ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE...

[pleasureislanders]

The first thing you notice upon gaining consciousness is the smell. The air smells musty and woody, like the back corner of some forgotten tourist trap. As you stir yourself awake, you find yourself in a wicker bed with a soft sheet draped over you. The room’s walls are wood-paneled, and a nearby desk displays a digital clock reading “9 AM”. A singular potted plant provides the barest amount of decoration--though, the exact plant species differs between rooms. A note written in flowing cursive has been taped to your door.

MEETING IN THE LOBBY AT NOON
- G ♥
As you make your way out of your room, you’ll find yourself on a balcony overlooking a octagonal lobby below. Various artifacts and trophies decorate the club from top to bottom, cluttering the walls and any available surface. From here, you can clearly see that the marble floor of the lobby is decorated to look like a compass. Descending the stairs will reveal that, in addition to the artifacts mounted on the walls, several plaques have been put up detailing the lives of those trapped here--including you.

If you peer out the windows, you’ll see a tropical island sprawled out before you, overgrown with palm trees and shrubs. If you peer far enough above the treeline, you might even be able to see the ocean. No matter how hard you try, the front door is sealed shut and the windows seem impossible to break.

You've got until noon 'til the meeting happens. For now...enjoy the club, if you can.

[ OOC: Welcome to the Adventurers Club! We're so excited to have you here. This is the intro log--feel free to mingle on this post to your hearts content. At 6 PM EST, we'll be introducing the host! If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the mods. ]

[ LOCATIONS | REGAINS | BIOS ]

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[neverhadafriend]

[The is an audible "ding ding ding!"]

Don't know there were any other kinds of genies, but you got it, kid!

[dannydorito]

All we gotta do is shuffle one of these other schmucks off their sad little mortal coil, right? Easy enough! But really, too easy. There's always more.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Oh buddy, you're giving Cass a headache already.]

Oh yeah. I love listening to the sound of my voice playing over and over through some magic button.

[Her tone drips with sarcasm. Press press press, until she finally gives up and presses her head against the wall. She can admit defeat, even as she tries desperately to block out this tune.]

[goldiloxy]

Oh! [Foxy looks quite impressed by all the theatrics.] Excuse me, Mr. Genie, but why'd you pick us, specifically?

[dannydorito]

[Well that sure sounds like a mortal about to jump their incredibly powered host.]

[Not inaudibly-]

Smart money's on the stabby kid, she's scrappy. Any takers?

[goldiloxy]

[Foxy takes a moment to be surprised at what she's seeing.] Wow, a real human! I thought they only existed in movies! But a kidnapping? How terrible! Who would do such a thing?

[dannydorito]

[Who in the whatnow.]

[This is not a reaction he's used to, and that's saying something.]

...Why not! I mean, who can really say who's been in what. Want an autograph, kid?

[neverhadafriend]

[He... can't even pretend to be cheery or dramatic with this child freaking out in front of him.

He's a genie, not a monster.

He crouches down next to the kid and gives him a sympathetic smile.]

Hey kid, I'm sure whatever Independence Day scenario you're going through is going to work out in the end! You gotta have other friends that will help save him.

[goldiloxy]

[Well, Foxy does blink awake eventually.] Oh, so do you know who is? This is so...horrible! [She shudders dramatically, still lying on the floor.]

[kuzcospoison]

Oh, so... it's really you, huh? You're... looking a lot more human, these days.

[He laughs awkwardly, floundering at any attempt to ease the tension. Which is kinda hard to do when most of it's in his own system, from seeing his old boss again.]

I... no, not here. Don't even think they're hiring. Wouldn't apply, anyway, I got a sweet enough gig at Mudka's now that you're not my boss. ...but, enough about me. How's, uh... how's life been treating you?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Whoa. Sorry about that.

[Her guard drops almost immediately. Cassandra will fight a lot of people, but she won't throw down with a kid. Anymore, that is.]

You definitely look just as confused as I feel.

[dannydorito]

...You absolute madman, that's genius. Has anyone ever told you that? Cause it's definitely something someone could say. You know, theoretically.

[neverhadafriend]

Hey I'm with you, I'd much rather have a nice vacation at Walt Disney World over watching everyone murder each other. But last time I checked that place is just as bad as this one when it comes to people killing each other.

[Foolish Mortals still isn't canon to this game.]

[crudeforaguylikeyou]

And I was hoping someone was going to tell me I'd started hallucinating talking chickens and outdated pop-culture references.

Yet, here we are.

[neverhadafriend]

Depends what you mean, kid! I mighta brought you here but I sure as Walt didn't want to bring you here.

[neverhadafriend]

[The Genie can't tell if he wished everyone here was more like him or if he would have died from torture instantly.]

Well that's quite easy, Dan.

You gotta get away with it.

[dannydorito]

Oh hey, a spellslinger, great!

[The sudden enthusiasm seems genuine, as much as anything about Bill is genuine. Which isn't a high bar.]

That is a FANTASTIC coincidence, I happen to know a few things about the arcane, and I recently had a small falling out with my last protege. Something about pursuing family over a career, I don't know. Ever thought about a partnership?

[neverhadafriend]

I'm sorry, kid, but that answer is strictly confidential to the master!

I can tell you, however, that it certainly wasn't me who picked you guys!

[dannydorito]

Pff- okay then, that part's easy. You just gotta keep killing anyone who cares about the corpses.

[goldiloxy]

Awww...but you said we don't need to kill each other, right? How long do we have to wait until we can hurry up and go home, then?

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ That doesn't... exactly seem to calm her down too much! ]

Then why did you?

[neverhadafriend]

Not so fast, buster. It ain't going to be that easy.

The morning after the murder occurs we need to have a trial to see whodunnit. It's not a murder mystery if the culprit stabs everyone day one, after all!

[neverhadafriend]

... Indefinitely? Hopefully you don't got anything going on at home, kiddo.

[dannydorito]

Oh wow, accusing the guy who just happens to be walking past? That's real mature, really rude. My feelings are hurt.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

And you are? [Wait... no. "Open and trusting" were still tactics she was coming to understand. Maybe.... she should... use some of that tact here.] How do I know you're not part of this?