welcome to round two

[vivariummods]

T H E  W A R E H O U S E Welcome to the 【 Warehouse 】. Or at least, another side of the Warehouse. While unknowing to the new batch of test subjects, it's almost identical to the first group's. There are a few elevators (obviously shut tight), every window is bolted shut, surveillance cameras in every corner, and there's a giant door with a 9 painted on it. There are noticeable differences and one of them is just how dark it is. The only source of artificial illumination in the lobby are a panel of florescent lights above the elevators, and the occasional flickering of the camera's LEDs. A few scattered and dying fire pits help provide a greater sense of visibility, but just by a slight margin. However, it's obvious to see (and to test) that all the doors are sealed tight and that there doesn't appear to be any apparent exits, which is quite a shame, really, considering that an exit would be quite desirable after noticing all the weapons littering the floor. While they're not your typical weapons (no guns, no swords, no axes), all the items on the ground seems heavily used and splattered with blood: a shovel, a pitchfork, a rake, trowels, scissors, knives, and such on. Some have seen more bloodshed than others, but regardless, none of these items seem particularly new. They have all seen better days, and the same could be said about the test subjects. Each and every character will awaken with various scrapes, bruises, and dried blood. The degree of injuries they may have on them will vary from character to character, but no one character will be unharmed. On top of that, they will all find a bracelet wrapped around their left wrists. It looks a lot like a digital watch, but characters will suspect it is broken, as the face is completely blank. There are two buttons on the top, but other than producing a satisfying click, pressing them does absolutely nothing. Trying to take it off is a futile effort as well, as they do not have a visible clasp for the characters to undo. To make this entire situation worse, test subjects will recall nothing. They may find objects that may resonate with them, that feel familiar in their hands, along with having a general idea of knowing just who they are (names, likes, dislikes, peeves, etc), but trying to remember what happened? Why they're here? Where they even are? It'd all be one giant blur and trying to force a memory only leads to a headache. So, well, test subjects, better start figuring things out. Relying on your memories clearly isn't helping. BASIC INFO ✖ FIRST GLANCE

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BASIC INFO

[vivariummods]

✖ Welcome to Group β. Players of the game will play characters in Group β separate from the original group (Group Σ) and all events will take place in the past, eventually leading up to the current day that Group Σ is in.

✖ There will be three parts to this post and each will last two OOC days. Please read the comments of each top-level comment to get an understanding of what is happening in that part.

✖ This event will last 6 OOC days and 1 IC day.

✖ If you have any questions? Ask and we will try to get back to you asap.

✖ Have a nice trick!

FIRST GLANCE

[vivariummods]

[ Wake up, examine yourself, examine others, examine the surroundings. Grab a weapon, introduce yourself, shut yourself off, who really cares. All that matters is that visibility is low and who knows what the temperature is besides chilly. ]

[elliexir]

[ You wanna know what's great? Feeling like shit. A giant headache, multiple bruises, a nasty cut on your hand, it's awesome. It's totally rad, and Ellie recommends it 100% for anyone. In fact, when she pushes herself up, he puts her head straight into her hands because shes just loving that migraine right now. It feels like someone smashed a vase over her or something similar. Whatever happened, it hurts like a motherfucker, and she cradles her head for a few seconds before she pulls them away, feeling something wet and warm soaking through her hair. Luckily(?) for her, waking up near a dying fire pit allows her to see that some asshole totally sliced the palm of her hand. ]

Shit...

[ Well, that's great. She totally loves waking up to random cuts she can't remember getting. She remains sitting, using her uninjured hand to hold her fucked up hand's wrist, and looks around. It's only then that she notices all the weapons and dried blood on the grounds, kick starting the small amount of panic in her stomach. ]

Oh, fuck.

[ ALL RIGHT THIS IS GREAT WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO WAKE UP 10/10, two thumbs up, five gold stars, will def come back and recommend. Ellie takes no time to stand up and find herself a knife or something to hold in self-defence because yeah... who the fuck are these other people and whaaaaat the fuck :/ ]

[1st_response_is_anger]

*If Maria could only chalk up her aching skull to drinking too much, it would make so much more sense. She could scold herself for being a dumbass, take something for her head and go lay down. Except no, she has no idea where she is, why the hell her arms hurt or who the hell is freaking out next to her in this barely lit room.*

Don't...don't scream so loud, kid. *Bearings, right, what are those? Maria will go look for them.*

[sl_9]

[Have an unimpressed adult, possibly an old man with weirdly few wrinkles?? it's hard to say. Instead of looking freaked like he probably should (he is, shhh, it's a secret) he points to that knife Ellie's holding.]

