castawayrp | intro

You don't remember getting knocked out.

That's the best descriptor for the feeling you experience before you wake up. There's a glittering absence of color to your field of vision, and a sensation that you aren't yourself, you aren't anything in particular. Abruptly, unpleasantly, you wake up in a strange, sunny location. Where that is might vary--laying in a sun chair on the pool deck, draped over the skee-ball machine in the arcade, face down in a cart in the laundry room....or just stretched out in the long, long expanse of sand surrounding the island.

There doesn't seem to be anyone else here, aside from the others who have woken up and have as little clue where they might be as you do. It's a silent, empty island filled with a lot of questions and few clear answers. What you can conclude are a few things: that you don't get hungry or tired, that any wounds you have don't seem to either heal or worsen, and leaving the island doesn't seem to be possible.

Maybe it would be good to meet with the others who have woken up?

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Me too. I haven't seen anyone but... the blood and signs of conflict, it's concerning, isn't it?

( of course it is. )

But I haven't seen anything wrong except for that.

Everything is pink.

[ what do you mean nothing else is wrong?? ]

Some of the deck furniture is orange and blue. ... I saw a white unicorn floatie in the water...

( so it's 99% pink. this is a vital difference. )

... Besides, I think it's like, themed?

[ He's going to cling to the 1% until he can find sunglasses or something. ]

I guess it's... calming? [ looks at Kurumi? like he's looking for confirmation ]

Like in prisons.

--Prisons?

( boy this is a resort

apparently )

It's a psychology thing. To make prisoners calm...

[ which

apparently did not work in this place, given the blood and all ]

Hhhhuh... Oh! Wait, I think I saw something about that- it kept them calm for a while before they started lashing out more violently.

( so it super did not work! )

Oh.

[ oh ]

I didn't know about the second half of that.

Adults don't like to admit when they're wrong, I've found. So it doesn't surprise me.

...

( after a moment she steps a bit closer, pulling a suitcase over. )

So, anything good?

[ He can only nod to that; he hasn't had much to do with the adults in his life either— he also nods to her question, though, and points out the suitcase he'd been going through

socks! there are no matching pairs ]

( socks... )

Honestly? Good find. Socks are so hard to keep in bad times.

[ He nods. These don't all have toe holes either, honestly a great find. It's one he places back inside the suitcase, though, trying to return it exactly how he found it. ]

Anything you're hoping to find?

Mmm... Anything? Clothes are always good- they can be fitted better if needed, but not everyone can just make cloth. Food or something... first aid stuff, that's always good.

( a pause. )

Things to have fun with are always good, too. It's important to find things to enjoy even in bad times.

Right... And weapons, and armor.

[ It's like leading a dungeon and making sure everybody is equipped and stocked. You can never go wrong with extra food in your pockets either. ]

Anything is a weapon if you're holding it right.

( ... but she deosn't want to think about that too much. )

We'll have to be on guard, in case whatever caused this mess comes back...

Like pink flamingos.

[ He nods solemnly, looking back down at the suitcases littering the floor. ]

...and your shovel.

And my shovel. --What flamingos, though?

( ... wait, oh my god. while he answers, kurumi dives towards one of the suitcases- )

The pink—

[ he ducks out of the way, quicker than it looked like he'd be capable of ]

...flamingos. What is it?

( kurumi stands back up, holding up... a terrible, wonderful, amazing shirt. )

Look at this!

[ HE DOESN'T WANT TO LOOK AT THAT ]

Whaaat, come on. It's perfect for you~!

( look upon it and despair minato )

...you think so...?

[ he supposes............. if he's the one wearing it, he's spared the sight... right... ]

Yeah, yeah! Wear it open over a t-shirt or something, and you'll fit right in here!

You'll have to find me a t-shirt...

[ he doesn't want this... he takes it anyways, because she looks so excited at his expense. ]

Think it glows in the dark?

I hope it does!

( WHAT is the problem with the shirt! it's perfect! )

I'll see if I can find one.

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