Announcement 001

[intercom_voice]

[Whether you're waking up in the clinic just now, or have already done so and are now wandering the halls, a sudden screech of microphone feedback blares over the speakers before fading back out.

A moment later, a woman clears her throat. Her voice is husky and mature, but still feminine, and overall she sounds very authoritative...if not a bit sarcastic.]

Good evening, and welcome to the new school year. I hope your arrival was a pleasant one, last year everybody threw-up from motion sickness, it was quite messy.

[There's a long pause as she seems to think, or perhaps just let any anticipated bustling chatter calm down.] Now, you're all intelligent human beings...for the most part. But I suppose I'll pretend I'm talking to the insipid uneducated masses for a moment; it shouldn't prove too difficult.

[She clears he throat again.] In every hall, you shall find a small intercom. You may use that to ask me any questions after my announcements and "privately" converse. Now, if you head North down one of the halls near the clinic in the Central Wing and keep going, you'll eventually come to either the West or East Dorm Wings, depending on which fork in the road you chose. There you'll find all necessary bunk beds and spare socks.

So, make sure you're all well rested for class in the morning; we wouldn't want to get a failing grade now would we?

[And with that, there's another burst of feedback before her announcement abruptly ends. Anybody who had been wandering the halls will notice a distinct lack of...well, anybody else aside from new arrivals, the Nurse, and the Lunch Lady.

The strange woman over the loudspeakers may have mentioned classes, but the school seemed completely devoid of any teachers to provide those classes. In fact, a lot of things seemed...off.]

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Speak to the Voice
General Mingle

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[intercom_voice]

General Mingle

[intercom_voice]

[tunnelsnake]

[As soon as he got out of that weirdo Nurse-lady's office, Butch was out and about the halls...all whilst shielding his eyes from the horrendously bright (to him) fluorescent lighting. It was already clear that somehow, this wasn't the Vault, and when he hears the woman over the speaks he's even more baffled.]

Where the hell am I...? [Despite his tough Greaser persona, Butch sounds like he's on the verge of panic.]

[dreameragent]

That's something I'd like to know too.

[Cooper steps out from around the corner to greet the man. Briefly flipping open a small booklet holding a badge.]

I'm special agent Cooper, and I seem to be lost like you my friend.

[He flips it closed again and goes to shake the stranger's hand.]

[thatcatfrom101]

[This place was already stranger than anywhere he's been in his week out in the wastes. For one thing, it was clean. And it was big. He's positive the building he had entered was small and dilapidated, like every other building in the wasteland. Assuming he wasn't knocked out and dragged somewhere else, which would have explained waking up in that Nurse's office.

Maybe he should have questioned her instead of running away.

When the loudspeaker blares to life and the lady speaks, Roy assumes it's some kind of recording someone left on. That, or the psychopath who owns this building. But he'd rather believe the first.

Either way, there is a young man in a jumpsuit who looks to be very on edge, walking the halls with a gun clutched in his hands.]

[tunnelsnake]

[At least Roy had a gun, all Butch had were his whits. Which meant he basically had nothing.

He'd actually taken to cautiously checking each room he passed, but when he saw Roy from afar and that familiar blue jumpsuit he nearly cried.]

Hey--finally, somebody I recognize!

[postprincess]

[While Nia was very excited to be wherever-this-is, she's getting a little worried that it seems the entirety of Dai Gurren has just up and vanished on her. The voice over the speakers didn't sound like anybody she knew, either.]

Simoooon! ...Miss Yoko? ...Are you here? Anybody?

[She puts her hands up to her mouth and furrows his brow.] Oh my...I wonder if this has anything to do with what that woman was saying?

[servingpoundcake]

[Oh fuck that was embarrassing.

Kirby is pretty sure he just agreed to toss the ball a bit before practice, and yet here he is in the nurse's office after being tackled by Ted.

Ted.

Ted is a big bastard, how is he still alive and not in pain? Maybe he was out for a really long time. Though, the nurse doesn't look familiar. Maybe she's new. Then again, the nurse's office doesn't look familiar. By now Kirby is mildly weirded out and confused, but he rolls with it as he leaves the nurse. It's when he's in the halls and that voice speaks over the intercom that he's totally freaked out.

Did the guys prank him? Did they drag him off to another school and leave him there? What the hell?!]

