OPEN PSL ❖ fragment space

[moes]

"Welcome to the S.S Phoenix! We hope you enjoy your stay!"

You open your eyes feeling a little stiff. The last thing you recall is seeing your planet get destroyed before a hand reached out to you--Captain's hand. You were then greeted with the same introductory phrase before receiving the keys to their brand new dorm, a device--you're told it's called the Babelfish, something that allows you to interact with others through the interdimensional network--and perhaps an extra thing or two.

You are then ushered into the onboarding area, where you can see your fellow passengers. Some foreign faces, perhaps even some familiar ones. Before you are given any time to think, however, Captain, at the head of the room, speaks up.

"Once again, welcome new guests, to the S.S. Phoenix! You may call me Captain. Today is your first day of onboarding, where you can get to learn more about us and your fellow passengers.

We are part of the Interdimensional Galactic Coalition, a system that was created to keep order and peace amongst the multiverse. This ship that you're currently in is now your new home. Consider the card that you have obtained your citizenship. However, staying here comes with a price.

As you already know, your worlds were destroyed. And we are here to help restore those worlds into proper order. But in order to do that, you must obtain Fragments. These mysterious Fragments will then power our ship's Revival Program. Those can be found in various worlds.

Now, if you have any further questions, now is the time to ask."

And she opens up the floor for questions--any questions.

[ OOC: Welcome, everyone, to a long form PSL in the form of Fragment Space! The premise of this is that your character's universes have been destroyed -- player's choice on the how -- and they have been rescued by the Captain to adventure to various worlds.

This PSL will very much be an exploration/mystery setup, with various types of settings that I will work with players on.

Locations for the S.S. Phoenix can be found here, and current NPC information can be found here.

In terms of moving things along, I will try to make sure that things move smoothly at least once a month. If you need to contact me for any questions/comments/concerns, please ping me either on plurk (tsundereban) or Discord (tsunderebans)! As this is an open PSL for my timeline, characters who participate may also interact with each other if they'd like, or keep things separate. I'm willing to run with things either way. ]

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AUGUST WORLD EVENT: INFINITY HIGH

[moepcs]

[ It's August, so it's time to go back to school!

Infinity High School, that is.

Whether you've been in a school before or not, this is where the ship has ended up and the very second you enter, you'll feel a sudden wrongness, a dizziness that makes you collapse right on the spot.

The next moment you wake up, you'll find yourself in one of the following scenarios:

1) You are a student OR staff member of Infinity High, and you always have been. The memories of your previous worlds? The hurt and pain you've had? Gone. All there is now is the enjoyment of school life and the upcoming seasons. As the days go on, however, you might notice that your energy is slowly getting sapped away as you grow more and more exhausted...

2) You are unaffected! You wake up in an unfamiliar classroom, but there might be some familiar and unfamiliar faces that might know you as their classmate or as a staff member. Traveling in space? World destruction? Ha, what a funny joke you've made...! Are you sure you weren't dreaming the whole thing up? Just like those affected with the memory alterations however, as the days pass, you seem to grow more and more exhausted...

3) You are infected by aliens. It isn't something that can be seen by the naked eye, but that's not a problem. You're a part of the cool, most popular clique in school, full of others like you: infected. You have only one goal in mind, to have everyone else join you. It's the best thing in the entire universe, so why not spread it? Of course, there's a bit of a catch: the way to spread it is through kissing -- mouth to mouth specifically -- and they will do whatever it takes to do it. And unlike the others, you're always full of energy.

Have a good rest of your semester!

OOC: As per usual - put it in your heading if you are investigating an area or in need for an NPC. Those who are infected can go from Nerd to Stereotypical Popular Person and have their personalities shift in that direction if you want to go that angle. If you have any questions, ask on the Discord! ]

[s1986u4]

[Well, miss paranoid over here wouldn't do well unaffected, so... here she is, thinking she's a normal student.

You can usually find her studying, though she'll take a brief break to wave!]

Hello! Now that we've got the syllabus, it's the perfect time to study the entire curriculum, isn't it? There's no use hesitating.

[Though she does take some time off... that is, backstage in the school auditorium, where she's fiddling with some assorted powders and vials.]

The chem lab will never miss these. I assure you, our production will be completely flawless when I'm finished with these pyrotechnics!

INVESTIGATING: Band Room(s)

[use_the_sound_force]

[Lori Hamilton isn't new to school, actually. Which after one conversation that she passes off as a 'chuunibyou moment', leaves her thinking about the situation while acting... More or less normal.

She takes stock easily enough. Powers still at least partially present, no obvious way to tell who does or doesn't remember what she's... At least 56% certain is reality. Tools let her work out her class schedule to pretend all is normal...

Until she has a free period after Band. Do you know how many American high schools have bloody catacombs behind, usually, the band room, where she had to cheat with her powers to convincingly pretend she knows how to play flute?

Lori's school had that going. It was a small incident. So of course, she's going to go around the band rooms. Because it's the first thing she thinks of, and there's like, three possibilities for how this goes and all are more interesting than 'watch for what happens' honestly.

What's the worst thing that could happen?]

[moepcs]

[ sssssso, what exactly are we checking out for here? ]

[use_the_sound_force]

[Lori's first reflex is to see if anything leads 'behind the classroom' - surprisingly many schools had borderline actual catacombs in odd spots, and if something suspicious is going on, it's the first place she's thinking to look!

Which has a very real chance of being a waste of time, but she's gonna try.]

[moepcs]

[ by 'behind the classroom', how are we talking about here?

are we smashing walls, or? ]

[use_the_sound_force]

[Nope nope nope! But there's often a hole behind a hastily placed box or shelves... Perfect for nondestructively sliding in! And, ask me how I know, getting suspended.]

[moepcs]

[ yeah, unfortunately this school doesn't have anything of the sort, being a better maintained one! ]

[dereban]

"Hey, [STATIC NOISES], want to hang out later?"

[This is a scene that happens rather loudly in the cafeteria, which causes the girl to frown deeply, eyes reaching out towards another - hopefully normal, sane person.]

Oh, no, I already have plans with this person over here. We were going to talk about starting a new club together, right?