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UKIMIYA mods ([personal profile] thecastle) wrote in [community profile] ukimiya2017-07-29 12:50 pm

Beginning

One moment you were elsewhere, surely speaking to your friends, fighting in a battle of your life, dying, or even in a state of non-existence in its entirety. It doesn't matter now, since when you open your eyes it’s become clear that not only is everything around you foreign and unfamiliar, so is everyone. And there seems to be a fair lot of you, at that.

It's easy to discern a few things upon a cursory glance, once you pick yourself up from the field of grass you're resting on. The place you've awoken in seems to be fairly tranquil, for the first few moments at least, and the view of a newly budded sakura tree is among the first that will greet you. In the distance, is a towering castle that manages to look all at once both imposing and welcoming at the same time. There's also an odd pendant around your neck, which you'll find won't come off despite your best attempts. In your pocket you'll find a room key, engraved with a number.

The weather is currently cool, with the sun brightly shining in the sky, though there are a few too many clouds to make it a completely clear day. While most of them appear rather normal, every so often you might spot one that looks just a bit off— like a storm cloud that's completely lost it's way. Lucky for you, it doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about any inclement weather anytime soon, as they'll vanish from your vision as quickly as they came.

A large stone wall surrounds the entirety of the castle, though it's anyone guess why that is— maybe it's for your safety, maybe it's to keep you trapped, or maybe it's for another reason entirely. The only breach in the wall is a single gate that looks like it certainly led to the outside at one point, but that too has been cordoned off by solid stone.

Fortunately, there's nothing to stop you from entering the castle itself, where you'll find it's pretty grand all things considered. The lighting inside is provided not by electricity, but by magical flame that adjusts to the time of day or night. Actually, if you're looking for anything electronic anywhere, or even a simple power outlet, you'll be sorely out of luck.

For now, it might be best to explore and make some sense of where you are and why you're here— maybe one of your fellow travelers might know something? There are some plaques in the Great Hall that might catch your interest given their focus, in addition to one ridiculously large golden one that seems to bear rules.

Welcome, fellow warriors, to your very long stay.
tangas: (06)

sakura tree!

[personal profile] tangas 2017-07-30 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ good. here's someone willing to do something about this situation. miyamura appreciates her efforts. ]

Nope, sorry. I've got nothing. [ he makes a show of patting his pockets and shrugging helpfully. ] What now?
browbeater: That's going to get messy. (Huh. It's raining men.)

[personal profile] browbeater 2017-07-30 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[he wouldn't say they weren't common..]

What do you mean, 'nowadays'?
bratsitter: (pic#11604880)

[personal profile] bratsitter 2017-07-30 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...the Hell is this?]

...Brat, I think you don't know what you're doing.
hoodini: nodding, blushing (♦ love me love me!)

[personal profile] hoodini 2017-07-30 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ He jumps, startled by the unfamiliar voice that's asking him way more specific questions than he expected. He's not sure what he's hearing at first but it does eventually dawn on him. ]

... the last one. [ Admitting this makes him feel a little embarrassed and he blushes accordingly. ] And maybe the others too? Except it doesn't look like an illusion. [ He sounds unconvinced, but he looks over at the castle anyway. An illusion, huh. ]
gyakusatsu: (三)

[personal profile] gyakusatsu 2017-07-30 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't have to be in the stone itself, but rather the wooden portion of the pendant.

[Misora contemplates quietly for a moment, then crosses her arms.]

But given the ... facilities here, I guess it's hard to imagine how they would have acquired that kind of modern technology in the first place.

[Not that anything really seems to be obeying any logical order.]

But then again, I'd be lying if I said that I'd taken more than a cursory look around the courtyard and the main hall thus far.
fallenember: (>> glare x2)

bedrooms wing

[personal profile] fallenember 2017-07-30 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Asch angrily slams open the door to his room. ]

What do you want?!

[ ... Oh. It's a kid.

He'll still wait for an answer. ]
bratsitter: (pic#11604880)

[personal profile] bratsitter 2017-07-30 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think I'd prefer finding out before whatever triggers it happens.

[Yukimi does not want to be the one murdered kthx]
presomnia: (everything you plant will die)

ii

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-07-30 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Why wouldn't it be real? [Tiki's super hyped to show off all her Castle Knowledge, actually.] The layout is a little funny, but it's certainly a castle.
bratsitter: (Default)

[personal profile] bratsitter 2017-07-30 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Brat. Brat. Have you even read the rules. Where is your keeper, they need to teach you to read]

I don't think you'll find one of those in this castle.
presomnia: (so who's afraid to live? not i)

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-07-30 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[congratulations on being the first person whose overdramatic reaction to things actually startles Tiki; she yelps and jumps back, her hand flying to the pendant on her neck—the one she arrived with, she realizes, not her dragonstone, and settles a little.]

I-I was just looking for someone! You don't have to yell!
fedorascout: 5 (5)

[personal profile] fedorascout 2017-07-30 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
Nobody builds castles anymore.