[He practically wails.] I just wanted to play spoooorts!!!

[theydcallmeking]

[The first thing Croc notices is the feel of cold linoleum beneath him. That's not right... he didn't fall asleep inside somewhere. No, he'd spent the night in the sewer that night, on concrete. Similar, but not the same. He snapped awake and look around. He felt a swell of rage building in him. Who did this? Who managed to move him here, and why?]

[His head jerked in the direction of a speaker as an announcement started up. What the hell? What kind of bullshit was this woman spouting? Maybe she move him here? Was this some kind of weird form of punishment? He found himself giving in to his frustration and rage, tearing into his surroundings. Once he'd calmed down, and destroyed the area he was in, he began to wander. He was unnerved slightly by how empty the halls seemed.]

WARNING// Mild Gore/Blood

[slimdapperhuman]

[When Charles started his day it seemed fairly normal. He went out to do his usual stocking, and when he got bored decided to have a snack. He was in the middle of chewing on an arm when he felt a prickle in the back of his mind. He tried to ignore it, but the sensation grew. Soon he heard words floating through his mind. Some sort of woman speaking about motion sickness? He locked onto the words and then found he no longer was in his current setting, but seemingly floating. He found himself slightly panicked, and unable to resist what ever was pulling him.]

[He was hit both with the sound of sharp feedback, and the feeling of the floor hitting him as his feet buckled beneath him. It took him a moment to get back up, and to realize he was in human form. Oddly enough not the first time this has occurred to him. It was more annoying than anything, because now he couldn't easily find a way back home.]

Where... am I?

[ He looks around. Hopefully he can find a bathroom before he's found by people. He's still got blood on him from his 'snack' he was enjoying before the campus so rudely pulled him in.]

[thenotsostraightman]

Test!? But I haven't studied for any test...!

[Blink. stare.]

...Also... this isn't my school... [He's just now realizing this.]

[WAIT. HOW DID HE GET HERE, EVEN?? Tadakuni is so confused right now you don't even know.]

[itisntmyfault]

[A VOICE FROM THE HEAVENS!?]

O-oh God...!

[Pyrrha stumbles away from the loudspeaker in the hallway until her back is pressed up against the opposite wall. She clutches her shield in hand tightly; rather intimidated by the booming voice and her unknown surroundings. What sorcery could have brought her to a place like this...!?]

[thepickles]

[ York's already been wandering the halls so once the intercom clicks on, all he has to do is look up. He listens intently, finger tapping idly against his chest. It doesn't sound too bad, not up front, but there's too many questions to simply take it in stride. When the voice signs off, he raises two fingers to the side of his head and speaks with a lowered voice. ]

Class. Well, it's been some time since our punk rock days and I doubt that's the 'in' style anymore. Still, something isn't right here. It's worth checking into, don't you think, Zach?

[leanonstuff]

[Norman supposes this is what he gets for falling asleep on a desk full of reports and files- another college dream. At least he's still wearing his pants and class isn't starting until tomorrow. For now.

Mostly ignoring the nurse, he wanders into the hall and starts looking around. This is starting to feel less and less like a dream the longer he explores the area. This... doesn't make any sense. Maybe it's time to start questioning people.]

[paradoxoftime]

[After completely ignoring the nurse, Link hurries into the hallway and takes in his surroundings. This doesn't look like any place he's ever seen before. The announcement doesn't help him either. Class? Failing grades? Well, Link doesn't want to fail anything, but he has other important tasks he's supposed to be doing!

He tries to ask Navi about the situation, but she doesn't appear to be with him anymore. It looks like hunting her down will be his new main objective. Link finds his way into the courtyard and locates some trees. Maybe she got separated from him and is hiding in one of them? He picks a tree at random and dashes toward it, crouching down at the last moment and rolling forcefully into it.]

Re: General Mingle

[thekidfromthevault]

Fuck.

[That's pretty much a standard reaction from Alice when she's lost, and it's no different as she roams the halls of what looks like a school, no idea where she's going. Her map wasn't any help, Charon and Dogmeat were nowhere to be found, so overall she was feeling pretty frustrated with her situation.

She's wandering around for a good twenty minutes before she stops, sighs in frustration, and kicks a small trashcan over.]

The fuck is this shit?!

