NO EXITS

So this ball is starting to look somewhere in the realm of serious to completely whimsical. In the interest to make sure we're not completely fucked perhaps now would be a good time to make sure you have a date unless you have your heart set on stag.

Comment with your name, flavor on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, qualities you may or may not be into, maybe something about yourself, age range, etc. Even if this isn't a romantic outing for you, let's not sell ourselves completely short, shall we?

Hello Derleth Captees,

I'm Nancy Wheeler, a new arrival. I guess my first question is, who has been in this pocket dimension the longest?

[...]

Hey Robin and Eddie.

[Eliot (after figuring out how to send private messages)]

Silena directed me to you about questions. I have a few. Are you free now to meet up?

[Eddie, Robin & Steve]

We're all going to the ball, right?

Wow. This is like when you get home from vacation and have like a whole pile of mail to sort through, except this is... not my house. Or anything like my house. I was in California before and this is... well it's not a white void so I guess it's an unfamiliar new world? Uh. I'm not really sure how to find a campus either because all I can see is trees and green. My name's Kira by the way.

They picked out shoes for us? They look so... fancy. And the heel is too tall. If they're going to give us clothes to match them I don't think it's going to be something I would normally wear.

Did anyone see anything last night? I'm a light sleeper but I didn't wake up.


(posted on comm coz it feels weird to have a whole netpost+comments as a comment on another post but we can keep all the shoe net-talk here?)

So, Hugh mentioned how we could use some lighting. I'm happy to do some orb lights around the dorms and wherever else we might need them. Are there any other magic users who can do similar things and want to help?


Added Later: So, Hunter and I managed to make a water fountain outside the dorms. Not sure how long it'll last, but it should give us some fresh water for now. We can do it again if the spell wears off.


[Hunter]

Do you think there's a way to make the lights last longer? or maybe if we draw the glyphs on the ruins themselves?

Also, folks mentioned needing food. Do you think we can grow a fruit tree with the glyphs?

You know, green's usually not a bad color — not my favorite — but this is the kind of green that my sister looked before she threw up on that landing on Saba Airport when we were kids.

Hoping for no anvils and no boots with faces chasing after me this week.

IKOL:

Do you remember that one dimension went to where Noh-Varr and his people took over Earth, and there were all those women whose faces were singularities? Yeah, this place reminds me of that one. Same sort of goosebump kind of feeling.

It seems like we've got a few folks scouting and working on finding food and medicine sources, so like Lara said, shelter's probably next on the list.

It doesn't look like the buildings are going to collapse, but they also don't seem ideal lodgings at the moments. Might make sense to see if we can clear some of the brush and make some shelters athat are more defensible and easier to access.

Let me know if you want to lend a hand. Bonus if you can help clear brush. But I'll take whatever help I can get.

Steve, Thor - you two want to lend a hand?

[ORLIN]

I might have suggested your tricorder could determine if food was poisonous or not. Is that possible?

If we could get a replicator working this week, that would probably be good.

( Private: Captain's Log )

Anyone else get an invitation to a ball?

I think I should go. Not that I can tell what day it's supposed to be, but maybe we can get more information about this place. It's supposed to be a void week.

Probably should find myself a date?

I had a question about the reset for those with experience! Nothing big, just curious to know that if I buy something here, will it stay with me after the reset?

There's a girl in my cabin, well half-sister I should say, she'd lose her mind over all the clothing. She loves vintage clothing, especially from this time.

I don't think any of them would believe me if I told them everything I've seen here, and we're literally trained to fight monsters.

I purchased far too many watermelons for the beach party yesterday, much more than we could eat there at once. I brought them all to the kitchen, so please help yourself. They are ripe and delicious. I'm heading off to this desert ranch place and bringing some there, too.

[ooc: Edited after reading Orlin's post.]

Loki's still sleeping. I just checked.

Richie was one of our Much Ado cast members, and while I have understudies, we’ve got enough time and I know we’ve had some new arrivals since we held auditions, so I thought I would throw it out there if anyone was interested.

He was playing Borachio and one of the messengers. Gender/age isn’t an issue. If you’re interested, hit me up. I figure it’s better to get this settled before we hit next week since it’s always a who knows sort of game.

So I'm on board with the whole tiny dimension that travels in time. It's one of those shows that's on PBS, right? With the guy who calls himself the Professor and has the blue box, right? Celery? He wears a celery, I think. So I get the whole time traveling bubble.

What I DON'T get is why me? Why Steve? Why Eddie and Eleven? Why any of you? Who does those disappearance notices? How does it know?

Also, HOW COOL IS THIS BRICK? It can take pictures, type messages, AND play video and music?

ok.thiws works liKE a.scroll right? i can.t find.pentasgram, but THIs looks.similiar.

WHEre am i? the.flying paper.is cool but.l makes no sENse.

Given the circumstances, I think my first week as a newly kidnappee went alright, I mean could've been way worse.

I didn't properly introduce myself earlier, so hi. My name is Silena Beauregard and I'm seventeen years old.

