ORIENTATION

[allforevil]

[When you start to stir from your slumber, you awaken to the smell of dust and rotted wood. Your bed is far from comfortable -- lumps in the mattress, a tattered blanket that barely keeps you warm and a pillow almost as hard as a rock-- and you'll immediately see there are others in your room with you.

All of you are confused, surely. "Where am I?" "What place is this?" Questions like that stir through your mind while you take in your surroundings. Something might catch your eye before anything else, though. A coloured chest tied with a bow, a large gift tag is attached to it with your name on it. There's one for everyone in each dorm, and if you open it you'll find:

An old, worn school uniform.
A colourful costume.
And a pamphlet with information about you, about your stay in this Academy, and a map of the layout of the school and the training grounds outside. The descriptions are vague, leaving out important details about your new super powers called "Quirks", a bland description about how you were selected to join the Academy called "VA" (no explanation what it means), and even the map has lame descriptions of locations that don't really give you a good idea of where you're staying.

Before you can start exploring, or chatting away with your neighbors, a voice rings over old intercoms. It sounds low and comforting, like a long lost friend. But there's something about that that feels.. unsettling. A feeling in your gut that this voice was anything but friendly.

"Welcome, students. You must be very confused, but I assure you I'll be able to answer all the questions you have in just a few minutes.

For now, relax, explore, and meet your new classmates who will be staying with you during this semester.

Oh, but..... whatever you do, don't enter the dining room."

The intercom cuts off, leaving you with a cryptic message to think about on top of.. everything else you're dealing with right now.]

Comments

[swimmerder]

for roomies in girl dorm B;

[Swim Swim wakes up earlier than everyone else, hiding completely under her blanket as soon as she sees the others. She's on a top bunk, so this manages to conceal her. She's so quiet, it may not even seem like there's another roomie up there.

It's not until she reads everything that she makes a decision. She's addressed by her Magical Girl name in this, so she needs to assume that form. Fortunately the vague description was enough that she understood it, and so here she is... sitting up finally, with pink curls and a white swimsuit. Now she's got to make sure no one saw that. First, she picks up her pillow. With that, she jumps off the side of the bed, landing easily, and peering at her sleeping roommates, utterly silent. This may be a creepy thing to wake up to while the announcement starts.]


for everyone else;

[Swim Swim is very obedient in not heading to the dining room, although she would like breakfast, so kitchen is where she's at first. Dried food seems like the easiest to eat - she's just going to sit here, crunching on instant ramen straight out of the package. Yum.

Then later she'll do some actual exploring and find the pool. You knew this was coming. She's just staring at it with deep regret. Why would someone do this.

Overall though her calm expression and demeanor make it seem like she is pretty accepting of this situation. Bit odd when they've all been kidnapped, isn't it? Also, she is still very much in a swimsuit, so that's weird.]

Sorry about the pool.

[twoasone]

[Shin just happened to be doing some exploring himself when he comes across a girl in a swimsuit. The first thing he notices is her pink hair and wings. The second thing is the pool itself.]

Urgh, what a waste. I'm fairly sure this entire facility's been left to rot.

:(

[swimmerder]

Yeah. [She's still looking downcast at the water for a moment. A waste is a great way to put it. The pool seems like it could have been one of the few fun things here.]

Is this really a school...? I have never seen one this dirty.

[With that, she'll turn and look the guy over. The main thing that surprises her is the mark above his eye. Is that a facial tattoo???]

[twoasone]

[There's a similar mark under his other eye as well... But what catches his eye are her beautiful, ethereal eyes. Now, he didn't usually focus his gaze on just the eyes- That was someone else's obsession- but these... Those are real, yes? They don't look like contacts...

All these thoughts he keeps to himself. As much as he wants to ask, there's something more dire to address.]

It must have been one, I guess, but it clearly hasn't been used in some time. Why we would all be summoned here all of a sudden is beyond me.

[swimmerder]

[They're certainly not contacts - there's no sign of the lens anywhere. These are definitely the color of Swim's irises. They widen slightly in surprise.]

You were summoned here too? ...I thought you were going to say you're a teacher here.

[I mean, it's the conclusion one would make if you see an adult in a school. If you're taking things very literally.]

[twoasone]

[He shakes his head.] No, and I doubt I could honestly call myself a student. This is clearly a hostage situation, and everyone I've met so far is a captive. Just like you and I.

[Seriously, only beggars would want to teach in this dump.]

[swimmerder]

I see... to be honest, I thought something else was going on here, but there's no reason for a captive to be here if that were the case.

[she makes a small 'hm' noise, considering it further.]

This is a problem. Still, I will do my best to rescue you, so bear with me.

