thevine | ✦ WEEKEND ZERO........2!

✦ 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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Something the matter, lad?

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

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.

[ waves ]

Not in the fruit you wanted to be, then?

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

[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.]

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

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

[jem has no idea if he should be crouching down to level their heights or if it's cool to keep standing straight-legged. he opts for the latter.]

So you know how to use one of these things?

[the phone is given a small shake but the screen is kept hidden.]

[ cait would accept both options he's very easy going about this ]

Aye, phones are quite the common sight at home, and I'm a wee bit of a deft hand with technology even past that.

You do have fingers. [jem has seen a lot of cats, but none that stand on two legs, and none with hands.] It reminds me of a crystal screen, but they aren't usually this small or colorful or versatile. Where are you from?

That I do! They're very useful for openin' doors and such. [ solemn nods. that's all cats really want thumbs for. opening doors. ] I work at the Gold Saucer, though I doubt you've heard of the place. Everyone seems to be from vastly different planets.

No, although it sounds like something you'd find in Téhatten.

[jem raises a hand to stroke over his chin, acting thoughtful as if he hadn't already noticed nobody else from his homeworld had showed. aside from one.]

I'm from Dessamori. You'd be totally popular there. They celebrate two cat-themed holidays. You'd live like a king.

Two, ye say? I'm more likely to play the part of the fool than the king, though I cannae say that doesnae sound temptin'...

[marvels at the accent.]

Ember--that's one of them--lasts a week, too, so you'd have lots of chances to shake down basically anyone you wanted for free stuff.

[ thank you it is a marvel ]

A whole week?! Now that's quite the festivities for a wee little cat like me.

Are you the usual type of being where you're from? I don't know if you've met the Cookies, but I'm not making any assumptions on how it works at the Golden Saucer. Do all cats have fingers?

[also maybe he wants to believe in a world of cats with hands. a better world.]

Hmm, nope. Vast majority of people on the planet are humans. 'Course there's plenty of animals and monsters, and maybe a few stragglers of different races, but for me--I'm quite the unique specimen!

[ alas. there is not a world of cats with hands. ff7 world sucks actually ]

[jem's hopes for a better world (of finger-having cats) is dashed upon the rocks of reality (tv).]

It's like that on Dessamori, too. Mostly humans, then monsters either come from the forests or hop off landshards when they fly past. You don't have other forms, do you? This one's fantastic, don't get me wrong.

Other forms? Is that a common thing back on Dessamori?

[ and actually also while he is asking about exposition: ]

Landshards?

Not uncommon. It probably depends on what you get up to.

[stroking his chin between his thumb, index, and middle finger.]

Landshards are floating earth masses that pass by. Monsters jump off and cause a mess in the area they land on. Where do your monsters come from?

Monsters--fiends--live pretty much everywhere on the Planet. Keepin' them out and away from human settlements requires hard work, or at the very least some rather strong buildings.

['everywhere on the planet' is a lot of places.]

You don't have heroes or adventurers to go around and take them out?

[jem loosely pantomimes loading a rifle and shooting an imaginary monster off to his left.]

We do! Adventurers or soldiers, mostly. Heroes are a rarer breed for somethin' as small as guarding walls. Plenty of mercs to take on jobs with the more dangerous fiends as well.

But there's no getting rid of them. They're as part of nature as anythin' else.

[fascinating and not altogether unfamiliar. simply a hopskip in another direction from what jem is used to.]

And what do you do? I should have asked before--what is the Golden Saucer?

The Gold Saucer's an amusement park! [ gestures widely ] Biggest and best in the world. As for me--I'm a fortune teller.

That must be a fun place to live.

[jem can put two words together and come up with a mental image like a real champ. amusement. park. a park with entertainment.]

What do you use for your tellings?

It's a good work environment!

[ ok. dont gotta be capitalist about it, cat. ]

I trust in the stars. [ pats his moogle ] And he's the helper.

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