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

[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.

[vytis]

[Lithuania winces sympathetically as the man lands on the floor; this situation is incredibly odd, even if he did sign up for it. Lithuania can't help but wonder what about the message was so annoying to him that he threw the phone, but it really isn't his place to pry.]

Maybe we all did? I'm Lithuania. It's nice to meet you.

[guielliotine]

_{[Maybe he should...sit down. Sitting would probably be a good idea right now.]}

I'm Elliot Nightray. It's nice to meet you too.

_{[Only not really, if only because of the circumstances.]}

[vytis]

[Lithuania glances around the room again. It's really not that big for four people, but it's certainly better than nowhere to live at all. Maybe he'll be able to buy slightly less orange bedding, at least.]

I suppose we'll be sharing the room for at least a while. I hope we can get along.

[guielliotine]

<sub>[That's right...he'd be sharing a room with people. Meaning he wouldn't be alone in said room. Meaning...things would become very awkward very soon.

Elliot didn't want to think about that. Instead, he extended a gloved hand to Lithuania.]</sub>

I hope so as well.

_{[The last thing he needed was to hate those he'd be forced to share a room with. It'd end up badly for all of them.]}

[vytis]

[Lithuania accepts the handshake.]

Maybe it won't be too bad. Make three friends is a little--ah, childish, maybe--but it could be a worse start.