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

[purefuries]

Something ghastly, something dreadful, yes. This entire building is in disarray...and we're warned not to go into a specific room. 'Tis an ominous turn of affairs.

[lacampanella]

[ He supposes that, yes, it is a dire situation. Though, he finds it easy to keep a cool head as usual. Best to until the details come forth, anyway. ]

...It's interesting that he went ahead and said for us to not to go a certain room, but leaves it open for anyone to enter, right? And after going through so much trouble to capture us all.

I wonder if he's just waiting for one of us to enter and "have fun" with that.

[purefuries]

I wouldn't put it past our mysterious captor. Look at how many of us have gathered here, gawking but unable to bring ourselves to open the door. Perhaps it is a kind of test.

[lacampanella]

A glorious test in which only time will tell what the reward will be when someone "passes" it.

[ And apparently it's a freaking Nomu. ]

[purefuries]

Or it could be a test of listening to orders.

[ she shrugs ]

[lacampanella]

...If that's the case, then it looks like we might pass with flying colors.

[ Ba dum tish. ]

[purefuries]

....I don't think I'm able to fight that.

[ just gonna. take a few steps back.]

[lacampanella]

[ As for his initial reaction, see here. Not one of his best moments, really, but he's right there with her. ]

Scary, isn't it?

[purefuries]

I would perhaps be more terrified if there were not several people leaping up to restrain this beast.

[lacampanella]

[ A small laugh escapes him at that. ]

How long do you think they'll last, though?

[purefuries]

Who knows? I don't doubt our mysterious captor will intervene, somehow.

[ call it a hunch ]