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[hypokriticoath]

Who: alcheME! & guests
Where: alcheME! dorms
When: Day 507 - Morning!

[ good morning wizards 🪄,
hope you're ready for some newbies! ]

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[artlover]

It was recommended as an alternative to letters, but I took both instead. Just Z is okay.

[hypokriticoath]

[ nods, taking a seat at whatever passes for a table in the alcheme! kitchen. ] α then... at least as far as introductions go outside of AlcheME! But what else to choose... D? and it's woefully bland for a guy like me, so perhaps you can help me add a little flair.

[artlover]

Punctuation isn't that fun. Maybe something with color, like an emoji.

[ shows him the emoji keyboard on his phone ]

1/2

[hypokriticoath]

[ the fuck is an emoji. ]

[hypokriticoath]

[ oh, digital pictographs. ]

An... emoji... [ the word sounds so foreign to him. ]

I suppose I should stay on theme... [ staring at the phone, but eventually looking at z& for help. he's old and phones and emojis don't exist where he's from. ]

[artlover]

They're bitty pics ta replace words or feelings in text based communication.

Il Dottore means "The Doctor," right?

[hypokriticoath]

[ or feelings, huh... ] I get the feeling I'm going to be using the knife one a lot.

It does, yes. [ going to take out his own phone, so he can search through the emojis. there are so many. aw, look, a skull. ]

[artlover]

[ edgy ]

Anything stand out?

[hypokriticoath]

[ shakes his head. ] ...this might be easier if there weren't so many. [ and he wasn't feeling overwhelmed by a bunch of stupid pictures. ]

What's this meant to be? [ points to the ambulance. ]

[artlover]

That's an ambulance. It's an emergency transportation service that takes the injured ta treatment facilities. By law, all other vehicles have ta make way when they see one a these coming through.

[hypokriticoath]

[ takes the injured to treatment facilities... hahahehe~! ]

Maybe I'll pick that then, D🚑. What do you think?

[artlover]

[ Damn-bulance. Let the man live his best life. ]

It's got style!

[hypokriticoath]

It's settled then. Now! about that coffee. [ because he truly does feel like he's fading fast. ] ...so are you an audition too? [ points to the FLUFFY tail. ]

[artlover]

Nah, there's a long-term game going on. Everyone's a little bit monster-fied for Halloween.

Sorry for the confusion.

[hypokriticoath]

[ quirks a brow. ] Everyone? [ but also... the fuck is halloween??? ]

How fun. [ what a game to arrive during. ]

[artlover]

My bad, the game participants. Touching a card with tasks on it transformed us.

[hypokriticoath]

I'm guessing the cards are in the game tower? [ because , if so, then as soon as doors open that's where he's headed... except it looks like there's another newbie, so putting in his own color has not unlocked the door. damn. ]

[artlover]

They are.

But we gotta wait for the other newbie ta get himself situated. I'll letcha look at my card ta get an idea of what they might tell ya ta do, it just doesn't count if we do it here.

[ hands him his card ]

[hypokriticoath]

Of course. I'm in no real rush. [ he takes the card and reads it over, chuckling at some of the things listed. ] Because of the lack of cameras?

Let me know if you'd like any help. I'd be happy to help. I don't know how hard some other people or other teams go during these kinds of games, but... [ maybe they can pull out a win. ]

[artlover]

Ya got it in one. The space outside the dorms is crawling with cameras. Even in private-time spots.

I'll take whatever help ya wanna give. Havin' fun's more important than going hard ta us.

[hypokriticoath]

How vulgar.

Let me see your fangs outside of the dorm, and I can weave you a flower crown too. Both are simple enough.

[artlover]

Sure thing! It's great that ya wanna jump into it.

[hypokriticoath]

I might as well. It makes for a good ice breaker. [ and he's interested to see what monster he gets. ]

[artlover]

The newbie just needs ya get decent, and we'll roll out.

[hypokriticoath]

[ dons a mask. ] He seems a touch nervous. Hopefully we don't lose him.