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[enjoyers]

Characters: Everyone!
Date: August 11th
Rating/Warnings: Nothing as of yet. Mark anything that qualifies a warning in your subject line!
Summary: Arrivals.
You want happiness. A company called RECOVERjoy has offered it to you, so you've signed up with them. Gaining happiness can't hurt, right?

Suddenly you're in a room, an apartment, with three other beds and unfamiliar faces. This is your assigned room, and it's quite crowded. You don't get much of a chance to think as your phone beeps--it's not your phone, maybe you've never had a phone, but there's one in your hand so you check it. It's a smart phone, nothing special about it, but now you've received a text from RECOVERjoy.

Welcome to Joywick! We're so happy to have you!

You've arrived in your assigned room, we hope you like it! Don't worry, you can move out once you've collected enough joypoints. Speaking of, if you'd like to check your balance, there's a special application that tracks it for you right on your phone! Handy, right?

... Did you check? If you did, you'll notice you have no joypoints. But don't despair! We're giving you a special mission. Make three (3) friends and get 200 joypoints! Gee, that's easy! Of course, we can't put a level on something like friendship, so just get to know people. Don't miss out on these easy points! We'll give you more information about joypoints once you're done.

Wishing you happiness,
RECOVERjoy : )

You're in this for 1 million joypoints, aren't you? Might as well get started.

(AFTER THE MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED OR ONCE 24 HOURS HAVE PASSED)

You receive another text from RECOVERjoy.

Great job on the mission! Or not so great job for those who didn't do it. : (

Well, you probably want more joypoints either way. Here's how! Look for another person. I bet they look fairly happy, right? Why are they happier than you? Because they've got the joypoints you need! The only way to get those joypoints is to steal theirs. How? Take their happiness away. It's easy! Maybe a rumor here, an injury there... but if you want the big points, be creative!
You want to be happy, don't you?

Wishing you happiness,
RECOVERjoy : )

... Not quite what you expected when you signed up. You can't leave, though, you still owe RECOVERjoy 500 joypoints and, well, you came here for a reason.

Comments

ROOM 101

[mellowyellow]

Eeeeeeh?!

[What a way to be greeted after mysteriously appearing in a room that decidedly is not yours. The owner of the outcry seems to be an overly expressive teenage boy enthralled by the phone in his hand.

After having read the text, he whirls his head around once, twice, before deciding this isn't enough and spinning his entire body in circles for a 360 degree view of his new surroundings.]

Teleportation? Sci-fi? World War III?!

The apocalypse is orange?!

Re: ROOM 101

[herplaceinthesun]

[Aisha's just going to . . . stare. Wow, Terrans sure were weird, but at least he didn't look boring. That would have been the worst.]

I wouldn't call putting someone in a free room the apocalypse . . . but yeah, what's with all the orange?

[She plops down on a bed. It's totally her bed now okay. And speaking of sci-fi, do you see those ears?]

Hey, don't throw up with all that spinning, okay? That would probably suck.

1/2

[mellowyellow]

[He stops spinning the moment a woman's voice manages to penetrate ears perpetually clogged by his own voice. His antics hadn't afforded him much of a chance to take in details. Honestly, details are the last thing he's interested in when he's suddenly somewhere he wasn't a second beforehand. But that is a female voice, no doubt about it. A grounding reminder that he's not alone in this room.

Hastily he straightens out, willing dizziness away.]

Throw up? In front of a babe like you~? Wouldn't dream of-

2/2

[mellowyellow]

EARS.

Re: 2/2

[herplaceinthesun]

[Kida you have good taste! Points for you. She laughs a little at his attempts to straight up, and at his reaction too.]

Yep, I've got em. Best ears in the universe, in fact!

[She wiggles them, for emphasis of course.]

[mellowyellow]

They're... real? No crazy animatronic stuff?

[Sorry, he's a bit stuck on this. In fact, he's outrightly staring. Somehow, there is just too thick of a divide between the Headless Rider of Ikebukuro and a lady with actual real furry animal ears. One is a frightening legend come to life and the other is a the first of many gateways into a very specific type of fantasy. He can't quite accept them in the same way.]

[fashionenvy]

[there's another girl in the room, and she's giving a pretty bewildered look at the moment. it's partially because of the sudden arrival in the room plus the text that she had just received, but also because of the the sudden shout from the blonde]

Huh--?! Apocalypse!?

[mellowyellow]

The only other explanation I've got is alien invasion! If you don't want little green men charging in here, feel free to update the list yourself!

[Frustrated, exasperated, a little freaked out. Also dizzy. His spinning comes to an abrupt stop when he grabs at the edge of one of the beds.]

I will totally kiss you if you can.

[fashionenvy]

[EXCUSE HER AS SHE BLUSHES AT THAT SECOND PART, but she recovers quickly, so there's no need to worry...!!!]

I don't really think it's aliens though! Or World War III, or anything like that...

You read the text right? This is probably the room that the people in charge are giving to us. How we got here is still a mystery, though... I don't remember coming here myself. But I'm sure they brought us here! ... somehow...

But I do agree... the orange is a bit much...

[mellowyellow]

One second I was over there, and the next I was right here! That is not okay!

[But with a few extra seconds for his mind to catch up, whatever could have happened, he can see it's obviously the work of RECOVERjoy. Not exactly what he'd been expecting when he signed up. But at least-]

No matter how many fine ass ladies you drop a guy in a room with, you should at least give him a bit of a wave before you do it!

this isn't late whatsoever.......

