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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

The Park

[guielliotine]

<sub>[Elliot Nightray was on a swing set. Why, you might ask? Well, why not? He'd found himself wandering aimlessly, after having left the small room he'd woken up in, not really sure what to make of his surroundings. There were odd shaped buildings and even the device that had so rudely startled him was foreign to him. Granted, that was to be expected, if he really thought about it, but that didn't make it any less weird.

Thus, Elliot had decided to sit on one of the swings, digging his shoes into the sand as gloved fingers gripped the chains beside him. Three friends. Two hundred points. Sure, it wasn't much but it'd be a start, right? If he won the game then everything could be fixed. Everything would be alright again.

The boy gave himself a half hearted push. He just had to stay focused. That's all. It'd be over in no time.]</sub>

[gatto]

[Show time.

Rin's first order of business is getting to know the city, even before getting those first two hundred points. He's not planning to stop until he gets to know this city as well as he knew Toshima. Though, of course, that doesn't mean he'll pass up a chance to work on gaining those points.

He does need them, after all.

Even if he didn't, though, he still wants to get to know the people along with the city. Which is why, upon spotting some guy with weird clothes alone in the park, he runs up to him, grinning from ear to ear.]

Hey, you! On the swing! You're all alone?

[guielliotine]

_{[It's an automatic, knee-jerk reaction. When Elliot notices the short blond boy running toward him he can't help but inwardly cringe. Immediately he's reminded of Oz and that's a mixed blessing. Or curse. One of the two. Either way, he's not sure how to feel.]}

Shouldn't it be obvious?

_{[Of course he was alone, he was the only one around! What a stupid question.]}

Yeah, I am.

[gatto]

[Ohhhh, a grumpy one. No problem! He's not gonna let that stop him. Rin only raises his eyebrows, his hands on his hips.]

That's no good! We've gotta make friends now, yeah? How are you gonna make any friends like this?

[guielliotine]

<sub>[Making friends wasn't exactly Elliot Nightray's forte. He didn't really have any aside from Leo and now Leo was as good as dead. There was also Oz Vessalius who was...somewhat of a friend, but even then their relationship was a strange one.

Yes, the young noble sucked at making friends and yet here was this boy before him, being just as irritating as Oz had been. Really, it was kind of annoying, but in a familiar way. A good way...

Sort of.]</sub>

I haven't figured that part out yet.

[plucks]

[Mary has been wondering the streets out of fascination more than for her thoughts. Her game plan was thoroughly simple and would continue to be so, so long as it gave her enough time to gawk at real trees.

She was pulled by a child's sense of adventure to the park and, upon seeing Elliot on the swing, is insistently curious!]

Is it fun?

[guielliotine]

<sub>[Oh god little girl how does he deal-?! Leo had always been better with children than he had, even if he didn't particularly mind them. They just...made him feel awkward. Unsure. Smile Elliot, you can do it.

Even if you feel like shit.]</sub>

Of course. Swings are always fun. Have you never gone on one before?

[plucks]

Nope, I haven't. [She wonders if that's strange of her. Would this guy think she was weird for admitting it?

She pushes away any intimidation she might feel and persists. It must all be a part of making friends.]

How do they work?

[guielliotine]

<sub>[Now that was...well it was just sad. He couldn't be mean to a little girl now, certainly, especially if she'd never been on a swing of all things before.

Putting on his best smile, Elliot got off the swing himself, crouching down a bit so he could be on her level.]</sub>

They're not too hard. Want me to show you?

[pneumonia]

( shiro had been sitting on the top bar of the swing set, letting the breeze hit her as her long white hair flowed gently. she tried looking for that noise but it seemed to be gone. she was currently eating an old cookie and tossed half of it away. how did she get it? like back home, who knows.

however she knew one thing, if she wanted to eat pure sweets all day and all night and if she wanted to make ganta happy she had to make friends. so when elliot showed up, she fell backwards, her legs gripped onto the bar and stared at Elliot. )

Hello~♥

[guielliotine]

_{[Now that was something Elliot hadn't been expecting. He'd been so self absorbed when he'd sat down on the swing that he hadn't noticed the girl sitting atop the swing set. Thus, when she said hello and hung upside down from it, Elliot found himself jerking back on the swing, the display a rather uncoordinated one before he composed himself.]}

H-Hello?!

