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rekindleme2014-03-18 04:07 pm
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Intro Log - March 2014
Who: Everyone
Where: The Welcome Center
When: 18th March, afternoon
Summary: The new arrivals, freshly pulled from their worlds or others, awaken in a strange place...
Warnings: Inbox death may occur. System overload at own risk. SOME NPC RESPONSES WILL BE SLOW UNTIL THE ONE WHO PLAYS THEM IS PRESENT.
It's a shuddering breath, a sensation of being pulled to elsewhere and finding oneself pressed against something on the soft and some place cozy. However, before one can fully stir, there is and odd, warm stirring sensation that lifts you up from wherever you've been dropped, when you begin to drift off once more.
Yet the feeling passes quickly, and when you awaken, you begin to realize your surroundings. It's a small room with what some might recognize as a Far Eastern theme when it comes to decor, from the walls to the sofa (or bed) you find yourself on. Illumination is provided by carefully crafted lamps, and even a candle flickering on a nearby desk. The doors are made from paper and wood, with a thin frame; through them it's easy to hear other people stirring, talking, or coming to.
You are not alone...
Close at hand there's a note that reads:
WELCOME CENTER
Newcomers: Please come downstairs to the lobby for refreshments and your welcome packets!
Odd... This wasn't written in your own language, and yet you find it easily understandable. Soon enough, if you don't enter on your own, there's a gentle knocking on the door as someone comes from downstairs to usher you along.
"Welcome to Saeng Seong! I know you must be confused as to where you are and what's going on, but we promise to explain this to you once you've had a chance to stretch your legs!"
Whether you go downstairs immediately or linger a little longer, eventually you must come down and get out of the small space, and sooner rather than later would probably be better. You'll find yourself in a well-lit lobby, filled with comfortable-looking couches and chairs. Along one wall are refreshment tables, loaded with all sorts of warming, comforting food and drink, including some you probably aren't familiar with. On the wall opposite are a pair of desks, each with a sign and a person seated behind them -
Irene, General Assistance
Devin, Technological Assistance
Unlike a few waves before, the only people in charge seem to be the people behind the desks. They look a bit busy.
However, before you can go over and give them a piece of your mind and ask questions, the same person who ushered you downstairs hands you a manilla envelope that contains your welcome packet, urging you to read this before asking the two figures questions that the packet likely answers.
Inside it, you will find: a ring with a key and apartment number on it, some kind of cash card, a map and informational guide to the city, and a letter folded neatly on the top -
Outside, and through the translucent glass you can see a banner hanging from the tiled roof of the building across the street. It's looking bright against a mostly blue sky:
WELCOME TO SAENG SEONG
(ENJOY YOUR STAY!)
Where: The Welcome Center
When: 18th March, afternoon
Summary: The new arrivals, freshly pulled from their worlds or others, awaken in a strange place...
Warnings: Inbox death may occur. System overload at own risk. SOME NPC RESPONSES WILL BE SLOW UNTIL THE ONE WHO PLAYS THEM IS PRESENT.
It's a shuddering breath, a sensation of being pulled to elsewhere and finding oneself pressed against something on the soft and some place cozy. However, before one can fully stir, there is and odd, warm stirring sensation that lifts you up from wherever you've been dropped, when you begin to drift off once more.
Yet the feeling passes quickly, and when you awaken, you begin to realize your surroundings. It's a small room with what some might recognize as a Far Eastern theme when it comes to decor, from the walls to the sofa (or bed) you find yourself on. Illumination is provided by carefully crafted lamps, and even a candle flickering on a nearby desk. The doors are made from paper and wood, with a thin frame; through them it's easy to hear other people stirring, talking, or coming to.
You are not alone...
Close at hand there's a note that reads:
Newcomers: Please come downstairs to the lobby for refreshments and your welcome packets!
Odd... This wasn't written in your own language, and yet you find it easily understandable. Soon enough, if you don't enter on your own, there's a gentle knocking on the door as someone comes from downstairs to usher you along.
"Welcome to Saeng Seong! I know you must be confused as to where you are and what's going on, but we promise to explain this to you once you've had a chance to stretch your legs!"
