OPENING LOG.

[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

KITCHEN LOBBY

[iknowthatfeel]

[Instead of going too far out and about in the town Sakura has decided it was wiser to explore the apartment building first. The actual rooms didn't have any means of cooking so of course there would have to be a common area.

Which is why the young girl is now located in the kitchen inspecting the stove and orange refrigerator. It seems up to date and clean enough... It passes standards. There is just one thing off, and she thinks it aloud.]

It's going to be hard for people to mark what food is their's...

[Maybe that was intentional considering this place, but she doesn't know that yet.]

(ಡ_ಡ)

[sockswithsandals]

[So after being attacked, Yotsuya has decided to just go find somewhere with less people than cramped apartment rooms, and maybe pick up some snacks on the way?? Maybe he will find a vending machine and kick it and see if it gives him something to drink...

Or maybe he will find a kitchen, which is much closer and a lot more convenient.

But there is a girl in here, so when he sees her he stops dead and sort of... shifts... sideways. He's about half visible in the doorway, staring blankly. Will she leave soon...]

[iknowthatfeel]

[Well, she fusses around a bit more, looking for where the pots and pans are stored and the like, before that horrible feeling of being watched starts prickling up her spine. Turns... around...

And then she spots the person half hiding behind the door. She would ignore him but they've made eye contact now. It would be rude to just ignore him now, right? There are too many people in this apartments.]

Hello? Um, are you hungry?

[sockswithsandals]

[NO THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE WANTED. If he just stares at her

will she leave. He continues staring, although his eyes (well, eye, visible) widen and he slides a hand up the doorframe to clutch it uncomfortably.]

[iknowthatfeel]

[It's a small blessing that Sakura is a brick wall when it comes to creepy things. She's mostly just confused on what this man is doing. Building up an immunity is really helping her out here.]

...Because there isn't much stored in the kitchen right now. You'll have better luck going out I think.

[sockswithsandals]

[This is not going as planned at all. When did teenage girls become this stalwart? (Yotsuya has a very loose definition of stalwart.) He squeezes the doorframe, making his knuckles white, but that's less his creep act and more an indication of serious internal debating about what to do now.

Get to know people to earn points, right... he likes points, probably, maybe. He wants something to drink. So he pushes himself back from the...door... and shoves his hands in his pockets before he slouches into the kitchen properly. Ignoring Sakura, mostly, and scrutinizing the available facilities...

christ he can't cook a damn thing.

SUDDENLY ROUNDING ON HER:] Is there any soup in here?

[iknowthatfeel]

[Okay. He seems to have figured out how to walk into the kitchen by himself. The ignoring is rude but she doesn't really care so she goes back to looking through the cupboards for her own mental kitchen map. He obviously doesn't need to talk to her, he's an adult and can figure out a kitchen himself.

He is quiet long enough that when he FINALLY talks to her she does start a bit. There, you got your wish. When you didn't even mean to. Looks over her shoulder again...]

Not that I've seen. I think we have to stock it ourselves.

[sockswithsandals]

[He's an adult shut up!!

Being startled is good though, he's still got it. But it's not the same as Real Fear, so whatever. The tragedy upon him now is no soup. What the hell...]

They'll shelter us but the won't feed us? Picky.

[Is she SURE there's no soup, he's going to start sticking his head in all the cabinets (and not closing them, oh no!!)]

[iknowthatfeel]

It would be selfish to think it was all expenses paid. Grocery shopping is fun too.

[But what are you doing to the kitchen? You better not knock things out of those cabinets. She hasn't actually remembered where everything goes just yet.]

Could you close those after you open them, sir?

[cursedprincess]

[After wandering around, Blanche makes her way into the kitchen. She blinks when she sees another girl there.]

Oh! Hello!

[iknowthatfeel]

[Sakura hasn't even made it out of the building yet since she wanted to get acquainted with the living quarters first. So she just smiles and nods her head to the new girl.]

Hello. You're here for the game too, right?

[cursedprincess]

[Blanche smiles back.]

Yes, that's right! I'm Blanche. [She cursies.] What's your name?

[kingshizuchan]

[Then there's someone dressed like a bartender looking through one of the other refrigerators.]

Ah... There's not even milk?

[iknowthatfeel]

[That's strange, but it takes all folks, right?]

Doesn't look like it. Ah, have you been out of the building yet?

[kingshizuchan]

[Right! All sorts of different types want to be happy, after all.]

Not yet. Figured I'd see what they had first.

[Which seemed to amount to... Not much.]

[iknowthatfeel]

Shoot... I was wondering if there was a grocery nearby. I'll have to check later...

[Enough mumbling to herself! She's suppose to be making friends after all. So she will give her very best friendly smile.]

Ah, I'm Matou Sakura by the way. It's nice to meet you. I guess I should say good luck too.

[kingshizuchan]

[The mumbling doesn't seem to bother him, though. At this point, he might be thinking something similar. Still, nothing in the fridge, so time to just shut the door.]

Heiwajima Shizuo. Thanks... you too, I guess. Good luck.

[Says someone not used to being told 'good luck'. This is how it's done, right?]

[iknowthatfeel]

Thanks. If it keeps being missions like this I'm sure everyone will meet their goal eventually. It might even be fun.

[Oh, just wait until you figure out what the actual game is.]

[kingshizuchan]

Ah, yeah...

[Though he hasn't met that '3 friends' goal, really. He would've, but one of his roommates is Joshua, and he'd rather punch that guy than make friends with him.]

It's definitely different than what I thought would happen.

[protagonisnt]

[ Tsurubami has had enough preaching the good word - by which I mean telling other people why they are wrong and stupid - so he drops into the kitchen with the hope of stealing food from someone who has already bought some with their hard earned money. But - oh no! - there's already someone in here. What an unexpected accident.

Time to make a good first impression and sneak up on this girl while she's busy checking out the contents of one of those garish fridges. And then he leans over her to get a good look in there for himself while speaking. ]

Aren't you supposed to write your name on your food? I'm an adult and that's how I'd do it.

[ And he tuts when he sees just how empty this fridge is. ]

[iknowthatfeel]

[Oh jeez! Sakura leans away from the very sudden personal bubble breaking. What are you doing? Who are you?

She frowns at the lecture.]

Well, yes. It's just that there are a lot of people here, right? It'll be hard to enforce.

[Like exactly how you were planning to take someone's food yourself.]

[protagonisnt]

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.

[iknowthatfeel]

[Just going to ignore that first part. Because it doesn't make much sense at all and she is justified in not listening to strange ramblings, thank.

He does get one slightly confused look for it though before she replies.]

Well, you can make banana bread with an overripe banana but there isn't much you can do with spoiled meat.

[protagonisnt]

[ Hey, girl. Respect your elders...or people your own age who like to think they are grown up and mature. ]

Point taken. You should cook and eat your meat as soon as you bring it home. If you can cook, I mean. Or are you one of those cute girls whose food looks delicious but tastes awful? If that's how it is then you can keep your banana bread for yourself.

[techissexy]

Considering what we're gonna be eating with this tiny kitchen? Sharpie and Tupperware should be good enough.

[ as she speaks, she's pulling out a sharpie and marking up a bag of doritos before shoving it in the cabinet. ]

Though with everything this place is for, stealing food might be an easy way to steal points.