overjoylogs | OPENING LOG.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ That is pretty much how it works, yes. And that genre is deep and meaningful deconstructions, for the record. ]

Even after that I just love horror stories line? Well, I guess you didn't say I love just horror stories so I guess I can forgive you for misleading me.

[ He is hilarious. ]

[Next you'll wow me with how Medaka Box is a parody.]

You know the word means more than "only." [Critical Gaze] Don't be pedantic.

[Bami, it is a dumb idea to make semantics jokes with someone who does nothing with his life except play with words. Now you're both embarrassing.]

[ Why are you so anti-semantic? Anyway, awful jokes aside, Bami is allowed to play with words as long as his stupid mystery canon abilities are based on such behaviour.

How many times must I ask you to stop this oppression? ]

Sorry, but could you cut it out with your critical gaze? It's still unsettling.

[There aren't even words for all the ridiculous things happening here. I'm going to steal your icons, and I'm not going to credit them. How's that for oppression? It's a full-scale Graphic Offence.

That has nothing to do with this tag at all.]

You're not even looking at me.

[ But the icons say DNS on them! Beans and I will be very very upset with you. It'll be all over ACJ before you know it. ]

I don't need you to pick up my slack. You can consider it a favour between new friends, even.

[ Because only nice people like Meda-nee deserve to be looked at. Everyone else longs to be half ignored. ]

[Oh, now you're making third parties take sides. Look at what you've become.]

You raise a good point.

[But he's ignoring it, ha ha.]

[ Could he maybe go so far as to ignore Bami as well? That'd be nice. ]

Don't be so surprised. It has been known to happen on occasion.

[Oh no Bami, we're friends now. Welcome aboard.]

I'm not surprised. I'm not convinced, either.

[ Welcome aboard? This is the worst metaphorical train ride since Enigma Act 2.

Or was that a literal train ride? Who knows! It sucked that badly. ]

Not convinced it happens, or not convinced I can pick up my own slack? Be more direct, Yotsuya.

[ Sounds weird without the honorific. He makes a note to drop it down to Suya or something at a later date. ]

Edited (Unfortunate Mistype) 2012-08-20 18:58 (UTC)

[LALALA I CAN'T HEAR THE SOUND OF ENIGMA RUINING MY LIFE LALA

Anyway, the critical gaze debate.]

Not convinced I should listen to you.

[S-suya... that's so ridiculous. Bami please.]

[ What do you expect with a Weekly Shounen Jump manga? Insert Bami rant about how shallow battle manga is the only viable option for the WSJ model. Or don't, 'cause I'll probably have to use that one at some point.

Also Suya is a great name. It could be worse. ]

Haven't you been listening to me for this whole conversation?

[ Bami, didn't you say something about being more direct? And quit implying this entire thread has been anything more than two people talking at each other with fleeting moments of talking to. ]

[Suya sounds like a girl's name.]

Listen to your request to stop looking at you, I mean.

[Bami, stop playing with semantics, you aren't cool.]

[ Buntaro sounds like a hamster's name.

And I already told you he is allowed to play with semantics!!! ]

Ah, of course. Then should I be on the lookout for a love letter in my shoebox sometime soon?

[ He truly hopes the answer is no. ]

[No... stop shut up no one even knows that name. Shh.

He can't play with semantics because he won't even play well with others.

Yotsuya thinks about the logistics of this letter-that-won't-happen; mostly, if Bami won't look at him, how far does his inability to look at things go-]

Would you even be able to read a letter?

[It's!! a valid question! Maybe because anything Yotsuya writes down is going to look a little like someone was dying at the time? Spooky penmanship.]

[ The only characters Bami can't look at are other people. ]

Yes. I'm an adult, so obviously I can read.

[ Since that is what Hamtaro meant. ]

[...of I-didn't-know-it-was-a-parody Box.

Stop calling him Hamtaro.]

Kids can read.

[ ...and not a parody of every other shounen trope.

Also fine. For now. ]

Ah, so you agree it's obvious that I can read. So why shouldn't I be able to read a letter? You already know I read manga, so your question is kind of pointless. The written word is no different from the written word which has been slapped onto pictures and sold to readers on a monthly basis. Am I wrong?

Well, you think I'm creepy, so maybe your intense phobia of eye contact would put you off looking at something from me. Because of the association.

No?

[Project name: Mockery.]

OPENING LOG.

you know you love it

you caught me

Red Handler

i'm gonna hit u

Hypocritical Hit

i think you've used that one before

I have. It's one of my favourites. But what does it say about us that we can have favourites?

we are very great is what it says

look here is the tag you wanted ;V

oh my how swift ;Y

and then the reply came hours later

Delayed Reaction

Well Bami does never dodge the first hit ;V

pls

Remember when that arc was really dumb?

no it was super serious and a real deconstruction how dare you insult the holiness

Yes and everything everyone says is super deep (Spoken Leagues) and meaningful

the water here is shallow