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: ) ([personal profile] enjoyers) wrote in [community profile] overjoylogs2012-08-10 08:54 pm

OPENING LOG.

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.
carsharkkonishi: (Fear is stronger than love)

Park, on the swing set

[personal profile] carsharkkonishi 2012-08-11 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[It almost felt like home, being here on the swing set. Beat would always take her there and then run off to skateboard or something like that. Rhyme would always follow, but by the end of they day they'd return to the swing set, and he'd put her on a swing and push her as high as he could.

But those days were gone. She was here alone, with no Beat to push her, or to comfort her. She was being told to make friends right after Beat died, and really, she wasn't feeling up to it. She'd put on a smile for all her roommates, but now she couldn't help herself from frowning slightly. She'd be fine, she thought. After all, once she got those million joypoints, Rhyme could go home and Beat would be there waiting for her, alive.

She's quiet, deep in thought. If anyone were to sneak up on her, she'd never notice.]

[personal profile] cursedprincess 2012-08-11 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you sure it counts if we have to pay for it? I didn't think paying someone made them your "friend"...

[personal profile] cursedprincess 2012-08-11 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[She trots after him. When he asks her name, though, she stops and curtsies to him.]

Blanche! Princess Blanche. It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Lithuania.

[personal profile] cursedprincess 2012-08-11 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
That's alright! M-Maybe we can find our way together! What's your name?

[personal profile] cursedprincess 2012-08-11 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blanche smiles coyly at him, using a finger to toy a bit with one of her dark curls.]

Ah... I was hoping to find my way back to the dormitories.

[With a shy smile, she edges a little closer to him, her hand leaving her to hesitantly reach out for his.]
Edited 2012-08-12 00:36 (UTC)

[personal profile] heyheyhey 2012-08-11 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
It's my turn.

I am not human, I tricked the Sun and the Moon to fight, and I hate this game.

[So much for two truths and a lie when all of them are fact. Still, Marx doesn't want to reveal too much of himself or his past, not when it involves nearly killing someone while attempting to take over your home planet. Hopefully neither of his roommates will ask a lot of questions, because they won't likely get an answer if they do]

[personal profile] heyheyhey 2012-08-11 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
♪ Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me! ♪ Ha ha ha ha ha!

[You'll have to do better than that if you're trying to insult or piss Marx off]

[personal profile] ex_surplus655 2012-08-11 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Mu. [He makes that soft noise for a moment, thinking of the best way to get her to agree.]

What if it's what that other person wanted?

[Like he does, people really do have to buy his friendship.]
sockswithsandals: (no this teacher is so dull.....)

[personal profile] sockswithsandals 2012-08-11 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[That attack, as if being swatted with a magazine is a brazen violation of Manga Lad's right to safety.

Keeping quiet is precisely what he wanted, good job kiddo.

Yotsuya thinks about the intimate details of Nameless Pigeon Manga. This is what he knows: it's a manga, there are some cute cartoon birds in it, and like most of his supplies, he found the volume or two he has somewhere in a middle school, abandoned by its true owner.

That is to say, he has no idea about any of these details that aren't "cartoon birds." He is not even a manga person... what's his favorite schoolkid murder news report, now that's a question. He taps the rolled magazine against his chin, deep in thought.]


I don't know. Guess.

[personal profile] iknowthatfeel 2012-08-11 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I just wanted to do something for my community and it seemed like a great way to make any wish come true.

[That's true enough. He doesn't really need to know more than that. Let's try operation smooth conversation changer. Focus on your problems, dude.]

Don't say it's impossible to be happy though. You just need to find that special something or someone!
sockswithsandals: (no this teacher is so dull.....)

[personal profile] sockswithsandals 2012-08-11 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow someone's asking for a bed full of llama heads!!

Yotsuya doesn't banter, not even with people he kind of, sort of, maybe wouldn't avoid admitting to liking. A little.]


I don't like the sound of "most." [crowds, eugh]

You could go, though, and stop obstructing- [his. great plan?? there isn't a good word for this, it isn't elaborate enough for "plot"--] ...me.

