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Do it for The Vine! ([personal profile] streamy) wrote in [community profile] thevine2026-02-15 04:12 pm
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✦ 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.
abracatdabra: ('cause everybody digs a swinging cat)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-22 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Now it really does sound similar. [ a beat ] An' you dinnae happen to serve fish either?
amabie: (pic#18267137)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-22 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
We actually don't have fish on the menu. It's more like lunch type food. Curry, omelettes, drinks. I mean, would a sea king eat his subjects?
abracatdabra: (if you let it)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-22 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Smart thinkin'! I was thinking the King of the Sea would be like a shark or a whale.
amabie: (pic#18267129)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-22 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm, I never thought about what a sea king would actually look like on the job. I think it'd be funny if he was a reverse mermaid!
abracatdabra: (you would think that)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-22 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ DELIGHTED by this image ]

With a fish on the top half and skinny human legs on the bottom? Would he need to wear a water bubble on his head to breathe then?
amabie: (pic#18267127)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, like scuba helmet filled with water just like in those old cartoons. And he'd only be able to speak in glubs that I'd have to learn a whole new language for. Which is fine by me if I get paid more for it.
abracatdabra: (and i meow meow meow)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Learnin' the ancient language of Glubs should definitely get you a raise! At least double the salary, it's so rare.
amabie: (pic#18267137)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
That would be so helpful. Most of the money I make goes to my family, so double that would be incredible for our financial situation. [ although, that makes her wonder... ] What do you do for work? If anything?

[ cats usually just get to laze around and be adored so yknow. ]
abracatdabra: (i reflect on my reflection)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
That's a pretty common theme for most workers. Many people back where I'm from leave their country town to go find work in the city and simply send the money back home to their families. Even the people from the city arenae immune to that.

[ why's he sound so pensive about the financial situation of people. anyway; ]

Oh, I'm a fortune teller at the Gold Saucer--an amusement park owned by the Shinra company. Something of a mascot, you might say!
amabie: (pic#18267126)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ capitalism is rough even in whatever magic land has talking cats it seems. brutal. ]

Oh wow, that sounds like a pretty fun job. How good of a fortune teller are you?
abracatdabra: (he'll never take away)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ capitalism bad is actually the entire plotline of ff7

anyway cait perks up ]


Not to toot my own horn, but I'm rather outstanding! Would ye like a reading?
amabie: (pic#18267168)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, sounds like fun. What do I need to do?
abracatdabra: (because a cat's the only cat)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
All you've got to do is ask a question! Whatever you seek, the cat'll give you a peak!
amabie: (pic#18267136)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ok. [ she thinks for a moment, reflecting on recent happenings- ] Hm... what path do you think the universe wants me to go in?
abracatdabra: ([moogle] holy christ)

1/2

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Alright!

[ claps his hands and

this is now happening. he is doing a little song and dance. ]
abracatdabra: ([moogle] it's a piece of paper)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 07:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ a paper's been printed out...

when she takes it, it'll read "The path forward is filled with strife, but following your heart may save your life."

OMINOUS?

cait is just peering curiously. ]
amabie: (pic#18267129)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ aaaugh, so cute! she plucks the paper, reads it over a couple times, then snorts out a little giggle. ]

Wow, if that isn't the story of my life!
abracatdabra: (PROVOCATIVE POOOSIIING)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ nya? ]

Well! Then maybe it's good advice, if it's gotten you this far?
amabie: (pic#18267126)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ like, nya? ]

We all have to follow our heart, right? Even when things get hard... I think that's all we can do.
abracatdabra: (pat? i'm a pitty pat)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ like nya! ]

If it's in the right place, it'll lead you right where you ought to be!
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[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Do you think that's true for you too? Or do the fortunes only apply to the person who gets them?
abracatdabra: (while i'm dancing)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
The fortunes are just for the person askin' the question. [ pats his moogle's fat head ] A fortune teller readin' his own fortune would be a wee bit off, no?
amabie: (pic#18267137)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-23 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I guess that's true. Have you ever had your own fortune told then?
abracatdabra: (what a way to make a living)

[personal profile] abracatdabra 2026-02-23 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm... nope! Ne'er met another fortune teller. Explains why they'd hire a cat of all things, eh?
amabie: (pic#18267127)

[personal profile] amabie 2026-02-24 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Er, no, I don't think it explains that at all. Unless you mean all cats are fortune tellers?

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