[...] Feels like the first day of school where you have to go around and introduce yourself with a fun fact about yourself. So I guess my fun fact will be that my father owns a chocolate store, it's really good! He makes the best dark chocolate-covered almonds, but I might be biased on that opinion.

Well, this is certainly interesting. (Of course, being a horse was also interesting.) It's nice being able to see the sun as a human. I must say, the jacket is not a bad touch. At least the rest of the clothes aren't too bad.

The Terminal Station Bar reminds me of some of the dives we'd go to in San Francisco when we were cadets.

Since we're in Southern California, I was thinking of taking a trip out to the Mojave. It's only a few hours drive and I thought it might be nice to get out of the city for a day or two. (And I confess, I want to see what the stars out there look like in this time. I asked around and there's a handful of motels out there if folks aren't interested in sleeping under the stars. Anyone interested?

Bucky

I believe I owe you a drink. Or at least, I promised drinks and stories. Still up for it?

Yelena

I'm glad you're better. (Is that the right word?) Hopefully it wasn't too painful.

I'm not a cartoon, but I look like my dad in these clothes. This is

Anyone want to check out Chinatown with me?

[STEVE]

Any chance we can just forget about last week?

The good news! I can tell the truth again. I never thought I'd be so grateful for that.


The bad news! An anvil fell on my foot and it was huge and red and throbbing for like 5 minutes. Because I'm a cartoon. This is weird, bro.

No thank you.

I hate this place. I’m all alone no My one friend from home left.

[Vampire Julia]

I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. I just wanted to help.

Loki isn't waking up. He's breathing, he has a pulse, he seems otherwise okay, but I cannot wake him. This isn't the first time something like this has happened but thankfully it's rare. I would take him to the clinic for observation but he's much heavier than he looks and anyway, I don't know if it would make a difference. If this is like last time he should be safe.

Message me if you want into the room to see him.


[HUGH]

Please tell me you're okay this week. Dad is on his way to check in with you.

I am not tired of lying. I am not ready for this to be over. I am not looking forward to the reset, no matter what it is. I am not going to shovel my face with food.

I pretty much have just the network right now because of my curse, sooo... When's the last time we did a no-stakes competition? I'm 100% not doing any personal question type games on here when there's a bunch of people that can't lie or can only lie. But we should establish Derleth's favorite snack. Y'know, the one that gets the most votes.

Rules:
1) Cupcakes are automatically eliminated.
2) List your top 3 favorite snacks.
3) Seriously, no cupcakes allowed.


French fries: 4
Blood: 2
Potato chips: 2
Doritos: 2
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups: 2
Chocolate Chip Cookies: 2
Pizza: 2
Flamin' Hot Cheetos: 1
Elk jerky: 1
Baked apples: 1
Blueberry Grunt: 1
Red bean mochi:1
Dark chocolate-covered almonds: 1
Applecake: 1
Funnel cake: 1
Hot Pretzel: 1
Poké Puffs: 1
Malasada: 1
Poffin: 1
Candied sweet potato: 1
Furutsu Sando: 1
Túrógombóc: 1
Chocolate mint milkshake: 1
Fried milk: 1
Kulolo: 1
Toaster waffles: 1
Green beans: 1
Moose Tracks ice cream: 1
Popcorn: 1
Pizza rolls: 1
Cheese fries: 1
McDonald's apple pies: 1
Samosas: 1
Fudge: 1

Mid-week check-in, does anyone need anything?

[Silena]

Did you get settled in? Would you like to take a walk later this week?

[Mobius]

Right now you are literally the cutest sleeping dog I've ever seen, and I would scritch your head but I don't want to wake you up, but when you wake up and when you see this, I've been pondering the memory thing from last week.

If anyone sees a red fox at night, it's me. I'm sorry in advance for any trouble I cause.

So like is this one of the pocket dimensions where we're supposed to fight for rich aliens or more one of the ones where everyone's a dog version of themselves? Or is it just like the Doctor Strange found a new snowglobe type?

I think that airplane gave me a papercut on my cheek.

Is this some kind of trick Did Kro

I know it says I'm stuck here, but there has to be a way out, right? My friends need me and it's my fault I can't leave them.

What if it's just the Mist? I know that might sound strange if you don't know it, but it can be really powerful. Even demigods can be tricked

My dearest friend,

Welcome to Derleth.

I am so sorry I could not be there to greet you myself, but I trust you'll find your way around soon enough. Most of the students have not yet arrived for the new semester and so I've arranged for [your?] lodging on campus. You'll find a key in your pocket. Just like old times, eh?

Should the experiment go as planned, for one week we will be able to displace time and space itself. I believe with my calculations we will be able to control the effects and no one shall be the wiser. To anyone not directly involved it will be imperceptible.

Feel free to wander the campus in the meantime. We'll begin the experiment at [muffled] Hall, on Thursday, precisely at midnight.

We'll show them, won't we?

Un Sacrificium Parvis ob Adagnitio.