[pimpcoat]

[Micheletto is just outside the clinic, sword in hand, looking... panicked? Angry? A bit of both, really. As far as he knows, he's just woken up in a strange place and a disembodied voice is talking about wings and grades. He wasn't really listening- he's more worried about where the voice is actually coming from, and where he is.]

[Anyone who cares to look into the clinic behind him will see the nurse seems distressed. Micheletto had taken it upon himself to yell his questions at her with his sword pointed at her throat, before deciding that she was useless and storming out.]

[thumbsdown]

[Boone comes to feeling groggy and disoriented, but quickly attempts to adjust to his new surroundings. His first instinct is to check for his rifle, and he's surprised when he feels it slung over his back still. Well, he's not complaining. He scans his surroundings as the voice over the intercom speaks, frowning to himself. School, huh? He thinks he's a little too old for that. And this place... it seems clean and organised, something he isn't used to. This isn't Novac, so where the hell is he?]

[1300ft_freefall]

[Waking up in a strange room with some nurse glowering at him? Yeah, no, Alex is not okay with that. He tries interrogating her first, but that proves to be ineffective. When he considers consuming her for information, she seems to slip out on him and disappear, leaving him without answers.

He takes to wandering the halls, pausing only when the announcement comes on. When it's over, he spots someone else in the hall and calls out to them.]

You! Where the hell are we?!

[theydcallmeking]

[Croc turns to look at whoever's shouting at him.]

I don't know, why don't you tell me?

[And now Croc's going to investigate the strange man.]

[demi_nightlight]

[Naoki turns when he's suddenly addressed and offers Alex a...rather bored look.]

The hell if I know.

[mister_foppish]

[Well now. This was considerably different than waking up in a different place than when you went to bed. While he was known for ending up strange places at times after a day of a little too much wine, he couldn't rightly say he'd ever ended up in a completely unknown location before. An empty school…possibly abandoned…He could only conclude that this was a glorified kidnapping job. The details didn't add up, either way.

He stared around the clinic in a daze, clearly out of place here in his double-breasted maroon suit with ruffled sleeves and collar. If this was a joke, it was a rather terrible one at that. Nothing the jaded nurse or the announcement said fully explained why he wasn't at home or in his office at Industrial Illusions right now.

Thus, Pegasus was wandering about the campus near the courtyard, looking a little lost. While he's a rather friendly sort being plucked from his island on such short notice was rather odd, so he's a little on the cautious side.]

I can't say I've ever seen this place before...How in the world did I get here? Croquet...?

[He called out for him, but to no avail. There was no answer. Now how was he supposed to get home?]

[thatcatfrom101]

[Roy's been looking around for people who actually may have some answers for him since he arrived here. Luckily he's since learned that not everyone is out to shoot him in the face, so he's not pointing his gun every which way. He's still cautious and scared, though, so he certainly has it drawn.

He turns the corner when he hears someone calling out, not sure what he was expecting. Now, he's seen a few people in perfectly clean looking pre-war cloths already, so that much isn't too big of a surprise for him, but...this guy's outfit was just downright fancy.

Roy can't help but abandon what little manners he had and stare at the guy as if he had suddenly grown two heads. He must look like a downright hooligan to this guy, with his leather Tunnel Snakes jacket and dirty Vault jumpsuit. What if this guy has a gun hidden somewhere and thinks he's going to rob him? What if he gets scared and shoots? So much for not thinking everyone's out to get him.]

I don't know nothin'!

[Roy even takes a step or two back, just to show he's not a threat.

He's...a little paranoid.]

[like_its_golden]

"♪~STUDYYYY La la la LAAAA~♪ Life is STUDYYYYY la la Lala LAAA~♪"

[Meanwhile, a Japanese man is singing along both loudly and badly to his portable Walkman; looking oh-so-very 90's as he rides his bike down the courtyard without paying full attention to where he's going. In all honesty, he hasn't even noticed a change in his surroundings just yet.]

[holydemon]

[Nero stood nearby and his headphones could be heard blaring heavy metal instrumentals from a good 10 feet away, if not more. Unfortunately his general cocky composure was dampened slightly by his right arm which was bandaged and held in a sling. But hey, that wasn't going to stop him.]

Croquet? Can't say I've ever played it. Now's not really the time, is it?