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Progress City Mods ([personal profile] progressmods) wrote in [community profile] progresscity2018-04-01 10:44 am

Intro Log

Who: Everyone!
What: Your first magical day
Where: Progress City Tranport Center
When: Right now
Warnings: None planned!



[Today you found a ticket to a theme park. It seems relatively normal, except that it reads: Lifetime Parkhopper Pass to Progress City. ”The Most Magical Pocket Dimension in the Multiverse!” This is not a theme park you have ever heard of, if you live in a world where theme parks are of the norm.

For some reason you’re drawn to the ticket. There’s something… magical in this piece of paper, and you can practically hear it calling out to you, and you feel compelled to pick it up. It’s strange, but it’s a piece of paper, what’s the worst that could happen?

However, the moment you pick it up, you feel yourself being pulled. There is nothing pulling you but there is an overwhelming sensation that something is pulling you by the chest into the ground. You don’t have time to process what’s going on before you suddenly fall over, the strange feeling going away the moment you hit the ground.

It takes a few moments for you to regain your bearings, but as you look up you are suddenly hit with the fact that, wherever you were before, you certainly aren’t there anymore. It appears to be a transport station of some sort, and a very sleek and new one at that. Monorails pass by the station every couple of minutes, with small, slower moving vehicles consistently move in and out of the center.

The innermost wall, right behind where you stand, is lined with portals. It appears that you came in through this portal, but if you try to go back the way you came in, you’ll find that you are unable to enter it, no matter how hard you try.

While the realization that you are now trapped in this strange place, you will soon find that you also have a strange band strapped to your dominant wrist. No matter how hard you try to take it off, it seems like it’s stuck on there.

At least you’re not alone, along with a bunch of other people who arrived around the same time you did, there are humanoid people who seemed to be intrigued by your arrival. They’re all generally nice, but get confused if you ask them why you’re here and why you can’t leave. They will, however, happily tell you the name of the place you’re in if you ask:

Progress City.]
lusito: (get on their way to their nests the west)

[personal profile] lusito 2018-04-02 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
And what does this invention do, exactly?
lusito: (show me your best set)

[personal profile] lusito 2018-04-02 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Well, we haven't had someone come out and tell us to start killing each other yet, so that may or may not be a good sign?
lusito: (wake up)

[personal profile] lusito 2018-04-02 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, you're Basil aren't you?

[He had never spoken to Basil during that whole ordeal, but he definitely recognizes the mouse.]

... Is Ratigan here as well?
lusito: (let me go gravity)

A

[personal profile] lusito 2018-04-02 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Again? Something like this has happened to you before?

[... We don't recognize this girl from any of the "games" that took place last year. Who is this?]
lusito: (get on their way to their nests the west)

[personal profile] lusito 2018-04-02 12:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Finally, someone is saying something reasonable.

[Hi we would very much like that drink, thanks.]
beakie: (meep!)

[personal profile] beakie 2018-04-02 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Meep!

[Beaker nods aggressively--which, in terms of Muppet anatomy, is just him bobbing his head up and down. At least Bagheera is making an effort to understand him?]

Meemiimeep meemoo meep...meep meemii meep meemii meep meemoo.

[The lamps remain illuminated until...well, someone turns them off. He mimes turning a switch on and off, which Bagheera probably hasn't encountered before.]

Moo mii moomeemii?

[Does he understand?]
greatwidesomewhere: (06)

[personal profile] greatwidesomewhere 2018-04-02 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. So it's a bit like a circus, then. I think I understand.

[Belle can't help but look a little embarrassed; there are so many things she's had to have explained to her today. She much prefers being on the other end of an explanation.]

Thank you for explaining. It seems most people here are far more used to such things than me.
derring_do: (13)

[personal profile] derring_do 2018-04-02 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Portals aren't exactly the most common method of transportation, so it's hard to say if it's intended to work like this or not. But-- as of right now, it's definitely one-way. Some of us were running into it earlier to find out, but it's basically just a wall now.

[All of the portals seemed to be that way, so she figures that must be either intentional or a city-wide sort of failure. Which makes her think this might be some kind of technology rather than magic.]
greatwidesomewhere: (30)

[personal profile] greatwidesomewhere 2018-04-02 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
It's enough to make my head spin, a little...

[She wrings her hands in front of her.]

I need to find a way home. I was going back, to see my Papa...He needs me.
derring_do: (15)

[personal profile] derring_do 2018-04-02 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair point! We have run into some pretty weird cursed objects before. It's just the portals are new, is all. Wish we could learn more about how those work.

