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Trustfell Mods ([personal profile] trustharder) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-02-28 12:00 am

Welcome.

You last remember feeling safe.

You don't know what caused that response, now that you think about it; you can't remember what you were doing before the warm, comfortable feeling came over you, a sensation somewhere between relief and the light contentment that comes with the knowledge that you're safe enough to sleep and god, are you ready to. It feels like you may have been sleeping for a while before this, even; your limbs are heavy in the memory, and you recall how difficult it was to open your eyes.

Turning your head is likewise difficult, it feels kind of like it's full of sand. Weighted-down by sleep. It's so much easier to remain still, and so you do, and before you haze out again you can vaguely hear a voice.

It's no one you recognize, and it sounds strange and vaguely distorted as you start to drift off again.

"Everything'll be fine."

There isn't an answer that you can hear; the voice speaks once more.

"...you ready?"

You don't remember what you wanted to say to that. Always, maybe. Or Ready for what? Or perhaps What's happened to me?

But none of it matters, because consciousness slips away from you too quickly for you to respond.

---

You wake up some time later; the comfortable, safe feeling from earlier certainly isn't dampened any by the bed you wake up in. Whether you like it soft as a cloud or firm enough to support the most finicky of spines, the bed you're in is nice, and it's pretty much exactly what you've been looking for in a mattress.

Shame the rest of the room is probably going to be a bit jarring when you wake up properly.

The room you're in is completely unfamiliar, all concrete and steel and almost nothing that makes it yours - but there's a trunk near the bed and there's what looks like a smartphone sitting on the trunk, and you might want to grab that before you leave the room. Trying to text or call out won't do anything for the time being, unfortunately, but it's something. A lifeline, maybe.

If you're looking to see if anyone is here with you, maybe you can find someone as you wander through the main corridor; after all, there are a few places to explore here, even if the bulk of the place is pretty much a straight shot down the center. If you're looking to gather, the dining hall is probably the best place for it, as it's large enough to accommodate all of you.

Wherever you choose to go, however, there are a set of rules posted in every room; the far wall of the dining hall, across from the entrances, also has a bulletin board with twenty-seven pictures, along with some...interesting information, posted on it. The board is large enough for all of you to look at it, but you might not want to try to get at anything posted there; just like the rules, there's glass in front of it, and it's looking to be extremely shatterproof.

Sorry about that.

There's one more thing you'll notice on your wanderings through the corridor – there are no windows, and there are no doors that can possibly lead outside.

Looks like you're trapped. Might as well get to know those that are here with you.
cherryblooded: (calm / wait what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
Seems that way. Tried opening it by force earlier, but it wouldn't budge.

[Hello, jittery person who doesn't get out much, please meet obviously nonhuman Cherryblod.]
psychoh: (mama who gave me)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[stares. stares. stares.]

You're-- Uh. Your... That's, um, a very interesting hair color? [nailed it]
cherryblooded: (smile / peaceful)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Is it? It's fairly common where I'm from.

[Totally nailed it. Cherryblod suspects this might be another 'why are you a shrimp' person but he'll let him bring it up himself.]
psychoh: (who'll still hope)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Is it, um, real? Not a dye or anything? ["are you a shrimp" sounds so rude he'll just skate around it like the polite weirdo he is]
cherryblooded: (smile / pleasant)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Completely natural.

[Then they will have this super awkward conversation instead.]
psychoh: (and hope that it glows)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
I've never seen anything like it. I don't get out much, though. [shrimps may be swarming all over cali and he'd never know.]

And everything else...? You know. Natural?
cherryblooded: (smile / gradient)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
A hundred percent. You probably wouldn't meet many people like me unless you visited the ocean, so I'm not too surprised.

[Especially after everyone else's reaction.]
psychoh: (no way to handle things)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't been to the shore since I was a kid, so that explains it. [that explains it.]

You probably live under it, though, right? Is it, um. Is it nice, there?
cherryblooded: (smile / pleasant)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
It's beautiful. Couldn't wish for a better home.
psychoh: (with a smile)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
That must be nice. [lol he wouldn't know] You're, um, fine out here, though? You don't need, ah, reverse scuba gear?

[please clap laugh]
cherryblooded: (smile / happy)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He does chuckle at that, so success!] I'm fine. Like this I can breathe air just fine. My wife would have more problems if she were here.
psychoh: (not to worry Mum)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
Your wife? [shrimp wife??? shrimp marriages???]
cherryblooded: (smile / wife)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Pretty much that.]

A lobster. Less humanoid than I am.
psychoh: (no one's gonna hurt you)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[a lobster...]

... The market for lobster-sized wedding dresses must be booming, where you're from. [GOD THIS PLACE IS SO FUCKING WEIRD]
cherryblooded: (smile / cute little wife)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[He laughs at that - the mental image is enough to make him forget the situation they're in for a moment.]

We just went with a veil. Dresses don't suit her body type very well, and she was stunning anyway.
psychoh: (who made me so bad)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-02-29 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
That's pretty romantic. [first exposure to positive relationships is through shellfish.]

Do you, um, have any kids?
cherryblooded: (smile / happy)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-02-29 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[To be fair they are the best relationship in their canon.]

We have one daughter. Lobco's off traveling right now, so I'm not worried about her.
psychoh: (or maybe the one)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-03-01 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Is, she um... Does she take after her mother? [CASUALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW INTERSPECIES SHIT WORKS]
cherryblooded: (smile / happy)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-01 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
She's a lobster, if that's what you meant, but she has two forms - a humanoid one like mine, and one more like her mother's, but smaller.

[Not thirty freaking meters.]
psychoh: (mama the weeping)

[personal profile] psychoh 2016-03-01 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
So, she shifts? Like a werewolf... Werelobster?
cherryblooded: (calm / concerned)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-01 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
Like that, except at will.