Intro Log

[progressmods]

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.]

Comments

[lusito]

So how long do you think it will take before someone commits a murder here?

[... Hey Tadashi, guess who else is here.]

[tadaishi]

[That sentence tells him a lot--that this is the Joshua he knows, the one who remembers what's happened in the last year...and who apparently has the same thoughts about the situation Tadashi and Wendy do. Silver lining.

Josh doesn't get a hug for this reunion, but Tadashi is very happy to see him nonetheless.]

I'm hoping for 'never', but it's usually about two weeks before someone cracks. I thought the games had stopped...?

[lusito]

As did I. Then again, I suppose it's possible that there could be someone out there who took issue with how things went regardless.

[... But then, Joshua shrugs it off with a smile.]

On the bright side, it looks like we get to spend more of our quality time together here.

[tadaishi]

Of course, definitely a plus! I'd just rather spend the time somewhere that isn't...here. Even though it looks like we've got a whole lot more room in this place.

[Presumably those trains and...other things...go somewhere besides this hub, and hopefully they're rideable.]

[lusito]

Indeed. Shall we go and investigate our new surroundings, dear?

[tadaishi]

Yes. Let's check out the trains first, see if we're even allowed on them. Or if there's a map of the place.

[Time for exploring! He's gonna grab Joshua's hand and pull him in the direction of the nearest peoplemover.]

[lusito]

Tadashi, if you wanted an excuse to hold our hand, you could have just said so...

[But other than teasing him, Joshua is going to let Tadashi pull him over to the nearest peoplemover regardless. Are these things even safe...]

[tadaishi]

[Probably. Probably as safe as anything else that sits on rails and moves.

At least he didn't pull you into a box this time, right Joshua?]

Mmm...no, that sounds weird.

[lusito]

[... This is certainly true. Anyway, he'll gesture to the vehicles here.]

Wanna go for a ride and see where it takes us?

[tadaishi]

I'll bet they all return here eventually, so I doubt we'll get lost for too long...if we do, I mean. As long as we can find the tracks again.

[Climbing in! Time for an adventure.]

[lusito]

[It's adventure time!!]

And if we do get lost, perhaps that means we'll avoid having to get involved if it does turn out to be another game like before.

[They just hide in Splash Mountain or somewhere until the host gives up looking for them.]