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

[challengesfate]

I suppose it is...but why leave such a luxury available for us?

[Maybe in the kitchen there is tea?]

My name is Lucina.

[karappo]

[Wow don't call him out like that.]

A-ah...

[Karamatsu takes a breath, steels himself, and lets that comment slide as he puts on a smile again.]

A lot of thought was put into it, clearly. One had to sit down and truly think about what makes Karamatsu Karamatsu...

[Ha........haha....]

There were a few other unusual titles, so at least I am not the only one.

[Like Mediocre. But he's honestly not sure which is worse at this point.]

[playthedamncard]

[He nearly pulls away, but thankfully (for both of them) he's just interested enough to see this play out. And yeah. That feels nice. He won't say it or express it in any way save for his apparent curiosity, flexing his hand and rotating his arm back and forth.]

With floating water.

[jesus you could just say thanks]

[immaculacies]

I'm referring only to the superficial benefit of our health. It could be that someone wants to ensure we remain healthy, so that we can kill one another without complications. Or, someone could be collecting the information for another purpose that benefits them more directly. It would help to know which it is, wouldn't it?

[discalibur]

Yes, of course! I'll have to study up on the topic. It has sadly never been a priority of mine, but that has clearly been a mistake.

Of course, in the meantime I shall trust your judgement!

[karappo]

So if that is the case...then where do you think these aliens have gone? They told us to meet here in this cafeteria, but we have not heard from them yet, have we?

[Though...an hour hasn't passed yet, so maybe that's why.]

[karappo]

[He's not. He's really not. He just wants to be cool too...]

...S-so, ah...I suppose we are both just as clueless about all that's happening currently as the other, mm? It cannot be helped...perhaps someone with answers will be showing themselves shortly.

[immaculacies]

[She cocks her head at that question. Again, there's a second of silence while she considers something, and then she asks instead:]

Do you?

[newcycle]

[she shrugs. She'd never heard of it, much less assumed it would be a luxury.]

You got me. But I'd rather know who left us here... I had something really important I needed to do.

[discalibur]

To think that they would even take someone from a different spaceship... That's rather far to go to gather us all.

We must all be very valuable to... whoever has done this.

[newcycle]

[that.

She shrugs?!]

I don't know!? I'm trapped here just like you are!

[newcycle]

[she pulls the water away, satisfied with the healing.

But not with his tone.]

Most people say "thank you."

It's called waterbending.

[lmafo]

What, portentous?

[karappo]

[...okay, maybe this guy is from a gag anime too. Talking like that...]

Interesting...I assume you are saying that means you have experience being kidnapped for these sort of things?

[karappo]

Eh? Oh non non, I am not upset!

[You are.]

Just...a bit surprised by it, that is all! It is so...long, after all.

[le_mat]

Yeah, please don't. I saw that Aliens movie, I don't wanna end up sucked through a hole.

[lmafo]

[ okay, yeah, void powers are on the fritz, that's cool, that's great. ]

Yeah! You know, like jam. The regular kind, made out of fruit or whatever.

[newcycle]

[sorry Roxy, if she knew, she wouldn't have interrupted. Oops.]

I know the definition of delicious, but this isn't exactly the situation I'd describe that way.

[karappo]

[It's super rude.]

Neither did I.

[discalibur]

No, definitely not familiar. The word Faunus is foreign to me as well.

Not that I wouldn't use the word soulless to refer to the Worm. It describes them well enough. But they're far from giant. They're more around... human size, I suppose.

[As most good Kamen Rider monsters of the week are.]

[immaculacies]

...I don't like it, but I don't have any reason to be upset. That's all.

[lmafo]

[ ! ]

Whoah! Uh... yoo-hoo right back atcha, girl.

[lmafo]

I was just making a lil joke, that's all. Being kidnapped def sucks majorly, but. Jam.

[titularly]

Yeah, that's why I think so!

[Osomatsu moves over to one of the walls, and leans his back against it with his hands behind his head.]

And 'sides, look at our title things! Only those four would think of something so cruel.

[lmafo]

How does a person actually dislike friendship?