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

[hallotween]

[being home had been. uncomfortable, to say the least. it's hard to go back to being a normal, if magical, child after months of freewheeling, violent anarchy. so though she will never, ever admit it, when a strange ticket shows up in her bedroom, she picks it up immediately, without even thinking.

she doesn't expect what happens next, her house and her sister disappearing as she falls, to be replaced with some kind of weird bus depot, but she's not entirely displeased.

still. gotta keep up appearances.

so she's just kinda. throwing her body against the portal. again and again. like the situation is suddenly gonna change.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Eclipsa just watches this unfold in fascination. It's really kind of an incredible display.]

Have you tried... throwing yourself at it?

[Sip.]

[hallotween]

[pause] ... Worth a try!

[SLAMS wait hold on a second. she just kinda. stops. turns around and looks at her.]

Who are you? [there's roughly 50 people she's expecting to see here and you are not one of them.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Hm? Oh, how rude, introductions are important. Eclipsa Butterfly. A pleasure. Try it with your shoulder next.

[hallotween]

[butterfly... the wheels visibly turn in her head.]

... Are you Star's mom or something? [relatives are normal. this she can understand.]

[greatwidesomewhere]

Excuse me....miss?

[Belle's hovering behind Marnie, wringing her hands, looking...very concerned.]

You're more likely to hurt yourself than...than to make any kind of progress, I think.

[hallotween]

Don't worry about it, Belle! I have complete control of the situation! [just

hasn't noticed

anything different.]

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle blinks a few times, and takes a step or two back from the girl.]

How...how did you know my name?

[Frightened, and just a little bit defensive.]

[hallotween]

...

[laughs. somewhat nervously.]

What, did you hit your head coming out of that portal? Of course I know your name.

[not_over_yet]

[ Oh god, Ratigan's awful witch-child is here.

...Wait does that mean Ratigan's here, should he hide before she sees him and possibly attempts to interact or approach her and inquire after his bf. Shit, that's a hard choice there. Gonna take him a minute. ]

[hallotween]

[ANGRILY KICKING THE PORTAL]

[computerwife]

Having fun there?

[just sorta standing by with her arms crossed, watching her.]

[hallotween]

Kinda! [SLAM] It's like old times! [SLAM] But, my shoulder also really, really hurts right now! [SLAM]

[computerwife]

You know, judging by how many times you've tried and failed, I really don't think that portal's gonna let you through.

[just saying]

[hallotween]

[stops]

Honestly? I'm just making sure whoever's watching right now that I am not happy with this.

[lusito]

Maybe it's not opening because you're not throwing yourself at it hard enough?

[Josh, no...]

[hallotween]

-- Oh, hi, Josh!

[THROWS SELF HARDER]

[lusito]

[... Never change, friend.]

Hello Marnie. How have you been since we last saw you?

[hallotween]

Kinda bored. I think I got so used to the constant mortal peril that just being a normal kid didn't cut it anymore. [also mom grounded her for saying swears and grandma wouldn't teach her would to raise demon minions so.]

Have you figured out what the deal with this place is yet?

[itsthecount]

If you’re planning on killing yourself doing that, you’d be foolish not to charge for admission.

[by which he means, where are you selling tickets so he can sneak past the usher and watch for free.]

[hallotween]

It'll take more than a severe concussion to kill me! [shrugs] Besides, what would I need money for?

[itsthecount]

So I can pilfer it off your corpse. Duh.

[unclemoneybags]

[oh his grunkle instincts kickin' in.]

Be careful, lassie! Ye can't go home with bruises all over!

[hallotween]

They've seen worse, trust me! [honestly at this point she just wants to fucking break the thing]

[unclemoneybags]

[he sure wasn't expecting that.]

Well... what're ye gonna say when ye get home, you fought a portal and won? [he totally supports her though. he also wants to beat into something senselessly.] What you need to do is save the fighting for when it really matters.

[like say, whoever decided to kidnap them into this wasteland of a park.]