cycleofspam | TEST DRIVE MEME

Whet your whistle, try out the setting, and see who you want to bring to the party!
IT'S A MINOR BLIP IN TIME
Maybe you were showering, or sleeping, having breakfast. You might have been participating in your morning commute or fighting off a horde of zombies.

Whatever you were in the middle of, a strange sensation of disconnection comes over you, as though you're watching your life on screen, a passive audience to the proceedings. It's almost like, well, being sucked down the drain like every adolescent nightmare, the feeling of disconnection replaced quickly with a pain so deep, it's as though every atom of your being is pressed too closely together, and your vision goes dark. Then, just as quickly as the pain came over it, it's gone, reality snapping back into place like a stretched rubber band.

WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY

When your eyes adjust, you find yourself in a slightly spartan room, standing on a platform that seems to be made of glass or some sort of crystal. Energy currents in blues and greens swirl within it, dizzying and hypnotizing if stared at for too long. You're shocked from the vision by a cheery, bubbly voice that belongs to a petite brunette grinning at you from the base of the steps that lead down from the platform. She apologizes for any inconvenience you may have been caused, and hands you a small package, explaining that inside you'll find a phone, a directory of locations within the complex you've arrived in, a charge card with a balance of $500, and a key to a room in the dormitories which can be reached by following the green line on your directory.

She apologizes again for how confusing this must all be, but assures you that everything will make sense soon!

THOSE SEXY PROMPTS

01 ARRIVAL
After receiving your mysterious package from the happy girl who identifies herself as Airy, she suggests you head out and explore! You find out pretty quickly, or have a lot of trouble figuring out, that you're in a vast underground complex that consists of a lot of areas the directory says are "RESTRICTED". Places you can access are listed as "Forest", "Rec Room", "Cafeteria", and "Dormitories".

02 FOREST
Down a hallway across from a RESTRICTED area, a vast room filled with a living, breathing, underground forest can be found. Here, deep underground, the sun shines, a small creek flows, birds sing, and one could really believe they were outside. There's even a pleasant breeze! Weird, right?

03 REC ROOM
On the opposite side of the complex, near the dormitories, one will find another vast room labeled "REC ROOM". Inside, there is a seating area with basic refreshments (water, sports drinks), board games, a more relaxed seating area with sofas and places to read, a separate room that contains exercise equipment, another with an indoor pool, and a small basketball court. In a separate game room, there are arcade machines, an air hockey table, pool table, and ping pong table.

04 CAFETERIA
Across the main hall from the REC ROOM, one will find the double doors leading to the CAFETERIA. Outside, on a easel chalkboard, can be found the menu items available for the meal currently being served. Inside, several dozen tables and chairs take up most of the floor, and the din of conversation is comparable to a high school cafeteria. The older gentleman in the kitchen will come to the counter when approached to see which of the selection you'd like. We'd really recommend sticking to the offered selection.

05 DORMITORIES
Situated in a wing complex near the REC ROOM and the CAFETERIA is the DORMITORY wing. Rooms are solo and very small, ten to a hallway, and contain a single bed, a small dresser with mirror, and a small standing closet. Each hall has a common room at the end with seating and a five shelf bookcase, off of which are male and female bathrooms with showers, and a laundry room with four washers and four dryers.

06 WILDCARD
Start your own prompt! See what that phone can do, facilitate random encounters in any of the unrestricted areas! Go wild! Literally!

( DIRECTORY )

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Airy's met those who arrived and is now wondering around looking for people. She hadn't really gotten to talk to all of them and she's overly curious and a little eager to say hi and get to know them.

When she catches sight of Caleb she walks over and then peeks over his shoulders.]

What are you doing?

[She has many complaints about netflixs not working down here and can relate to Caleb's efforts.]

[He looks up quickly at the sound of her voice, reflexively moving the lid of his laptop at an angle downward. Oh, hey. It's that girl who gave him the package.]

Just getting my bearings.

That isn't really an answer.

Come on, maybe I can help.

[She doesn't press further than that but she's completely earnest in her tone and gaze.]

[Caleb's quiet for a moment, looking at his laptop, then back to Airy before rolling his shoulder in a shrug.]

Okay. How does the phone work?

It's easy though they are only set to contact each other. I like to think of it as walkie-talkie's

[She pulls out her own phone and starts to swipe through it.]

It can't call a pizza guy or anything but it gets the job done and they loaded a few games on it. [Airy smiles up at Caleb.] That was my idea.

Games?

[He wasn't exactly interested in ordering pizza, but that could be information in and of itself.]

So, they can't reach outside this compound?

They can if there is a phone like this on the outside.

[She smiles.]

That's why I say walkie-talkie. They just communicate with each other.

Or a restricted network.

[Which means he should be able to breach it. He would be able to breach it if it weren't for the lack of wifi.]

This place doesn't have wireless?

Yeah.

[Airy frowns at his question.]

No, the protections sort of make wireless almost impossible. I can't tell you how long I complained about Netflix not working.

I spend a lot of time down here.

...protections? [Something about that doesn't fit.] You mean scrambling devices?

[I know you don't mean scrambling devices. I have ways of detecting those.]

Yes and no.

[She isn't sure how to answer that.]

It's complicated.

[He leans forward across the table, meeting her eyes.]

You know, I get complicated.

Yes but I would have to get it if I was going to explain it to you.

[Airy's voice starts off as a whisper before turning into a pout.]

I mean I can but I don't know the technical word for things so I think it'd just confuse you more...

[Caleb smiles, shaking his head.]

You don't know my girlfriend. Trust me, you won't confuse me.

I can give it my best shot. Besides I don't think, 'there are magical do dad magier things around here.' Will help you.

[She frowns.]

I guess I can't help as much as I thought.

[There are a lot of things Caleb can handle. Then that happened.]

Wait a minute. Did you say "magical"?

[Airy sits up a little straighter.]

Yeah...I mean, how do you think you got here?

[He spreads his hands wide in a shrug.]

I have no idea. That's part of the problem.

Well I created the device that brought you here here but we don't know why you were pulled here.

[She wishes she had the answer.]

It feels weird... like something is wrong.

[That caught Caleb's attention.]

Wait. You built that thing?

Created... not built.

[She smiles as if that's enough of an explanation.]

I'm a Creator.

[His expression doesn't alter much. Was that supposed to mean something to him?]

That doesn't really clear anything up, you know.

[Airy grimaces.]

Yeah, I know. It means something to a lot of people here but I don't really understand it myself.

[She exhales a slow breath before continuing.]

It's really just... if I imagine it, they it appears but only as long as I'm thinking about it.

[His brow furrows in confusion.]

...does that mean you're thinking about that platform all the time?

Oh no... Nathan grounded it.

[She's not explaining this well at all.]

Nathan is a Druid. He can manipulate energy so when I think of something he can show it how to be real.

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