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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.
me bullshitting pokemon lore at midnight based off of half remembered statements and hc: im valid
I am a rodent, you're right about that. I think the Pokedex says I'm, like... "the Electric Mouse" Pokemon? Mice are something that used to exist in the Pokemon world-
Wait, that's it- you said you're a cat? Those used to exist like, centuries ago! They eventually turned into Pokemon that look similar- Meowth is the "scratch cat" Pokemon. They look a lot like you, but with a little gold coin on their heads, and also they can do stuff like manifest coins to hit people with.
its fine you got this
Like a... No, I have no...strange powers. [ A gentle tightness to her voice. ] You sound like you've got bees in your brain, I don't know what any of that is. A Pokedex, a Pokemon...anything like that.
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No Beedrill here, honest. Look- if I was just messing with you, or crazy, or whatever, then how do you explain the fact that I look different from the mice you know?
[...Granted, Pikachu has no clue what a normal mouse looks like. He's assuming they're wildly different, though, based on what Hollyleaf mentioned about his color and size.]
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I am not a housecat!! [ It's mixed with a snarl and a yowl. ] I am a Clan cat, a warrior! I'm not a cat who depends on housefolk, I catch my own prey!
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Whoa! Geez, lady, I'm sorry, I told ya I don't know much about animals from centuries ago, how am I supposed to know where you live?!
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How would you feel if I got all uppit-y at you for not knowing what I am? Huh?
[Pikachu is pouting, now. It looks ridiculous.]
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[ Yes she would. She turns her head away and puffs up her chest in embarrassment, sniffing hard. ]
Nothing about this... None of you make any sense, not any of the Twolegs or you, not a single other cat in sight, and all I want is to go back where I'm supposed to be!
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[He crosses his arms, huffing, but some of his anger dissipates at her last statement.]
Well, join the club, sister. You think this is all fun and games for me, or the humans we're stuck with? We're all kidnapped. We're all lost, and scared, and don't know where our friends or family or homes are. We all want to go home. You're not special.
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I know that. I'm far from special.
[ There will be three, kin of your kin...
Sometimes, she wishes Jayfeather had never even told her. ]
All I'm saying is... [ All the fire's drained from her. She just wants to be left alone now. ] I've lived my whole life avoiding Tw- humans. Avoiding all of this, living in the wild where I belong. I'm not prepared for easy and civil conversation, right now.
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im so glad u latched onto that i was hoping u wouldPikachu tilts his head, confused by her sudden change in attitude. Dimly, he wonders if he took it too far... Nah.
But he does ease up a little bit.]
And all I'm sayin' is, you're not the only one freaked out here. And you can't just get so mad at people for not figuring out your whole life story, and how you feel about humans, and all that, because no one can just... Know that?
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i know my hollyleaf buzzwords ok]Fine. I'm still staying as far away from all of them as I can.
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