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locked_down2018-04-25 09:57 pm
lockdownmods) wrote in locked_down2018-04-25 09:57 pm
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[Entrance Exam] Arrival
You wake up. There’s a dull, throbbing pain in your head that lasts for a few moments. You’re slightly disoriented at first, but once you come to your senses, you realize that you are not where you were last. You lift your head and realize that you're sitting at a desk. You aren’t quite sure where this is, exactly, but from what you can tell--desk and all--this appears to be some sort of...fancy classroom. Maybe there are others in the room who are as lost and confused as you are; maybe you’re the only one. At least you’re not in the dark. The room is well-lit, giving you a proper view of the blue and silver designs that make up the school’s colors.
You feel something around your wrist, so look down at your hands and notice a strange sort of bracelet. Some of you may be able to discern that it's some sort of Fitbit, but try as you might, you cannot remove it.
You only have a few more seconds to process what’s happening before you hear something buzzing on the desk you’re sitting at.
It appears to be a tablet of some sort. It turns on automatically due to a notification that pops up on the screen. The notification reads, “Good morning, Prospect. Welcome to Fayflower University’s Entrance Exam!”
There’s a “Next” button that leads you to another notification: “Please spend the next hour introducing yourself to your fellow Prospects. More information on your peers can be found on the "Profiles" app. Failure to engage will result in punishment. Be sure to adhere to the rules, which can be found in an application called “Rules” on this device.”
There’s one last notification: “When the hour is up, report to the Gymnasium immediately for your Orientation. You will be given further information and instruction there.”
You exit out of the notification. You now understand what the notification means: the tablet has four applications: Rules, Tasks, Profiles, and Maps. If you try to click on the Tasks app, another notification pops up indicating that the application is currently unaccessible. The Maps app only shows you a map of the building you're in right now. There's a little marker indicating your location as well: The one and only classroom in the vicinity.
A large red timer appears at the bottom of the screen. 59:59.
You'd better get started.
You feel something around your wrist, so look down at your hands and notice a strange sort of bracelet. Some of you may be able to discern that it's some sort of Fitbit, but try as you might, you cannot remove it.
You only have a few more seconds to process what’s happening before you hear something buzzing on the desk you’re sitting at.
It appears to be a tablet of some sort. It turns on automatically due to a notification that pops up on the screen. The notification reads, “Good morning, Prospect. Welcome to Fayflower University’s Entrance Exam!”
There’s a “Next” button that leads you to another notification: “Please spend the next hour introducing yourself to your fellow Prospects. More information on your peers can be found on the "Profiles" app. Failure to engage will result in punishment. Be sure to adhere to the rules, which can be found in an application called “Rules” on this device.”
There’s one last notification: “When the hour is up, report to the Gymnasium immediately for your Orientation. You will be given further information and instruction there.”
You exit out of the notification. You now understand what the notification means: the tablet has four applications: Rules, Tasks, Profiles, and Maps. If you try to click on the Tasks app, another notification pops up indicating that the application is currently unaccessible. The Maps app only shows you a map of the building you're in right now. There's a little marker indicating your location as well: The one and only classroom in the vicinity.
A large red timer appears at the bottom of the screen. 59:59.
You'd better get started.
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Huh? A-An exam?! But we haven't studied for it- Wait.
[He stares blearily at the blue and silver surroundings. This... isn't even his university... So now he's having to seriously consider the possibility that he somehow wandered into the completely wrong one in a tired state. But he'll poke around the tablet and see what all this prospect is about. Seeing that he's apparently the Prospect of Gaming is, well, spot on for things have been lately, but it's almost depressingly so after he only just got back to playing it. He just wanted to spite Seven for pranking him... actually, he's strongly wondering if Seven is somehow behind all of this in the first place. He'd totally call Yoosung the prospect of gaming, as well as these cringey weaknesses (seriously, pointing out his foreveralone status is a low blow!) and with his mysterious job he might be able to pull something like this off. So he's pulling out his cell phone and trying to get into the RFA app. Which... doesn't work.
That's odd, when the tablet works. He goes back to messing with the tablet, and checking out the maps. This is really looking grim. The internet on his phone doesn't work, and somehow this school seems like it completely lacks computers too. His headache hasn't gone away either. He's just going to sit here and sob.]
I'm going to die...
[How's that for an introduction.]
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Hey! I... um.
[ Wait. Yikes, is he crying.........
This was supposed to be the least awkward interaction he'd have in this room, what just happened ]
Are... you okay? [ Well. ] You know, aside from the... dying?
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Sorry about that. It's just... why? I have no idea what any of this means, but according to the tablet I'm the 'prospect of gaming', so why did I wake up in some place with no internet? I feel like someone is making fun of me!
