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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

[protagonisnt]

[ Enigma jokes already. I'm not sure if my heart can take a game full of this.

Also being loomed at is much more intimidating when the person doing it is actual tall instead of awkwardly way shorter than they should be. Interesting. Not interesting to make this whole thing less uncomfortable. But interesting. ]

Could you back off? I'm uncomfortable, and I don't even know your name.

[ He puts a hand on your chest shoulder whatever he can touch without looking and gives you a really super gentle push backwards.

The message is clear: step off playa. ]

[sockswithsandals]

[You're right; maybe we should play it safe. Meaning I'm going to go cry about that some more.

As an added bonus, Yotsuya is real tall, and his hair is more intimidating than your minty fresh mop.

Being pushed... does nothing!!! Except make him laugh, in a gross kind of way. But unlike some people he keeps it to a chuckle level of volume, this is a library pleb.]

Yotsuya. [he tilts his head and leans. down. look at him look here look look] Can you spin it all the way around?

[Like, I don't know. Like a weird spinning top with a string mechanism, or something.]

[protagonisnt]

[ Yotsuya you are terrible. Why do you do these things to people when you're not even a Minus? ]

Turning my head all the way round sounds like too much exorcise. I could turn my back on you, though.

[ That's not a wise decision in a place like this. But Bami hasn't gotten that second message yet so he has no interest in backstabbing. On the other hand, he's feeling more and more uncomfortable, so the idea of turning the other direction and inspecting some random shelf has more and more appeal with each passing second. ]

Ah, anyway, I'm Tsurubami Kamome. My name isn't easy to forget, unlike some, so it wouldn't have a negative influence on the Weekly Shounen Jump rankings even if I were the main character.

[sockswithsandals]

[Habit. At least he secretly means well, sort of. He's not going to hurt anyone...?

He is not backing up. Just be aware of that. He also does not care at all about these hypothetical WSJ rankings, as he is not a huge manga fan, as discussed. Where does his other favorite manga, One Pigeon, rank?

He continues to stare, mercifully less bug-eyed, but still staring.]

Main characters would have to look at people.

[protagonisnt]

[ Liar. Everyone cares about the WSJ rankings because it's impossible to enjoy something if it isn't in the top or bottom 3. Everything in the middle is basically padding full of generic pretty boys, flashy attack names and awkward genre mixing. It's the bottom 3 where the true stories are found, and the top 3 where kawaii key rings and phone charms come from.

And for the made up manga record, One Pigeon ranks in the top 3 each week, but it's not the best drawn manga around.

And Bami continues to not stare. ]

Then there shouldn't be any problem, since I'm not the main character.

[sockswithsandals]

[That is a beautiful assessment but I'm afraid One Pigeon is still ugly.

Yotsuya lifts his rolled magazine again, but this time instead of thinking about swatting people with it, he waves it in front of Bami's... wherever he's looking, these turns are getting terrible.]

Not for me. Maybe for you.

[protagonisnt]

[ Wow. What an interesting magazine that sure isn't full of stories which target young male readers and tend to be set in a fantasy setting with a large amount of action scenes (source: wikipedia). Please get it out of Bami's face. ]

What's with your obsession with being looked at? Your vain narcissism sickens me. But I'm willing to overlook it since we've become such good friends, Yotsuya-san.

[sockswithsandals]

[Wow, calm down. No one's forcing you to read something that isn't SQ.

Unless that is your greatest fear in which case that can be arranged. In any case, he does put the magazine down.]

You don't need to use honorifics- I don't like them. [No one calls him anything but -senpai and that's the crux of the whole image, others are... strange...] Anyway--

[did he just loom a little bit more] I'm just making sure your eyes still work.

[protagonisnt]

[ Naw. His greatest fear is throwing a party and no one showing up. Oh wait that's every single year.

Bami shrugs but steps a little to the side because oh my god quit it with the looming!!! ]

My eyes work perfectly well, Yotsuya. I just feel uncomfortable looking at people. Especially strangers. And you're strange enough that I might never get used to it.

[sockswithsandals]

[I thought we said, Hanten showed up uninvited to just be there.

Anyway he really can't help himself when it comes to looming. There's a joke about weaving in here so just imagine it.]

Are you afraid of people?

[yotsuya stop]

[protagonisnt]

I'm not afraid of anything.

[ Untrue. There's lots and lots of manga based things which scare him.

What if his favourite manga is moved to WSJ? (scary)

What if his favourite manga becomes super popular? (scarier)

What if people find out he likes To Love-Ru Darkness? (scariest)

Yeah, the world is a scary place. But he's an adult so he can shrug it off and repeat the same lie again and again. ]

Nothing scares a man like me.

