WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Well, this is...happening. This is a thing. This is your life now. The Commander is expecting you to just up and kill one another, and then try to get away with it. No big deal, right? You guys can handle this. You won't fall for what she has. She's clearly an idiot. A loud idiot, but still an idiot. She's not going to get one over you.

...Right?

In any case, the Commander's quarters are now open for anyone who decides they can actually stand to be in the same room as her, but beware - any favor you might ask of her is going to come at a price, and who knows what she'll ask you to do if you decide to gain a boon from her. Unless you're a suck-up like Baku - then she'll apparently be flattered. Maybe that's a good tactic to use?


Whatever you do, try not to murder the bread again. The Bread Did Nothing Wrong.


There are fifteen strangers in this place.]



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Comments

[beguiledcard]

Well, we're already paired off, so they essentially took care of the Buddy System for us.

[ He gives a small, thoughtful frown at the mention of leaving nothing out. ]

By "leave nothing out" I assume you're not asking for things like... family history and things that would have us here all day. [ a sigh ] Either way, that's asking a lot, considering everyone here has gaps in their memories, as far as I've heard...

[ Geez, Akira, you almost make it sound like you're against something called Opening Up A Little. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Sure does. Even though it's Rosenkreuz, he's staring a bit thanks to that rationale, but he rubs his chin, not missing a beat.]

I would not mind learning about everyone's families. The bonds of blood are profound... It may even be quite important to know one's next of kin. [This is just a dark joke but his face doesn't even move.]

However, I admit I was referring more to occupation and ability than anything. The profiles only detail our new powers and physical features.

[beguiledcard]

Well, damn. Guess that means everyone has to learn I was next in line for ruling over a country. One famous for its spicy coffee beans, at that.

[ Akira....... ]

That's actually pretty fair, though the abilities we're left with are already listed, right? Unless you mean something along the lines of... lockpicking and hand-to-hand fighting skills?

[ But after a short pause: ]

My main occupation involved being a simple high school student. On the side, I had a few part-time jobs. I was a florist, convenience store worker, bartender, and a cook for a beef bowl shop. Then, whenever I had the time, I was a barista at the cafe I lived in the attic of.

[ After a beat: ]

Also I was the leader of a group of Phantom Thieves.

[stealsyourduelist]

[Rosenkreuz snorts at that. Coffee only comes from Africa and the Middle East as far as he's concerned, and you, sir, do not look like their royalty.]

Can you not come up with a better lie?

[But he'll listen to the rest. Lockpicking and hand-to-hand sound like they're on track so he'll get a 'Right' uttered at him, but the rest of this might as well be speaking in tongues for half of it.]

Is a 'part time job' what you call an apprenticeship? ...And how is it that you are a phantom thief? That is a spellcaster from the other world.

[beguiledcard]

[ He gives a small smile. ]

Sometimes.

[ There's a nod at the first question, though. But there's a... blink after that? At the next part. ]

Well... I am from a place called Earth, and there are people here who aren't from that planet. Either way, I did travel to a place that could be considered another world entirely, when doing Phantom Thief work.

[losergod]

If we're discussing things about ourselves, that's ridiculous. God has no such thing as family members.

[ It's said flatly. Wow, did it just get cold in here or what. Kinda like he's shutting down that possibility? ]

But I am willing to answer any other questions.

[crouching_sin]

That depends both on your world and on your interpretations of various things.

[losergod]

There is no interpretation.

[ He says this flatly. ]

I have no family. I remember that perfectly clearly. There would be little need for such things in my... "line of work", as you might say. ... I don't know what other people might think, but...

[vividsins]

[ Baku will remember that.

SIP. ]

[stealsyourduelist]

Forsaking the son, eh?

[Hello my first name is still Christian.

Also he's just assuming that C is a bastard now, but there's no need to be touchy about it]

[losergod]

... I have children, technically. But it seems a bit... narcissistic, to refer to everything I've made as "mine".

[ He's not about that life. ]

[crouching_sin]

[At the mention of family:]

No.

... Though I am a computer programmer by trade, which for those of you who don't know means I am a person who writes the... text, essentially, that tells a computer how to function.

[stealsyourduelist]

I see. Given the technology level here, your abilities may prove to be one of the most valuable... at the very least, I find myself wanting to understand computers. Provided that we do not manage to escape before I have the chance to learn.

[As cool as all of this stuff is that still seems preferable to him, and the goal that they should be focus on. But given how things run here, knowing computers may be necessary to escape in the first place, so.]

[crouching_sin]

Hopefully. There's not much on them right now, as far as I can see. I don't entirely know if we are going to need them, but I'm trying to check them thoroughly, just in case.

[vividsins]

I have none--family, that is. Demons, especially baku, don't... Work like that. As for my occupation... Well. I'm a nightmare-eater, and employ myself doing so. There are many who can't sleep due to nightmares, after all.

[stealsyourduelist]

I wonder, what need do you have to offer this as a service instead of merely taking the nightmares you desire?

[vividsins]

People who're willing to give them over are far more likely to do so and not put up wards to keep demons like me away.

[fashionfever]

Um, I live by myself in New York these days... In the year of our lord 2018, that is, ugh... My parents are still alive, though. My older sister has a husband and kids now.

As for my job, I'm a fashion designer!

[stealsyourduelist]

I am pleased to hear your family has flourished so well, [Especially the parents? Good on them for not catching some plague!! But there's something else that caught his attention sooner than that.]

But where is this place that you live? I was championing a cause for the House of York and it is a major city, but I wasn't aware that there was a new one.

[fashionfever]

[oh god well at least there's one history thing she can EXPLAIN?]

That's because your nation colonized the Americas? We have a lot of places named after those cities. Like New Jersey. You have "Jersey", right?

[mementodagger]

[Guess who’s here but standing away from the others, just silently watching? At the mention of family, he snorts quietly and the arms folded across his chest tense. He won’t make eye contact with anyone.]

[stealsyourduelist]

[Squinting at that, did you just laugh. What is with everyone here, seriously. It's a huge culture shock coming from Coat Of Arms Land.]

Is this truly such a ridiculous concept for you lot?

[mementodagger]

[Yurick's attention turns to Rosenkreuz, that pale blue-gray eye as cold and emotionless as ice.]

Family... you talk as if all of us have such things to speak of. Did it ever occur to you that some might not, or that the circumstances around that absence could be personal?

[backuphero]

Well, you probably heard me yelling. I kill monsters, or I'm supposed to. The family heirloom won't work for me since my father didn't teach me how to use it right. Not that I have it here, it was gone with my clothes. I mean, I've done okay so far, but until I got here I had someone backing me up.

[His voice is low, and rough, almost that of a man wounded.]

So I usually have a witch at my back, my best friend. Usually use a whip to fight, but I didn't see any in the armory here so I went with the knife. My father's dead... my mother's a doctor, and there's some family friends in England who would care if I died. What else do you need to know?

[vividsins]

[ YIKES. ]

...I hope you don't think me a monster. A demon, yes, but... I eat nightmares. If anything I'm beneficial.