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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.
gatto: (pic#4490630)

[personal profile] gatto 2012-08-12 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs as he raises the camera to his face, taking several steps back.] Okay, I'm taking it!

[The perfect subject for a picture! One he doesn't even need to tell to smile! Aaaand...

Snap.]
Gotcha!
noisy: crystalcyanide @ lj (so let me tell you a story)

[personal profile] noisy 2012-08-12 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
You're not my Neku, are you? The resemblance is uncanny, and yet...

Dear Neku. [ his shirt's going to wrinkle, but it's funny that he doesn't care as much as he should -- because when he lays his fingers on the other boy's fisted hand, it's as a lighthearted pat. ]

You never learned how to trust your partner. Didn't you?
cosmicella: (❝MELANCHOLIC.)

1/3

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Nope, not fazed at all. Michel does this more often than you would think. All flirt types are the same. ]

Oh, that is a really useful skill!
cosmicella: (❝PONPONPON?)

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
But I wouldn't want to be friends with you only because of that...

[ Cause that would make the whole friendship one sided, shallow, and rude... ]

Um, if that's the case... Ah, I know!
cosmicella: (❝A PIECE OF YOU.)

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
So let me help you out anytime you need it too, okay?
noisy: crystalcyanide @ lj (beep me)

[personal profile] noisy 2012-08-12 08:27 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, a strategic mind! Your breed seems awfully rare around these parts.

[ that's really a shame. he'd pay good money to see Yagyuu flail around with a katana in tow. ]

"Troubles" seems like an awfully loaded word, don't you think?

I prefer to think of it as a temporary setback.
cosmicella: (❝ LOVE IS WAR.)

1/2

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 08:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Underground...? She's getting even more confused. What's he talking? Did he mean at the jail? That was a long time ago by now, though... ]

Eh...? But... I wasn't underground before here...
Edited 2012-08-12 08:30 (UTC)
noisy: crystalcyanide @ lj (so let me tell you a story)

[personal profile] noisy 2012-08-12 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ if it wasn't the sacrificial lamb, per se...

she doesn't look very happy, does she? he tilts her head at her, from his current position, propped on top of a little rocking horse.
]

Lost in thought, or lost in general?
cosmicella: (❝ I WANT TO SEE YOU.)

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ As for that first question... She grips her hands together at her sides. No amount of mental preparation could prepare her for this in all honesty... ]

... I'm sorry, I couldn't protect Sheryl-san in your stead, Alto-kun. Even though... I really wanted to...
noisy: crystalcyanide @ lj (beep me)

MISCELLANEOUS BUILDING #12 (specifically, a CLOTHING STORE)

[personal profile] noisy 2012-08-12 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ what was that? you were simply walking along the sidewalk without a real purpose besides to make friends in mind? and you happened to walk into this store just to take a look around?

well, shame on you for minding your own business. as punishment, you now have this asshole walking up to you and shoving a few articles of clothing into your (hopefully empty) hands.
]

Be a doll and hold these for me, will you?
varmint: (≺ from the edge)

[personal profile] varmint 2012-08-12 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
Oh.

[Elijah...wonders how he didn't notice it before, but it must've been due to the terrible monochrome color scheme here. Really. Orange? Half the buildings were coated with the stuff.]

Well, then. We should take a look around. [The Library could wait. He had a feeling this would be one of the few chances they would have to get a good look at the place. It doesn't seem very far away either.]
towardsthesky: Made by <user name="twindrives"> (pic#4489531)

[personal profile] towardsthesky 2012-08-12 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[While it's still worrying him to hear her talking that way about Sheryl, he's more confused about her first statement. Her expression tells him something more is off here.

He wanted to accept that she was safe and transported to his place along with him, but the fact is that he signed up for this. Which means she must have as well. It all gives him a bad feeling, and when he goes on his voice is lower.]


Ranka... You escaped from the Vajra, didn't you? We got split up after they began attacking and when I was able to get out...

[Just as her own confession is difficult for her bring out, the failure to protect on his part makes him grit his teeth, looking off to the side.]

Everyone was gone, everything was destroyed. I didn't think you survived it...
mellowyellow: (blue orchid)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
[A really useful, nonexistent skill. But hey, Masaomi's not going to explain every dumb joke.]

A cute, little birdy at my beck and call? Eh? Are you trying to make me owe you?

Okay! I accept!
mellowyellow: (london bridge)

[personal profile] mellowyellow 2012-08-12 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[With the picture taken, he quickly jumps forward toward the photographer.]

You next, you next! Even the camera's owner needs a picture, right? We can't leave you out!
cosmicella: (❝OPPOSING MIRRORS.)

