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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

Arcade

[herplaceinthesun]

[Making friends seemed like a strange request, but it also seemed pretty easy. Roommates were nice enough, but she felt like exploring, stretching her legs. After being in the ship so long, Aisha was more than a little restless.

She'd stumbled along this arcade, and it'd been ages since she'd gotten to go to one of those! The only problem was, she didn't see any way to play them . . . but she wasn't going to give up so easily.

Kicking things always worked, right? Of course it did.]

[ushishishi]

[Of course Bel was going to get to know his surroundings- you had to know where to lay the booby traps, of course. So the arcade was his fifth stop. Video game nerds were pretty easy targets anyway. He strolls in like he owns the place, hands behind his head.]

'shishi! What cheap tricks.

[But then he sees the woman in front of one of the machines, and instantly he has a knife in his hand.]

[...Is that even human?]

[What the hell are those on her head.]

[He has to check this out.]

[He walks right on over to her, still holding the knife in stab-ready position.]

What are you? [wow rude]

[herplaceinthesun]

An all-powerful Ctarl-Ctarl!

[Ain't no shame in her game, kid. She turns from her useless kicking to look at . . . oh, look, a knife. Aisha peers at it, it's kind of funny-looking.

It doesn't register as a threat. There are no real threats to her, after all.]

You planning on hurting me? Kind of impressed that you're so straight-forward with it, but you should have just gone for it.

[Leaning back on the machine, she quirks her head.]

You certainly don't look like a pirate, but you act just like one.

[ushishishi]

[His eyes are covered by a mop of hair, but somehow there's a feeling that you're getting the most judgemental look ever.]

[That answer's not satisfactory enough for Bel's tastes, but the arrogance that she seems to have and her egging him on just have him smiling again.]

Ah, what's that? An all powerful cat-cat? Ushishishishi!

[Under all that hair, he's looking around the room for just the right spots to send wired knives with. Might as well have a little fun with this one.]

A pirate? You're testing the prince's patience, kitty. Take care with your words.

[This is your name now. He's never calling you anything else.]

[herplaceinthesun]

I'm not a damn cat!

[The way she hisses that doesn't exactly prove her point, because she sounds just like a cat. The girl looks way more annoyed than angry at the moment, though.

How did he not know of the Ctarl-Ctarl? Either he was just dumb or this place was weirder than it seemed.]

A prince, huh? Is that supposed to mean something to me? Like I said, you've got that pirate vibe all over you.

I guess the real question is if you're all talk or not.

[She's still not angry, yet. He hasn't insulted her race or wasted any food. She's just curious to what he'll do if she prods a little.

She has a pretty good guess, if he's anything like guys back home.]

[ushishishi]

You certainly sound and look like one with those. 'shishi!

[He points (quite rudely) to her ears in a sort of childish, teasing manner.]

[He never stops that stupid giggling, does he.]

[Still, the smile does falter a little when she mentions pirates. What is the girl on. It's somewhat a crazy grimace.]

The prince isn't a lowly pirate, and do you really want to test my words?

[Two knives slid into his hand. Where are they coming from even but the more important thing is that it's clearly a warning.]

[herplaceinthesun]

But . . . I told you I wasn't one! Damn it, you should listen!

[She stomps her foot on the ground, just as childishly. Stupid guy with his stupid tiara and stupid laugh. Aisha returns his grimace with a smile. Perfect.]

It doesn't matter to me. What do you want to do, prince? Pretty sure I can have more fun like this than with these stupid machines.

[She wasn't really equipped for a knife fight, but since when did that ever matter?]

[ushishishi]

A prince doesn't need to listen to a kitty cat. [Yes, he is really not listening that hard.]

[In a flash, a knife whizzes past her head to land on the wall. He doesn't seem disappointed that it did- perhaps he meant to miss?]

'shishishi~ Skinning you alive sounds like so much fun, you know?

[herplaceinthesun]

[Belphegor you are a rude ass. But she can't really focus on that, tilting her head away from that knife. She's been around enough to know when she's being toyed with.

Really, what was with people always wanting to mess with her like this? Of course, she can't say she minds too much.]

If you can, which you can't. Aren't knives just a little old-school, though?

[ushishishi]

Is that a bet?

[He pauses for a moment, the giggles stopping and the grin on his face widening to Cheshire-cat levels.]

I always win bets~

[Without any sort of warning, he flicks another knife at her. Following exactly the trajectory of the one against the wall, it almost hones in to slice at her shoulder and neck area.]

[It would be fun to toy with this little kitty for a while.]

[varmint]

[Elijah wasn't really one to peer into shop by shop, but considering he was from a different timeline completely, everything deserved at least one look over.

However, the same can't be said for one Aisha and a disobedient arcade machine. Elijah doesn't see her right away- he's sitting across from the machine, near the fake gambling slots. At the moment all he hears is the 'BANG BANG BANG' of her foot going at it, and he had to glance just to see if perhaps, he could intervene.]

Maybe you're not kicking it hard enough. [SARCASTIC Elijah is not charming at all.]

[herplaceinthesun]

[Guess who just started kicking it harder? It doesn't help though, and her foot actually hurts. Which is really strange . . .]

Nope, didn't work. Guess I need a Joypoint or whatever this is, but I don't see any place to get a job . . .

[She tilts her head at that.]

Have you?

[varmint]

I wouldn't know. [At least he thinks he's accumulating Joypoints, but hasn't really bothered to check up on that...] But unless you've...

[Elijah trails off on his last word and quickly attempts to recover himself, now that he takes a good look at the woman. The woman. Please don't mind him though Aisha he's just horribly awkward around the opposite sex...]

...I think it'd be much more productive if you asked around. [He clears his throat. Okay, we're good.]

[ex_surplus655]

[Whoever this strange lady (thing???) was, he didn't think they completely understood the purpose of a video game.

Or at least her kicking the stand seemed like it.]

You're supposed to do that in the system, not with your own person.

[Ah, maybe he should charge her for being helpful...]

[herplaceinthesun]

I know, but I can't get it to work!

[Hey she wasn't a thing!! She just gives a little sigh and looks at the guy.

The cloak was a bit weird, but okay then.]

Maybe I should have just gone to the weapon shop.

[ex_surplus655]

Maybe that would be more suitable.

[He pauses.]

That or I can assist you for a small fee.

[techissexy]

[ if all else fails, kick it, right? worked for old computer towers, worked for h.g.'s time machine, why not for an arcade game?

she's about to join in, make some comment about kicking from different directions, though aisha's strange look makes her pause a little. ]

What's with the costume?