[ Some colourful indictment of Bucky's character might follow, but he's a bit busy sucking air past his teeth. Silco's fist curls about table-end, and he pinches the bridge of his nose. A scrape across his scarred cheek oozes tiny pricks of yellow pus, of something darker.
Silco straightens, collects himself. Wearily: ]
Four.