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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.

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APARTMENTS

[enjoyers]

Make a thread for your apartment and play with your roomies!

ROOM 103

[vytis]

[Lithuania is rather disoriented, suddenly appearing in a room that seems to have gone a bit overboard on the orange. The phone, which he pulls out automatically when it alerts him, is just as orange (and not his, but that's not as important right now).

Roommates. Well, of course something that said they would become happier would be popular enough that space would be limited, right? Might as well address the others in the room.]

Ah--hello. Did you just arrive as well? [He's not sure how long this operation has been going on.]

[guielliotine]

<sub>[Lithuania won't be the only other disoriented individual in the room. This holds true for Elliot Nightray who, upon hearing the alert sound from his new, shiny device rolls off his bed and onto the ground with a thud.

A sound of pain later and he's up on his feet, rubbing his eyes to look around the room, a hand immediately reaching to grip the handle of his sword. Just...where was he?]</sub>

What-

<sub>[The sword was let go when he felt the notification from the text vibrate again in his pocket, causing him to reach in and grab the device, holding it up to read the message on the screen. Sure, Elliot Nightray had never seen a phone before, nor did he know how to use the device, but he sure as hell could read.

Let's just say he wasn't entirely happy with what he'd read. The phone? It ended up being thrown onto the mattress of the bed. Hard. So, he really was going to be playing this game.

It was only then Elliot realized he wasn't the only one in the room. That he was being spoken to. Or rather, they all were.]</sub>

...Yeah. I did.

[cleaves]

[It takes her a moment to look up from the message on the phone, the uncertainty on her face quickly replaced by a bright smile in response to his question.]

Oh, yes! It's nice to meet you, I'm Rena Ryuugu! It looks like we're going to be living together, so I hope we can get along.

[ROOM 105]

[minus]

( After slipping the phone and accompanying text message back into his pocket, this youth with the giant, shark-like grin is just going to take a measured look around the room he's been assigned, and the people who are henceforth assigned to bunk with him. Yeah, he's swinging his legs off the side of his bed too, like he's got too much energy and not enough room to burn it off.

Mission one: 'make friends', doesn't sound too hard, but he doubts that the corporation, or his roomies, have ever dealt with anyone like him. )

『I suppose introductions are in order!

My name is Kumagawa Misogi, I am seventeen years old, my sizes are impressive and I am here because I'd like to know if someone like me can ever be "happy". I think, in that aspect, we'll all have something in common.』

[iknowthatfeel]

[Well, this seems like an easy enough mission! Except for the whole fact where she has to be friendly.

Being friendly...]

Hello. I'm Matou Sakura. I hope we can get along well in such close quarters.

1/4

[cosmicella]

Nice to meet you, Kumagawa-san! Ummm, my name's Ranka. Ranka Lee! I haven't shared a room with-

[cosmicella]

so many people before...

[ oh god, her brother would throw a fit if he found out she was sharing a room with boys? ]

[cosmicella]

[ B... BUT DETAILS. ]

I hope we can all get along! I'm sure everyone in here can be happy so-

[cosmicella]

So let's all do our best!

[ She makes a fist pump to herself. It's one of the least manliest fist pump you ever see. But a fist pump none the less! ]

pretend i'm not late here jesus

[speckled]

[ leo was used to being around people since he lived in a some-what cramped orphanage. but since no one necessarily messed with him, he has his free space to do what he wished.

being roomed with three others wasn't a desired outcome. not to mention the state of mind he was in coming to this place. the optimism in some of his roommates was almost sickening.

but he didn't let that show. he was a desperate man, after all. ]

Not all of us can achieve happiness here, though. Considering we have to throw people to the wolves for our own.

ROOM 109

[ushishishi]

[One guy in the room isn't checking his phone when the phone buzzes. Instead, he's frowning as he looks at his new roommates, obviously not pleased with the situation at hand.]

[He's unhappy enough to reach into his pocket and pull out a handful of knives, apparently.]

I'll give you three seconds to run out of the room that belongs to the prince.

[But soon, he cracks a wide grin and giggles.]

Ushishishi~! Better hurry, or I can't promise you won't find yourself skinned.

[Sorry, roomies. You got the crazy one.]

[sockswithsandals]

[Unlucky roommate #1 spared his new phone a glance, saw the words "make friends," shuddered and got up to skulk around. He is currently skulking the way of looking under his new bed. Is it spooky under here... (no)

It's awfully hard to stay inconspicuous in a room where everything is apparently bright orange, though, so he doesn't bother pretending he's not there when some kid starts talking. He spares a look up before pulling on the sheets, disinterested.]

You're not subtle at all.

[adieuche]

[Unlucky roommate #2 stares, eyebrows climbing nearly to the fringe of his neatly styled bangs. Then he huffs out a resigned sigh. Of course he gets put in a room with the crazy ones; it reminds him of his team back home, a little, though there was more assigning of laps and fewer knives.

Still, there's no reason to be crude. He adjusts his glasses so the light gleams off the lenses, and gives his unfortunately enthusiastic new acquaintance a pleasant smile.]

That doesn't seem a very good first move if you want to win this game.

[terribubble]

[ unlucky roommate #3 also did look at her phone! feferi isn't exactly the happiest clam right now either, but she can totally go down with this mission.

she's not afraid of him but she doesn't exactly appreciate the knives he's playing with. ]

You're a prince?

