Introduction
You are asleep, but you cannot open your eyes, the dream consists of nothing except you and a British male. His voice young and American, but his features were old. He had a cane, but it seemed he didn't even need it, his posture was fantastic and his old man eyes a soft brown.
In the dream:
"Hello, welcome to the dream world. My name is not important, but you may call me... Operator or just Op will do." He walked around you as you stood. The dream showed both of you, as if you weren't you, but you were watching you. He spoke as a faint song played in the background [Link at bottom of Intro].
"Nothing you should worry of about me. I am here to make your life a little interesting. I know what you are thinking, 'How can a man in a blazer and jeans make my life interesting?' Well here is how."
The entire time, you stayed quiet and kept to yourself whilst he spoke. He told you the rules [In the rules section if you didn't read it]. He told you of the events that may or may not happen.
"There are many challenges. In the challenge they give you a list of options and you must win the challenges. The challenges go on until there is either one person left standing or no one left standing. BUT... If there seems to be that everyone passes many of the challenges... one must sacrifice their own self in the very end. If not, you all die. There are ten of you together. Now let me explain your setting."
He sat on a patch of grass that you didn't notice had appeared out of no where. "The Field. It is a white room with absolutely no windows, no doors, no kitchen, no bedroom and one... just one bathroom. For the ten of you. The floors and the walls are florescent lighting with a thin layer of plexiglass, like I explained before... don't try to escape. The ceiling, on the other hand, it is made of drywall and other material, that cannot be said. Each day, you will get the feeding we provide and nothing else. Kind of like the short story, 'The Pit and the Pendulum'. The Field turns into anything Them and They put it to be. It can go from a white room to an entire island or an ocean, but keep in mind you can die."
He smiled and picked at the grass. "The challenges are easy. You are given a choice of weaponry, animal, and another object of your choice, bringing people into The Field is not a valid choice. Understand this. You cannot leave The Field unless the challenges are finished."
He stood up walking away. "If there is something you do not understand... Just sleep and I will answer your questions."
As he fades, you wake up. You feel warm as your mind feels dazed and you adjust your eyes to the white lights surrounding you. You look around you and you see nine other people. What will you do to survive?
Character Types Wanted: [It doesn't matter what sex is what][The Wife and The Family Man are not married everyone is a stranger to one another]
The Athlete-RESERVED FOR BROKEN-WINGS
The Brains- Caitlyn Conary
The Sexist-NEEDED
The Average-Brittany Hazee
The Babysitter-NEEDED
The Family Man-NEEDED
The Wife-NEEDED
The Competitive-Honovi
The Fighter-Kristin Maria Robertsson
The Quiet-Eden Langstonn
[The song that played in the dream: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw ]
Rules
Rule One: Do not kill each other. The temptation will be high to do so, but trust you will not want to do it.
Rule Two: The walls are florescent lights behind a thin later of plexiglass, trying to break it will only break you... literally.
Rule Three: Do not take everything you are asked to do... so literal, you may bend and twist the rules to the fullest as long as it is within the limits of the rules.
Rule Four: Do not talk back to The Operators.
Rule Five: SURVIVE: there can be more than one winner. There can be... NO winners as well.
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67 postsThe Field
You are awake, but now, the challenges begin.
2 postsJungle of Confusion
The Field turns into a shoreline of a small island. The starting point: Salvation Ocean Edge. The edge of the entire Jungle.
22 postsThe Break Room
Coffee anyone? Many round, brown lunch tables that seat up to ten, some booths and windows giving the illusion you can see outside a green healthy lawn for miles.
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OOC Notes
Just as Caitlyn awakens from her dream:
"Hello Miss Conary. You cannot see me, nor the sound equipment used to hear me. I am The Operator, but calling me Op will do. You cannot speak, so hold any questions to the end. Let me tell you about myself dear one. Do you see the other nine bodies around the room? They are asleep until I am finished in their dreams. Just like yours. I am sure you remember. You are the brains aren't you?"
"I know more about you than you remember in a book. I know that you have the IQ seven points less than Einstein himself, but I fear the lollipops must be keeping you from that. You live a lifestyle of an average being, but you aren't. I know this because They have been watching you ten people. There is no specific reason that you were chosen except your brains. Your mind itself is what you were brought here for. I have already told you everything as for the rules and accomplishments you need to fulfill in your dream. With that said, if you have any questions now is the time to ask. Otherwise, wait until you sleep to see me again. Good luck."
