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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.
compliant: (pic#1902750)

[personal profile] compliant 2012-08-12 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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?

[personal profile] cursedprincess 2012-08-12 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[He would be very wise to buy anything Blanche is selling, ever.]

Mmm, alright! 7 is fair. So we're friends, then? I think friends should know one another's names. I'm Blanche.
binaries: (i can't believe i'm gonna die a virgin.)

[personal profile] binaries 2012-08-12 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Um. [ he shifts a bit uncomfortably in his position, sticking his hands into his pockets. ] One truth and two lies, right?

[ lying was something he was actually fairly proficient at. it was coming up with the lies that seemed to be difficult. ]

Uh... I'm narcoleptic; I have dual bachelors degrees in Electrical Engineering and Engineering Physics and, uh. Play the cello.

[ WOW those were lame. but the more boring he appeared the better, really. no one really needed to know about mafia shenanigans and time travel. or latent desires to be a rock star, for that matter. ]

My name is Irie, by the way.
Shouichi.
protagonisnt: (#People who are better than you)

[personal profile] protagonisnt 2012-08-12 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
A normal person sees way more people at school every day. And it's not unusual for a manga to have over 50 characters, so I don't think we're pushing the boat out with 48 or so. But, if that doesn't make you feel better, there's a simple solution to your problem...

[ Are you ready for this piece of wisdom? He takes a dramatic pause just to be sure. ]

Don't leave any food in the fridge. Treat everything like it's a banana.
mellowyellow: (like you)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Masaomi has to laugh at that, and laugh he does. Loudly. How does this girl even get out of bed in the morning?]

What kind of guy just watches a girl hit pavement? I'll give you a hint. It starts with "douche" and ends with "bag."

[A final chuckle follows.]

Think you can try that walking thing again?
gatto: I TOLD YOU I'D BORROW YOUR ICONS, CARMEN (pic#4490828)

[personal profile] gatto 2012-08-12 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
You did say you were the president, eh? No one calls you that?

[He stretches his arms above his head, grinning up at him. ...Aw, man, everyone is taller than him.]

That's not so hard in this place! You gotta wonder what they were thinking.

But it's nicer than some places I've seen, I'll give you that!
mellowyellow: (take it to the head)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[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?
]
ushishishi: (I'm not the banana prince seriously)

[personal profile] ushishishi 2012-08-12 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Well then you know what this means?]

[KICKING HARDER]

[This might turn into a kick war watch out]


Get your filthy feet away from me.
ushishishi: (Get in loser)

[personal profile] ushishishi 2012-08-12 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
If he stays off of my things, there won't be a problem.

[Though he still keeps the smile up, once again that undertone of a threat lies under his words. Obviously, he applies this to Yagyuu as well.]
mellowyellow: (stars are blind)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody but me is in the foundation yet! I just started it when I got here. Wanna be the first member?

At least these guys look to have the money to fix it. [He points to the camera casually.] You could mail them a ton of pictures and force them to look at their own handiwork. I bet they'd repaint it in no time!
ushishishi: (this is decidedly unprincely)

[personal profile] ushishishi 2012-08-12 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns, the grin on his face about to tell her that yes, he is indeed a prince and you should-]

[....She has gray skin. And fins.]

[Grin's gone. What is this.]


Yes, and what are you?

[The "and what are you doing in my room" implied.]
compliant: (concerned  → sixth)

[personal profile] compliant 2012-08-12 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
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. ]
towardsthesky: Made by <user name=varia.livejournal.com> (pic#4489819)

The park!

[personal profile] towardsthesky 2012-08-12 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Alto's taken some time to look around the city, but he's gravitated over to the park as if something was pulling him there. Everything there are things he's seen, of course, but at the same time not. Because there's an atmosphere here, everything is inherently different.

He's been staring up at the sky as if searching for something there, but eventually he just sits down at a place where he can look up comfortably. There's the text, reminding him that he's here for a reason, that if he wants to actually fulfill what he signed up to do he'd better get going. But for right this second, there's just sky.]
ushishishi: (Loreal. Because I'm a prince.)

[personal profile] ushishishi 2012-08-12 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He giggles slightly, and the knife slides back into his sleeve. She was certainly cute, in that innocent sort of way. Perhaps she could be on the "use for the mission points now, carve up later" list.]

Getting to know the surroundings, of course. You can't drop into a city and be completely ignorant of it. [So in less ego-filled words, he's just as lost as she is.]
gatto: (pic#4491541)

[personal profile] gatto 2012-08-12 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno... [His grin turning downright mischievous, he raises his voice and thinks back to Kida's earlier words.] The "Save Our Eyes Foundation. You need those to ogle chicks..." Sorry to disappoint, but that's not really my kinda' thing!

[He looks down at the camera again, raising it even higher again to snap another picture.] We could put up the pictures all over the city, too!
mellowyellow: (i hate this part)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
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: (saika's  → third)

[personal profile] compliant 2012-08-12 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ 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?
Edited 2012-08-12 01:11 (UTC)
mellowyellow: (decode)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm~? Have I stumbled upon a deep, dark secret?

[He seems to have no problem with playing along.]

Should we put that up all over the city too?

[Rin can take that as a "Yes, let's post these pictures of awful architecture all over the city."]
Edited 2012-08-12 01:14 (UTC)
outfoxing: (this place is full of weirdos!)

[personal profile] outfoxing 2012-08-12 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm certain there is a perfectly good reason for it, one way or another. [It's a pretty passive-sounding statement, accompanied by a one-shouldered shrug. He'll be nodding politely shortly after, though.]

It's nice to meet you, Rin. My name is Tadanobu Kudou. [As an extension of the friendly smile and tone, he holds his hand out for a shake.] Kudou is fine.
towardsthesky: Made by <user name="mewtube"> (pic#4489810)

1/???

[personal profile] towardsthesky 2012-08-12 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[As he's wandering around and exploring the city himself, Alto catches sight of Ranka fairly easily--she's difficult to miss. He's fairly convinced he's imagining her up though, since in his version of things, he doesn't think she's alive anymore. A lump grows in his throat at the image and the idea that his mind would play cruel prank on him like this.]
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[personal profile] towardsthesky 2012-08-12 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[But as he watches her, her mannerisms, the expressions she makes, it's more and more clear that she's not in fact some illusion. Alto's stomach drops as his feet begin taking him forward without conscious thought, soon rushing over to her.]

Ranka!!
towardsthesky: (pic#4490817)

done

[personal profile] towardsthesky 2012-08-12 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[She's alive! he manages to think as he gets up to her, close enough to verify she's really there before his body again acts on its own, arms wrapping around her to sweep her close to him.]

Ranka... [He repeats her name, less in a panic now, his throat thick. He can't think of how she's here or why, but just the very fact that she is.]
gatto: (pic#4469085)

[personal profile] gatto 2012-08-12 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
It's not exactly a secret!

[But he can play along too. He flaps a hand at him, turning back around.]

We can put that up all over the city too, if you wanna help me.
varmint: (≺ the sun hit the bay)

[personal profile] varmint 2012-08-12 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Actually...[He gives Kudou a bit of a rueful smile, maybe for just noticing, or maybe because he feels as thought he's been caught in an unspoken act.

He pulls out his partially opened box of cigarettes.
]

Do you smoke, Kudou? [He extends the box out to the other male.]
mellowyellow: (e-pro)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[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.