trusthell | Induction.

There's a good amount of confusion, and rightfully so. After all, aside from the rules in purple listed on the wall, there isn't much to explain how you got here or why you're here.

Don't worry though. It seems like you won't be left to your own devices for very long.

There's a brief moment of static - not loud enough to be particularly grating, but enough to let you know that something's about to happen - before a voice addresses all of you from somewhere unseen.

"Hello. I hope you all slept well. I was a bit worried after..."

It sounds like it's coming from somewhere above you. There doesn't appear to be anything it's coming from, however. There's a brief pause before the voice resumes speaking.

"I'm sure you all have a lot of questions for me. I don't mind answering them. Before you ask anything, I'd like you to examine the rules again. They're posted in every room."

The voice is masculine, but there isn't anything to note about it otherwise.

"I am the Kingmaker. Welcome to the Vault."

[OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask any questions your little heart desires; brackets are fine, you don't need to use prose!]

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... Wow, lucky us!

[ Not really, no. Yato's never been lucky in his life, if luck had anything to do with it, then Ebisu should be here, not him. ]

How'd we survive?

I brought you here.

So you're claiming to be our savior, basically... You must be a super powerful guy, huh?

He's the furthest thing from a savior! He's just a criminal!

[Sure, that was probably sarcasm but Lynne is too riled up to key in on that right now.]

I didn't mean it like th— I mean, yeah, I agree with you. I mean... something like the world being destroyed, that's got to be a load of crap.

Yeah! There's no way everything is gone. I was just there! He's just a egomaniac throwing lies around.

[Except what if what he's saying is true... Ugh, no. It can't be.]

Exactly!! I mean, who could just up and miss the entire world ending? [ If that really did happen... he should technically be dead already oops. ] He's basically claiming we slept through the apocalypse and I don't love sleeping that much!

I wasn't even asleep when it happened! I didn't even plan to sleep that night!! Everything about this is just too shady!

Yeah, plus... there's too much he's not telling us.

[ Yato's not one for really talking too much about serious, important things himself, but... what the Kingmaker is saying to other people has got his attention, that's for sure. ]

Multiple worlds, though... you think that sort of thing is really possible?

There's that too. If he really was here to save us from the end of the world or something then there's no point to all these rules. Especially the condition to get out.

[She just shakes her head at the multiple worlds.]

That's even more far fetched than the world ending.

... Yeah. There's gotta be some other objective this Kingmaker guy has in mind.

[ But... whatever, that doesn't concern him, he's pretty sure. ]

Anyway, none of it matters. We just have to find a different way to get out.

It has to be all that murder stuff. It's the one thing that really doesn't go with the rest of his story. What's the point of survivors killing each other off, really?

[huff.]

Anyway he's just a sicko.

Yeah, you can say that again! I'm just gonna ignore him, probably. Maybe.

[ ... Wait. ]

Although I guess he's the guy who keeps the kitchen stocked...

[ ... He'll accept free food from the Kingmaker... ]

[That's an extremely good point. There's no way Lynne will pass up free food, even out of spite.]

At least he isn't cutting corners when it comes to that. He better not expect a "thank you" though!

Yeah, this is the bare minimum that he should be doing for us! In fact, I think he should upgrade those bedrooms we woke up in, and get us some better books.

[ ... Not that he's even reading the books, honestly. ]

True! It's cruel to leave us nothing but a bunch of moldy old books. Oh- And he needs to upgrade the laundry too! What was he even thinking with that set up?

[Guys, you don't actually want to stay here for that long.]

Seriously! If he's gonna be making a king out of one of us, then he should be treating us like kings!!

[Yato is speaking her language.]

Right?! We don't even have washing machines for pete's sake!

Yeah! I'm going on strike until we have washing machines and flat screen TVs!!

[ ... on strike from what, nobody knows... ]

I'll join you! That'll definitely get his attention!

[. . . ?]

What can we strike?

Strike from... killing people? I guess that doesn't work, I was already going to not do that.

[ ... ]

Well, I'll figure it out later. It's the thought that matters!!

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wokeupdead - 2016-03-03 02:59 (UTC) - Expand

Maybe, maybe not. That's not really important, is it?

Then what do you think is the important part, Mr. Kingmaker?

You're in here with only one way of escape. I'd say that's fairly important, wouldn't you?

[ ... ]

Nah, I'm okay with waiting. [ NO HE'S NOT... ] You probably were the one who made our profiles, right? Unless you're planning on overseeing this thing for, I dunno, a few decades — centuries, maybe? I think I'll be alright.

[ .... NO HE WON'T BE SOMEBODY STOP THIS LIAR ]