[Swim turns toward the building and jumps. It's a pretty good jump, showing clear athleticism, but still not enough to get her to the roof of the building, so she lands on her feet.]

...

[well, that's not going to work here, apparently.]

Girl Room B

[seventiesjapan]

[Waking up seeing someone you don't know staring at you in complete silence is creepy. Sonia barely has time to groggily stand getting up when she notices Swim Swim staring at her. With a brief scream of panic, she almost gets ready to move, until she realized she shouldn't be freaking out right now. Calm down, Sonia!]

O-Oh. I'm sorry, you startled me. I didn't expect to see someone so soon.

[She is assuming this is Future Foundation related. The survivors were supposed to leave the simulation, after all. This has to be after that]

[swimmerder]

[Swim Swim's calm expression does not change at all when she screams, although she takes a step back. Don't want to get hit or something. She can explain when she's done screaming. ...But then she calms down and says something a little more interesting, so that first.]

Mm. That's okay, but... you were actually expecting someone?

[Unfortunately, this is not the Super High School Level Swimmer you are looking for.]

[seventiesjapan]

Actually, yes...I thought there'd be a familiar face to greet me.

[It just seemed like it'd be the polite thing to do.

Sonia looks around. This is a room shared with other people...full of people she doesn't know, not a trace of those she does know. Perhaps she got moved after being taken out of the simulation?]

Where am I?

[swimmerder]

[Well, at least she's confirmed that she was sleeping and didn't know what was going on, so Swim Swim relaxes around her somewhat.]

I'm not sure yet. I just woke up here myself... but that announcement just said we're students. A new semester is starting.

[She's kind of going with this for now.]

[seventiesjapan]

...what's the name of this school?

[Hearing that they're students and a new semester is starting seems to have alarmed Sonia a lot, as her immediate thought was Hope's Peak. She jumped off the bed, really not liking what she was hearing -- things were definitely starting to look like something went very wrong during their departure from the Neo World Program]

[swimmerder]

[Well that's an interesting set of reactions. Swim Swim makes way for Sonia, although her stance is prepared in case the girl just bolts out of the room from here or something.]

I'm not sure... Why? Do you know something about it?

roomies

[purefuries]

[ Not as creepy as Junko sitting up in her bottom bunk, watching Swim jump down, and placidly waving at her.

Hi. She's been up this whole time, too. ]

[swimmerder]

[Well if everyone in this dorm is creepy and placid, they might just get along swimmingly.

She's surprised to see so many people already awake though.]

...Good morning.

[purefuries]

Salutations, little one. Who might you be?

[ Okay, maybe she's not "little" but she's younger and smaller than Junko and cute and is awakening her repressed mom instincts. ]

[swimmerder]

[it's definitely not unwarranted, but she's totally shifting her eyes up and down after being called a 'little one'...]

Swim Swim. I'm a magical girl... [Junko kinda looks like one too actually, with her blonde hair and especially the red eyes.]

Are you one as well?

[purefuries]

Swim Swim... [ and then--oh. magical girls? like the ones on TV? she's heard of those. must be why her name is so weird. some sort of alias, Junko guesses. ]

Me? Oh, no, no. I am a divine spirit.

[swimmerder]

... Really? Which one?

[There's a bunch of them in stories, so.]

kitchen;

[lacampanella]

[ What is he looking at here... ]

...Are you actually enjoying eating that?

[swimmerder]

[A girl getting her munch on, that's what. She blinks, looking up at the new person. His looks are so colorful... she might mistake him for a magical girl at first, if his voice isn't super obviously male. For now she's just explaining in a way that is surprisingly matter of fact with her soft voice.]

Yes... You crunch up the noodles in the bag and shake the flavor into them. It's like eating chips... good.

[Admittedly not the most healthy breakfast though.]

[lacampanella]

[ His voice only barely sounds like a male's so that probably also didn't help, but indeed there is a boyish tint to it. ]

But you didn't even put water in them? Aren't you supposed to, with noodles?

[ He's just so curious about the oddity of it all, that he just has to ask. ]

[swimmerder]

Yeah, you can eat them as a soup at home. But we're at school. This is how I would eat them if I took them to school.

[There's a beat, as her eyes shift to whatever they have that passes for a stove. Admittedly there are no written details on this yet but given the rest of the setting would you assume it looks safe.]

I'm also a bit nervous about using that...

[lacampanella]

[ Campanella digests the information, though he can't imagine himself doing the same. Then again, he hasn't tried, nor has he any need to. ]

...Did you think it might explode?

[ He supposes it's not without worry. ]

[swimmerder]

[No it isn't. Though she blinks, not having thought of that exact dilemma, but it's definitely plausible.]

That would be very bad, wouldn't it... There's more of these if you want some.