vivarium | the garden

T H E G A R D E N

Early in the morning, yet again, the test subjects get to wake up to Calhoun’s dulcet tones. Through a megaphone.

“Hey! Lazy test subjects, get your human rears up!”

Once everyone is moderately awake and gathered, Calhoun will continue.

“You all did such a great job last round, and everyone’s been so pathetic lately, that I, your glorious, merciful host, decided to open a room for you! Remember, rooms are a privilege, not a right! That means!”

He takes a deep breath to scream out the next parts:

“Don’t. Break. My. Stuff!!”

He eyes at a few people in the crowd before leading everyone up to the second floor, where a new door will now be openable. Once inside there is a surprisingly refreshing breeze and bright light flooding from the ceiling.

Welcome to the Garden!

The roof of the garden is made up of what appears to be grids with screens depicting a blue sky during daylight hours and a starry night during the evening (they must be sunlamps because the light from the ceiling feels warm and, yes, finally some vitamin D for you sad test subjects). It appears to be more of a dome than anything else, but the grass is green, there’s a few trees around, some flowers, a bench here and there, and even a little waterfall that creates a small creek around the garden!

Sure, there aren’t any edible plants, fruits, or vegetables around, the water is freezing, everything feels almost artificial, but this is a lot better than the cold, monochrome, and bleak look of the warehouse so far, so unless everyone else wanted to stay in the boring lobby instead of here, there wasn’t much to complain about.

Well, have fun! Enjoy your new surroundings.

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[ Lawyers cost money, sure, but I'm 99.99% sure that Phoenix Wright never gets payments from his clients, so Jake can hire that guy. ]

[ ... Wow, wow, Jake just stands and watches Hershel fall into the pond because what the hell, your balance sucks and you're weak as shit. So, he'll just walk to the edge of the pond and look down. ]

You seriously fell in just from that?

[ No hand offered yet, because he wants to soak in this moment HAHAHAHAHA ]

[you're terrible and should feel terrible. phoenix is terrible too, be terrible together]

[He'd be giving you the most extremely put out look he could but again, wet hair. God this water was cold, he shivers and he brushes his hair back to give Jake an unimpressed look as he tries to get up.]

... you startled me. [Petulant as heck.] W-who surprises a person leaning over a pond? Uncouth, Jake.

[yes just drown in amusement......]

[ next game: professor layton vs ace attorney vs the everyone stabber ]

So, you lost your balance and decided to go for a swim. It was a pat, not a push.

[ Just water you doing, Hershel? Jake clearly seems amused by this, but he finally holds out a hand for Hershel to take. ]

[resident layton 7, all zombies are replaced by someone giving you a layton puzzle. jake shoots them anyway and goes to trial for it.]

I told you, I was just surprised. [he's not embarrassed and turning a little red, no, shut up. so what if he's a little high strung, you want to fight???? don't fight it's improper.

bad luck comes in waves, alright? He does take Jake's hand to help pull himself up, sighing and shivering a bit why does this water have to be so cold fuck you so much calhoun.] ... thank you. Don't tell anyone about that, it'll be bad enough hearing you be smug about it.

[ sherry is just in the audience, hands in face. jake, she doesn't know you ]

Tell anyone about what? How you fell in because you were scared by a 'hello'?

[ Yes, he's using the word "scared" now, instead of startled, but going to pull Hershel up to stand, then taking his hand back. ]

Makes for a good conversation piece.

[phoenix is like dang how am i supposed to help you here you're... terrible...]

I was not scared! [somewhat flustered why jake, why] Startled.

[sighing, standing up out of the pond and shivering as he shakes his hair out a bit.] Since when do you even start conversations, I mostly see you standing in that corner of yours in the warehouse and being stoic.

[ hershel's in the witness box, going nooooo he's actually not that bad he's just a little rough around the edge ]

Sounds to me that you were scared, just like that time in the lounge.

[ When Jake approached Hershel behind and the dumb kid actually put up a hand up in defence. Amazing, but ew, don't shake your hair, you're going to get some water on Jake. ]

And sorry that I'm not as popular as you. I like my corner, especially now that I have a new couch in it.

[he's just really bad at puzzles!!! he didn't mean to murder over a dozen people!!]

That- [It takes him a minute to remember what Jake meant and he just gives him a suffering sigh.] Again, startled, it's hardly my fault you come up so quietly. [it's more hershel isn't paying attention but shhhh shhhh]

[SHAKE HAIR AGGRESSIVELY no he does finish shaking it enough that his hair isn't in his eyes at least. if jake got wet these things happen]

I still can't believe you stole a bloody couch without repercussions. [He was enjoying it too sometimes though, so...] You know, you have been getting along better with the rest of the group. [he sounds so pleased about this as he takes of his vest to hopefully let it dry.]

[ it's starting to look up, but then jake throws a bailiff across the courtroom because he was too annoying ]

[ Ew, dirty 'fro hair water, that sucks. He'll just wipe his off his jacket, gross. ]

Yeah? What made you figure that?

[ Besides that he hasn't really punched anyone in a while ]

[you do not make things easy ever, do you jake.]

[and he considers his response for a moment before smiling.] Well, before you wouldn't really give people the time of day, especially in the beginning. I still wouldn't call you a social butterfly but you do talk to everyone a little more, don't you think?

[Hershel, the kind of nerd who tries to pay attention to the group at large. Adorable.]

[ nope, and in the end, he'll be sent to jail. the miracle never happen ]

[ Jake stares and then looks off, giving an amused half-laugh. ]

Maybe you're growing on me. Being held prisoner in a place for weeks with everyone does wonders for that.

[ They've been here for almost a month now, it's kind of crazy... ]

[just get kidnapped and thrown into a murder game to escape jail time]

[Hershel was honestly extremely surprised by that answer, and he stares a moment before smiling warmly.]

They're not that bad a lot, right? It could be much worse. [Like seventeen Jakes, just saying dude.] Weeks- it's almost been a month now, hasn't it?

[Jesus christ they've been wearing these clothes for a month.]

[ he actually prefers a murder game over jail time, negl ]

[ You're such a dork, Hershel... Don't give him that smile. ]

Yeah, 26 days and counting. Don't know about you, but starting to think that we're going to need new clothes sometime soon.

[it's debatable which is better.... jail doesn't have calhoun so i mean it loses points right there.]

[and stop being a good dude then, nerd.]

I've been debating using the next coins I win on the chance of new clothes, to be honest. Disgusting doesn't begin to cover some of this... At least your coat seems to be holding up well.

[ that's true, but jail does have crazy psychos like redd white. jake would not be able to stand that asshole, kills him within a minute of speaking with him ]

50 Coins and you don't even get to choose what you want? Sounds like you're betting on a chance.

[ Which doesn't sound great because Jake doesn't want to get just a single sock. Not a pair of socks, just a single one. ]

And if I'm buying something, I'm making sure it lasts, and that includes this coat.

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