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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

[iknowthatfeel]

It would be selfish to think it was all expenses paid. Grocery shopping is fun too.

[But what are you doing to the kitchen? You better not knock things out of those cabinets. She hasn't actually remembered where everything goes just yet.]

Could you close those after you open them, sir?

[sockswithsandals]

[Is this your kitchen, princess? Timid girls... normally timid girls are uncomfortable around him, but this one is telling him grocery shopping is fun.

This city is already full of freaks. He throws a wild-eyed look over his shoulder at her, as if not comprehending why she's telling him these things or asking him to behave like a person.

He glances at his trail of wayward cabinet doors.]

Yotsuya. [don't "sir" him that shit's weird]

I'll get to it.

[iknowthatfeel]

[All kitchens belong to Sakura. You are in her domain right now and she will own it. If you had a desk she would threaten to mess it up in retaliation!

Also grocery shopping is so fun, what are you talking about...? Who doesn't want to be domestic.......?]

It's a common area so you shouldn't leave it a mess.

[sockswithsandals]

[Who do you think you ARE?? Step off his hypothetical desk.

Also you can't just say it's a common area after mentally laying claim to it like a fucking tiger. (hahahaha tiger see what i... no leaves)]

I'm not. [Be grateful he's tall enough to see everything in these cabinets without climbing on the counter, because he would.] There's nothing wrong with an open door.

[iknowthatfeel]

[She can say and think different things! She is a forgiving territorial beast. (I can't believe you made that joke though.)

If he was climbing on the counters she would have gotten sterner much sooner. Instead she is just closing those doors herself. Louder than is strictly necessary. It's okay, she's being careful not to scratch the wood. And is still talking in a mostly polite way.]

It's messy and rude. What if someone else wanted to walk around and hit it by accident?

[sockswithsandals]

[why wouldn't i make that joke

He gives her a flat look, turns to give the cabinet he still has open a flat look, then turns back to Sakura (his look: still flat).]

That's not my problem.

[iknowthatfeel]

It is since you live here too.

[You have to get along with everyone else. This is a game about happiness after all!]

[sockswithsandals]

[His happiness has very little to do with other people also being happy... Not that he's malicious, just bizarre. Please try to understand the needs of people you've just met, Sakura.]

I'm not responsible for someone else's carelessness. [la la turning back to the cabinet to move some shit around] Are you trying to be the house mother already?

[iknowthatfeel]

[And her happiness is completely dependent on other people being happy. We are at an impasse it seems. Except for the fact that this is her turf and someone needs to step off.]

What? It's just common sense to be considerate! It's not that hard.

[sockswithsandals]

[He's older!!!1]

Well, you've already taken care of it!

[LA LA ROOTING THROUGH THIS CABINET LA]

[iknowthatfeel]

[He's not acting it! He's being more immature than Shirou of all people. I hope you're happy. She is going to place a fist on her hip.]

If you are just going to make a mess could you please make it elsewhere?

[sockswithsandals]

It's a common area.

[That sass is nice, but he's not even looking at her. What are these appliances, he has no idea what some of these even are trying to be. Real kitchens...]

It's not like I'm spoiling the food we don't have.

[iknowthatfeel]

If you keep moving things like you are you'll make it impossible for anyone to find anything!

[She will have to fix everything back up and, oh my god, don't shove the corkscrew in the same cabinet as the blender that needs to go into a drawer!]

[sockswithsandals]

[What? They're both spinny things, aren't they--loosen up, girl.]

You're probably the first person who's been in here.

[There's dust on the shelves of these cabinets, he's run a finger through experimentally already. The appliances look like they haven't been moved since they were put in, and certainly not by a ton of people--there is a considerable amount, he counted rooms and looked up the staircase, and while his estimate is probably too much, he heard enough voices to assess that there are more people who haven't been through the kitchen than the alternative.

This is very important, you see:]

If I change the original position before anyone knows it was there, the origin doesn't matter.

[iknowthatfeel]

Well, there are normal places for things to be in any kitchen which people would check first.

[She sighs in a huff and crosses her arms. Look at all this common sense this guy doesn't have.]

Which they were in before.

[sockswithsandals]

You've surveyed the whole room, have you? I bet I could move everything around and you'd miss a few.

[watch him put a colander on top of the blender]