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

Touching Things

[swimmerder]

[Who is this strange man touching their door. Why is he disappointed without even opening it. What did he want to see? She's going to stare a bit as she tries to boil her thoughts into the most concise question she can think of.]

... Is something wrong?

[with you. with the door. either way.]

[notbymyside]

[It's a fair question, but not one he can answer truthfully. Because Ango is a lying liar who lies. But in this case, instead of outright lying, he's going to play the redirection game.]

Isn't this place strange to you? It looks like it hasn't been used in years.

[swimmerder]

That's true, but it's definitely being used now. You knew that, didn't you?

[if not then why the grumble... besides, if he's calling it strange, that means he also woke up here in likely similar circumstances.]

[notbymyside]

That's what makes it strange. For it to be unused for so long, and now we are here, that isn't a good thing.

[swimmerder]

I see. [well, they were encouraged to explore, she supposes.]

We don't have any clues in here, though... it's just a dorm.

[notbymyside]

No, but we can also search around for more clues. There must be more to find around here.

[swimmerder]

[well he used the word 'we' so. fine, this can happen.]

All right. What places have you searched already?

[notbymyside]

Just this floor, mostly.

[swimmerder]

[She nods.]

I went outside for a bit... it looks pretty bad out there.

[notbymyside]

I thought as much. If the inside is this rough, then the outside must be as well.

[swimmerder]

Not just that. We're in the middle of a ruin.