WEEK 1.

[trustharder]

WEEK 1 As much as this sounds like a bad joke all around, it looks like one thing is being played completely straight: you're not going anywhere. After the Kingmaker has answered your questions (or, well, perhaps it's more accurate to say he didn't answer them, at least as far as most of those little Q&A sessions went), you'll be left up to your own devices – feel free to continue exploring and getting to know your fellow Survivors for the next several days. Should you want to eat something you're free to use the kitchen before 10PM, but after that the doors will be locked and no amount of fussing with the locks or trying to break them down will get them to budge. And no, the robot cannot punch them in for you. Notably, though, starting bright and early on Monday morning (or maybe just early, since there aren't any windows) you'll be treated to the most unholy damn noise – it's very definitely an electric siren of some sort, probably some kind of klaxon, blaring out over the PA system. It only blasts once, but really, for something that loud, once is enough. This will happen every morning at 7AM and again in the evenings at 10PM. You'll be able to hear it no matter what room you're in. There isn't any punishment for sleeping through it, but you don't want to waste the day in bed, now do you? (Unless you were out exploring all last night. In which case, go back to bed, damn.) SURVIVORS REMAINING: 27

MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
[OOC: Welcome to week one of Trustfell! Feel free to make as many top levels as you'd like and tag out to other characters! This post is for all of your interactions this week... at least until the weekend. Don't forget to save those threads for coins and the activity check!

There are also two new posts for the sake of contacting the jerk who's keeping you here, to be used at your leisure!]

Comments

[pokexplorer]

Yes! It is a process some Pokemon undergo to become stronger. They will change appearance and sometimes typing.

[He starts making a quick sketch of Drilbur's evolution for Cherryblod to see.]

For example when Drilbur evolves, it becomes Steel-type in addition to Ground-type. A powerful combination!

[cherryblooded]

[He doesn't know what typing's about either, but - one thing at a time.]

I see! That's a much more drastic process than what I'm used to evolution being.

[pokexplorer]

Oh? May I ask how it works in your world?

[It's interesting to hear that it's a concept elsewhere, but a different process at the same time.]

[cherryblooded]

How to put it... Where I'm from, evolution means the gradual change of a species over generations.

For a basic example, take an animal that lives in an area with tall fruit trees. Some of them may have longer necks than others, and thus are able to reach more fruit on the tree. These animals are thus better fed than the animals with short necks. The shorter-necked animals die, and the longer-necked animals survive and pass their long necks on to the next generation, until eventually the average member of the species has that long neck.

[pokexplorer]

Is that so...

[He considers it, but he looks a little skeptical about it.]

That is indeed vastly different from the rapid evolution of Pokemon. I'm not quite sure how to take it, honestly! It seems highly detrimental to training- it would take a very long time for them to become stronger.

[cherryblooded]

Individuals still can train, of course. It's just we don't use that word for it.

[pokexplorer]

Ah, yes, I suppose that is true. Some Pokemon do not evolve, but become strong simply by training alone.

[Yes, he's going to keep finding ways to compare this to Pokemon.]

However, evolution is generally a core concept of the training process. So it's strange to consider that taking generations to achieve.

[cherryblooded]

Strange to think of it as something a single individual can do. It's strange from both directions.

[pokexplorer]

We just keep finding oddities with each other's worlds, don't we?

[He does smile about it though.]

I like it that way. I enjoy learning about the sciences of other worlds.

[cherryblooded]

Does make our stay here more entertaining, I agree. I'd hate to be bored.

[More bored, at least.

It's enough to make some people resort to murder.]

[pokexplorer]

[Colress nods in agreement...and during a lull in the conversation, thinks up something that Cherryblod might find entertaining.]

Would you like to see a shrimp from my world?

[cherryblooded]

I would love to.

[Does it talk?]

[pokexplorer]

[With that, Colress sets to work on a quick sketch, with this being the result. It's the only one he knows of, having not visited Kalos yet.

And alas it does not...but who knows, maybe Cherryblod could understand one?]

This is an Anorith- the Old Shrimp Pokemon. It is an ancient species that went extinct a long time ago, though trainers are able to revive it if they are in possession of its fossil.

[cherryblooded]

Impressive. We don't have technology like that where I'm from - or magic, for that matter.

...I think it's cute.

[pokexplorer]

It is done with technology, though I can see drastically foreign technology coming off as magic to those unfamiliar with it.

[He's not even up to speed with how it actually works himself, since it's not his field. Technology is very mysterious in PokeWorld sometimes.]

It is cute, in its own way. It seems to only have a slight resemblance to you, though. Then again, you two are different species of your own.

[cherryblooded]

Does that mean I'm not cute?

[He's only joking.]

[pokexplorer]

[Ch-Cherryblod...

While he may be joking, Colress has no idea how to interpret it on his end. So he gains a bit of a blank expression as he considers it.]

Of course not. There are multiple physical appearances that can be considered cute.

[??? Is that what Cherryblod would prefer to hear?

He tried.]

[cherryblooded]

...You're no fun to tease at all.

[Oh well. At least he knows now.]

[pokexplorer]

Ah, that was meant to be a joke?

[Cue awkward laugh...]

My apologies, Cherryblod.

[cherryblooded]

[Dismissive hand wave.]

I'll be clearer about it if I try again.