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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.

Comments

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.]

[compliant]

[ Anri is sitting on the edge of a bed, her skirt tucked neatly underneath her and the phone held in her hands. She isn't quite looking at it, or him, or anything.

It takes her a few seconds to realise he's spoken, and a few more to remember what he said. Finally, she nods. ] ...yeah.

[cancerousnubs]

[Karkat wonders exactly what kind of person he's been dropped with. She's spacey, and not in the derpy Jade way.]

Damn, don't bowl me over with your enthusiastic replies. My weak bloodpusher can't handle it.

[He stands, looking around and not giving her too much thought, and cringing at how bright it is in the room. Hopefully no one's enjoying the sunlight too much, because Karkat pulls the shades closed to cut out some of that irritating light.]

[compliant]

[ Anri runs her thumb over the phone's surface, once again not hearing his words until a few seconds later. Her hair swishes with the effort of her expression upturning at him and Anri's lips move soundlessly for a few seconds before she nods.

And then, just because he's ashen and angry and a little frightening: ] ...sorry.

[balzams]

[Scammed... well shit, what if it is a scam. It was so obvious, he should have thought of it sooner. He'd just been desperate, not thinking straight and as he sits slightly hunched over on the side of his bed he can't stop staring at the horns on Karkat's head]

W-well I don't know about scammed... You never know. It might be okay.

[cancerousnubs]

[Not like Karkat didn't fall for it himself, but he was desperate too. Sleep deprived and desperate, a bad combination for proper decision making. He tries to ignore the obvious interest in his horns.]

What about it reads "ok" to you? You got that same text just now, didn't you? This is going to be an objective based game, where whoever runs the show just sits back in their comfy office chair petting a purring meowbeast like a smug asshole.

I thought this would be something more worthy of my time.

[balzams]

[Meowbeast...?]

W-well it doesn't seem that bad, maybe it's just like a kind of greeting event. I know it can be awkward when you're all in a new place...

I... I'm sure it'll get a bit more involved later.

[He's not sure why he's arguing since he's pretty sure he's wrong. Maybe he just doesn't want to be wrong]