Whether you go downstairs immediately or linger a little longer, eventually you must come down and get out of the small space, and sooner rather than later would probably be better. You'll find yourself in a well-lit lobby, filled with comfortable-looking couches and chairs. Along one wall are refreshment tables, loaded with all sorts of warming, comforting food and drink, including some you probably aren't familiar with. On the wall opposite are a pair of desks, each with a sign and a person seated behind them -
Irene, General Assistance
Devin, Technological Assistance
Unlike a few waves before, the only people in charge seem to be the people behind the desks. They look a bit busy.
However, before you can go over and give them a piece of your mind and ask questions, the same person who ushered you downstairs hands you a manilla envelope that contains your welcome packet, urging you to read this before asking the two figures questions that the packet likely answers.
Inside it, you will find: a ring with a key and apartment number on it, some kind of cash card, a map and informational guide to the city, and a letter folded neatly on the top -
Welcome to Saeng Seong!
You are among a new group of arrivals to our city, from many far-apart worlds.
We have gathered you here because our city is in a crisis, and we are at our last resorts. The energy of the city is in a slow downward spiral, and is dangerously close to expiring altogether.
That's where you come in - you and everyone else we've brought to the city. Unlike those of us here, you have the potential to generate the energy the city needs, but you'll need to work together to do it.
Why? Because the energy can only be generated when two people touch each other. Any touch will do, but it must be between two of you who are new to the city. If you don't keep in contact with someone, eventually your energy will begin to drain as well, making you dangerously ill.
A few other things:
The closed-off sections of the city are closed off for a reason; approaching them will cause your energy to drain very rapidly. We're working to open the rest of the city to you as soon as we can, but for now, please remain within the first five districts of the city.
You have been given a key to a one-bedroom apartment in a complex set aside for you and the other new arrivals, near the riverside in the 1st district. You're free to change your living quarters whenever you like, and we encourage you to move in with someone in one of the larger apartments. When you want to change, just come back to this building to exchange your key.
We've also included a cash card with a living stipend; if you're unfamiliar with this system, or the network established for new arrivals, you can talk to Devin in the lobby for help. It's what he's here for. If you need medical assistance, contact Mai, one of our nurses.
Again, welcome, and thank you for all your help.
Irene
Arrival Liaison
You are among a new group of arrivals to our city, from many far-apart worlds.
We have gathered you here because our city is in a crisis, and we are at our last resorts. The energy of the city is in a slow downward spiral, and is dangerously close to expiring altogether.
That's where you come in - you and everyone else we've brought to the city. Unlike those of us here, you have the potential to generate the energy the city needs, but you'll need to work together to do it.
Why? Because the energy can only be generated when two people touch each other. Any touch will do, but it must be between two of you who are new to the city. If you don't keep in contact with someone, eventually your energy will begin to drain as well, making you dangerously ill.
A few other things:
The closed-off sections of the city are closed off for a reason; approaching them will cause your energy to drain very rapidly. We're working to open the rest of the city to you as soon as we can, but for now, please remain within the first five districts of the city.
You have been given a key to a one-bedroom apartment in a complex set aside for you and the other new arrivals, near the riverside in the 1st district. You're free to change your living quarters whenever you like, and we encourage you to move in with someone in one of the larger apartments. When you want to change, just come back to this building to exchange your key.
We've also included a cash card with a living stipend; if you're unfamiliar with this system, or the network established for new arrivals, you can talk to Devin in the lobby for help. It's what he's here for. If you need medical assistance, contact Mai, one of our nurses.
Again, welcome, and thank you for all your help.
Irene
Arrival Liaison
Outside, and through the translucent glass you can see a banner hanging from the tiled roof of the building across the street. It's looking bright against a mostly blue sky:
(ENJOY YOUR STAY!)
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"...Haven West. But it doesn't make sense- why would you all be somewhere else then?" His thoughts were getting hazy again from thinking too hard, although it looked like he was starting to question what he was seeing in front of him. It just didn't fit what he knew of the Yao Corporation to actually separate its test subjects, no matter what the reason...could he actually believe that what he'd thought before was true and not just some desperate belief that he had actually escaped?
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"Haven West?"
Shaking his head, Junpei glanced down again at the burn marks on Minato's hand.
"I've never heard of that place before... I've only been here in Saeng Seong, or back in Japan. I... I guess the people here pulled you out of that place, somehow."
1/2?