[pneumonia]

( shiro laughed a bit before reaching out to poke his nose. after staring for a bit and tilting her head side to side, she grabbed his hair and pulled on it lightly. this colour surprised her! it reminded her of vanilla pudding or maybe flan.....who knew. but it was something tasty. )

Shiro likes your hair. Can she eat it?

[cursedprincess]

[A sad-looking person by himself on the swingset? That seemed like friend material if Blanche had ever seen it. She wandered over and sat down on the swing next to his, pushing herself a little and then letting her feet scrape idly against the sand beneath her as as she did.]

What's wrong? You look depressed.

[guielliotine]

<sub>[It's a bit startling when Elliot hears the female voice from beside him. Had he been so wrapped up in himself that he hadn't noticed her sit down beside him? Casting a glance toward her it takes him a moment to register her words.

What's wrong? Oh, a lot of things. Not that he'd tell her that.

...Did he really look so unhappy though?!]</sub>

Ah, I just have a lot on my mind Miss. That's all.

[cursedprincess]

[Blanche nods.]

This place is a lot to take in.

[terribubble]

[ feferi was out, trying to make friends! of course, to her making friends should be totally easy. all it takes is a simple hello to get the conversation going right? ]

Hello!

[ she approaches the boy with a bubbly voice, not really too sure what the swing was about. ]

What are you doing?

[guielliotine]

_{[There's a strange, talking gray person with horns coming toward him. It's really strange and Elliot doesn't know how to react. Instead he just stares for a moment, gripping the chains of the swing.]}

...I'm sitting.

_{[He's just going to...keep staring at those horns. While he sits. Yup.]}

[terribubble]

Well way to be obvious, stupid!

[ why is he staring at her all funny?

...

oh! ]

I'm Feferi! Are humans all this rude with the staring?

are you ready for some feels.

[speckled]

[ the people in his room had been far too tiring. especially that green haired girl. so no one could blame him for leaving the room and wandering the town. it was better to get acquainted with the city he'd have a temporary life in.

he hadn't told anyone his true intent upon arriving here but he won't forget. and making friends wouldn't be too hard if he faked it.

but walking through the play area was a good way to relieve his mind. it reminded him a little bit of the orphange but there wasn't really anything like this. but the moment he saw someone on the swing was a chance to make a 'friend'. that's what the game wanted.

but he knew immediately who that was. he's smacked him in the back of the head too many times to forget what it even looked like. but he was dead.

Elliot couldn't--.. No.

walking up quickly behind the figure, he gripped one of the chains and forcefully tried to shove the poor boy onto the ground. he just got here and the world is already playing cruel jokes on him.

he wouldn't allow it. ]

NOT READY FOR FEELS... [1/2]

[guielliotine]

_{[For the second time today, Elliot found himself on the ground. This time however, instead of it being the floor of the room, it was in the pit of sand the swings were situated in. A thud and yell later Elliot was up on his feet, ready to punch whoever just pushed him off the swing square in the face.]}

WHAT THE HELL-?!

[2/2]

[guielliotine]

<sub>[But then the fist he was about to swing was held mid air as he just stared at the person who had pushed him off the swing. Fist fell back to his side as he took a staggered step back. No, it couldn't be.

Leo was dead Mother had killed him.

Hadn't she?]</sub>

...Leo?

[speckled]

[ he continued to stare at elliot. he wasn't going to believe this so easily. elliot was dead, he saw it happen. he heard his last words from vincent and there was no way he could be brought back.

and hearing his name being said. no. ] Stop.

[ that's all he could say. he repeated it a few times over, staring at the ground. Stop, stop, stop.

he's had enough already. and it was obvious. ] Who the hell are you?!

[towardsthesky]

[Alto's been kicking around, thinking about the message about making friends with some derision. That sort of thing is really easier said than done, isn't it? No doubt people would be running around the city trying to befriend each other as quickly as possible now.

But there's someone by himself; Alto looks over Elliot, wondering if he just didn't care about the "mission" or if he was having the same hesitation he himself was.

In any case, he huffed a sigh before heading over to the other man and standing a bit away from him, hands shoved in his pockets and frowning a little.]

Hey. Just arrived too?

[guielliotine]

_{[Man a lot of people were going out of their way to talk to him, it seemed. Hearing the man's voice he looked up from his shoes, answering his question with a small nod.]}

Yeah, I did.

[towardsthesky]

Same text and everything, right? "Make 3 friends"?

[He holds up his phone as a gesture of what he means, if it wasn't obvious.]