bus

[mgtropes]

BUS? A BUS???

The wheels on the bus (don't) go round and round...

You wake up on a bus.

It's a very nice bus, though. Luxurious, even! The seats are comfy and can be used as beds, with pajamas also available for you to change into. It's stocked with enough food and drink to last a week or so, along with a bathroom that also has a shower and free toiletries to use. The downside, however, is that apparently you have to share—as you're not alone when you awaken.

It seems like you're not where you should be, either. The bus comes equipped with TV screens, but rather than any movie or show, it's reality TV in the most literal sense. You might even recognize a few faces over there in the terminal, but either way, you can watch the participants go about their day. You're as equally confused as they are, after all, even if miles (?) separate you.

For that matter, that's pretty much all you can do. You're stuck on this bus. You can't access where the driver's controls would be, and there's no driver to begin with; in fact, the bus isn't even moving. The doors are shut, and any attempt to break the windows will send you bouncing back. Opening the shutters will treat you to the enticing sight of... outside airport scenery. You're on airport grounds somewhere, but you can't tell anything other than that. If you do some digging around, though, one compartment on the bus contains a random assortment of card games and board games for you to entertain yourselves with.

Better get cozy, because you might be here for a while.

RUNDOWN

• This will be your one mingle post until next Friday.
• You do not have any personal belongings on you. Unlike the other players, you also don't have a phone. Sad.
• The W0 weekly effect, once revealed, will apply to you as well.
• Your characters are able to see anything that takes place on the public mingles, including network posts, via the bus TV screens. You may also handwave them being able to see the initial notification that the players all received on their phones.
• We will have a small, pseudo-mini-event for you on W0 Wednesday at 12pm PST/3pm EST.

NAVIGATION; (FULL NAV)

INFO

PLAYER STATUSES IC PROFILES MURDER PROPOSALS CYOA SIGN-UPS

SETTING

NPC AUDIENCES LOCATIONS ROOMING CURFEW

REPORTING

PC TURN-IN MOD REPORTING EVENT TURN-IN VOTING

Comments

MINI-EVENT (?)

[mgtropes]

ICEBREAKER TIME

Hello, bus-bound folks! After almost a week on this bus, you’re probably going stir-crazy. Good news and bad news! Bad news is you’re still stuck on this bus. Good news is you still have that stash of games!

If you look through again on Wednesday, a stack of icebreaker question cards comes tumbling out. They were probably always there. Don’t worry about it. Some of them might be kind of weird or uncomfortable, and yet when you touch the cards, you feel... oddly compelled to play? Who put a cursed set of cards in here...

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Welcome to your pseudo-event of the week! Feel free to make your own toplevels, tag around, threadjack your friends to your heart's content. You're free to ask questions not in the linked pages; those are just some ideas if you need them. As noted, if your character wouldn't typically participate, you may assume they are cursed into compulsion by touching the cards, and you can decide for yourself if this compulsion forces them to be honest or not.

As this is not an official event, you do not need to submit or turn anything in.

[tactic]

[ Okay, sure, he'll play. This is better than the crossword puzzle that he could not finish, and he picks up the first card from the pile. ]

Would you rather be very beautiful and have diarrhea forever or be very ugly and safe from diarrhea for the rest of your life?

[ WHO WROTE THIS ]

[frostfist]

[ he was reaching for a card but maybe now he won't??? what the fuck. ]

Definitely very ugly.

[tactic]

[ REACH FOR A CARD COWARD ]

You'd save yourself many embarrassing moments.

[frostfist]

I'd be forced into becoming a hermit.

[ BUT FINE he'll pick up a card. ]

If you had to choose between never bathing again or never brushing your teeth again, which would you pick?

[bladeward]

Same.

[ 🤝 ]

[frostfist]

[ solemnly gives keith a nod of Understanding. and also picks up another card. ]

Have you ever called a teacher “Mom” or “Dad” by accident?

[bladeward]

Very ugly. I do not want to deal with that. [ grabs a card without even realizing it. ]

What’s your answer?

[tactic]

Very ugly. There are surgeries for that, you know.

[ Everything can be solved with the power of money. ]

[feminitis]

Ugly. Definitely ugly. I wouldn't wish perpetual diarrhea on my worst... No, that's not true. I'd wish it on the auditors.

[tactic]

[ LAUGHS ]

If wishes are possible in this round too, we'll take that into consideration.

[bladeward]

[ looks at the card he doesn’t remember drawing. blinks. ]

Is a hotdog a sandwich?



Controversial…

[tactic]

Well, why wouldn't it be? It has a sausage sandwiched between buns, therefore, it's a sandwich.

[ Easy. ]

[bladeward]

See I agree with that, but I’ve heard people argue because the buns are connected of something?? That means it’s not.

[frostfist]

Are there people who think it isn't? Most sandwiches are just filling between slices of bread, aren't they?

[bladeward]

You’re right. And yet some people will die on the hill of it not being a sandwich. Even if the buns connected.

[feminitis]

What's so controversial about it...? It has a filling with bread on either side of it...

[bladeward]

[ shrugs and shakes his head ]

Hot dog purists.

[feminitis]

[looking at the card she's drawn... huh, when did she pick that up? oh well.]

If animals could talk, which one would be the rudest to humans?

[frostfist]

[ without missing a beat: ]

Geese. They're already rude enough without needing to talk.

[feminitis]

Really? What sorts of rude things do you think they would say?

[tactic]

Cats? They already have the attitude, don't they?

[feminitis]

Some of them do! But some cats can be very affectionate, too!

[bladeward]

That could be so many of them. But I bet kangaroos would have a lot to say, they already pack a punch, adding words into the mix would just make things worse.

[feminitis]

Kangaroos... what sorts of things do you think they would say?