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's way different from what she remembers. Maybe it's not the what happened for her but it's what happened for him. Alto wouldn't lie about something like that. The experience must have really hurt for him. So she finally hugs him back. In her own attempt to comfort him.

She stays quiet for a bit while trying to think. To be honest, this is all really confusing to her and she's not really a protege like Luca but... It sounds like to Alto right now, the Vajra were still an enemy. After sometime, she let's him go. ]


... I... Um, you know, the last time I saw Alto-kun, you disappeared. I don't know where you went. But you went somewhere far away. We've been waiting all this time for you to come home.

[ ... ]

That's what I remember...
cosmicella: (❝A RIDDLE AND A PRINCESS.)

[personal profile] cosmicella 2012-08-12 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
That makes us friends then.

[ She smiles. Ah, but then she has a dawning realization... ]

Ah! But if you try to make me do anything silly or dumb then I won't do it!
outfoxing: (grotesque insides)

1/2

[personal profile] outfoxing 2012-08-12 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
[TRAGIC. He holds his own hands up in a very convincing placating gesture since he doesn't want that hand coming any closer to his face.]

I wouldn't dream of it. [Because he, unlike some mannerless hobos, doesn't slam uninvited into other people's questionable activities to dismantle them from the inside out! A poster might be a little more innocuous than a giant stabfest but still...

Either way, he'll be turning to take his leave now.]
outfoxing: (like a magnifying glass to ants)

[personal profile] outfoxing 2012-08-12 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[--But not before issuing a little challenge, since this is apparently a normal way of saying good bye.]

It's good to see a familiar face, though. Boring games are no good, wouldn't you say? Let's both do our best to make this one interesting.
Edited 2012-08-12 10:09 (UTC)
outfoxing: (living is easy)

[personal profile] outfoxing 2012-08-12 10:09 am (UTC)(link)
That makes sense! Being "hard working" is a trait that's almost universally appreciated, after all.
accelerates: (theres some scores that need settling)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-12 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Dave's thing would always be time, not space, and shades make judging distance a lil' more difficult than it ought to be. He means to avoid the wandering wastrel, but no such lock. Their shoulders collide-- not too jarring-- and he's stopped in his tracks. Whatever. He'd meant to meet people anyway, right? That was the whole point of this stupid exercise?]

Chill, bro. No harm, no foul.

[How deliciously and ironically 90s. Anyway.]

What's your friend count?

[Down to business.]
accelerates: (you play me right round baby)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-12 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Either this is the weirdest mugging Dave's ever witnessed, let alone been a part of, or this guy is really desperate with the mission of the hour. Whichever it is, it's more interesting than walking right around him, so Dave stays put. Casual as you please, he draws back his god tier hood, shrugging both shoulders up in practiced tandem.]

Yeah. 'Sup?
accelerates: (i warned you about stares)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-12 10:34 am (UTC)(link)
[What? Does he have something on his face? A coffee mustache? Dave's wiping lazily at his upper lip just in case when oh fuck sudden yelling. He's up and on his feet, looking for the threat and who the hell she's screeching at--

Wait.

Wait. What?]


Uh. Are you serious?
balzams: (Uneasy ● Bad feeling)

[personal profile] balzams 2012-08-12 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[What little relief he would have felt from the boy's easygoing attitude was suddenly displaced by the all too direct question]

E-excuse me?

[Latvia mithered over it for a moment. Logically he was probably given the same message. His total was probably a little lacking too, although...]

Uh, to be perfectly honest I'm not too sure... maybe one or two?

Grocery Store

[personal profile] ex_surplus655 2012-08-12 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not the first place he ends up, but it's definitely a place that will be needed. The computerised system makes it easier to check the prices and to see what costs what, but he's a bit sulky over how they have to spend the points for these.

Why couldn't there have been two types of points system?

It just means he'll have to live off a bare minimum.

Under his hood, Mammon's eyes shift across the options, inwardly calculating the cheapest way to make a living here.

He probably looks a bit odd/shady given the huge cloak he's wearing, but he doesn't give off a dangerous aura either. In fact, he's pretty powerless at the moment, unfortunately.

He's also tiny, but let's ignore that fact, shall we? That and given the length of hair that shows from under his hood... he does look a bit like a girl.

Who wants to play a guessing game?]
Edited 2012-08-12 11:10 (UTC)
accelerates: (you have two seconds to wow me)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-12 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
So you need at least one more.

[Spelling things out for people is tough work, but someone's going to be the bigger douchebag man and do it. He doesn't hold out his hand or switch his body language to something more friendly. Nah. He's in this for the mission complete stamp on his invisible checklist.]

Dave Strider.

[Small nod of his head.]