Welcome.

[trustmods]

It doesn't matter where you last were or what you were doing. What matters is that you're waking up in a decently comfortable bed in a room that's completely unfamiliar. You may feel a bit groggy, like you've slept for too long, but that will fade in time. Welcome to Graceside Preparatory Academy. You may want to pick up the key to your room before you leave, though don't worry. Your door won't lock automatically so you won't be locked out if you've forgotten to pick it up. The hallway outside your room is most likely full of other confused students by now and should you turn around to look at the door of the room you just left, you'll find a nameplate with your name printed on it. There's a single word underneath it with no explanation. This is your title, but don't worry about that right now. Depending on when you left your room there may be a clock chiming in the foyer up ahead. It seems like it's seven, though it's difficult to tell if it's seven in the morning or seven at night. There aren't any windows, after all. Should you venture into the room with the clock, you'll find that the only exit is closed - there's absolutely no way to break down that steel bulkhead. It looks like you're stuck in here for the time being. The foyer also holds some very interesting information. There's a bulletin board with twenty-nine pictures on it. Beside each picture is some very specific and very familiar information. Feel free to examine it. The bulletin board is large enough for plenty of you to gather around and gawk. Don't try to get at it though, that glass in front of it is very thick. If you try to break it, you'll find out the hard way that it's shatterproof. Sorry about that. Perhaps even more of a concern than the glass is the list beside the profiles. It looks like a set of rules. You might want to examine those, though they're not providing much of an explanation for why you're here or how you got here. So relax and get to know your fellow students. You might be stuck here for awhile.

Comments

[sunsong]

If someone gives you an answer, feel free to share with the class later. ...'Cause I've got no clue.

[ And she'd like to have more of one, please. ]

[crimsonchin]

[ Asuka just...crosses her arms and sighs. It's unrealistic to expect answers right out of the gate, but even so... ]

...You just woke up here too, I assume? No memory of it or anything?

[sunsong]

[ It'd be nice if it had worked out, Asuka! ]

Yeah. Last thing I remember was talking to Luna...then, bam! Here I was waking up. I don't even think I fell asleep.

[crimsonchin]

By all accounts that should be impossible...but, well, here I am, too. No memory of any of it.

[ Of course, she was probably comatose...and, naturally, there's no proof that this other girl is telling the truth. There's no way to call her out, but... ]

It's a real pain in the ass.

[sunsong]

Yeah, it doesn't seem like a lot of the people here would have been easy to get to, either...I call bullshit.

[ UNFORTUNATELY, CALLING BULLSHIT ON A KIDNAPPING DOESN'T MAKE IT SUDDENLY STOP HAPPENING...? ]

Luna and I were in the middle of a crowded fucking district, even.

[crimsonchin]

Whether or not it's bullshit, we are here, aren't we? In this...trust exercise...

[ She practically spits the words out. She's disgusted. ]

This Luna, she's the same Luna here in these profiles? The "Counterbalanced" one?

[sunsong]

Yeah, my twin sister. Kinda cliched, isn't it? Our titles, or whatever the fuck those are. Counterbalanced and Adversarial...those are both things that are opposed, right?

[ Sun and Moon, Sol and Luna, Adversarial and Counterbalanced.

Two forces pushing and pulling against one another. ]

[crimsonchin]

...Cute.

[ Asuka's not really impressed, if her annoyed stance wasn't any indication; as far as she's concerned, these titles are just sort of slapped on.

"Contrary". What a joke. ]

Is that trying to say that together, you two cancel each other out?

[sunsong]

Haven't got a clue. I just figured that's probably why we got those...I know that King guy got Sovereign, so they seem to at least kinda maybe have a reason. Sometimes.

[ It hasn't really been her main focus for exploration, honestly. ]

We're opposites, I guess? I don't think it matters all that much, overall. What they call us is way less fucking important than getting out, right?

[crimsonchin]

I think what's most important here is trying to figure out who might attempt to draw first blood, if we're being honest with one another.

We should try and deal with that person first, so they don't get any ideas. Then we can get the fuck out of here.

[sunsong]

Because of that dumbass rule that suggestion trying to, more or less, right?

[ YEAH...Sol doesn't look best pleased about that one. ]

Taking a life...honestly, do they think it's such a negligible thing?

[crimsonchin]

We don't know any of these people. They say this is a trust exercise, but then throw out the idea of killing to escape it.

Obviously, that means the people here are untrustworthy.

[sunsong]

Well, yeah, not trusting the people runnin' this shitshow is a damn given. Treating a life like money, exchanging this for that...

[ She suddenly looks a little bit older and a lot more mad. ]

...I fucking hate people who do that.

[crimsonchin]

Not just the people running this.

Everyone in this building, made to play this game. Don't trust any of them.

[sunsong]

It's not like any of them asked to be here, either.

[ She's not offended at the warning, and in fact it's kind of...nice? Of the other girl to give it. But even so... ]

Not trusting anyone, not reaching out a hand to help out...yeah, I don't think I can go back to doing that kind of thing, even if it ends bad.

[crimsonchin]

[ Her scowl might just twitch a bit at that... ]

Funny. I have the opposite experience.

[sunsong]

Yeah? Well, I promise not to try an' kill you or something dumb as fuck like that. Killing...that's not something I'm gonna fucking do.

[ Never again. That's the promise, the promise they made to one another and Goz, and like hell is she going to break it for some dumbass prison escape. ]

So, when it turns out I keep that promise, try to brighten up your view a hair or something like that.

[crimsonchin]

I'll hold you to that.

[ For now, anyway. We'll see. ]

Let's hope everyone else here feels the same way.

[sunsong]

Feel free. I don't say shit I don't mean.

[ #ANTI-MURDER #MURDER SUCKS ]

As to that...who knows? Luna's gonna say the same stuff as me, but prettier.

[crimsonchin]

Well, in the meantime, I guess we should at least try to figure out where the hell we are. See if anyone's being particularly suspicious. With any luck, find a secret area or something that can help us get the hell out of here.

[sunsong]

Yeah, sure thing. I've been exploring anyway...did you want to go together, or meet up later, or what?

[ even if you don't trust her or whatever Sol doesn't seem to mind working as a team for the time being. WHATEVER, SHE'LL DEAL WITH BACKSTABBING LATER. ]

[crimsonchin]

...

[ She doesn't exactly like the idea of working as a team with someone. But if they work together and split up, the two of them can cover more ground, and maybe interrogate different people. ]

You cover the south side of the hall. I'll take the north. We'll meet up back here when we're done and you can tell me what you've found, if anything.

[sunsong]

[ score one for practicality... ]

Sure thing. See you in a bit, Asuka.

[ Not like Asuka gave out her name, but the profiles slash door tags are good for something at least... ]

[crimsonchin]

Sol.

[ She looks over her shoulder and regards her with a tousle of her crimson hair over the shoulder. ]

Let's hope we get something.

[sunsong]

Bound to...though it might not be useful.

[ Sol will just skip off in the direction she'd been directed to go in. If Asuka cares to thread out chatting about what they found, she'll later circle around to meet up again. ]