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

ouch right in the kokoro

[sockswithsandals]

[He thinks about this!! Very seriously. No he doesn't.]

Why don't you just forget about it?

[noisy]

[ ... okay yoyo, you can have another five points to make the total ten for emotional trauma

... over... toe... socks... ]

You might not have a choice in the matter, you know.

[sockswithsandals]

[ten like the number of toes on these sweet socks, ok no never mind]

They're my feet.

[noisy]

[ LMFAO STOP RUBBING IT IN ]

And you're forcing the rest of us to look at them.

[sockswithsandals]

[i am so innocent!!]

Not really... You brought it up.

[noisy]

[ the unsurest of unsures ]

Haven't you heard all of the people speaking in whispers behind your back? It's totally the toe socks.

[sockswithsandals]

[People whispering about him doesn't sound like a bad deal, actually.]

I haven't noticed. Maybe they'll change it to something interesting.

[noisy]

[ it's not the fright that you're looking for. ]

Your hair, then?

[sockswithsandals]

[work in progress...]

I'm not changing my hair, either. So you can hold back on that.

[noisy]

You know, with the right amount of soap and a little bit of elbow grease, we'd be able to make the upgrade from "menace to society" to "well-meaning hobo" in less than thirty minutes.

[sockswithsandals]

[he literally just said......]

Advice from someone whose hair is the color of dishwater? No.

1/2

[noisy]

[ LMFAO WOW have another ten points you menace to society and buy some soap with it

even if Joshua looks... un... fazed. ]

And even with scraps of yesterday's dinner floating around, it's cleaner than the flea-ridden critter that's taken shelter on the top of your skull!

[noisy]

... So what's with the chicken scratches, anyway?

[sockswithsandals]

I don't have fleas...

[fleas aren't spooky at all?? learn how to scary bugs before making these slanderous comments, Joshua...]

It's a prop.

[noisy]

Lice?

[ or yoyo shakes his head, and spiders fly out. ]

I didn't stumble into your rat's nest, did I?

[sockswithsandals]

No. [spiders are much spookier!]

And no again. This is just to kill some time.

[noisy]

Understandable, considering we've plenty of it.

Though somehow I doubt this is a means for you to practice your calligraphy. Especially when you look at the... quality of it.

[sockswithsandals]

Looking like that is the point.

[noisy]

Gosh, and if the point was to make the kind of mess that your mother would scoff at, then you've certainly gotten it across.

[sockswithsandals]

I don't think you understand. That's okay. It's not for everyone.

[noisy]

Oh, try me at least. You'd be surprised how easy it is to argue that trash is an art form.

[sockswithsandals]

... It's part of the scene. To create a tense atmosphere. Of course, not everyone has the same fears, but it's worth a shot.