Starting with a Bang

[onetrippony]

Who: HSS & Anyone Incoming
Where: HSS Dorms
When: Day 138 Morning

[ Good morning HSS! I hope you like being woken up by loud crashing noises because that's what's happening this morning. Inspection of the room where said crashing occurred will yield you one heavily tattooed adult (??) with his foot tangled in a blanket, looking sheepishly at his tipped over and mildly destroyed bed. To vouch for his adultness and newbieness, he's wearing a t-shirt and pajama pants. There's a flaming pony on his t-shirt. That's an important detail. ]

Ah jeez... I hope that wasn't expensive.

Comments

[mapsio]

Anytime.

[ Thank god because tech is hard for some people. ]

It can be any type of green, too. Then we can let you get dressed and think more on the name part. Maybe...Emerald? Since you like shades of green? I don't think you want to be named after the words on your tattoos, right?

[onetrippony]

Considering I don't know what any of them mean right now, probably not a good choice. Emerald's a cute suggestion though, I'll keep that one in mind.

[mapsio]

Hmm...

[ Hearing what Hiryuu said: ] Pegasus!

[onetrippony]

Pegasus, huh? How's that look on me?

[mapsio]

I think it sounds lovely for you. But... really, it's up to you if you like it.

[onetrippony]

I've got a few good suggestions from you and the rest of the people here, so I'll mull them over for a bit before jumping into one. A name's important, right, so I think I can take a little time.

[mapsio]

It's definitely important.

We're all a team, actually. Including you now. So let any of us know if we can help with anything else?

[onetrippony]

Ah, sure, but what do you mean by a team?

[mapsio]

I suppose "unit" would be a better word to describe it.

[ WE CAN'T SAY THE FAMILY WORD RIGHT NOW. Bad Juju. ]

There are twelve units overall. Heart Soldier, Bad End=Dead End, BARiTONES, Future is Now, LiLis, SensitIV, Avante, AlcheME!, Wild City, Zrael, Pep!Pep!, and Taisho Roman Revolution. We're...well. I'll be honest? We're basically in Hell right now?

And there is a lot of information that goes along with this.

But the gist is... we work together in games. Sometimes they're good, sometimes they're...really bad. [ She touches her face scar, reminded of...the bad. ] We recently had three really bad games in a row, Heart Soldier well... we died in the first one.

[onetrippony]

Died.. ?

[ WHO DIED DID ALL YOUR ADULTS DIE. ]

[mapsio]

Died.

[ ALL OF OUR ADULTS ARE YOU. ]

But, death isn't permanent here. Even if you suffer death, the producers revive you. This is their twisted little game they like to play with us.

[onetrippony]

[ Exhales, long and slow as he takes that in before turning a small, soft smile to her. ]

Sounds like you guys have been through a lot of bad here.

[mapsio]

For all the bad, there is some good. I don't want to say it's all negative.

[ WHY DOES THE SOFT SMILE...somehow make her feel a little better... ]

You came in at a pretty rough time for us, sorry about that.

[onetrippony]

You all seem to still have some life in you, so I'm guessing you've made the best of the situation you've been handed and that's impressive in itself.

I'm more sorry to add to your worries.

[mapsio]

We make do where we can.

[ MMM, not a good time to bring up the disaster meeting. But. They're gonna have to explain The Thing eventually. ]

You aren't adding more, if anything. Maybe you've lessened them a little? I might worry if you fall again, though. That wasn't very good.

[onetrippony]

I'd worry too, but I think we're past that initial stage of surprise now.

Unless you've got some more of them in store outside that door.

[mapsio]

Get dressed and meet me outside the room? I'll walk you around the dorm?

[ GONNA, STEP OUT. ]

[onetrippony]

Sure.

[ And after five minutes, cue smaller crash number two. ]

[mapsio]

[ She also went and got dressed while he was getting dressed. ]

... Are you okay?

[ knock knock. ]

[onetrippony]

[ Calling out. ]

Yeah, sorry, I just tripped on something.

[ That something being his own feet. ]

[ Eventually he opens his door, dressed and hair at least a little less bedhead-y. ]

Sorry to keep you waiting- Ah, cute look!

[mapsio]

Goodness, having a rough start, are you? That's okay, no worries.

[ Gonna...offer her arm, to keep him steady? ]

[onetrippony]

My room is definitely out to make my start a little rougher.

[ Curious glance but taking the arm, he seems steady? Look at him normal walking. ]

[mapsio]

[ YOU READ THE DORM DESCRIPTION. Also (x) doubt on standing up straight.

She's taking him to the main room, where...there are a bunch of panels and junk....a table with spinny chairs-- and a mattress pile? A mattress pile. ]

So...our unit's "aesthetic" is that we are heroes. I guess, hence the name. We can buy abilities that are specific to our unit.

[onetrippony]

Heroes, huh? That's a really big title to live up to.

[mapsio]

[ ...there is a tired laugh. ]

Definitely. Especially when everyone’s definition of hero isn’t the same.