Week 1: Homecoming
Two people make thier way to the stage, which consists of common, household furnishings such as several televsions, a couch, a large window with drapes and a spotless, white carpet.
The hosts, a man and a woman, strut (or at least the female host is strutting) thier way up to the platform. The woman is well-dressed and clean. With her prominent red hair, it is not difficult to tell that this is the popular and powerful Moderator, T'Lainya.
A little bit behind her, the averagely-dressed man has spent significantly less time trying to dress to get attention. With his usual attire, he contrasts with T'Lainya. Though he is one of the true Lurkers on the Boards, everybody knows this Administrator by name: the almighty Buck Satan.
They step onto the platform, but make no move to sit on the couch. Lainy, head held high and confident, clears her throat to speak.
"*Ehem*...Welcome to the first week of Big Brother, the show where SYM members are encouraged to stab each other in the back soley for our enjoyment. We are your hosts. I'm T'lainya, and this-" she motioned her hand to the man, "-is Buck Satan. Normally, we would also have my trusty side-kick, Maharlika, with us, but he's out of town, visiting family. Until then, we'll guide you through the set-up process."
Unknowing how much she sounded like a computer at the last remark, she nods to Buck, who, takes a deep breath and tries to fight the urge to want to be somewhere else. Finally, he starts. "Locked in the Big House will be fourteen members of SYM, each with thier own personality and lifestyle. Three members are evicted from the House for four months, voting each other out using whatever cunning ways possible. At the end, there will only be two contestants left. At that point, the remainder of SYM who is not in the House (Former-players and non-players alike) will get to vote on who they want to evict, leaving one person - the winner- standing. "
"Contests, games, competitions, and matches will be held within the house. Some will be for special priveledges, others to get the head spot for Head of Household," T'lainya continues, "Losers will be unrewarded, while those who are evicted from the House are left at my mercy." A sly girn creeps up on the Moderator's face, sending a disturbing chill down everyone's spine. "Members will only be evicted the second, third, and fourth weeks of every month. This week is an introduction to the House, so no evictions will take place. Now, it's time to get this party started, so let the introduction begin."
________________________ Week 1: Homecoming
The group was only allowed to take in a single bag of clothes, toiletries, and other such necessities. (Sorry, Beldin. Your wardrobe of sewn-together hemp leaves was removed from your bag and replaced with real clothes.
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Single-file, they dragged themselves along the path and up the stars to the house. The door was locked, but the leader of the line, the respected and friendly C Elegans, had been given the key to unlock the front door.
Aegis shifted from foot to foot, noticing the contrast between the number of men and women. Eleven men. Three women. This competition would be the death of him.
Scayde, on the other hand, was ready to get in that house and start playing. Not too many things scared the rowdy Texan, and she was confident that the men of the House would not pose any problems whatsoever. Just through a little sugar in thier direction and they'll do anything for you; that was what she had learned from her sisters. Along with the fiesty Ysh and intellegenct CE, they could cause some real havoc. This would be fun.
The self-proclaimed Lord of Lurkers was behind her, with a nice view, he thought. It couldn't get any better: Eerhardt and Beldin were his party-animal friends, with Tibby, Kam, Flibble, and with Yshania and Scayde, too... Chances of winning were slim, but the odds of having a few good parties during the night and not remembering them the next morning were at the roof.
What Bloodstalker had not been anticipating, however, was the fact that plots and plans were already being concieved against him. Weasel, one of the greatest spammers, held a grudge against the "Lurker" who's attempts to get his daughter were becomming annoying. After BS was out of the way, then he'd remove the other serious Lurker threat: Oki.
Oki was a true Lurker, but didn't post as frequently as BS in order to flaunt it. He liked to read threads, rarely say hi and hug some people, and really didn't give too much away about himself. It was fine with him, however. The game sounded like fun, and now he got to try his stealth abilities on people...
In the very back of the line was Beldin, Eerhardt, Flibble and Fas, beating up on each other. Again. Actually, Flibble looked like he really didn't want to get in the middle of it, but it was hard not to, considering he was in between Eerie and Fas, with Beldin bringing up the rear. They began hitting each other over the head with thier clothes-stuffed bags, yelling at each other. How would they survive up to four months together?
