utried | bus

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

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Hey, nothing wrong with it. If we can learn something from it, then it'll have been time well spent.

[ .... ]

Though I'm not sure we'll learn as much today.

[well, about that]

...ah. So if we see them, then we're probably dead. But if we don't...?

[she glances in the direction of their food supplies. hmmmm...]

"After this first week or so"... so if they are coming here, our numbers will be doubling. Perhaps they'll bring supplies, or will be able to let us out?

Edited (WHY DOES MY Y KEY KEEP STICKING) 2025-06-01 21:30 (UTC)

[ thanks for hunting down the useful bits while i sit here tipsy ]

Well, I suppose that's good to know. I really do love being dead.

[ whatever that means here. and yes, he is being slightly sarcastic. ]

Hopefully it's to let us out. I think I'm starting to go stir-crazy.

As long as the patterns hold it won't be permanent.

[she hopes, anyway.]

You and me both! It's been ages since the last time I went this long without getting any exercise.

[it has only been two days.]

[ two days is a long time, okay. ]

Let's hope it happens then.

[ in the meantime, he's frowning over this. ]

Were the [ what does he even call these guys ] helping hands you knew also working for free? Or some nebulous other offer?

It varied. At the hotel, the original facilitators were actually hired. They had employment contracts and things they were going to get in exchange for working for the entity in charge... At the camp, the people in charge were from other games and had their own sets of rules they had to follow. The Reaper's Game was sort of its own thing. And the Sheriff in the first one I remember ... I have no idea if he was paid or not, or if he just enjoyed it, or if he was just... made to do things like that, I think he was a robot? But that wasn't the case for everyone from the other places.

[ (aventurine voice) there are too many variables!! wriothesley sighs. ]

I suppose we'll have an opportunity to ask them our own questions, from the sounds of things. If they really were brought here to supervise us in particular.

[watching this with a contemplative expression...]

...I wonder if they'll kick down the door for us when they get here.

[ wow. ]

If they don't, I'm going to be sorely disappointed.

Right? It will be a bit underwhelming if they simply open it up and walk in.

Agreed.

[ although, as he watches their new friends kick down various glass cases: ]

You think they'll be nice enough to bring some of that with them when they drop by?

[wow... look at them go]

It would be nice if they did... [she crosses her arms.] Do you think they know we're here? Someone must have known, to have stocked this place, right? But if they know, why would they just leave us to our own devices for a whole week?

[ hmmMMMMM ]

Maybe it's part of their benchmarks? To see how well we can manage for ourselves while we're here.

At least we've been remarkably well-behaved. Our bathroom is even intact!

[they don't have to hoard toilet paper like the living!!]

There are only four of us.

[ but even one wayward soul is enough to destroy a bathroom so.... ]

Though if they really do intend for us to stay here the entire time while more join us, that might pose a problem.

[ THEY ONLY HAVE ONE BATHROOM? ]

...even just doubling the numbers once the four of them show up could be problematic...

...Two buses?

[ he's joking. ]

[also joking:]

A whole fleet of them, while they're at it! Each one could have a different recreational activity. Ours has board and card games, another could have painting supplies...

[ sei is his favorite for going along with so much of what he says. ]

Now you're talking. I propose we make a list of suggestions and improvements and pass them along once our new companions arrive.