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...





MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY
FRIDAY | SATURDAY

[ 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! ]

Comments

[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?

[bolderfell]

There's Alfyn, Tressa, Cyrus, Olberic, Ophilia, Primrose, and H'aanit. Four men, four women. ...All human, if you're wondering.

[nothingcanstop]

I'm starting to get the feeling that's just how it works for the rest of you, yes.

How'd you meet?

[bolderfell]

...I met Alfyn first. He's from a small village in the Riverlands. I was passing through and got caught up in his business, and... heh. Well, I guess that's basically the story for the rest of them, too, though it was usually more Alfyn getting caught up in their business.

What about you? You adventure on your own?

[nothingcanstop]

Sounds like a friendly guy.

[ brb buying broadway ]

When I was younger, it was me, my brother, and my uncle, tearing up the world. Now... Well, I still explore with Uncle Scrooge and Donald. But... My kids join in too. [ She's... There's a dopey mom-smile. ] My three boys, and Age- the housekeeper's granddaughter. Everything's gotten a lot bigger.

[bolderfell]

[From Therion's soft, fondly scornful laugh, Alfyn could perhaps be interpreted--and certainly is, in this trash goblin's mind--as too friendly a guy.

But anyway, that's enough about Alfyn. He's about to get wrecked at Monopoly, here.]

Must be quite the party.

[nothingcanstop]

That's not even counting Uncle Scrooge's employee, Launchpad--he's like a big brother to the kids, even if he is a little...avant-garde in terms of piloting--and whenever we visit my cousins...

[ A serene smile, as she is just fucking destroying him. ]

It's everything I could've ever wanted.

[bolderfell]

...So you're that kind of rich, too.

[And it's nothing he'd ever be able to steal. He's... honestly a little glad for her.]

Really. Seems like you've got it all.

[nothingcanstop]

It took a long time to get there, but... Yeah. If you get that kind of life...you hold on to it.

[ She's never going to mess up like that again. ]