[personal profile] pneumonia 2012-08-11 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Shiro doesn't know....

( yup not noticing all that damage oops. )

[personal profile] pneumonia 2012-08-11 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
( once she heard the yelling, she stopped and looked at him. )

But Shiro doesn't have any money....

[personal profile] iknowthatfeel 2012-08-11 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay. He seems to have figured out how to walk into the kitchen by himself. The ignoring is rude but she doesn't really care so she goes back to looking through the cupboards for her own mental kitchen map. He obviously doesn't need to talk to her, he's an adult and can figure out a kitchen himself.

He is quiet long enough that when he FINALLY talks to her she does start a bit. There, you got your wish. When you didn't even mean to. Looks over her shoulder again...]


Not that I've seen. I think we have to stock it ourselves.

[personal profile] pneumonia 2012-08-11 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
( for once today shiro has calmed down and is looking at a big picture book with ducks on it. she's lying on the floor near lativa and is kicking her feet up in the air. )

Ooh duckies.

( perhaps the lack of sugar today is the cause of such calmness. )
sockswithsandals: (stop........)

[personal profile] sockswithsandals 2012-08-11 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's an adult shut up!!

Being startled is good though, he's still got it. But it's not the same as Real Fear, so whatever. The tragedy upon him now is no soup. What the hell...]


They'll shelter us but the won't feed us? Picky.

[Is she SURE there's no soup, he's going to start sticking his head in all the cabinets (and not closing them, oh no!!)]

[personal profile] iknowthatfeel 2012-08-11 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! [nodsnods]

My house back home was really lively when we had a lot of guests. Everyone would gather together and talk during meals. It was always fun to see who wasn't a morning person and things like that! I'm sure it'll be like that here too.
balzams: (Smile ● Anxious)

[personal profile] balzams 2012-08-11 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[From his novel Latvia glanced up, expecting to see someone much younger than he did. Casting his gaze back down to the lines of text in front of him he wondered if he should approach. Well, all he had to do was get to know three people. Maybe she'd be easy to get along with]

Uh... hello. Have you lived in the city long?
partnered: (53)

1/3

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-11 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... okay, well. If he has to make three new friends in order to net those joypoints, then this guy doesn't seem like such a bad candidate. The amiability is better than any of the other weird interactions he's had so far, at least.

So, with that settled, Neku reaches up to punch pause on his MP3 player, the bristling tension slowly relaxing away from his shoulders. ]
... yeah, uh. Thanks? ... I guess.
partnered: (89)

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-11 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
. . .

[ A slightly awkward beat of silence. ]
partnered: (83)

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-11 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, this guy gave him advice, and Neku thanked him...

What comes next in this making-friends thing ??? ... oh, right. ]


... I'm Neku.

[personal profile] iknowthatfeel 2012-08-11 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It would be selfish to think it was all expenses paid. Grocery shopping is fun too.

[But what are you doing to the kitchen? You better not knock things out of those cabinets. She hasn't actually remembered where everything goes just yet.]

Could you close those after you open them, sir?
partnered: (93)

1/2

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-11 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Rrrrrgh!

[ On the flipside, it doesn't take much to set Neku off. ]
partnered: (86)

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-11 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Look, I don't have time for --

... whatever you're trying to do. Go away.
protagonisnt: (#Your favourite manga is shit)

[personal profile] protagonisnt 2012-08-11 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Life is a battle manga and everything is an attack. Don't think you get a free pass to oppress other people with your stupid magazine batons just because your manga ran for 18 chapters and died a death without even trying for a genre shift. Even SWOT tried for a genre shift.

Since this guy doesn't even know anything about his favourite manga - or because he's being an obtuse jerk!!! - Bami decides to drop the subject altogether. And then he makes a mental note to come back later and scour the entire library until he finds this pigeon manga for himself. ]


You're not much of a manga reader, huh? That's fine. I'm sure you've got other qualities that'll make this friendship work.

[ Likely Error. ]