He stopped sobbing at once, dumbstruck by what he'd just heard (...although apparently not enough to stop him from reaching out for the tissues). Assuming what he'd just heard was true, it meant that he was actually free after thinking that he'd never be able to leave the place. He was alive, safe and sound with his dearest friends in a much better world...
WHOOPS
Minato didn't want to believe that he'd been the only one brought here out of everyone else who had deserved better, but he couldn't deny how real Junpei's words sounded too no matter how much he tried to reason that things couldn't be that easy. The tissue went unused in his left hand as tears began to well up in his eyes, unable to hold in his frustration any longer- why him, when he was already dead and should have been returned to the Great Seal? Why was he here alone when he'd promised a dear friend long time ago that he'd only leave if everyone else could, back when they'd first became friends and had such high hopes for the future?
"...Why am I here by myself then? Everyone else deserved to leave too!" The rest of what he said was incoherent, lost between accompanying choked sobs and pained gasping. For the first time he felt that Fate could be so cruel, to show him a world where lives were treated as little less than rubble only to release him now- it was unfair, so very unfair!
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Now everything made sense; he'd been someplace incredibly horrible, someplace that had left him destitute like this and traumatized. And somehow Saeng Seong had managed to drag him out of there, give him (another) second chance, rescued him from that fate... but...
Junpei's chest ached; he knew that pain Minato was feeling. Knew the pain of living on when someone you care about was trapped or... gone. It hurt like a bitch, it lingered on the edge of your awareness even when you started to accept it. In the end, you had to keep going though... but it was no good saying that yet to someone so upset.
"...I ... I don't got an answer for ya, man. I'm sorry."
He meant it, in several different ways. Reaching out again carefully, he gently took Minato's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"I'm here for you though, promise. Okay?"
It was really all he could offer now.
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He's not entirely sure what to do about this. He knows he doesn't like it, but he can't think of a way to help. At least, not until he sees Junpei take his hand. He's seen how this place works.
Pharos proceeds to move up Minato's bed until he's sitting next to the boy, very tentatively (since he's still a little wary about initiating) hugging the older boy.
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"...I'm sorry." It was barely a whisper, and it was impossible to tell what was he apologizing for. "I can't accept this just yet...I need some time." The pain in his chest had subsided by now, leaving him feeling numb, drained and wanting to be alone. "Some medicine would be good too," he added hesitantly, not liking the thought of taking them even if he knew it was for the best.
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Junpei understood, letting go of his hand with a nod. In some ways, Minato was grieving... and sometimes you just needed to give someone time to do so. Junpei knew that better than most.
"I can go find a nurse... but others might be in to check on ya. Is that okay?"
Looking over at Pharos, he nodded a little, holding out his hand for the kid to take.
"We can head out for a bit, if you want, but I dunno if it's good to leave you totally alone, Minato."
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Should he say something about that? He thought a while before looking down again, indicating that his previous response would be enough. It wasn't as if he'd have a choice after all; his friends would never abandon him if they were real and he could always believe in that, even with his heart broken as is.
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That expression... it made Junpei's chest ache, and even if Minato needed time to accept what had happened to him, Junpei couldn't leave him alone like this.
"Akihiko-senpai's gonna be bringing you clothes- but is there anything else you'd want? Like, books or food, or somethin'...?"
Anything, anything to make this guy feel better...
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"Some books and food would be nice." There was a slightly wild look in his eyes as he mentioned wanting some books, almost like it was important in some way...was he just a bookworm or was there something more meaningful about it?
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...Nothing violent, that was for sure. Maybe some gag comics...?
"And I know a place that has AWESOME ramen, I'll bring ya some of that, okay?"
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"Any kind of book would do, but I'd like to have something close to the ramen we used to have at Hagakure, if it's possible." That, and there was absolutely no possibility that the Yao Corporation would be bothered to replicate a bowl of ramen simply to brainwash him, right?
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Still he kept up his smile as best he could, nodding this head.
"You got it man. I'll swing by tomorrow with both, come hell, high water or nosy nurses! ... You, uh..."
His hand moved to rest on Pharos' head, giving it an affectionate pat.
"You take care, kay? We're all here for ya now, I promise."
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"Alright." And as if on second thought, perhaps hoping that he would be back- "See you tomorrow, Junpei."