[She probably already gleaned as much information as she could from slamming into them repeatedly.]
greatwidesomewhere: (05)

[personal profile] greatwidesomewhere 2018-04-02 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Belle lets out a despairing moan.]

I truly dislike the sound of that.
greatwidesomewhere: (03)

[personal profile] greatwidesomewhere 2018-04-02 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's trying hard not to despair right now, but when it seems like she's just moved from one cage to the next, it's...difficult. Belle purses her lips to steady their trembling.]

Thank you. It's good to...at least know what it is we're dealing with.
derring_do: (02)

[personal profile] derring_do 2018-04-02 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Between all of us, we'll figure out a way to get out. I mean, we got in, so it can't be that difficult to leave. Besides, they can't kidnap this many people without someone noticing.

Uh, if it is kidnapping, anyways. Not saying it is.
marryapanther: (08)

[personal profile] marryapanther 2018-04-02 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[He.... Kind of does? He's never seen a light switch before, but he can grasp the idea of "on and off".]

So, they're activated in the night and snuffed out in the morning? Quite innovative.

[While Bagheera wants to ask more questions, he's aware that Beaker may not be the best person to explain the things in the area. So he settles for the next best line of inquiry-]

Who are you, may I ask? And... forgive me if this is rude, but what species are you? You don't look like any animal or human I've ever encountered.
marryapanther: (09)

[personal profile] marryapanther 2018-04-02 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bagheera snarls a bit, still hunched on the ground and baring his teeth. The fact that he hasn't been attacked yet is only a small relief. He hardly registers her words, but he's not attacking, either. Bagheera can at least recognize the "hands up" gesture that humans make as an attempt to placate.

But just because she won't hurt him, doesn't mean the others won't, and he looks around wildly at the crowd.]
allknowledgegoodknowledge: (Barring evil trials of doom)

[personal profile] allknowledgegoodknowledge 2018-04-02 02:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...I have been hearing an alarming amount about blood rituals lately.

I am sorry to see that it went so poorly for you, you old goat. [Sort of. Kind of. Again, she's very "DID HE KNOW" but dying does suck and that seems like a rough time so. Best to be polite.]
greatwidesomewhere: (24)

[personal profile] greatwidesomewhere 2018-04-02 02:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Kidnapping. Of course.

[Belle's voice sounds kind of...faint.]

I can't be kidnapped. I—I have to get home, I have to make sure my father is okay!
beakie: (MEEP!!)

[personal profile] beakie 2018-04-02 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shame. He was perfectly content to explain everything about street lights ever when--]

Mee?

[Beaker points to himself, visibly befuddled by the question. Is it not obvious?]

Mii Beaker. Mii meep Meeppet. Meemii meep meemoo meep meemii?

[Has he not seen the Muppet Show before? Almost all talking animals are a part, or at least have seen the Muppets before.]
allknowledgegoodknowledge: (I don't know this knowledge)

[personal profile] allknowledgegoodknowledge 2018-04-02 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...That's a committed aesthetic, I'll give it that.
allknowledgegoodknowledge: (Default)

[personal profile] allknowledgegoodknowledge 2018-04-02 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
There's bound to be at least one, mind you. But I highly doubt it would be this one. What with the sinister glowing portal of ultimate destiny and terror.
ilovepuppies: (Emerald Snake Strike)

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-04-02 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Between her mom and Wander, it's kind of weird having a parental figure encouraging violence. And, you know, detaching their own arm to use as a blunt weapon. But she likes it!]

You know what? I feel good about this.
ilovepuppies: (Shimmer Soap Tentacle Wave)

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-04-02 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I knew that guy had to be bad news. Too smooth, ya know?
marryapanther: (11)

[personal profile] marryapanther 2018-04-02 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Quite an artful dodging of the question, everett, if I do say so myself]

A "Meeppet"? Never heard of that species before, but of course, the jungle isn't home to everything. I know there's plenty of animals in the world I've never had the chance to meet.

[The knowledge that Beaker isn't a human is more than a little relieving for Bagheera- he's still much more comfortable talking with fellow animals.]

I am Bagheera. Good to meet you, ah- Beaker, was it?
ilovepuppies: (Lightning Turtle Rescue)

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2018-04-02 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
A Butterfly, really? [Well okay it makes sense with the cheek marks and all] I'm pretty sure I'd remember seeing you around the castle, unless...

[And then it hits her] Oh no. You must be from my future, too! Am I ever gonna unscrew my timeline!?
flowersonthewall: (12)

[personal profile] flowersonthewall 2018-04-02 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Mimeeep? Minimee-muh meee min mee meep! Mimimi mee-muhmee minimimi!

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