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

[karappo]

[GOOD KEEP SMILING Karamatsu will smile back...at least until he looks a bit confused.]

"GPF"?

[batfortheprincess]

[look. he can explain. if he knew what he was trying to explain anyways, he's not really sure how to take Karamatsu's reaction? Unless... wait, shit, is he from Mars, fuck.

Right, well. Slaine tenses up a little although he doesn't make any sudden moves yet.]

Is... something the matter?

[hellahighwater]

Chloe Price.

[ It'd be easy enough just to get these off the PIP, but...that's kind of creepy, honestly. ]

[lovecolored]

Oh gee, it wasn't? [ har har har ] It'd appear I mixed up myself and my dear friend Alice...

[hellahighwater]

[ Ugh, she's doing her best but she hates talking about politics, it's a sucky conversation. ]

A whole bunch of people, one dude's the President and then there's a whole Senate under him? Shit like that. Each city's got a governor or a mayor and each state's got people in the Senate... It's a whole system, but please, don't...ask me about it in depth. Please.

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

Mhm, tooooootally understandable mistake ta make... Kirisame-chan. So do ya really know aliens or were they made up?

[Plz be real Plz be real plz be real.]

[hellahighwater]

That's not respect, that's what a little kid says, bro.

[hellahighwater]

Live your dreams, dude.

[hellahighwater]

What do you mean, fake space?

[lovecolored]

Like we're on a planet somewhere, or just Earth. They're usin' some kinda tech or a spell to make it look like we're in the sky, outside.

But it could be either.

[keepmeinyourheart]

[.........]

That sounds as if it would be a disaster in the making.

[batfortheprincess]

[He's not sure what reaction he expected but... There's a small smile here.]

Thank you for your consideration. I will keep that in mind here.

[hellahighwater]

Shit... I didn't even think of that.

[ Which is worse? She doesn't know. ]

[hellahighwater]

The US government can be a shitpit sometimes, can confirm.

[keepmeinyourheart]

[Why do people keep swearing???]

Aside from the faulty leadership, is it a pleasant place to live?

[hellahighwater]

[ IT'S JUST HOW SHE WORKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S PISSED GURL ]

...Some places in it probably are. Not my hometown, though.

[theundertaken]

They probably had the space station already and figured, why not?

[theundertaken]

It's the just-woken-up thing, for me. Like, if you can't even think right, it's not really worth it.

[theundertaken]

Oh, shit, you know him? I met Prompto, he's cool!

[keepmeinyourheart]

[The Oracle does not swear, even if the situation demands it.]

Can you not leave?

[keepmeinyourheart]

I knew of him, but we just officially met today. He is a friend of my betrothed.

[theundertaken]

Oh, neat. So, like, your fiance...?

[He knows what betrothed means, it's just a weird term to use.]

[keepmeinyourheart]

Exactly that. [Look, she's royally raised. That's the word she grew up using.] It is an arranged marriage, but I couldn't be happier.

[hellahighwater]

What, with no money, no contacts, and no way to keep my mom from having a heart attack and sending my step-prick after me? ...It's funny, I'm a little hesitant to jump at it.

[keepmeinyourheart]

So it's just as difficult there... [She shakes her head, chiding herself for that though.] It seems we both share that unfortunate lot in life.