Anyways, back to the front door. CE pressed the metal key into the lock and turned it, unsure of what to expect, really. Knowing the personalities of the hosts and organizer, she was sort of expecting something to lunge out and scare the daylights out of her, but nothing happened even after she pushed the door open with her arm. It suddenly became quiet: even the men in the back who had been yelling like banshees came to a sudden hault. Nothing was happening but the door slowly opening on it's own, moved by the remaining momentum. It was a very tense moment. Perhaps CE had been waiting for the hinges on the door to squeek. It didn't happen. The inside of the house was, to her surprise, brightly lit instead of gloomy. THe place was already to be lived in: set up previously by the Organizer.
"Here goes nothin'," Aegis said, being the first one to make a sound since the door was opened. He nudged CE's back, signaling to go on ahead, and one at a time, they lead one another in.
It was also CE's job to make sure the door was locked behind them, and when everybody was in, she locked the door while it was still open, dropped the key on the porch as she had been intructed to do, and she the door behind her as she went back in the House to join the others.
Inside and to the left was the entrance to the living room. There were several large couches, most likely to keep necessary space between the players. There was one t.v., but there was no remote control or way to turn the channel. Like it had been explained to them, there would be no access to the outside world, including t.v., phone, radio, computer, beepers, or anyother sly way the participants could think of. This room
like every single other room and part of the House, had a camera stationed up on the cieling, and had others placed around the room. There were some books on a shelf, and some brand-new board games stashed under the shelf. The glass doors led to the backyard which was impossible to examine since it was dark outside, and the kitchen was in full view of the living room. It was a spacious place, yet very cozy.
Oki couldn't help but notice the fact that there were very few breakable knick-knacks in the house.
Scayde, being the curious one herself, went offto check other parts of the House. On the otherside of the living room was another hallway that went two directions. If you to the right, the hallway would stop with a Blue bedroom on the left, the large bathroom in front of you, and the Pink room at the right. If you went to the livingroom and took a left, however, there was only a single room with one bed, probably the HoH room , which was supposed to be the only room in the house that had a lock. Scayde grinned, knowing she's be spending a lot of her time in the HoH room.
"It's... nice," Tibby said plainly to anybody who cared to hear, or care for that matter. And it was, indeed, nice... Like somebody who just cleaned up thier entire house so you could visit with them for ten minutes then leave anyways.
"I think we will find it to not be big enough to hold us all in a week or so," Ysh replied, knowing that dealing with all the major conspiritors of SYM would be difficult, at best. Oh, well. She already had decided who she was going to try to team up with, and knew who she had to get evicted first.
"The booze is locked up," BS growled impatiently from the kitchen... Nobody even heard him go in there, but they weren't surprised he was already looking for drinks.
Kam smiled fully. "They did that to torture us. She's probably just trying to get you back for all those times you used those cheesy lines on her, BS."
BS's head appeared over the counter to look at him and grinned in return. "She knows she can't keep my from my booze."
Meanwhile, Beldin, Eerhardt and Fas had decided to pick up where they had left off. They were once again slinging thier bags at each other's head, but it was usually Beldin and Eerie against Fas. Nobody seemed to care that the odds were not in Fas's favor, nor did anybody dash over to help him.
BS was against becomming frusterated with the Bar lock. Oki just followed random people around, seeing what he could find of interest and still saying little. Currently, he had decided to follow Aegis, who was just as puzzled as to the locks as BS was. When Aegis was about to conclude that the only way to open the lock was to smash it open with something, the t.v. flickered on suddenly, showing the image of a smug and pleased AC.
"Howdy, ya'all. See you've made yourself at home already..." she noticed that Fas had pulled a cushion from one of the couches to protect himself from being bombarded with luggage bags.
TBC... 
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If we find any cellphones or laptops on you, you're out. Even telepathy is forbidden. So, in the meantime, goodnight!"
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