[He can't help but pout.]
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Anyway, this is a conversation he can get behind. ]
Seriously! I'm supposedly here because of the work I do on my website, but I can't even access it now. The forum's going to be overrun with posts from spambots offering free iPads by the time I get back to it.
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[In the meanwhile he'll try to find Mishima's picture out of curiosity. And... maybe partly out of the compulsion to swipe on the thing in front of him. He doesn't normally have that fancy of a device - his cell is still a flip phone, even. He has it out, yellow with a black stripe. Though it can still run the RFA app and such... the tablet is comparatively fancier.]
...Technically, this is almost like a free iPad.
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[ And the people he doesn't like.
Anyway. ]
I guess it kind of is. Maybe this whole thing is just a collective of people who accidentally clicked on pop-up ads.
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But that website sounds pretty extreme... well, and pretty amazing, if it works.
[If it doesn't though then they'll just come off like a cult of weirdos. Mishima seems really normal though so he doesn't want to assume. More questions are needed here!]
What kind of abuse of power does the group look into? Like... maybe... if someone is covering up a suspicious incident?
[He sounds a tiny bit excited there. Wonder why.]
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[ SOUNDS LIKE A POTENTIAL REQUEST HERE... mental note taken ]
We've been kind of focusing on bigger targets like teachers who abuse their students, or business owners who mistreat their employees or customers [ i.e. things that look great on the news ], but personal, individual stuff comes up sometimes too. Like if someone comes to us who wants us to change the heart of an abusive romantic partner or something, we're not gonna ignore it.
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Change someone's heart... That's a lot harder than it sounds! I don't really get how an organization could do that, this sort of thing has happened before?
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[In a way, a confession is a nicer way to go about it too. It's better than beating it out of them. Yoosung muses on that for a moment, before his shoulders drop a bit. There's not much point thinking too hard about it when the internet won't work to begin with.]
Well, I'd check it out if I could. Hopefully you can get back to it soon!
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[ There's a little bit of nervousness or something in that laugh that makes it sound like it was probably a particular relief to him personally, but he moves on from that quickly. ]
Anyway, I hope you can get back to your games soon too! If you want to talk strategy or something sometime, I'd like to get some tips from a top gamer.
[ Maybe he can give him some hints on how to stop getting his ass kicked by an elementary schooler in Gun About tournaments... ]
And, uh... Oh, I didn't actually introduce myself, right? Yuuki Mishima.
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Oh, right! My name is Yoosung Kim. Haha, I don't know how much help I'd be in general, I only know one game inside and out and that's LOLOL.
[Even so, it's clear he takes pride in that from his bright tone. It segues into a more thoughtful one as he considers his title.]
But... it was also the first game I ever played, so maybe I'll have a knack for the others if I tried. It could happen, right?
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I sincerely doubt you're dying.
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Sure I am. Of stress, of boredom... stress caused by boredom... it's a vicious cycle. For me, the world of games is the only cure. It's like life. If you have no life, that means you're dying!
[Yoosung hangs his head to mourn his lack of internet signal, but only for a moment. After that, he raises his head, showing a more nervous face.]
But more seriously, haven't I been kidnapped? Even if it's just a prank, that's pretty dangerous too!
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There are games here, just not any good ones. [ At least give him chess, what's the point in clicking cookies! ]
We all seem to have been kidnapped, but you're still not actually dying at this moment.
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["Again."]
... Isn't that technically not even true? Though I definitely want to get out of here before I die of old age.
[Just thinking of that makes him want to whine some more. So he does, seeming to sink even deeper in his chair.]
I've never even heard of "Fayflower University." Sounds British! I can't afford a ticket from England to Korea... and if my app doesn't work, I can't even ask Seven or Jumin for help.
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If you want to get really technical, yes. [ But for once Nine doesn't really want to discuss nuances, cause you just caught his attention there. ]
You know someone called Seven?
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[Oh but cookie clicker is not that important of a topic. They can talk about Seven, sure.]
He's this guy I know, yeah. He's a hacker, so he normally helps us with security for the RFA! But if I could just call him, I bet he'd have nooo problem getting me a ticket.
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If I had access to a network, it wouldn't be a problem for me either. [ A beat. ] My name is Nine.
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Do you guys work for the same employer?
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[But let's check the profile, just to be sure!]
...
You're a youtuber?
[That was pretty unexpected with how serious he acts. Come to think of it, this makes one more person with ties to computers, along with himself and Mishima.]
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That's Twelve's project more than mine. [ ...so he says, but he claimed the title of Sphinx #1 anyway. Nine points at the tablet to indicate to find Twelve's profile, that'll be easier than him explaining. ]