[Or so Kizakura thinks? Who knows]

They're a bit old-fashioned now, everyone prefers places that take less time to build.
tangas: (04)

[personal profile] tangas 2017-07-30 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ he smirks. ]

Heh, that's what you think.

[ he does a funny motion with his hand, something between a yank and a slice, and then SLAMS it onto the ground. ]

GREEN 7.

[ heheheheheh. ]
irrationalities: (♚ a breeze could push you over.)

[personal profile] irrationalities 2017-07-30 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
That'd imply I cared enough about you to bother. As it is, I just answered your question with a question because I don't have any obligation to give you anything more.
bratsitter: (pic#10229948)

[personal profile] bratsitter 2017-07-30 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
You're better off than some brats are then. Some can't cook at all but eat like no tomorrow.

[You'll have to work harder if you're hoping Yukimi will make you something]
Edited 2017-07-30 03:10 (UTC)
gyakusatsu: (七)

[personal profile] gyakusatsu 2017-07-30 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Misora blinks and misses half a beat.]

...Ah, I see. I suppose some of the plaques did seem to imply that some of us hailed from... well, different worlds.

[So that doesn't technically be much of a surprise. Except having it confirmed only makes Misora frown a little deeper.]

Not that I anticipate that there'll be a satisfying answer, but theoretically if it really is the case that thirty of us have been gathered from different universes and at different points along the space time continuum....

[She trails off there, feeling vaguely foolish.]

I suppose what I'm getting at is this: if you had to guess, are we here because of highly advanced technology or some other force like magic?

[The question, of course, feels even more foolish when she's reminded that the place doesn't even have laundry machines.]
miirai: ✽ anime ( rei ) (pic#11591777)

[personal profile] miirai 2017-07-30 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ They're going.... somewhere. Towards the castle, probably. But investigation proves that all things must be checked first, so their destination might be a place that isn't the castle!! ]

This place is unexpectedly large.

[ Okay, maybe not 'unexpectedly', but you get the picture, considering. You know. Kidnapping and all that jazz. ]

Hanyuu. Don't you think it's strange that the only tree we've seen was that sakura one?
hoodini: side glance, sweating, skeptical (♦ so i cry and i beg)

[personal profile] hoodini 2017-07-30 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's in high school he doesn't have to read. ]

No, I mean their reference to "immunity." Maybe they're planning on releasing some kind of virus or bacteria on us eventually. That's why we have to follow the rules to get immunity.
Edited (I HAVE NO REASON FOR THIS) 2017-07-30 03:09 (UTC)
fallenember: (>> calm)

[personal profile] fallenember 2017-07-30 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph.

[ Asch gives Elliot a good look over. He doesn't want to bother looking into things so early on but he might as well give a bit of an effort to avoid being totally ignorant. ]

Tell me:

Which country did you come from?
hoodini: skeptical, uncertain, unsure (♦ pretend that you love me)

[personal profile] hoodini 2017-07-30 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
It... does look like one. [ It's not one he's ever heard of though.

... ... ]
Wait, how is the layout "funny"?
gyakusatsu: (七)

[personal profile] gyakusatsu 2017-07-30 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
2002.

[A beat.]

I asked because I was wondering if it's plausible for us to have come from the same world, but at two different points in time.

[She shakes her head.]

Not that it'd make much of a difference to our present situation. I am sorry to hear about the Tragedy, however.
presomnia: (it was like fire around the brim)

iii

[personal profile] presomnia 2017-07-30 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[HONESTLY, MODERN PLUMBING IS A MIRACLE, TIKI RELATES

anyway she's told too many people unsuccessfully to not say "fuck" today to bother with this instance
]

I know! It's really amazing, it's all...self-sufficient. I live in a palace and there's nothing like this there.

[She's really only passing by, she doesn't actually have to go right now, she is totally here to gush over how amazing running water and the flush lever are.]
originallutece: the ojigi tried to eat the delivery boy again (talk; w e l p)

[personal profile] originallutece 2017-07-30 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
Now, now, don't be dense. Who doesn't want to see a group of teenagers murder one another?

[Dryer than the Sahara Desert, she is.]
irrationalities: (♚ i don't really care.)

[personal profile] irrationalities 2017-07-30 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Wow calling him a memory person is rude, even if he can't read the bracket text!! But anyways, it'll take more than that to rile him up even if he is already pretty agitated from everything in general...!]

You were acting pathetic, so I called you out on it; there's nothing unreasonable about that.
bratsitter: (pic#10229949)

[personal profile] bratsitter 2017-07-30 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ that's super fair actually]

So, you mean to say if someone gets away with murder [literally] then they get immunity from some eventual virus?

[That's... actually fairly plausible??? Also really really brutal, but so is 90% of Nabari so Yukimi has no room to talk.]
originallutece: I'M NEVER LETTING GO JACK (talk; putting out those titanic vibes)

[personal profile] originallutece 2017-07-30 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She skims him up and down, then:]

And how precisely did you survive?

. . . unless you didn't.