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 ]

Comments

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Oh X-23 immediately gets vibes she doesn't like off this woman, wow. Is this unfair? Technically yes. Has X-23 ever tried not jumping to a conclusion about a person? Unclear. ]

During a kidnapping? It doesn't make sense.

[primafacie]

Well, they've also written up all these lovely bios so we can all get to know each other. We could all have been kidnapped for a nice reason.

[Like a surprise party!]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I don't know, no one's ever tried to capture me for a "nice reason."

[primafacie]

Nobody's ever thrown you a surprise party or planned a very nice outing for you?

[Sugarplum sounds genuinely shocked by this. What a poor, miserable child.]

That's ever so sad.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ Hm! That gets her a little in the feelings place and she kind of. Takes a second before responding. ]

Well, that's... my life.

[primafacie]

We ought to have a party then! It won't be much of a surprise, now that I've said it, but sometimes the surprising thing about a party is how much fun you have while you're at it.

[Surely this won't be. Super fucking weird or anything later.]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ No for sure, Normal Shit Hours. ]

... Okay?

[ X-23 continues to have no idea how to react to human kindness, part the tenth. ]

[primafacie]

What kind of foods do you like? Are you a sweets person?

[This is where her party planning always starts, as Regent of the Land of Sweets.]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ X-23 sort of. Turns that question over. ]

I don't know? I don't think I've ever had any.

[primafacie]

[?????? ?? ?????????????]

Never? Not even as a treat?

[She sounds HORRIFIED by this.]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

... No.

[ you dont get treats when youre being raised to be an emotionless killing machine! ]

[primafacie]

Oh, that simply won't do! Surely we can find something here - or I can make something, if there's a kitchen.

[We! Need! To! Adopt! X-23!]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ X-23 sniffs at the air a little, then frowns a little for a second. Like not to accuse her of smiling, I would never, but... ]

I think there's one... somewhere?

[primafacie]

Excellent! Well, there's no time like the present.

[Sugarplum knows exactly (2) humans, so the idea of someone being able to suss out a kitchen by smell is like. Normal. That's just normal. Let's! Go! Bake! A! Cake!]

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

I guess not.

[ This idea definitely has her interest, so X-23 follows! ]

[primafacie]

[The bar's not that far so! Here we are! God, all this alcohol is distasteful. The kitchen though!!!! That's good.]

Let's see what we have here .... Ah, perfect! [She's just flitting around the kitchen, collecting ingredients.] You know, back home everyone ate sweets all the time. Marie used to laugh about it, because humans eating that much sugar would be bad for their teeth.

[nobodylikesyouwhen]

[ She sort of... touches her teeth a little, thoughtfully, as she also explores the kitchen. ]

The scientists used to say that there aren't enough nutrients in foods like that.

[ bitter? her? no, not at all. ]

I guess that doesn't matter as much if you aren't human, though.

[primafacie]

Not for humans to eat every day, but a treat now and then is good for you too. It's food for your heart, not your body.

[We're just making cake batter now. Just a regular pound cake, because we're going simple. Can't overwhelm the poor girl!!]

There's also ways to make a cake healthier, I suppose. You can add carrots or raisins or cut the sugar with fruit - it doesn't all have to be sugar sculptures and chocolate croissants.