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"Welcome, to The Field. Your speech is subsided for purposes like asking the questions before I am finished. I am the man that was in your dreams, I am the reason you're here. Well... one of the reasons. You are a quiet girl, very sweet when it comes down to it. You are an astounding fighter, Miss Langstonn."
"If you look around, you will see eight others around you, asleep until I finish in their dream like I did with you and Miss Conary. Everything was explained in your dreams and you have been chosen because, you are the quiet child. Very convenient when it comes down to it."
"Just like the rest, Miss Langstonn, you have been stripped of every item except clothing. No weapons, no extra food and no pictures or wallets of money. I understand that you explained that you would rather stick with the same items. Just let it be known that you may change your weapons and food and anonymous items anytime you want. You are not holding the weapons with you, as I said before. They will be given at the beginning of challenges only."
"You are young. So make it last. Make your life interesting and hopefully... live to tell about it. Good luck, you may now speak."
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"Kristin, Miss Robertsson, right now, you cannot speak. Like the others, it is for your own good until I am finished with my words. You know me as The Operator or Op. Doesn't matter to myself. Now I am sure you understand the circumstances. If not, then please allow me to help you understand. I am part of a group... moreover a series of people that test the minds of those we have chosen. You are not chosen because you are someone special, you are chosen because you are a fighter. There are ten of you. Three of you are awake. The other seven will not be awoken until their dream is finished with me. Being stripped of everything except the clothing on your back, you are subject to choose your weaponry, food and misc. items before the challenges."
"You are 15 years old. I admire you personally for your way of life. An orphan who has been through Hell with others and came back alive. I also admire you love your freedom. Most of the others... they take that for granted. You are young and to be honest, you should live a little longer than the third challenge. It would be one Hell of a challenge."
"Remember, conserve energy let the world around you... be the world around you. Though I said you should live longer, does not mean you will. Do not expect a helping hand from us up here. Because you can die. Good luck to you."
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She looked around her, staring in disbelief. Her surroundings no longer looked like the orphanage. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief and sat up. She saw a few other people around her, some awake, some sleeping. She stood up. "Whoa... Who are you guys?" she started, swaying slightly.
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"Hello Ladies. I know this voice is a little unfamiliar to you all. I am The Cook, call me what you decide. I will be your cook. You may eat whatever you like as long as you keep it reasonable. If you try to make it complicated, you can guarantee that you won't eat. Now, What would you three like to eat?"
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"Bread it is." Seconds later a large-sized window-like door opened from the ceiling, a crate- large, as wide as a wheelchair accessible doorway and the same height as well, was brought down in front of the quiet female. Inside were the contents of warm, freshly baked breads of all kinds possible.
"Today," spoken to all awake, "you will be able to keep your food for twelve hours of receiving it. This is until the 14th, the day before the challenges begin. I am sure you all understand, now, keep in mind, what you eat may effect you in the long run."
The door closed at the ceiling and the crate opened, the wooden outside fell down with a thud and revealed a heated casing with a key on top for it to be opened.
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She turned to the cook. "I don't suppose you have any coffee? Thanks."
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"Coffee? Yes, I do." The door on the ceiling opened again, letting dow a box, the same size (approx.) as Eden's breads. "All types of coffees are there, in canteens that kept them nice and hot. Just as the breads had been, they were encased with a key on the top to unlock them.
"Do enjoy your coffees Kristin."
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Opening it, she took a sip. "That feels better. I'm awake already."
She smiled at Caitlyn. "Do you have any idea why we're here? I have a feeling that it's not good."
Taking another canteen of coffe, she sat back and waited.
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"Change in schedules everyone. Things will be starting off tomorrow." He spoke calmly and he spoke to where it could be known that he was smiling. "February 14th. Eden? You have actually passed a bonus challenge. Anyone to have ordered their food has gotten a crate of the exaggerating sizes due to tomorrows challenges. There are hidden bonuses each time you are given something. I would have told you earlier, but what fun would it be if you knew you had to look for something?" He laughed playfully.
"Eden, for being the first to figure it out, tomorrow you will be able to choose two misc. items, rather than 1. Are there any questions?"
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"Lollipops it is." The ceiling door opened and the crate was extracted from the sizable hole. "Enjoy." Suddenly, she spoke and asked, "Tell me, Caitlyn, how ever do you eat so many lollipops? They are quite unhealthy for you if you eat a lot of them. Isn't being unhealthy... completely, a thing you are afraid of?"
