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

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

Not me. Hey uh-

[Zombina makes to take a step forward before remembering oh right traumatized kiddo, and moves back.]

Deep breathes kiddo. Deep breaths. Like I said, different worlds. Zombies from my place don't work like the zombies from yours.

[stillstands]

Don't-- [Miki actually does take a step backwards, even when Zombina doesn't make that first step forwards.

She doesn't want to hear this. She doesn't need to hear this, it doesn't change anything she experienced or anything that happened to her friends and family back home. It doesn't change any of it.

Miki just sounds tired now.]

-- don't come near me. I can't... [She takes a deep breath - and it's shaky, and scared sounding.] I can't do this. I can't--

[And then she's backing up towards the exit out of the kitchen.]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina.... is starting to get the feeling that talking is not going to get her anywhere right now. She feels kinda shitty just leaving the kid like this though.]

Hey, uh.... I can leave if it'd like... make you feel better?

[She has nooooooo idea how to handle someone actually legitimately afraid of her.]

[stillstands]

[Miki takes another couple of steps back and then... she's darting down the corridor leading away from the kitchen as fast as she can.

You tried Zombina but... this was never going to be an easy conversation.]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina just.... watches the kid go and sighs. She tried so hard, but in the end it doesn't didn't even matter.]