✦ WEEKEND ZERO........2!

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✦ WEEKEND ZERO: PILOT EPISODE PT. 2

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On Sunday in the afternoon, you hear a very loud foghorn interrupting whatever it is you're doing! When you look up over the ocean, you'll see... an island! Whoa! We're almost there! In fact, we are there, so go get a last drink to go and get ready to disembark. It's hard to see the docks, because instead of wood, they're made of glass, for some reason. They're also currently being lapped by the ocean waves, which is why the yacht avoids them entirely and heads directly to the beach - an idealistic, beautiful place with soft white sand and sparkling blue waves. From this distance, you can see not only the beach, but an enormous mansion not too far from the sand. That looks nice... hope you're staying there, right? A second foghorn goes off, and you find yourself ushered to the gangplank by a troupe of very determined bunnies. These bunnies shove phones into your hands as you pass! You'll get a better look at them in a minute, because the bunnies do not stop there - they practically shove you off the boat down to the beach. Guarded by a pack of catfish-like creatures in little valet outfits, your home items will be there to receive you once you set foot on the soft, white sands. And just a few paces ahead, you spot three colorful figures...

New phone, who dis?

Yay, a phone! Wow, you've been set up with the works, huh? This is one of those fancy phones that cost more than half your yearly salary. Anyway, they've got plenty of features, and the best part is that they're constantly monitoring what you have to say at all times! Whoa! Your brand new Citrus Plus phone includes:

✦ Texting (as well as voice-to-text) ✦ Calling ✦ Video/Video Chat ✦ Notes functionality ✦ A camera ✦ A music player (called Smoothie) ✦ Full access to the Grapevine, an OnlyFruits exclusive network, as well as a selection of stickers, gifs, emoji, and more! ✦ Full access to the Fruit Juicer, an application for voting that seems to have no function outside of specific days ✦ Full access to Vitamin D, our specialized application that allows for you to get into your assigned team lounge! The D is for door.

You can add password protection to these phones, if you'd like. It can be through facial recognition, a six letter/number password, or a fingerprint scan. Your phone is the same color as your team (so orange, yellow, or green), and has a cute little fruit shaped charm hanging from it. It essentially looks like an iPhone, except how it isn't so we here at OnlyFruits don't get sued. And last but not least, it's not invincible! If you throw it, it'll shatter the screen or scuff the case, just like a normal phone. Don't drop it in the pool. You can get a new one, theoretically, but you don't want to know what the cost will be.

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☰ OOC NOTES

✦ You now have a brand new phone! See above container for all the functions and such. There's a scroll bar, so read carefully! ✦ ICly, profiles are now available and you know what team you're on. ✦ Home items are now in your possession. Yay. ✦ You still have to sleep on the boat for this Sunday. Your forever home is not ready yet. For reasons. ✦ Don't forget to turn in your PCs if you start them! ✦ Have fun, and always continue feel free to come talk to the mods if you have any issues or comments or anything you want to share.

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[extensiveform]

[jem is looking at the profiles, reading through each one, moving down through the list.

and then he stops when he reaches the exact pair he was looking for.]

No... nonono. This isn't right. I--I didn't--

[keep it together, jem.]

Oh no.

[cleaved]

You alright, kid?

[ she's in the middle of hefting up her sword and hasn't even perceived what a phone is yet. ]

[extensiveform]

I...

[he looks back at her. at sword. that's cool. almost cool enough to tear him out of his momentary distress. not quite, though.]

...

[back to the list. to the person he's speaking to's profile, in fact.]

Okay, this is okay.

[to her.]

Yeah. I'm fine! I'm good. Nice sword.

[cleaved]

[ she stabs the end of the big honkin' thing down into the sand next to him, reaching her hand out to pat his shoulder reassuringly. ]

Thanks, was wondering where it was. You sure..?

[extensiveform]

[it takes a moment, but jem manages to rein it in. a public meltdown weekend zero is not happening. he's not that sae oc.]

Yup. Yeah, it's all right. It's cool they gave you that thing. I just got my hat back.

[he's not wearing it right now. not a boat-type hat.]

[cleaved]

[ giving him a dubious look, but she'll find him later when they're not all in public to check on him. :\ ]

Maybe they have more of our stuff, or more things for us, at whatever the end destination is? Unless we have to earn it back by roughing it out here on the beach.

[abracatdabra]

Something the matter, lad?

[ clearly trying to see what profiles he is looking at except the cat is short ]

[extensiveform]

Everything's wrong. I didn't want to be--

[wait. that's a cat.]

... Hello.

[HOLDS PHONE TO HIS CHEST.]

I was surprised. By the teams.

[abracatdabra]

[ waves ]

Not in the fruit you wanted to be, then?

[ do people have a favorite fruit team. is that what he thinks is happening ]

[extensiveform]

[for a moment, a lot of internal calculations are being executed. followed by:]

Which one are you in? Do you know, yet? We could look right now.

[jem used deflect.]

[abracatdabra]

Oh, it's orange, I've already seen.

[ underestimating how good the cat is with a phone. which is actually kind of weird probably. ]

[staghunt]

[ coming up to from behind to bump into with his shoulder rudely. he is clutching his stuff very tightly in his arms with his new phone on top of it with it's little lemony aesthetic. ]

Jem...? Hey. Talk to me.

[extensiveform]

[somehow has already figured out how to work a phone?? must be because he's made of math or whatever.

shows what he's looking at. valiant will understand.]

[staghunt]

[ he can already kind of tell but he looks just to be a good sport. ]

Got it.

[ nudges again, harder, but like in a dog way. does this make sense. i hope it does. i have described this to you before - listen to him, do not spiral. he looks somewhere out around the people milling around chatting about their phones and kind of gives it a second, staring out there before he breathes in. okay. ]

I know we're... not the same here, but we can figure it out. This is just another challenge for us, okay? You don't have to do this on your own - I'm your pilot. I'll take care of you too.

[extensiveform]

[yes, jem is familiar with the dog-nudging. it grounds him, although he plays along and lets himself lean off to one side more heavily than necessary. then he right himself.]

Yeah.

[it's not something he needs to hear, a basic truth, but it's nice to.]

You're going to be good and make friends, right?

[staghunt]

[ is leaned upon and grunts a little about it.

regardless. sometimes basic truths are what gets you through the moment. ]

I'm going to be good. And uh. Friends. I can figure out friends...

[ friends.................... ]

You been making any?

[perfaketion]

[Just watching this curiously.]

[extensiveform]

[notices himself being watched by the shower pervert. slowly controls his features.]

Everyone can see and hear me right now.

[a much needed reminder to himself.]

[perfaketion]

[RUDE. He doesn't need to take this from the non-biological(?) biohazard.]

That's right. It's important to always keep that in mind.

[extensiveform]

[he holds the phone so the screen is pressed into his chest.]

It's new for me.

[there exists the implication that it doesn't seem new for the nice guy.]

[perfaketion]

You'll get used to it. Most people do.

[His expression is not unkind. He is smiling but there's something tired about it.]

But don't let them see you slip. Otherwise, they'll use it to define you.

[lactosetolerant]

Jem.

[He's going to put a firm hand on his shoulder, reassuring.]

If there is something here that distresses you, no need to keep looking at it.

[extensiveform]

[the expression of immediate misery is slowly replaced with a tense smile.]

Thanks. It's, uh. It's totally fine. Just, uh.

[mentally glances upthread]

I didn't get the fruit I wanted.

[lactosetolerant]

...

[doesn't believe that for a second]

I see. Which fruit did you want?

[extensiveform]

[it shouldn't hurt to say. he can come up with an excuse if it does.]

Lemon would have been cool.