[ well, that caught her attention. ]

Room 106

[heyheyhey]

[Marx didn't expect his physical appearance to change from winged puffball to human upon joining the game, but it's a minor setback that shouldn't decrease his chances of gaining points. Still, he best get used to his new body and fast, since it's already time to play the game. And he loves playing games.

Getting to know others who are also involved in this shouldn't be too hard, though it'll make things a whole lot easier knowing your other roommates first. They can be a friend, enemy, or somewhere in between, Marx doesn't know. But he's going to put on his friendly mask and give the first mission a go]

Hey hey hey, will you be my friend? [He asked the one nearest him. With large innocent-looking eyes and a playful smile, who wouldn't want to?]

ROOM 204

[varmint]

[Roomies, you'll have to forgive Elijah if he isn't paying attention to his surroundings or to...anyone else. He's currently staring at his new phone, this- thing, that is suppose to be a phone. Where he's from phones are still the size of a small microwave so when he hears the buzz and reads the text, it's something of a surreal, ominous kind of foreshadowing.

He stuffs his phone back into his pocket and his face is completely blank, which usually means the cogs in his head are furiously churning and he is definitely not comfortable, so naturally the one thing to do is-

smile right up at you.] I take it you've just arrived as well. I'm terribly sorry!

My name is Mr. Gabriel.

ROOM 101

[mellowyellow]

Eeeeeeh?!

[What a way to be greeted after mysteriously appearing in a room that decidedly is not yours. The owner of the outcry seems to be an overly expressive teenage boy enthralled by the phone in his hand.

After having read the text, he whirls his head around once, twice, before deciding this isn't enough and spinning his entire body in circles for a 360 degree view of his new surroundings.]

Teleportation? Sci-fi? World War III?!

The apocalypse is orange?!

ROOM 110

[iwagmyhair]

[The flyer did not mention this.

Tomoko wishes it had, since a moment before she didn't believe in teleportation and now, well, it's hard to deny it.

She could have done without that in her life.]

Um... [Still trembling from the sudden location change, she holds her new phone up in both hands to read the text. She's not even registering that there are three other people in here with her yet, as spooked as she is, so don't mind her if she starts quietly reading the message out loud to herself.] ...welcome to Joywick... 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....

[What.]

Joypoints?

ROOM 102

[gatto]

[Unexpected. But not too shabby! Whoever's in charge here is good.

A bright grin on his face, Rin's fiddling with the phone, opening every application he can find in it. He's sprawled out on the bed face first, his legs swinging behind him. Perfectly comfortable.

He doesn't look up from the phone as he speaks.]

Hey, hey, these phones are really cool, aren't they?

ROOM 107

[plucks]

[The phone hangs uselessly in Mary's hand while she stares around the room. Make friends? It feels harder than the message is letting on.

She fumbles with what to do, too distrusting of her surroundings to investigate. Even so, she glances about the walls with a sort of wowed expression, mostly aimed toward her company.

Eventually she gathers enough courage to speak.] Um.

Hi. I'm Mary.

[She holds out the phone.] Does this mean we are all new here?

Room 104

[cancerousnubs]

[But why is the room so EYE-SEARINGLY ORANGE? Karkat stumbles when his phone alerts him to the text. Except the phone isn't his, it's orange like everything else, and the technology is alien to him.

Well, now he's aware of his "mission", which is kind of stupid. Just making friends? Ugh, he was hoping this wouldn't be some frolickly friends-are-the-source-of-happiness project, but that seems to be the case.

Oh hey, there are other people here.]

Let me guess, you slobs are here for RECOVERjoy too. That's the name of this shameful excuse for a company you were scammed by, right?

[He wasn't aware he'd have to room with... humans.]

ROOM 108

[ex_surplus655]

[The room itself is far too bright to wake up to, bright orange fills the walls, the furniture, everywhere, so he can't really help but tug the front of his hood down even further, trying to get rid of some of the colour from his sight.

It doesn't help much.

He spots the others in there as well, instantly feeling a little uncomfortable that they're sharing. But, this needed to be done to get what he wanted.

As his phone buzzes, he reaches out to read the message.

'Make three (3) friends to earn 200 joypoints'

That sounded simple enough, right? If everyone who arrived at once was going to get a similar message, it only made sense to take advantage of the situation. He didn’t have his fortune here, that meant he had to compromise. And there were three others in here with him.]

If you're all awake, and everyone has to take part in this welcome mission, I propose to be anyone’s friend for a set fee. Everyone would gain something from it that way, wouldn’t they?

[There's no greetings, straight to business fellow roomies!]

ROOM 206

[steelchairs]

[ Yaaay, a cramped little room for the somewhat socially-awkward teen. This is just dandy.

Maybe he's a little afraid of looking away from his phone, or he's just flat-out irritated that he needs to talk to people. Wait, no, he's pretty cool with that! Or.. something. ]

... T'ch.

[ Courage, man! You can do this! We're all here for the same reason! ]

Uhh.. Hey. Small place, huh?

ROOM 203

[protagonisnt]

[ Picture this: you are an awkward fifteen year old who can't interact with other people on a level that doesn't make them think you're a total freak. Then imagine that you have problems with eye contact and dealing with more than one person at the same time. Are you still with me? Good. Then imagine you're being forced to share a room with people - perhaps multiple people!? - you have never met.

Yeah. That's Tsurubami's life right now. So he's just going to sit here in Room 203 in perfect silence - making the exact face in this icon - while he waits for his roomies to show up. When they finally do show up, he doesn't even give them a chance to speak first. Don't they say he who speaks first wins, or something? ]

Ah, let's not beat around the bush. This is a terrible place to live, right?