[sockswithsandals]

[Now, we're not saying that sounds like really obvious compensating...

But it sounds like really obvious compensating. Some of us here are seasoned veterans of making Real Adults piss themselves in terror, anyway, so watch out Bami-chan, he's laughing at you.]

Everyone's afraid of something!

[And he is going to find out what that something is!! is what this ridiculous expression on his face is probably saying.]

[protagonisnt]

[ Don't capitalise those words. That's oppression. Ageism and oppression! And don't make that face as if you know he's not telling the truth. ]

Even if you make that face...even if you look like that! I won't admit you're right and I won't tell you what I'm scared of. Your creepy facial expression isn't making me feel uncomfortable and I'm not hanging out in a library to avoid a larger crowd. You see, there's nothing to be afraid of in this world or the next.

[ He adds some flailing for good measure. That'll make it convincing. Yeah.

Are you convinced? Here, have a throat-clearing and a manga reference for good measure. ]

Although D.Gray-man was pretty scary, but it used to be a Weekly Shounen Jump title. I don't know if I'd actually put it on the list of things that scare me.

[sockswithsandals]

[Age Ism* fixed that for you. The faces will continue. Bami, what are you saying, I thought you weren't going to look at him. Jeez.

This is so convincing it has made him back off and look apologetic and no I'm lying, he's laughing again.]

Okay, okay. You don't have to tell me that I'm right, and I won't tell you that there are plenty of things to fear, whether they're logical or not. Very good. We'll call it even.

[dgm isn't even scary nice try loser]

[protagonisnt]

[ Don't laugh at children, you creepy actual adult. Get a life.

But thanks for giving his personal space back. It's enough to make a guy sigh in relief. ]

What's the deal with you and scary stuff? It's weird for someone to be obsessed with just one thing.

[ Inner thoughts of Bami right now: manga manga manga manga manga manga manga shoes manga manga manga shoes manga. ]

[sockswithsandals]

[What is a life. Maybe that's what Yotsuya is actually afraid of; being a real person.

Watch out, I'm about to become one of those unoriginal RPers who puts canon lines in tags, this is a grievous offense I should leave]

I just love horror stories.

[protagonisnt]

[ Did I ever tell you how I think that icon is hilarious? ]

Horror stories about pigeons?

[ Yeah. He's still on that. Because the inside of his brain looks something like this. ]

this is why you wanted that gif................ omfg vycey pls

[sockswithsandals]

[I think most of these icons are hilarious, it's okay.

Yotsuya pauses, having completely forgotten he even brought up that pigeon shit. Oh, right...]

Could be. [....] Not everything I read is a horror story, you know.

[Is that... is that how you think? One Genre to Rule Them All?]

you know you love it

[protagonisnt]

[ That is pretty much how it works, yes. And that genre is deep and meaningful deconstructions, for the record. ]

Even after that I just love horror stories line? Well, I guess you didn't say I love just horror stories so I guess I can forgive you for misleading me.

[ He is hilarious. ]

you caught me

[sockswithsandals]

[Next you'll wow me with how Medaka Box is a parody.]

You know the word means more than "only." [Critical Gaze] Don't be pedantic.

[Bami, it is a dumb idea to make semantics jokes with someone who does nothing with his life except play with words. Now you're both embarrassing.]

Red Handler

[protagonisnt]

[ Why are you so anti-semantic? Anyway, awful jokes aside, Bami is allowed to play with words as long as his stupid mystery canon abilities are based on such behaviour.

How many times must I ask you to stop this oppression? ]

Sorry, but could you cut it out with your critical gaze? It's still unsettling.

i'm gonna hit u

[sockswithsandals]

[There aren't even words for all the ridiculous things happening here. I'm going to steal your icons, and I'm not going to credit them. How's that for oppression? It's a full-scale Graphic Offence.

That has nothing to do with this tag at all.]

You're not even looking at me.

Hypocritical Hit

[protagonisnt]

[ But the icons say DNS on them! Beans and I will be very very upset with you. It'll be all over ACJ before you know it. ]

I don't need you to pick up my slack. You can consider it a favour between new friends, even.

[ Because only nice people like Meda-nee deserve to be looked at. Everyone else longs to be half ignored. ]

i think you've used that one before

[sockswithsandals]

[Oh, now you're making third parties take sides. Look at what you've become.]

You raise a good point.

[But he's ignoring it, ha ha.]

I have. It's one of my favourites. But what does it say about us that we can have favourites?

[protagonisnt]

[ Could he maybe go so far as to ignore Bami as well? That'd be nice. ]

Don't be so surprised. It has been known to happen on occasion.