day one

[judgejudy]

DAY 1 Complex Population: 35 ( October 3 - October 6 ) It's 8AM, and you wake from that deep, dreamless sleep that enforces curfew as always. There's breakfast avaliable in the cafeteria if you want it, as well as meals from 11AM-12PM and 7PM-8PM, but otherwise? The day is yours. Take your time to explore the complex, relax, and enjoy each others' company, as who knows what the next day has in store? Though as you explore, you may notice that there's a new door unlocked and a new place for you to spend the day. One of the locked doors on the second floor is now open, so residents can partake in the clean, modest gym if you're the kind to keep in shape. — This post is for the first day as defined in the schedule. This post is for general mingling and CR buidling, and will not include significant plot interaction. character statuses character profiles private conversations

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Oct 3rd

[chiseler]

[He's just going to look over Dojima's shoulder before shrugging. The profiles aren't a huge concern to him, really. He's seen enough weird things in his world this seems almost normal.]

What makes you think there're mistakes?

[becauseimacoward]

[Oh hey, Luke. Dojima scrolls through some of the profiles]

They can't expect anyone to believe someone is more than 200 years old, much less that there are three like that here.

[He stops in Luke's profile, eyeing it with puzzlement]

And several profiles have such...fantastical "skills" I'm seriously wondering if they're trying to pull my leg.

[chiseler]

[Oh. One of these kind, huh? Luke doesn't seem bothered by Dojima's disbelief and almost appears sympathetic. It's hard to believe these things when you haven't lived them your whole life.

Of course when Dojima pulls up Luke's profile he fixes him with an innocent look. Go on. Ask whatever you want to ask.]

What makes you so certain these are just a joke? [A pause.] Wait there's three people here hundreds of years old?

[becauseimacoward]

Yes. The oldest person is 967 years old. [As if that could be true.

Speaking of weird things, now that you're here Dojima may as well prod you for explanations as to the stuff you have in your skills, Luke! And he knows very well what to start with]

"Scorpion-summoning", Castellan?

[chiseler]

That's actually kinda young in some parts of the world. [It's hard to say if he's serious or not, but given the impish grin he's...maybe half-serious. The question only prods him to lift a hand, snapping his fingers and...nothing.]

Think it's broken, but it's not wrong. [Who's going to argue with him?]

[becauseimacoward]

[Really? 'Kinda young'? All Dojima does at first is stare at Luke and try to figure out if he's trying to be funny. That grin...damn it, Luke, he can't read it with certainty. Dojima scoffs in exasperation and mutter to himself:]

That has got to be a bad joke.

[But enough about wondering about ages, someone just tried to summon scorpions. Leaving aside that of course it wouldn't work - and seeing it not work kinda helps to calm down - he decides to ask, at the risk of more of these ridiculous answers:]

Why would anyone need a "power" like that one?

[chiseler]

You wouldn't really need it, but that's sort of like asking why anyone would need powers at all. Pretty dumb question. [His hands slip back into his pockets.] Or better yet, why would anyone need to know how to make coffee? They're comparable.

[becauseimacoward]

[You so did that jab on purpose, Luke. Dojima pinches the bridge of his nose]

You just compared creating scorpions out of thin air to making coffee.

[...]

You know what, nevermind. Whether it's all true or not doesn't matter. What matters is if people can truly use those skills in this place, and there's the possibility anyone who does have those powers intact will deny it when I ask.

[chiseler]

[The expression on his face says something akin to "who said out of thin air", but let's not get into that.]

Are you really planning on interrogating everybody who has some form of magic skill on their profile? [He sounds more intrigued than annoyed, but that's a lot of effort Dojima.] The thing about it is you don't ask. If anything, you can always just trick them into exposing themselves.

[becauseimacoward]

Someone has to do it. May as well be me. [Look, if this whole 'magic' thing is real and someone has it intact, maybe something could be done to escape? It's worth a try]

The problem is that I have no idea what the deal with all this 'magic' thing is. How am I supposed to trick them when I don't even know what I should watch out for?

[chiseler]

[There's a noise in the back of his throat like he disagrees. No. No, nobody has to as far as he's concerned, but he knows that won't hold a lot of weight here. Mortals want to understand everything they can't pinpoint immediately. Dojima just appears to be sort of a nosy mortal.]

Well...pick a profile. Pick a profile and a skill you want to expose.

[becauseimacoward]

[Luke, it's like four or five people! That's not a lot of work to do. Dojima shows Jade Curtiss' profile. Anything that sounds weird is magic, right?]

Fonic artes. There are two that have that listed. That sounds like magic to me.

[Dojima is sure he can deal with Alice and Adam, but he isn't willing to share his plans with Luke]

[chiseler]

Dunno what fonic means. [But he's reviewing Jade's profile.] But you could always engage with Guy and get him to explain. Seems like he's good at that.