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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)
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    [personal profile] decohere 2023-12-27 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
    "I wouldn't put it past them," Ava frowns. "But you can come to me, okay? If they start trying to cause you any problems."

    She passes him a warm mug of chamomile. It's what Bill would always make for her, when she was having difficulty sleeping due to her anxiety.
    mistertwister: (plead)

    [personal profile] mistertwister 2023-12-28 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
    “I know I can. And I’ll be here for you, too. If you need it.” Okie takes the mug, sits on the floor with it.

    “I love you, y’know. I’m glad we get to be family.”
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    [personal profile] decohere 2023-12-28 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
    She glances up in surprise at hearing that. There's few she's said those words to. And fewer still that have returned them. She doesn't mind. Most of her closest friends are rather emotionally closed off. She doesn't mind, because she knows she's difficult to love.

    But even if she's never been too certain where her relationship with Okie falls, hasn't wanted to assume much of anything... it's not difficult to settle beside him and wrap an arm around his shoulder. "I love you too. I promise we're going to do everything to make sure our family stays together. Not just through this. But. Always."
    mistertwister: (embarrassed)

    [personal profile] mistertwister 2023-12-28 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    “Always.” He lets himself be held gratefully, smiling.

    “I’ll head back to my house after the tea. Don’t wanna get you in trouble if I don’t gotta.”
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    [personal profile] decohere 2023-12-29 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
    "It's hot, so don't drink too quickly. I don't mind a bit of trouble," Ava laughs quietly. "But you're right. I don't want to give them more reason to take more from me than they already have."
    mistertwister: (content)

    wrap?

    [personal profile] mistertwister 2023-12-29 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
    "I'll be careful, promise." His voice is relaxed, his eyes warm. "You too, yeah?"