[fashionenvy]

[her head tilts slightly, but she smiles regardless, giving a giggle]

Oh no, I agree. A little warning would have been nice. [SHE'S TAKING THAT FINE ASS LADY COMMENT AS A COMPLIMENT BTW EVEN IF THIS ISN'T HER BODY] Though, I guess it's alright. Especially if the guys being dropped are as cute as you! [a wink]

Anyways, where are my manners? I'm Shiki-- Shiki Misaki!

Not at all~

[mellowyellow]

[That sweet voice complimenting him helps calm him down, sobering him from combined surprise and excitement. Wow, an actual positive response!]

Hmmmm? Could it be that you won first place, and I'm your prize~?

[Smirky-smirk.

Once she introduces herself, he straightens out for one of his own.]

Kida Masaomi, the guy who's gonna beat RECOVERjoy to your sexy smile!

[fashionenvy]

[no response this time, just another giggle~

she smiles brightly as he introduces himself, bowing slightly]

Kida! Right! You have a cute name as well! I guess it's a whole package then, huh? [another giggle] Still, it's nice to meet you!

[mellowyellow]

Already winning! This'll be a breeze~

[Oh, now he might as well be cooing.]

It's like the whole room is already a million times brighter! I'll have to wear shades!

I couldn't wait any longer. /does something sneaky! /)_(\

[compliant]

[ Anri can only take a few short hours in her room before fleeing — the room she shares now is far bigger than her old apartment but manages to feel doubly cramped, breathing room replaced by too many people with too many voices, thoughts, words, heartbeats. It gets to be too much and she doesn't even say a word as she exits out into the hall, her phone held close to her chest. In case of— in case of anything.

A familiar voice stops her dead in her tracks and it might be against the rules, or she might be interrupting someone's conversation, or a million other different things that would normally stop her feet run through her mind.

Anri ignores it, peeking into the room. Her hand holding tight to the ajar door, almost for balance, all she can do is gasp. ]

Pffff. Oops, spying on Kida Round Two! 1/2

[mellowyellow]

[Introductions and initial freak outs properly taken care of, Masaomi is now sorting through his suitcase to make sure everything arrived along with him. He throws out regular comments about what everyone else is doing and talking about, never one to be left out of any conversation, no matter how much people wish he would.

Needless to say, the addition of a gasp to the room's melodious uproar instantly catches his attention. He's already cooing away before he turns to see who's at the door.]

Aaah~! RECOVERjoy is right! With so many chicks on my tail, I'll be-

2/2

[mellowyellow]

[Kida Masaomi freezes in place, wide eyes locked on Sonohara Anri's unforgettable figure.

Shit, no!

Why is she here? She's supposed to be with Mikado. Is it because of what happened to Mikado? Is she here because of him? Is this his fault too?

He hasn't talked to her since he woke up in the hospital, and he can't do it now either. Instead, he just stares, throat too dry to finish.]

[compliant]

[ Anri feels her teeth grind together behind tightly closed lips. She doesn't want to be angry — anger is too difficult to control, too messy, too confusing; especially when she can't figure out where she's angry, or why, or who at.

She's a little angry now. It had taken six weeks for her and Ryuugamine-kun to scrape together the money for a headstone.

The words are forced out of wooden lips, her tone somewhere between dullness and a dangerous quiet. ]

Who are you?

[mellowyellow]

[And suddenly, nothing make sense.

He ends up in this room in the blink of an eye, a fucking poof. All of the things he packed are here save his cellphone. And now Anri's here, asking that of all things.

It's too much. Too intense, too suffocating, too quiet! The barriers break, and nervous energy pushes his voice out.]

That's what you're asking?!

[Utterly incredulous and just a little desperate. Anri is not the kind of person who'd pretend she doesn't know him. She can't be.

Right?]

[compliant]

Yes! [ It forces itself out at the very tail end of his words, and she can't keep her breath from thickening. She had been there when Horada had... She had been there in the hospital. She had stood outside in the cold and the rain while the rest of the school had attended his memorial in the gym, citing another child lost in a colour-coded war. ]

[ Anri pales as she works through it, lips forming soundless shapes until: ]

Please... don't. [ She's feeling dizzy, Saika's voice pressing down heavily on her thoughts. ] If you've been changed somehow, then — I'll keep your secret. But — [ but don't look at me like that. ]

[ She is still standing, right? Her hand tightens at the doorway. ]

[mellowyellow]

Anri-

[He takes a step toward her, arm raised to hold her shoulder, but he stops long before he gets close. He can't. He just can't. He's scared of what might happen if he does.

Is this... about him being in the Yellow Scarves? Is that what she means?]

I tried to stop it! I swear- I didn't mean-

[His throat keeps closing up. He can't finish anything. Is this how Anri felt when he had her in that alleyway?]

You and Mikado weren't supposed to...

[compliant]

[ Her back hits the door when he comes close in her immediate, reflexive recoil away from him.

And then, drawing entirely the wrong conclusion: ]

Ryuugamine-kun is here too?

Is this... are we in hell?

[mellowyellow]

[Refraining from flinching turns out to take more effort than he'd thought, but he does manage it. Instead, his arm drops uselessly back to his side.

Mikado? Here? The fluttering feeling in his lower chest is nauseating.]

I... haven't seen him.

[A quiet, anxious chuckle follows. He can't look her in the eye.]

But if this was hell, neither of you would be here.

[compliant]

[ It takes a moment, but her frame loses some of its steeliness and her shoulders relax. ]

What day is it?

[mellowyellow]

Monday. [A beat.] Or it was this morning, anyway.