Welcome to the Program

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Good Morning, Champions. In the interest of maintaining healthy sleep patterns, a day/night cycle is in effect. Your presence is expected in the cafeteria in exactly one hour.

[The voice comes through not a large speaker, but through the device that's attached to each Champion's arm. Further investigation of the features of the device will reveal a list of profiles, a mini-map, and a list of rules. The hallways are shiny white and silver, with running lights along the floor and lights on the ceiling, and at the junction of the hallways is a sign with a knife and fork icon and an arrow pointing down the hall.

Welcome to the Excellence Program, Champions. Time to get to know your teammates.]

Comments

bathroom

[lovecolored]

[ oh, hey. someone else fiddling with their hair. Marisa runs a hand through her own. ]

...did these weirdos mess with your hair, too? Looks like they lopped my braid off. Super creepy.

[karappo]

Y-yes, exactly!

[Karamatsu grins, glad that she's starting to adopt a better mood about things.]

At any rate...perhaps your given title is a typo? A mistake, of some sort? I believe that is always a possibility...

[His...might be a mistake too.........right...]

[dejabrew]

[Bolton cups his own coffee in both hands and takes a long sip, savoring the warmth on his palate.]

No one just wakes up in space, though. I was driving back from San Fr- from visiting a friend, and then suddenly I'm here and I'm dead asleep? That doesn't sound just a little bogus to you?

[Dude, totally bogus. This is so not radical.]

Of course not. Besides, this is very clearly not the moon.

[karappo]

[Ah.

Karamatsu frowns, drawing his arm back as his panic is momentarily forgotten.]

I am sorry...are you alright?

[stillstands]

Oh?

[Normal conversation sounds pretty good right about now, really.]

Maybe someone thought these suits were funny...

[dejabrew]

[Unfortunately, Bolton is nowhere as pretty as Ignis is. Fortunately, however, the coffee is at least as well made if not better.]

Maybe not everyone, but you and me? Sure.

[He pours the poor jittery boy a cup of coffee and leaves room for cream and sugar.]

...Me too. Though in my case if this is a dream, I've probably driven off the road into a fiery wreck, so... Probably a lose-lose situation for me.

[stillstands]

[Well then.]

So you're in the same situation as us, then. [Probably.]

[dejabrew]

[...Well he's got his own cup of coffee and he guesses it's a free country so... Whatever. You do you, bud.]

You're welcome, by the way.

[Said with good humor and not a hint of malice, over the top of his own coffee cup.]

[le_mat]

[Oh my. He pauses, head tilting a bit. Even with the jumpsuit (and while he can't NOT notice the jumpsuit is very clingy to everyone here, he's been very good about keeping his eyes up) he can tell this is a classy lady.]

No Ma'am. But I can help look if you want.

[dejabrew]

Nnoo, not exactly. The owner of the cafe I work at always said she would sell it to me if I wanted, but I would never unless I had somebody to run it with me. I prefer to be behind the bar, anyway.

[He talks even as he pushes down the plunger to finish the french press, then pours himself a cup and comes to sit with her.]

Bolton, by the way. But then, you knew that from the... [He gestures at the computers on their arms.]

[le_mat]

Better then expected actually. [Last he remembered he was drugged, exhausted and beat to hell and back, after all]

Other then the new hardware, anyways. You?

[stillstands]

[She's set the book down now, but is still frowning.]

I shouldn't be here either. But... [A SHRUG.] here I am.

[... is he implying he knows a way out, because that sure gets her attention.]

Do you know a way out of here?

[playthedamncard]

I have no idea. [Which he doesn't like admitting, but it does seem to mean they're all just as lost and confused.] I don't see why not, but it may have flaws in the data, in the system.

[kebakeba]

[ who are you Oddly Concerned And Definitely Human girl ]

Of course not! What kind of title is Champion of Mediocrity?!

[photoshooter]

[He immediately ducks behind some of the theater seats, but rises enough to watch her over the back of one, easing back from utterly terrified to confused and scared. She's gotta be Iris's age. Maybe younger?]

...Just how many kids are here?

[lmafo]

[ Normal conversation is good for the soul. ]

I know I'm not laughing. Okay, I laughed the first time I saw a dude in one, but like. That was me laughing because dicks, and even then only a slight snicker escaped these lips.

[le_mat]

Us?

[There's no way he hasn't noticed the others wandering around.]

So there's no one 'in charge' here?

[discalibur]

[Unfortunately, Tsurugi's involvement with ZECT and his powers are a highly classified secret. So it only makes sense for him to--]

It's not the title I would have chosen for myself, to be honest. But I do fight as an operative with a scorpion theme, so it is fitting enough.

[Or he could just spill the beans, because what does he care?]

[discalibur]

Pardon? Tethered...?

Just what do you mean by that?

[playthedamncard]

[do not talk to seto kaiba before his 4th cup of coffee plebe

He doesn't respond until he's taken a sip and finds himself savoring it in a way he normally doesn't these days. And then looks over at Bolton.]

Champion Barista. [He's cocking an eyebrow, though under those bangs it's hard to tell.] Is that accurate? [With a small raise of the mug almost like a salute.]

[karappo]

Mmm...well, strange things like this happen to my brothers and I quite frequently. It is a bit of a stretch, but I would not call it completely unheard of...I am more concerned that I do not know where my other siblings are at the moment.

[Perhaps it's just him and Osomatsu? Boy, that's a terrible thought.]

Ah- okay, you do have a point...but if not the moon, why not simply space itself? Clearly we do not have any particular destination in mind, either...not unless whoever put us here plans on telling us so.

Hallways

[in4apounding]

Um. The kind of jam where we're in space? I think.

[You were talking to her, right.]

...My name isn't Roxy, though. Were you looking for her? I'm Penny.

cafeteria

[le_mat]

[He gasps softly at the yell, making it about half way to Kaiba before it's clear what happened, and that he's... well fine might be too generous. But not seriously hurt]

...that's good to know, at least.

[Honestly, not having good tools is the only reason he hadn't tried it himself yet]

[playthedamncard]

[Please.] There aren't any other visual metaphors in any of the other profiles. It reads more like an error than something deliberate.

[karappo]

[That's just slightly concerning.]

For being on a spaceship with no prior warning...I am as well as I could be.

I am just unsure why my memory of all of this is so...rocky. I could have sworn I was at home with my brothers just moments ago...