text | morning | 001

[trialbyliar]

[ HO125E | TEXT | 001 ]

hey hey heyyy
everyone shut up for a minute, i wanna figure out something *actually* useful!!
can everyone else see those mountains waaaaaaay off in the distance? or i guess maybe they're closer for you guys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
whatever
if you can see them then try facing them and tell me where the sun is in relation to you
it seems like morning right now so we can probably assume that direction is east!
unless we're on some kind of alien planet lol
and i guess this can double as a roll call
jeeeez i have to do everything around here!!

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[salamanca]

[ Lalo's shoes are drying in the sun as he wiggles his toes into the warm sand, watching the whales expel mist from their blowholes. Beautiful sight!

He watches the text scroll across his walkie some amusement. He just saw you bang it out a few minutes ago, so he knows it's you. He reads it, then snorts. ]

Ayyy now, you don't have to do anything, kid. [ He winks. ] Nobody's making you.

[ But a roll call isn't a bad idea! He'd had the same thought himself. ]

[trialbyliar]

[For all that his message is cheery and irreverent, Kokichi's face as he typed it out was nearly unreadable. A little thoughtful, maybe. It's kind of unsettling after how highly emotive he'd proven to be at first glance.

But as he's addressed, he plasters on a grin before looking up, still sitting cross-legged in the sand.]

Well, obviously. Supreme leaders don't take orders from anyone!

[He's a scrawny, shrimpy babyfaced teen, so his theatrics really come across as a kid just playing around.]

[salamanca]

[ "Supreme leader," huh? The phrase conjures up images of North Korea. Lalo hums and sings softly to himself as he squishes sand between his toes. One foot squishes more aggressively; it's slight, but he's clearly babying one leg. Seen through a teenager eye's, he's definitely Old, i.e., late 30s to early 40s, despite his antics.

Anyway, this kid did have a good idea with the roll call and it seems like there's more to him than meets the eye, no matter how much he resembles a skinny, overgrown toddler playing pretend right now with his "Supreme Leader" talk. And he has purple eyes! That's cool. Lalo has never seen that before! He's never seen anyone who looks or dresses like this kid. Lalo looks Kokichi up and down approvingly while Kokichi sits in the sand.

Kokichi's neutral face transitioning to a plastered-on grin will be met with Lalo's own big grin. Then Lalo turns away. ]

Well, nice meetin' ya, kid! See you around. Good luck, eh? Don't let the things that go bump in the night get ya.

Ah, who'm I kidding! You're the "Supreme Leader." You'll do great.

[ There's something teasing in the way Lalo says that, but the reason for the teasing note is harder to decipher. Is he making fun of Kokichi? Or is it a genuine acknowledgment, a winking I-know-potential-when-I-see-it-and-you-have-it sort of playful encouragement? It's genuinely hard to say.

Lalo limps over to find his shoes, pleased to find they're mostly dry now from sitting in the sun. His bandana, too, has been drying in the warm sun. He starts to gather up his things, occasionally glancing at his walkie to see who else responds to the kid's missive.

In the distance, a whale spouts, the tall stream standing out against the blue horizon. ]

voice-to-text; SH442K

[sharktrash]

[ Oh wow, somebody actually trying to do something helpful? ]

[ And it's the Bolognese guy. ]

Which direction you're at?

So I can make sure not to go there

[trialbyliar]

oh good, the smell of ravioli would just make me hungry
probably better if you stay faaaar away
it'd just be torture otherwise (｡T ω T｡)
anyway it looks like me and the mustache guy are on a beach to the east somewhere

[sharktrash]

I DON'T HAVE ANY RAVIOLI!!!

[ don't worry, he got the relevant information too, just... give him a moment... ]

TO994M; text

[cactusy]

Due northeast of the mountains.

[trialbyliar]

ooh have you seen any whales??
me and this guy i woke up near are somewhere east and there's a bunch of whales out in the ocean!!!

[cactusy]

Looking for whales hasn't exactly been priority. But no.

Who are you with? Another person who doesn't have any idea of what's going on?

LO431Y; voice

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Martin recognizes this callsign. He does not like this callsign. But it seems like they're trying to be helpful. Sort of. Suspicious.]

You haven't actually introduced yourself for this roll call, but I'm Martin. And I don't see any mountains. There's just beach. I'm about as far east as I think I can go before hitting some sort of ocean shelf. I can see where it drops off a little ways out from where I am on the beach. I'm going to start heading, um... west. Northwest-ish. It's following the coastline.

[trialbyliar]

[He responds with voice, which might be worse, because now you can actually hear when he's snickering.]

Well, if you wanna know that bad... I'm Kokichi Ouma, the Ultimate Supreme Leader!

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Martin rolls his eyes. It's a kid. Why is there a kid here? He doesn't want to deal with this, really.]

Sure.

Anyway, that's where I am and where I'm heading. It seems like someone woke up next to a river, which might be our best spot to find other people who might be around. I'm going to try to find that area.

TO994M; voice

[cactusy]

Can you see enough to tell whether this is an island or a peninsula?

[lonelynotforsaken]

Um... no? Sorry. Unless we've got people way at the other ends of the cardinal directions. I don't think there's anything further east, but I can't tell as far as north, south, or west goes.

BT612L; text

[ichoosefight]

East is relative, doesn't matter what planet. If it's morning then I think I'm on a NW shore. Only ocean N and W of me.

[trialbyliar]

welp you're probably on your own
too bad!!

[He can only hope anyone else in that direction speaks up so they can coordinate something.]

[ichoosefight]

never wouldve guessed from all the silence, ocean and untouched jungle

I'm fine. we should start putting together a map. easier if everyone helps

voice-to-text; TN811N

[hyakuoku]

I'm not near any mountains here, so this place might be bigger than we think. I'm on a western shore, as far as I can tell. I don't know if this is an island, peninsula, or even an archipelago so we're more separated...

As for your roll call, I'm Ishigami Senku.

[trialbyliar]

the mountains aren't close
they're like waaaay out there in the jungle!!
but if you can't even see them then maybe ishigami-chan really is super far away or on another island or something!

[hyakuoku]

If the mountains are to the east of you, maybe I'm on the other side of them.

Just Senku. Don't worry about formality. Where I come from that all went out the door 3700 years ago.

VL121R - voice

[meadqueen]

[There's some static and muffled cursing but eventually a voice comes through]

I see no mountains. I'm on a shore facing west, with cliffs behind me and some terrible cave to the north.

How are you speaking to me? Why are we here?

[trialbyliar]

[He doesn't miss a beat.]

Magic, obviously. But no clue why we're here! Maybe it's a game?

[meadqueen]

Ah.

[It’s as good an explanation as any other at this point]

A game? To what end? Do you remember anything of being brought here?

[A pause. She's not sure she wants to hear the answer]

Was anything of yours taken?

GM245DI Text I Morning (Day 001)

[maximusspainard]

[ Muffled low-key scratches and static several times until the man finally pushes the button the right way. ]

Yes, I see mountains in the far distance or at least I did for a while.

[trialbyliar]

[He gives an exaggerated sigh like he's already tired of dealing with everyone. Fortunately, this is text so no one has to hear his sass.]

ok so stand facing them
now where's the sun currently in relation to you?
jeez help me help you!!