[Entrance Exam] Week One

[lockdownmods]

It would seem that it will be... some time before you're released. Two weeks. That may sound like forever, in this situation. But you aren't left with nothing to do. The Administrator has been kind enough to update the Tasks application on your tablet. There are also now several different tasks that you can accept. Who knows... you might get something good out of it. It's worth checking out at least. There are also several other new applications you can toy with, too.

And you won't go hungry. The staff is here to prepare meals three times a day. Breakfast is served from 6AM-8AM, lunch from 11PM-1PM, and dinner from 5PM-7PM. You'd best make sure you're in the cafeteria in time for those meals, because they won't be waiting around all day for you. They have lives, too. Unfortunately, you won't really be able to ask them about any of that. The serving area is separated by a glass wall, through which they serve you. Even if you try asking-- it would seem they have been told not to answer.

The rest... well. You may just have to see for yourself. At least you're not alone.

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[escardos]

Haha, yeah! That's why the person that is Black Panther is the king of their country! And a king has to be a very special person.

[ a pause. ]

So are the cats from the StarClan also warriors? Or are they rulers? Or- or- are they another kind of animal?!

[recodified]

Like a leader... [ The amount of questions starts to overwhelm her, so Hollyleaf pulls back her head and flicks her ear awkwardly. ] Y-yes, StarClan's made up of our ancestors, but- please, calm down. Don't you think you've asked enough questions already?

[escardos]

Aha, sorry, sorry~. It's just so exciting to get to know everyone~!

[ he pauses, and then smiles ]

Let's see, if you want, you can ask me things. It doesn't have to be from this list-- anything's fine!

[recodified]

What? Me ask you? I can't even decipher... [ He just said, doesn't have to be from the list. She trails off and wraps her tail around herself, uncomfortable. ] I don't understand why we have to get to know each other anyway.

[escardos]

Well, it's because it's important to make friends! [ a chuckle ] Friends are always important because, sometimes, they might end up helping you the same way you helped that cat you saved.

[ maybe he just...needs to break the ice a little more. ]

For example, you can ask my age or maybe my favorite thing to do? Or...just anything that you're curious about. It can even be something you're curious about Twolegs in general.

[ is he referring to himself as a twolegs? yes. anything to make her feel a bit more comfortable. ]

[recodified]

[ Hollyleaf is quiet for a few moments, focusing on some point on the far wall instead of Flat, and kneading at the smooth, shiny floor with her claws. ]

Those huge rumbling monsters, with the round paws and the shiny skin that eat and spit out Twolegs. The ones that run down the thunderpaths. What...do you call them?

[escardos]

[ for a long moment, maybe even the longest besides when he's asleep, flat is silent. he seems focused on what hollyleaf said, trying to decipher everything. rumbling monsters...round paws...shiny skin...eating and spitting out twolegs. thunderpaths?

oh! he's got it! ]

Cars! We call those cars. And they don't really eat or spit out Twolegs... we choose to go inside them. But they're not alive in the first place-- they're things created by Twolegs so we can move faster between places. One of the Twolegs control it, while the other Twolegs are there to accompany them!

[recodified]

They're not alive?! But... But they're so big! How- is it like how you craft those huge dens? How...you aren't even that big!

[ Hollyleaf straightens up in surprise, blinking. ]

Twolegs...have more ingenuity than I'd have thought.

[escardos]

Right?! [ he beams at her, happy to see her surprise. ]

Actually, when Twolegs work together, they can do incredible things. Like cars. And even bigger things! We have these things that let us fly in the sky-- just like birds!

[recodified]

That's preposterous. You're just pulling my tail now.

[escardos]

I mean it!!

They're like... [ it's so difficult to describe an airplane?! he's silent again, trying to think of how to do it. ] They're made out of metal, just like cars. But these have wings, also made out of metal. And they have more metal parts that make them go really fast so they don't fall from the sky.

[recodified]

No way! Wings, made of that shiny pelt stuff? None of this can be real. Those...pictures the tables [ tablets ] can take are one thing, but this?! I refuse.

[escardos]

Totally real! In fact, when we get out I am so going to show you what an airplane looks like!

[recodified]

[ The almost casual atmosphere evaporates immediately, as Hollyleaf looks away, beginning to...run her paw down her face, self-consciously. ]

When we get out of here, I've got to go back where I'm supposed to be, as soon as possible. They'll be missing me.

[escardos]

[ maybe for her but flat continues looking just as casual as before. ]

Yeah, now that I think about it, I'm probably gonna have to go straight back home...or back to the war? [ a shrug ] I don't know if time has been stopped back where we are.

[recodified]

Stopped? Why in the name of StarClan would time be stopped?

[escardos]

Well, whoever brought us must be really powerful! Probably capable of doing True Magic and everything. And, to take us all from where we're from is probably something that's not supposed to happen. So, a way to prevent problems in the universe is by stopping time.

...

I think.

[recodified]

[ Her whiskers twitch in a frown. ]

Whatever special powers they have are considerable... I suppose I'll have to hope for that too.

[escardos]

It's better to hope for the best, you know? We can't get out of here until they let us anyways, so we might as well make the best of it.

[recodified]

No matter how much we want to leave...

[ Hollyleaf doesn't like that. She sits in discomfort and curls her tail about her body. ]

...Isn't it your turn now?

[escardos]

Oh, right! My turn!

[ he taps his chin, thinking. ]

So, have you ever met a house cat?

[recodified]

I... [ Hollyleaf starts to shake her head but frowns. ] Former ones. One became a ThunderClan elder, eventually, but when I'd just met him his Twoleg had just died, so I'm...not sure if he counts.

[escardos]

I think that totally counts. I mean, they had just stopped being a house cat. [ he smiles innocently ] That's neat, though, that they became an elder; they must have been awesome.

[recodified]

Mm... He's a wise, old cat. Never met one older, actually. It felt good to honor him.