trust you've got a game plan

[isawallflower]

[ At noon on Wednesday, Riley's standing ready in the dining hall, with a clipboard and a big smile to anyone who shows up. She's set blank stacks of paper on the table, but we'll get to that. As promised, there's some basic snacks as well as some tasty banana bread. Snacks for everyone! ]

Welcome everyoooone~! Thank you so much for showing up. This is a new and confusing experience for all of us, but I'm sure if we strive to stick together and cooperate, it'll help us foster the most productive environment that we can. [ Bright, bright smile. ] So! I've gathered all of you so we can share any discoveries and compare basic information that might give us any idea of why we've been brought here. Good? Okaaaay!

[ That smile never leaves her face. She sets something down from her clipboard and starts passing out that blank paper. ]

Sooo, following my example, if you could fill this out, that...can be a good starting discussion!

[ Her example is essentially a survey. Wonderful penmanship, again. ]

Comments

SURVEYS

[isawallflower]

[ Riley's survey reads as follows! ]

Name: Riley Williams
Hometown: Saratoga Springs, New York, Earth
Last Known Date: August 7th, 2019
What You Last Remember Doing: Holding self-introductions at the annual Giles Corey High School Tigers sleepover, held in my basement at 16 Heartcourt.
Anyone You Know Here: No
Previous Knowledge Of The Phantom: The Phantom of the Opera is a story and musical that I am familiar with, but not incredibly.

[justmeheere]

Name: Jeremy Heere
Hometown: New Jersey
Last Known Date: Like 2018? Probably?
What You Last Remember Doing: Going to the mall with Michael
Anyone You Know Here: Yes
Previous Knowledge Of The Phantom: Michael and I played this weird point-and-click game based on Phantom once. Also I've seen the movie.

[Return of the Phantom did not prepare Jeremy for this, honestly.]

[justmeheere]

Hey, uh. Did anyone get a reply back from the Phantom? Was it, like, in French?

[He was going to ask Christine this and then that conversation sure went super south super quickly.]

[isawallflower]

[ Riley looks over his and just...kind of... ]

"Probably?"

[recessives]

[ well i hope youre ready to get a really weird one from THIS GIRL ]

Name: Shilo Wallace
Hometown: Largo City
Last Known Date: October 2057
What You Last Remember Doing: Leaving my room to go visit my mother's grave
Anyone You Know Here: No
Previous Knowledge Of The Phantom: None

[mcfife]

[Angus has a few things he got from the vending machine today, which he's bringing to the meeting. His 80's dancer outfit is accessories with a bohemian scarf and his space sunglasses that he had not expected to find here.

Seeing the other food brought in, he has a bottle of Mountain Dew and some Mountain Dew-flavored ice cream. Surely people will appreciate this.]

I have found a secret passage under the balcony that leads to a chamber of mirrors, then to another tunnel that may lead to the Phantom's lair. The way down is locked, but taking another ladder led me to the costume room.

If we are to fight this Phantom, we must seek the key to unlock the trapdoor!

[justmeheere]

Where, uh. Where did you get that?

["That" being the Mountain Dew he's pointing at.]

[mcfife]

This? [He holds up the soda with a smile.] The booth of merchandise provided it in exchange for the coins in my room.

[mcfife]

NAME: Angus McFife XIII
HOMETOWN: Dundee, Kingdom of Fife
LAST KNOWN DATE: September 25, 1992
WHAT DO YOU LAST REMEMBER DOING: Pursuing a dark sorcerer through a space-time portal.
ANYONE YOU KNOW HERE: No
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHANTOM: Nana relayed the tale of the Phantom of the Opera to me a few days ago.

[justmeheere]

I, uh. Don't keep track of the date anymore. Michael said it was making me upset.

[Did he used to obsessively keep track of how many days it'd been since his mom left? Yeah. So now he just doesn't know what date it is at all. There was probably a middle ground between those two things, but Jeremy doesn't know what middle grounds are.]

[mcfife]

I have. It was not in French.

...He hasn't given me any useful information.

[justmeheere]

[You know how you can sometimes look at a person and know they're internally screaming? Jeremy's internally screaming.]

Oh. Cool. Uh. M-mountain Dew is really high in caffeine and sugar, so. Everyone should, uh. Be. Cautious? If you're going to drink it.

[please don't drink it please don't drink it please don't drink it]

[isawallflower]

I probably should've provided some kind of sparkling water.

[musacal]

Name: Nana Daiba
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Last Known Date: May 14th, 2018
What You Last Remember Doing: Going to bed
Anyone You Know Here: Yes (Claudine and I are classmates!)
Previous Knowledge Of The Phantom: I know the story pretty well. My classmates and I even put on a play similar to it in our first year.

[justmeheere]

Oh, weird. He must've, uh. He must've been trolling me. [That seems IC for the Phantom honestly.] I don't think he's big on handing out secrets. He's more of a mystique guy.

[mcfife]

[This young man is not well. Clearly.]

So I should only drink a little of it? [Is Jeremy worried that he may accidentally poison himself?]

[isawallflower]

[ That sure is a strange thing to hear...but Riley will go with it. ]

Ooookay! Well, if...whoever else you know here can clarify that, then we don't have anything to worry about.

cw: you ever just have a panic attack about soda?

[justmeheere]

[How much Mountain Dew activates a Squip? He doesn't know, because he thought it was a fucking scam, but apparently Christine has a Squip so that implies they're real unless Christine's profile is lying, but why would Christine's profile be a lie when his is 100% true and Stephen said his was mostly true and -

DEEP BREATHS, JEREMY. DEEP BREATHS.]

Probably? [His voice cracks on that.] It's just, uh. Super unhealthy. Like all American food.

[justmeheere]

Um, yeah. Christine should know?

[He hopes Christine knows, because otherwise who's driving the bus.]

[isawallflower]

The coins? That's what they're used for? Did someone hand this out to you?

[isawallflower]

[ There's A Lot To Unpack Here ]

Where, um...is Largo City?

[isawallflower]

[ Riley's picture-perfect smile drops when she sees that date. ]

Nineteen-ninety- I wasn't even born then.

[ it has literally just hit me that riley was born in 2001 and i need to lay down ]

[mcfife]

[He slides the bottle away from himself.]

Not all food in America is unhealthy. [There must be something that Jeremy is not at ease to disclose.] Jeremy, what's going on?

[recessives]

[ Looks at the other responses. ]

Oh, it used to be called New York City.

[mcfife]

[Funny how few people were alive in 1992.]

How is it that so many come from the future yet have not been to space?