Young lady, is it entirely wise to be holding something like that? [yeah hello to you too welcome to hell ellie]

[hisokathemagician]

Hisoka got up looking relatively unruffled. Not because he was uninjured, but because it didn't seem to bother him. He picked up a knife, looked at it, licked a spot of blood off the back of his hand.

He felt strangely empty of feeling, which to him seemed stranger than waking up without his memories. Hisoka swept his hair back with one hand. His makeup was somewhat smudged, but he tried fixing it as best he could in the reflection on the knife.

He was dressed like a member of a circus troupe, or maybe a magician. It felt comfortable for him, not like a costume at all.

[elliexir]

Wow, okay, did you just have to lick the blood off your hand like that?? Ellie was already feeling unsettled by this whole wake-up-with-unknown-injuries-in-a-dark-place nonsense and then she just had to have the misfortune of watching that. Thank god she found a knife earlier that she could use if Moe the Clown tried anything.

"Okay, could you be any creepier?"

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Yeesh. Having a young girl wake up startled in this place was one thing, but having his crazy clown wake up here was entirely another. Did he just lick that knife? Clearly a freak and probably the asshole who cut up her arms. Except...she can't remember. But if it was anyone in this room, it was probably him. Hisoka earned Maria's evil eye.*

[toybombs]

[She's slow to awaken, or at least on the surface. Her eyes open only halfway, and she stares vacantly at her surroundings as she notes the pains all over her body, analyzing how sharp or dull they are, whether they felt like muscle strain or actual damage caused by a weapon. She can feel bruises caused by blunt objects on her legs, and something sharper on her cheek - a cut, perhaps?

She sits up slowly, her eyes bleary as they focus on the items around her. Bloody, dirtied weapons, all of them. And others waking up in a similar state around her, too. Her eyes widen as her vision sharpens, and she utters a small cry, stifling it only a half-second too late.]

Eek-!

[hisokathemagician]

"Careful," said Hisoka. He had been kneeling over her (to assess her condition? to frisk her for weapons? something else?), and stood up as she started to sit up.

"There are quite a few sharp objects about. ♦"

[elliexir]

[ All right, so, maybe approaching Rio while holding a knife isn't the best idea... but Ellie at least makes sure to hold out her arms and points the knife to the side as a sign that she's not going to suddenly go on a stab-mania. (She could put it down but that doesn't seem to be a super good idea...) ]

Hey, uh, are you all right?

[ ... Probably not, but this is a better way to start off a conversation than 'oh shit you're stuck here too? fuuuuck'. ]

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Whoever had kidnapped them was a total creeper. Two young girls? Someone needed a punch to the face. Maria, who'd been conscious enough to find some of her misplaced bearings, kept her hands out where they were visible.*

Hey, you just wake up here too?

[fushuuu]

What?

[unarmed, sure, but yeah, grunting scary-faced questions at frightened teenaged girls, gg kaidou]

[sl_9]

[Well you look young and probably not an insane bomber, enough that Edgeworth's first instinct isn't being a rude smug prick. Such luck. Instead his brow will just furrow in vague concern.]

Try taking a few deep breaths, young lady. [helpful. at least he's sort of trying.]

[fushuuu]

[Kaoru wakes up and immediately wishes he hadn't. There's the bad kind of ache in his muscles, like running too far and stretching too little. The skin of his cheek and down his back feels hot and swollen, the watch-thing around his wrist is too tight, and something damp is rolling down his calf and seeping into his trainers. ...And that's about all he can say about himself, period, save for that the

Letting out a long hiss of breath through gritted teeth, he rolls (mostly) smoothly to his feet, staring at the others. Worse than the pain, they look completely unfamiliar, and he squares his shoulders, digs in rather than shrink back. Eventually he pipes up, voice low and gruff, but loud enough to carry.]

Who are all you people?

[elliexir]

[ Man, just how many people were here? ]

Maybe you should tell us first.

[sl_9]

[If Miles had a nickel every time he woke up in a situation that screamed someone probably just got murdered and you're not looking too hot on the list of innocent people, well. he wouldn't remember it so that was that. No indignation, not even a vague inkling of deja vu, just a throbbing behind his eyes and more than a few scrapes up his arms.

Not that anyone could seem them behind his ugly pink fine magenta suit. For a moment he stares at his hands, his fingers look like they had been clawing at something that broke his nails in a few very unpleasant places. Great. Lovely.

