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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.
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[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-12 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ So now he's kind of... awkwardly stepping into Dave's path, cutting him off from advancing any further. ]

Uh.

[ Damn, he probably should have... rehearsed something ??? ] ... you're one of my roommates. Right?
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?
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[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-12 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Stick 'em up, Dave, this is a friendship mugging.

But okay, so far, so good. His roommate hasn't done anything extraordinarily weird yet, so some of the tension relaxes its way out of Neku's shoulders. This whole thing is still pretty awkward -- not to mention stupid -- but he's smart enough to realize that it's better to score the easy points now. ]


... yeah, okay. Then let's just agree to be friends or whatever, all right? We both need the points.
accelerates: (woooooooooow)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-13 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Who said I need the points?

[No, Dave. This is the opposite of what your plan was. This guy is more or less throwing himself at your feet, ready to go along with the whole mission and making it easy on the both of you.

Except, therein is the whole problem. Way too easy if he just accepts. Then he starts looking friend-desperate, like he couldn't befriend everyone here right now if he, you know. Wanted to.

Life would be so much easier if Dave could stop metaphorically stabbing himself in the neck.]
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1/2

[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-13 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Dammit, why does everyone insist on making this harder than it has to be?

Instantly, Neku's posture shifts to a bristle; he folds his arms over his chest and tenses his shoulders, eyes narrowing slightly. ]
Sorry, guess I assumed you weren't just here for the vacation.
Edited 2012-08-13 15:00 (UTC)
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[personal profile] partnered 2012-08-13 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ -- But he's pointedly aware of the fact that time is running out, and he can't afford to let himself get sucked into another stupid, chase-your-tail argument. ]

Whatever. I don't have time for this. [ And then he's starting to stalk his way right past Dave. ]
accelerates: (smooth sailing ahead)

[personal profile] accelerates 2012-08-14 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
[A guy with his eye on the prize. Dave respects it, even if he's not feelin' the attitude. He holds out an arm to block the redhead's path. Would've clotheslined him if he was running, but at walking speed it becomes a less painful obstacle.]

Sure you do. 'Round me, there's nothing but time.

[Hard to tell what Dave's thinking behind those shades. He's keeping his lips in a firm line.]

We can be friends. [...] For the points.