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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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[The pout continues as Shizuo doesn't go to retrieve the knife, and Bel finally sits up, just about ready to get off the couch.]

Give back what belongs to me now, or the outcome will not be fine for you.

[Tantrums won't work on this guy. Well, not in the way people usually want at least.]

I think not. Kids shouldn't be playing with knives, anyway. You should go for something normal, like video games or actual sports.

[Standing up and drawing out a few more knives, Bel smiled once again, but the tenseness behind it told anyone who looked upon it that it was anything but happy.]

[He began to walk toward Shizuo.]

These knives are my weapons, not playthings.

[He jingles the knives in his hand.]

Do you want to see that they're not toys?

[Is that supposed to intimidate him or something, you troll doll? It probably says something that Shizuo doesn't even seem to react to the knives. Clearly he's not blind, but either mentally broken in some way, or there's a reason he's not seeing the knives as a potential threat. ~~Yet~~.]

I don't give a damn what they are to you.

[He's just going to take a pack out to grab one of his cigarettes.]

You're not getting that one back unless you take it out of there yourself.

[Ok, that's it- another knife whizzes past Shizuo to land firmly on the wall, Bel looking quite annoyed at this point.]

If you don't get that one back, another will be used to skewer you.

...

Don't smoke those disgusting things near me.

[Again, seriously? In return, Shizuo just shoots an icy irritated look at the kid.]

That so? Then I guess I have no choice.

[First he's going to just get that recently thrown knife to get out of the wall. Totally seems like he's just going to fetch everything to hand back to you, right? Except when he gets to the trash bin again, that knife is dropped in there with the bin cover lowered again. With that done, he starts heading for the door while checking his pants pocket.]

I'll just smoke outside.

[Ok, that's it- Bel's getting up from the couch and walking forward, knife in hand and completely ready to skewer this guy.]

Any last words? I'm not going to let you have a final cigarette.

[Ah, that's another knife, isn't it? Really kid, those're worse for someone's health than cigarettes. He's going to have to take care of this. If this little shit thinks he can just get away with threatening or actually trying to kill someone, then he was mistaken.

[And oh, Shizuo was a little fired up. The cigarette instead was crushed in the middle before being tossed on the floor, promptly followed by the closest foot stamping it into a bit of a mess.]

Last words, huh? With an intent like that, you can't complain about what happens, right?

[He went over to grab at the kitchen sink's faucet. Except the first pull didn't really do anything past bending the metal and causing a creak sound. ... Whelp?]

Ah... Guess it's the other way.

[Shizuo's used to bastards with knives, Bel. Which is why he's not afraid to just run up to aim a punch right for that hair-covered face. (Whether it actually hits, or not...) At the very least, he's used to stepping away after attacking knife-holics.]

[Clenching the knives in his hands, he watched Shizuo march over to that faucet. He wouldn't put it past the man to pull it up- such things were common to see back home. But as he struggled with it, Bel saw his chance.]

[Springing towards him, he launched two knives directly at Shizuo's chest, running straight at him the entire time. He had to backpedal a bit when Shizuo's fist headed straight for his face- for once, Boss's poor temper was a good thing. It gave him the practice needed dodging things to duck his head out of the way at the last moment.]

[It's probably just coincidence that the older man seemed to be used to quickly stepping around knives, even when going for a charge. What one was accustomed to working against, though, didn't mean having trained skill.]

[So with the brat having avoided his punch, Shizuo managed to take a few steps away before kicking a leg out as he went to face the other blond again.]

[Not even five minutes, and they caused a kinda-broken faucet sink, holes in the walls and probably wherever else those newest two knives landed.]

[By this point, Bel had switched from casual attack mode to battle mode- clearly this guy was not an easy kill. No matter, the prince liked a challenge. Fighting back was so much more fun.]

[The tip of his foot barely scraped against Bel's face, giving a nice abrasion, but he let that be sacrificed for a quick movement of his knife to slash at the underside of Shizuo's.]

[Shizuo originally responded because he was attacked first, and it was the normal thing for him to beat the shit out of someone that pissed him off. The little shit just needed to accept the consequences.]

[Now however, he had some kind of awareness of the knife tearing both his leg and, more importantly, the cloth of the pants. He could still stand, and could do so just fine. The mere seconds that Bel had managed to get Shizuo to stand still it built up everything that the suit's pants being ruined would result in. A gift getting ruined, the giftee not being around any more, this bastard having caused the damages.]

So. You really can't complain, right?

[You ever have someone go to punch and kick you, for the chance to throw you out a window, Bel? Because it's exactly that that Shizuo's attempting to do. The cut slowed him down to a stop, but he seemed to be fine with ignoring it.]

No complaints here~

[The smile at the sight of the lovely blood and that darling little taunt was all Bel managed to get out before his face, his royal face was punched directly into the cheek. He only managed to deflect the blow just enough to prevent himself from flying, but it did knock him away quite a few steps.]

[Quickly, he calculated the risk/benefit for this guy. He was injured, most likely enough to consider this a win, and losing control right now wasn't the best plan of action. Perhaps he should ~~be a coward~~ tactfully remove himself from the battle.]

Good.

[Despite being injured, obviously injured despite the fact that Shizuo didn't really react to it, someone didn't realize that the other was considering leaving. It was habit you see, and routine for him to pick up something.

Which is why he went and picked up the table that people would normally use to eat on. He was more clear headed than usual, despite the anger, but this was all he really knew how to do. ~~Though normally it'd be the fridge, not the table being picked up~~.

Hey, it's easy enough to dodge a thrown table, right? You might wanna, Bel.]

[Once again Bel thanked his experience with Boss and his deft skill at dodging things thrown at him. Dodging it almost easily, Bel just kept on easily as the thing crashed behind them. This destruction was just so hilarious.]

Ah, so serious~

[Standing up straight, he just grinned at Shizuo for a moment. This guy was intent on fighting, and it wouldn't help this friend finding mission if Bel lost it.]

As much as I'd like to get serious right now, it's not the time for that. That injury is enough. So ciao for now~

[With a few mores knives at Shizuo, he started his stroll out of the room.]

[A hard stare was kept on the mophead, easily side stepping the knives as they ended up going into the stuff behind.]

Try anything and I'll kick your ass.

[But then he was out of the room, leaving Shizuo standing in the middle of the lobby and kitchen area. A second later (sooner than normal,)he looked around the room and down at the floor.]

Ah... What a mess. I should get a bandage I guess.

[And so came the matter of cleaning that up and throwing all the knives in the area. If any were the knives tied together with threads, it'd definitely lead to a new discovery for the not!bartender to come across. In the middle of putting everything in it's place, at least.

Knives in the trash. Yup.]

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OPENING LOG.

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+10 points to Shizuo, Bel's annoyed XD

And so it begins! (He'll probably earn it back before long.)

I think points will bounce back and forth XD

Ohhh yeah. Only question is who has them in the end. Also +10 back to Bel

It'll just go on and on and on forever

They are Overjoy's running gag. Also 1/2

There we go~

The comedy duo of the apartments

People gathering just to see their standstills.

Hey, if it makes money... +10 for scrape

Then they both lose a million when seeing the audience? +60 because genuine anger & cut

No, Bel loves attention like that |D +10 for ouchie punch

Pictures of him getting punched or wriggling on backs

LIKE A PRINCE

LIKE A FLEA >8|||