He sighs as he stands, ignoring the various aches in order to get a better look at what really mattered here- surroundings and... weapons?

Yeah, anyone who finds him will find him looking over everything grimly, maybe even muttering quietly to himself just a bit too quietly to hear.]

[1st_response_is_anger]

*Had she been drinking? Why else did it feel like someone had removed her recent recollections with an ice cream scoop to the brain? On playing further rounds of "What the hell happened here?", her forearms were injured with slashes but the cuts were dried up. Oh, and Maria apparently wasn't the only contestant playing the game.*

Does anyone know what's going on?

[fushuuu]

You don't know anything?

[despite the boy's gruff voice, his tone and posture is fairly respectful, if edging on dismayed. someone at least can deal properly with their elders, at least?]

Or, do you know anyone here?

A NEW AREA

[vivariummods]

[ Without fanfare, a door opens near the end of the warehouse.]

[ There is a dark corridor, approximately two meters long, then another door, standing open. It enters into a greenhouse, at least as large as the warehouse lobby, with a few structures to the west side of the room, and what look to be fields of grasses to the east. It is lit from above by what looks to be an overcast sky? Maybe? With the smudged greenhouse panes and the diffuse light, there is no way to tell what time it is. ]

[ Here is a map of the Greenhouse with all the notes. Please click on the second tab at the bottom to see a list of supplies and whatnots that could be found. ]

[ This is an open area that any any test subject is allowed to use, but please inform the mods of any major destruction your character may do to this place! ]

[hisokathemagician]

Hisoka spent a little while looking around at their new surroundings and exploring. But it wasn't long before he ran out of things to look at. A hen clucked about on the grass near his feet.

He reached down slowly and picked it up with both hands. Strangely, it did not seem agitated as he put it under one arm and walked over to the greenhouse. There he sat among the sprouts, smiling and stroking the hen. Hopefully no one needed to get into the greenhouse or anything for the next hour or two.

Hopefully no one was concerned for the safety and wellbeing of this chicken...

[toybombs]

[Sometime after everyone's had a while to disperse, there's a sudden cry of distress from the animal pen. Unfortunately, when you're rather short to begin with, all animals the approximate size of a large dog or bigger become much more difficult to deal with.

Which is to say, the goat is now attempting to eat her hair. Aid would be appreciated.]

H-help! Somebody, help!

A NEW TEST SUBJECT

[vivariummods]

[ Back out in the lobby, the loud screeching of metal against metal echoes throughout the warehouse, barely being audible in the Greenhouse. ]

[ Upon investigating, it becomes apparent of what was the source of the sound: the suspicious elevators has finally opened up. The small key card readers by each door has changed its LED from red to green, and dim fluorescent lights barely brighten up the rooms. ]

[ Inside each of the elevators (when further examined, a plate that reads 'AMBIDEX ROOM' are above each doorway), it is presented as an exact replica of any typical lift. All besides from the large machine against the back wall. This contraption appears powered off with the black screen and no apparent on switch, so there doesn't seem to be any use for it. Every single one of these rooms are identical to each other. ]

[ ... Asides from one. ]

[ At the far end in the last Ambidex Room, a young girl, dressed in a high school uniform, lays face down on the ground. On her left wrist is a watch, identical to the other test subject's, right down to the blank and unresponsive screen. She remains still on the ground and it is only upon closer inspection that it becomes clear that she's not breathing. Upon flipping her over, cuts, scrapes, and bruises (just like the ones that everyone woke up with) cover her arms, legs, neck, and face. There are visible signs of struggle and her wrists show old rope burn marks, quite possibly from being tied. The most notable injuries however, and the likely cause of death, are the multiple stab wounds across her chest. Blood soaks through her clothes, and by how damp they are, it becomes clear that this is a recent murder. This body could not be older than a day, but it's a shame, really... ]

[ If only you could remember anything beyond two or three hours ago. Then you might have been able to know who killed this girl... ]

[hisokathemagician]

...What are you looking at Hisoka for? He didn't do it.

Probably.

"How theatrical ♦. Someone is playing games with us. I'm sure they have plenty more planned."

[elliexir]

[ WELL that's not something Ellie wanted to see after this whole mess. Waking up with a bunch of injuries, bloodied weapons, surrounded by strangers, and now a dead body? This is so bad. ]

Oh man, oh man. Is she...?

[ Ellie doesn't even want to finish her sentence because that's practically like jynxing it and she doesn't even want to think about what would happen if this girl really is dead... ]