The voice then became a female hologram the same height as Caitlyn herself. She smirked and stood before her wearing a chef's outfit with a blank name tag. "Here is... motivation. You know, to get you started?" Her hand touched Caitlyn's face, but there was nothing to feel for she wasn't there for real.
"We live in 2012. Do you see our technology?" She looked at the other two girls and then to Caitlyn once more. "Technology that already exists. I can change the room and its temperature with the push of a button, yet you are not cured? Tell me. Would you like to make that 100% healthy mark if you win this?"
She turned to Kristin without letting Caitlyn answer. "You. You are a fighter. Not that of the fists and kicks, but of the mind. Tell me if I am wrong. Tell me if I get this wrong when I say... you sometimes wish people would leave you alone, that you would never again be bullied. How would you feel if you were never to see another foster home so as long as you lived? If you would be provided house and home with no worries of bills and mortgages and the same for the children you may or may not want to conceive or adopt?"
"Eden. The quiet child of them all. You want freedom for life. Sure, you have it now, but no one's freedom is forever. You know that. Don't you. Yours can be, though. You can smile and you can mope, you can run, but you can't hide. You can breathe in, but tell me... are you always going to breathe out?" The Cook walked under the opened ceiling and started to fade. "Be focused... all of you. Tomorrow... we begin." She left out of sight and the lights grew dim.
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She finally spoke. "How... How..." She was unable to get all the words out. Her entire body was shaking with... Fear? Anger? "How... How could she? How could you? You present the hope to me that I will have the life I always dreamed of? Sooner or later, you will return me back to where I was... Planting false images in my head, is this a ploy to bring me down?!"
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"No, I do not lie to those who will lose their life if they do not play right. No ploys, no misunderstandings... You wish to live a life of no abuse and dishonor to your person, if you win or at least even survive every challenge... it will happen. To answer you on... 'how' don't forget you have been watched for quite some time now."
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"That is exactly correct."
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"Well, if you would like to see, The Break Room is open and you all are good to be entered. Would you like to go in? There is television if you wish to watch the news... it might just come in handy tomorrow."
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[INTERLUDE] Slowly the white walls became a light coffee colored wood. Its floors went from florescent white lights to a tiled white with black spatter as if paint were on the ceiling. Coffee became a given as it was on the west wall with an iced tea maker. "Enjoy."
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Re: MY APOLOGIES
Re: [OOC] MY APOLOGIES
Due to my exams, I won't be around for a week or so. I'm really sorry about this. I think you guys should be able to go on as per normal, only please don't start the challenge, I want in. I'll be around Sunday, you can update me, then it's the exam hall for me. Thanks so much and I hope you understand.
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~ 4ever
[OOC] MY APOLOGIES
IM SORRY YOU GUYS.
UNTIL THEN IF YOU DONT WANT TO DO ANYTHING JUST PUT THE RP ON PAUSE. I WILL BE RETURNING SOON.
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Re: [OOC] READ THE ACTIVITY FOR THE DATES
~ 4ever
[OOC] READ THE ACTIVITY FOR THE DATES
Location: Jungle of Confusion
Date: February 14, 2012
Day: Tuesday
Time Start: 8PM (EASTERN TIMING)
Waiting Time: 7-8 pm (EASTERN TIMING)
Characters in the Challenge:
Caitlyn Conary
Kristin Robertsson
Eden Langstonn
Brittany Hazee: optional due to the timing she awoke (will be talked about in the RP)
Honovi: optional due to the timing she awoke (will be talked about in the RP)
[IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL, PLEASE PM ME OR POST HERE. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT LET ME KNOW SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIMING LET ME KNOW WE WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT. IF MOST OR HALF (2/4 PLAYERS OR 3-4/4 PLAYERS CANNOT MAKE IT, POST HERE OR PM IT TO ME ONLY IF IT IS DUE TO RL PROBLEMS. I DO HAVE COMPASSION. :) -VP]
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I thought you wanted me to continue the conversation with Cook in the Break Room?
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[OOC] NEW ROOMS
Today is the 12th of Feb. The challenges will begin on the 15 with or without all of the people. Some people will be added later, as a new addition to the competition. (If that makes any sense. If not, just let me know.)
Re: [OOC] Them & They
The roleplay sounds awesome :D something like Maze Runner or Hunger Games, I can't wait to try it out :]
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