LOOP: The First Day Of Your New Forever

The First Day Of Your New Forever

"People of Blackreef! I'm Aleksis Dorsey and I would like to the First Day of your new forever. There's only so many hours before the festivities tonight, so get outside and have some fun today!" Aleksis's voice rang out over the many speakers over Updaam.

It was this that Julianna woke up to.

"Huh. Aleksis must be popular with the people if he's the one who speaks the most out of everyone else." Julianna thought to herself. Getting her shoes on, she walked out of her quarters and went to Dorsey Manor, to say hi.

As she entered, she found herself in the Inner Yard, which had a very indulgent statue of Aleksis Dorsey himself. She made her way to the Main Hall, which was set up in advance for Aleksis's "Devouring of the Lambs" game that would take place at night.

The Main Hall was adorned with red sofas and seats surrounding black tables with various foods on top of them. In the middle of the Main Hall was a black table with lights on the edge and red stools nearby.

At the very front of the room was a platform above everything, much like a stage, which had arrows pointed to it from all directions, and a trapdoor that certainly led to death. What game was Aleksis planning now that death was virtually non-existent?

Looking around, Julianna noticed that Aleksis was not in the main hall. She walked through the doors behind the very boisterous platform and found that she was now in the Small Bar, where there was a counter and some stools, which seemed awfully monotone if not for the large display of colourful candy machines nearby which yelled out CANDY. Again, Aleksis was not here. Julianna knew that if Aleksis was not in these places, he would likely be in his quarters.

Entering the Quarters after that small house tour of a hunt was relieving for Julianna. She looked around here too, for she hadn't been in Aleksis's quarters before. There was a large potted plant next to a white, cushioned chair with a turquoise pillow on it. Just after that, behind the bookshelves, was a desk with a rather round chair and a minicom with a yellow screen. Beside that screen, talking into a microphone was none other than Aleksis Dorsey.

"Julianna! Happy First Day!" he exclaimed cheerfully.

"Yeah, yeah, thanks, Aleksis. Hey, I came by to say hi, but..." Julianna thought about the trapdoor and what it insinuated. "I have a question. What's the trapdoor for?"

"Oh, you don't know? It's this fun game I made. During my 'Devouring of the Lambs' game, people will go up on stage and brag about scamming people in their most interesting schemes. If we like it, they're a wolf and they go on. If we don't, they're a lamb, and they fall into that trapdoor. And here's the fun part: we eat them afterwards."

"Oh... wow. That's very... fun." Julianna replied. She could understand killing them now that the loop was active - they would come back tomorrow anyway. She would even have found it fun. But the cannibalism seemed to take it too far. Julianna didn't want to delve into that any further though.

"I know, right!?" Aleksis exclaimed, his failure to pick up on Julianna's sarcasm not left unnoticed.

Julianna left the Dorsey Manor after bidding farewell, and she brushed off the blatant encouragement of cannibalism. Today was a day of fun.

At the stage in the middle of Updaam, Frank Spicer was performing "You Have No Class", which was an unexpected, but welcome surprise, seeing as Frank never really left Fristad Rock.

Sittin' in a bar
There's this girl
She demands a smoke
"Hey, girl, you're a joke"

And I say, "You have no class
You have no style
You have no respect for me"

Sippin' my whiskey
She sidles up
Udders flowin' out
Red lips burn my eyes

And I say, "You have no class
You have no style
You get no respect from me"

There's a Navy boy
He's quiet in the corner
Clean-shaven, good cologne
It's him I'm takin' home

'Cause I know he has some class
He has some style
He is the one to spend the night"

The song was not a new one, but that didn't mean Julianna didn't like it. She enjoyed it, and little did she know that it would soon be all she would hear in Fristad Rock.

Frank noticed Julianna, and they briefly exchanged eye contact, although Frank did not speak, for he was performing. Julianna listened for a bit before she left Updaam for Fristad Rock.