WEEK 1

[bathymetric]

Well, you've now met the brains of the operation, as well as the shockingly nice-looking young lady in charge of day-to-day business. Now all that's left is to get used to your accommodations - there's 24 other people in similar shoes to yours to meet in this building, you know! And who knows how much longer you might have them...

The daily routine in the facility quickly becomes obvious - the only way to tell time moment to moment is to check the strange device The Professor gave you, but at the same time every day the lights in and out of the facility go up, and at the same time every night they go down. Otherwise, it's almost maddening sometimes, how little happens in here. At least you have a few rooms with enough to hopefully keep you occupied. Who knows what secrets they might hold? And there's always that vending machine, if you can find something that fits in the coin slot...





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[ ooc: Welcome to Peace Week! Enjoy it while it lasts. Remember, office hours for The Professor's Assistant are over here if you're interested, while regains can be deposited over here! ]

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[nothingcanstop]

[ Oho. So that's what we're doing, huh? ]

A trade? ...Well, at the moment I have nothing to do so with...but the thing about this game is, it's the kind you can't really play by yourself.

[ She steeples her feathery fingers. ]

I'd probably require at least one game, before making anything final.

[bolderfell]

With me?

[Mostly he's amused, but he's also a smidgen surprised.]

You sure about that? I might not be familiar with this particular game, but my kind do have a reputation concerning dice.

[nothingcanstop]

And I have a reputation for being Della Duck, determined and competitive winner of Family Game Night three consecutive months, hold the applause.

[ A grin. ]

I'm definitely up to the challenge.

[bolderfell]

If you say so. Hm... so should you be the banker? Since it seems you're the reigning champion.

[He's already sorted and stacked the money and cards for her, at least. Also, for the record, his Monopoly version is based on "The Rocket Kids," so, uh. Choose your player token based on whatever you think THAT's about, I guess!

Therion picks a cartoony rocket that could look like a knife, if you squint.]

[nothingcanstop]

Ohhh, uhhh. [ She winces and laughs a little. ] Myyy uncle would never let us be the banker. Sort of a thing with...being rich and stingy. I can do my best, though.

[ What’s she to pick... Yeah she’ll pick a top hat that’s got a rocket on it. Sure. ]

[bolderfell]

Well, between you and a known thief, who would you rather have in charge of the fake money?

[nothingcanstop]

I'll still do it. It just might not be the best showcasing of my [ cool exaggerated voice ] maaad skills.

[bolderfell]

Heh. All right. Show me how it's done.

[Does passing out money require mad skills...]

So, "Monopoly." Is this popular where you're from?

[nothingcanstop]

[ yeah her uncle has one ]

It's one of the more well-known board games. Don't think I've ever done two-players only before... It's the kind of thing where you get the rest of your family together, play for five hours, and when everyone's tired and cranky you make your move.

[bolderfell]

Do you have a big family?

[There are, like, eight tokens to choose from, aren't there?]

[nothingcanstop]

I have a bigger one now than I used to... Haven't had a chance to sit the boys down with a good game of Monopoly--but, growing up it was me, my brother, and my uncle. Oh, and Duckworth, of course. Can't forget Duckworth.

[bolderfell]

Can't forget who, now?

[It's so easy to get people to talk in this place. Dangerous, too, if he isn't careful on his own account, but it's like everyone thirstin' for them sweet sweet regains, cut off as they are from all they love, they're desperate to recreate it word by word beneath the sea.]

[nothingcanstop]

Duckworth! He- oh, the butler. He was like another uncle growing up. ...The strict one.

[bolderfell]

Ah. So you're that kind of rich.

[nothingcanstop]

Don't get that look in your eye. Yes, that kind of rich. Uncle Scrooge never let us have more than a nickel a week, though.

[bolderfell]

How much could that get you at market?

[nothingcanstop]

[ ...She can't help it, she laughs a little. ]

Oh, nothing. You could maybe get a candy bar after a few weeks of saving up, but that's it. If we wanted something, we had to earn it ourselves.

[bolderfell]

I can't even imagine just having enough coin for candy every few weeks, as a kid.

[He says it lightly, without bitterness. Perspective is everything, Della.]

[nothingcanstop]

Not even that much...? [ Something occurs to her. ] I don't mean to pry...but does that have to do with why you're a thief?

[bolderfell]

...Who can say?

[Shrug.]

Maybe I would've turned out like this anyway. Sometimes it's talent that shapes a man. Does it matter? I am what I am.

[nothingcanstop]

Who knows? The talents of a thief and the talents of an adventurer seem very similar to me.

[bolderfell]

Hah, true enough. I'm sure that's why the people I travel with keep me around.

[nothingcanstop]

Travel buddies? Oooo, fun! Tell me about them.

[ While they...play, presumably, they've been presumably playing Monopoly or at least something close to it. ]

[bolderfell]

[Of course they have, you just couldn't pay me to RP Monopoly. ...I mean, you could. But why would you.]

Heh. Where would I start. We're a group of eight, at the moment.

[nothingcanstop]

[ glad we're on the same page there ]

How about their names?