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number_2 ([personal profile] number_2) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2023-12-01 07:53 am

Welcome To The Village

Who: Everyone who was signed-up for the excursion
What: The Village December Excursion
When: Dec 1st - Dec 23rd
Where: The Village
Warnings: Involuntary capture and confinement including immobilization and restraints, violence, injury, maiming, possibility of death, torture, coercion, gaslighting, mind control, drugging, scientific experiments, and extremely inaccurate depictions of mental health facilities/hospitals, among other potentially triggering themes. Please mark all threads appropriately.




"Good morning, good morning, good morning!" A voice that sounds very similar to Friday's chirps over a loudspeaker outside your character's home. Yes, their home.

Overnight, all the passengers who signed up for this excursion have been transported to their very own personal cottages. They will awake in a bed that is familiar to them. While this home of theirs does not necessarily have to resemble the place they were born or raised, it will be a perfect replica of a place they truly thought of as their home, down to the most minute details.

The cottages are self-contained, the size of a large studio apartment so, in some cases, they may only resemble the bedroom and living room of a person's home with a shrunken-down kitchenette and bathroom adjoined. But the heirlooms of their past are here. A favorite doll? A treasured family portrait? Trinkets you have long forgotten about? All of them will be here, somehow. (All except for weapons, that is.) They are indistinguishable from the real item, down to the molecule.

After that wake-up call, the voice continues on to express that the weather will be warm and sunny, with no rain forecasted. A brass band concert is announced, to start at noon on the lawn next to the living chess set. And once that bit of news is wrapped up, lively marching band music will begin to play. And it will continue to play. All day. From every speaker...including the ones hidden in their home.

Welcome to Your Village

It only gets stranger from here. Characters may be dismayed to find that they are without any of their original clothes or belongings. They awake in conservative button-up pajamas. The closet in their home is full of the latest Village Fashion to choose from. Everything is The Village label brand, including the tin cans of food that stock the kitchen and any of the groceries you could get at the General Store.

Your ship phone rings. When you answer it, you will be greeted, once again, by the voice of Friday. "Your number, please? Of course, you have a number. Look at your badge." If they look down at their chest, they will discover a small round number badge has been pinned to their pajamas. Was that there before? It bears the symbol of a Penny-farthing Bicycle, with a number in the spokes. This is their number.

"No names here," the voice of Friday chides, "Only numbers. Number 2 would like a word with you at the Green Dome. He requests you come for breakfast. Thank you!" Before they can protest further, the line goes dead.


Some Notes:
  • No matter how many times your character tries to take off and disregard their number badge, they will always find it re-attached to their clothes again the moment they look away and look back.

  • Your characters still have their phones but now they can only make calls instead of sending texts. They also do not take or store photographs anymore.

  • If your character destroys or damages anything in their home, or in The Village it will instantly repair the way things used to on the Serena Eterna.

  • The noise from the speakers can be muffled by covering it with pillows or other creative items, but cannot be stopped entirely. (Sorry Phil)
  • abhorrently: (contemplate.)

    [personal profile] abhorrently 2023-12-14 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
    There's a moment of consideration, before Fever lies down on the sand as well, gazing up at the sky.

    "Gods, I hope we're not here for generations." It's a murmur, something a little flippant before she gives her real response. "...I'm surprised, though. I would expect someone with such a long life to be a little more pessimistic. Or utterly neutral on such events. Goes to show how much I really know."

    It's not as though this place, by showing her that one particular room, hasn't left her dwelling on certain questions that reach beyond the Village. But such patience isn't in her grasp. If Valdis is young by her standards, then Fever must not even be a fraction of a being.
    redlightgreenlight: (Hound attentive)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2023-12-15 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
    The truth is not neutral.

    She releases a long sigh, falling silent as her mind turns. She wants to finally let loose, to show everyone the powers at her disposal, and once again they have been taken from her. She senses Fever feels much the same.

    There must be some way for us to get our powers back. One of those buildings back in the village must have a key, something we can use to unlock our abilities again. Just because the weak can eventually win, doesn't mean we should attempt to seize our greater power now instead of later.
    abhorrently: (someone.)

    [personal profile] abhorrently 2023-12-16 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
    "Exactly. Kevin might have control of much, but he's still human. He can't bind us without help. All we have to do is rob him of that assistance, and we'll be ourselves again. So goes my logic about it."

    One of the buildings. But which? They'll have to go through them one by one, until they find anything useful. Of course, one can always start at the Dome.
    Edited 2023-12-16 01:01 (UTC)
    redlightgreenlight: (Hound Passive)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2023-12-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
    She releases a heavy, growling sigh.

    We'll just need to do our best. I am not as weak as I'm pretending to be, but I am missing quite a bit of my power. In the meantime, I plan to be as much as a problem as I possibly can be.


    abhorrently: (been.)

    [personal profile] abhorrently 2023-12-19 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    "If you need any help in that direction, what I can do is yours. I don't intend on making their lives easy as they cling to their facade."

    Even if it's just being annoying for the moment. There are plenty of ways to get under a man's skin, and not all of them include knives.
    redlightgreenlight: (Hound Passive)

    [personal profile] redlightgreenlight 2023-12-22 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
    I will let you know, but for now, let's just relax and enjoy the relative quiet.

    There are indeed plenty of ways to get under a man's skin, especially one as proud as Number 2.