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[fracturedsoul]

So, from what I've been able to figure out, it looks like people arrive in this city pretty regularly -- once a week exactly.
We have to play along with this place's rules and fight each other or we'll be punished, we have to go to school or we'll be punished, and so forth.

Since I'm new here, naturally I'm rather out of the loop, so there's a lot I have yet to learn.
For now I'd like to get to know my fellow prisoners, if that's all right with you.
So if you don't mind, tell me -- What is your name, which school are you at, and where were you before you came here?

I'm Dirk, at Fortitude, and I'm from Houston. Pleasure to meet you all.

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[knightime]

i forgot to mention
nice derse pajamas
thats all
shit was balls comfy

[fracturedsoul]

[ He toyed with the idea of privating this reply because omgwtf the Black Queen is here??? but in the end it doesn't matter since Dave already went balls-out with his comment. Thanks. ]

I completely agree. Not gonna find a more comfortable set of clothes anywhere.
Did you dream on Derse or Prospit?
On that note, where's the laundry room?

[knightime]

[Let's not talk about her. Dave doesn't want to think about it. That shit sucked and he's going to be bruising for awhile. Plus he can't get through a rest day without looking like shit.]

apparently we all stay the same as far as dreamers go
so striders are strictly derse
sported me some pretty fly purple pajamas
horrorterrors and the shit
fuck if i know though
i just assumed some laundry fairy was around

[smupette]

[Oh goooodness. This is going to be a FLOOD of orange text.]

sup.
sis, at conquest, also strangely enough from houston.
place is pretty chill compared to the sweltering houston heat, wouldn't you agree?

also. nice orange text. fits you well enough.

[fracturedsoul]

[ Rakuen will drown in a deluge of veritable orange soda. ]

That makes three of us so far.
Interesting, wouldn't you say? I'm not one to buy into the idea of coincidences.
You know Dave, don't you?

Thanks. It's not a bad fit on you either.

[smupette]

dave is my little brother.
i guess i forgot to say "Sis Strider".
let me guess, you're a strider as well?
i'm not one to buy into coincidences either.

[Let's see, Davesprite, Dirk, and Sis all type in orange. Yup. This place is going down in orange soda.]

[pencilpremonition]

[To save your eyes, I will be typing this conversation in proper English. Use your imagination, the whole thing is "ytped lyk d1s w./ n0 logyk 2 h3r mispelngs".]

My name's Becca, I'm in Fortitude, too. You're from Houston? Texas? Jeeze I was starting to think nobody here was from planet Earth. I'm from Indianapolis.

[fracturedsoul]

[ Wow, she's worse than Roxy. ]

I'm not going to give myself a headache trying to decipher this. Please try again.

[audio]

[pencilpremonition]

[huff]

Grammar Nazi. I said my name's Becca. I'm from Indy. Y'know, Indianapolis?

[babysage]

Dirk! You are back! Why are you in the other school now?

[fracturedsoul]

"Back" implies I was here to begin with, which I wasn't.
Or, if I was, the powers that be took that away as one of my missing memories.
So I don't know you. Apologies.

[babysage]

Oh. Well there was someone who wrote in orange and was called Dirk before. I thought it was you! I'm Kotaro Mochizuki it's nice to meet you.

Video

[bubblymuffins]

[EXTREME CLOSEUP OF PONY]

Your words are in orange! That's cool! My name is Bubblecup and I'm in the same school as you! I'm from Ponyville!

Video

[fracturedsoul]

[ Omigod. Oh. Em. Gee.

He stares at the screen, dumbfounded, for a few moments before switching to video. ]

A pony from Ponyville? That strikes me as rather redundant.

[ omg omg omg omg omg ]

Re: Video

[bubblymuffins]

Re-what? [Headtilt]

[inamber]

another texan
fuck there are enough of us for a bonafide country hootenanny
yeehaw giddy the fuck up

anyways sure why not fill out the questionnaire
obviously im from houston too
where i was last fuck if i know
im in conquest
and my names dave

[fracturedsoul]

Oh, yes. Let's throw us a brodeo, pardner.

You don't know? Let me guess. That's one of your misplaced memories.
And Dave? Not Dave Strider?

[ At this point he'd be more surprised if his last name was anything but Strider. ]

[wakingsavior]

well, uh, i think we've run into each other?
john egbert, the fortitude version, and i'm from washington!
little town nobody's ever heard of, haha.
oh, and i'm deaf, so uh, don't shout to get my attention.
the other john isn't deaf.

[fracturedsoul]

Didn't I see you around our room? Are you staying there too?
I'm sure that's gotta be a one-way ticket to Confusionville, population: Every fucking body in Rakuen.
I'll keep that in mind, thanks.

[alwaysoutspoken]

[Oh more colored text like John and Dave time to test something out. She sends her first response in Video form, using her hands to sign language at him]

[Hello, Dirk, I'm Shizune Hakamichi. I'm in Conquest and I'm from Yamaku in Japan.]

[fracturedsoul]

[ He replies in text. ]

I don't speak sign language.
Or know sign language I guess. Since no one really "speaks" it.
You're the second person today I've had to tell that to. The other guy at least had the excuse of being there in person.

Text

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Alex, Fortitude, and I came from New York City. Probably not exactly the same one you know, there seems to be different versions.

I teach computer programming here, if you're interested.

[fracturedsoul]

Yeah, it's starting to look that way. Pretty interesting, all things considered.

You do, huh? Maybe I'll actually attend that class instead of skipping out. Programming is kind of a hobby of mine.

[overthroen]

your admittedly rudimentary research checks out with my own.
though you leave out the invasion and compartmentalization of elements of our memories.
that's a rather significant detail when at least [ Dave, Sis, Sprite ] three others share your surname.
depending on my universal condition, i am based in atop a waterfall in new york, within the land of light and rain of the medium, or the conquest school of rakuen.
and the name's rose lalonde. it's a pleasure to meet you.

[fracturedsoul]

Oh, don't think I haven't noticed that part. Thought I'd go slow, bring up the tip of the iceberg rather than go crashing into the whole thing all at once.
And don't think I haven't noticed those people, either. Even I don't quite know what to make of them.
I've been working off of the assumption that I'm an only child, but come to think of it, there's no reason to trust my own memories in that regard.

Ah, so you're the fourth member of their session. Lalonde.