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CURSED - mods ([personal profile] cursedmods) wrote in [community profile] cursedrp2022-09-01 08:01 pm

IC INTRO #1

IC INTRO #1

A Blood Offering
You wake up cozy in bed at the Saturn Motel. As you observe the room you may realize that it looks a little dated. Or, perhaps from your point of view the lamp and TV are wildly futuristic. Or, like Goldilocks, it may seem just right: close to the world you just left behind. Either way, you just had a very strange dream (see the arrival scenario) and now you're here. And you're not alone: there's a bed next to yours and someone else is waking up just like you are.

You can chat for a while if you like, but if you try to leave you'll find the door is firmly locked and no amount of kicking, punching, or hitting it with an object will do you any good. Instead, there's a letter on the nightstand which reads:

"Good morning and welcome to your new home!

You may be wondering why you're trapped in this room. Fear not, the door will open easily if you offer a bit of blood. More than a few drops but not enough to be a serious wound. A handprint's worth will do, let's say, and it only needs to come from one of you.

I'll let you sort that out yourselves. See you on the other side.

Sincerely,
The Mayor"


And indeed, a handprint's worth of blood pressed against the door will unlock it and let you out into the world. Do you volunteer your own blood? Do you take it from the other person by force? It's up to you! But there's no food in here, so you better figure it out eventually.
Roller Rink
As a celebration of your new lives here (and an apology for the whole blood offering thing - they were just testing something out, really) the Mayor has invited everyone to the Crazy Eight Roller Rink for a private, after-hours party.

Attendance isn't mandatory, but it is heavily encouraged so that you can meet your fellow Cursed and know who's in on the whole secret. It'll help you down the line at some point if your Curse gets out of control and you need someone to wrangle you.

As a reward, everyone who shows up and completes at least one lap around the roller rink (you must be wearing skates, but you can crawl the lap if you can't get the hang of them) will receive a free walkman with a mystery tape inside. The color, style, and mystery tape your character gets are up to you.
Mallrats
Everyone loves the mall! Right? Right! And this group of newcomers is lucky enough to be here for the White Pines Mall Grand Opening celebration! Feel free to walk around the mall and partake in sales galore, check out the attractions, or just get to know the layout of the place.

The Mayor has given everyone a gift card for $100 that can be used anywhere in the mall as long as they attend the Grand Opening.

They also strongly suggest that you familiarize yourself with the mall and its layout, just in case you ever get stuck there for a while and have to compete with others for food and resources. But that probably won't happen.
Extra Info
All the same guidelines from the TDM still apply. You can continue your TDM threads here or start new ones! And of course, you can start making your own prompts in the log or network communities at your leisure.

Our first event will be going up in about a week!

Please do not add character tags to any posts just yet, we'll add them to this post manually.
vestigial: commissioned. (0035)

[personal profile] vestigial 2022-09-13 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Reckon I'll find out.

[ If they're stuck here. He's talking like they are, because he doesn't know what else to do— he has no plan except see what the lay of the land is. If he can go back to sleep and wake up back home, then that's what he'll do, but the problem of what the fuck is going on feels too complicated for him to really look at in his own head. He needs a minute.

To that end, he points at a table in the cafe. ]


Why don't you hang here for a bit. Get something to eat, see if you can pick anybody else out in our boat. I'm gonna see what I see outside.

[ Is this a town? A city? Is there a wall just past the parking lot, and zombies on the other side? Is he just going insane??

Gotta figure it out. ]
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[personal profile] maritorious 2022-09-13 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Should be easy enough. [She takes her seat at the table.] Thank you, Daryl. I appreciate your work and kindness. [She smiles at him.]

You know where to find me, when you're done. Be safe, won't you?

[She looks at him optimistically. Then, she's going to finish her drink.]