WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[Awaken.

Fifteen strangers have been gathered to the Depths.

When the strangers awaken, they will feel nauseous in their stomachs. No doubt confused. Maybe a little sick, Perhaps, even terrified. And certainly, there is a good reason for it - they are not where they were before. If they had powers back where they came from, they seem to be all gone. And it appears that someone has left...guidelines for them. All of them addressed to a specific Title.

Their Title. Somehow, each person knows, upon seeing this, this is their Title, even if it seems to make no sense whatsoever. And its clear that whoever wrote these things knew it as well. Who was it?

Its uncertain. So far, there seems to be no one else save for them, and those who dare to venture out of their rooms - save, for some reason, the individuals in rooms 1, 8 and 7 - in this hot and stuffy place. No...'intercessor' to be seen yet, certainly. No outward signs that there's anyone else aside from the people with 'Titles'.


So, Titled: welcome.

There are fifteen strangers in this place.]

Comments

Hallway

[almightyconflagration]

[A child asking such a question doesn't bother McBurn in the least bit, or at least that he shows. If anything, he sounds utterly bored.]

The where? Did I miss another good battle?

[carries_war]

The Yuriev Institute, it's where I'm from. I can't sense any of the other URTVs, so someone must have attacked them.

[His hand lowers slightly, looking like a mix between lowering a weapon and faltering in an only partly-suppressed cringe.]

[almightyconflagration]

That the only thing you missing? [Hell, just taking a look at the kid there's one thing missing that's plain as day, but there may be other things that can't be seen, like his own abilities.] I know I was missing the sound of feminine screeching telling me to get off my lazy ass.

[carries_war]

[...Now that he mentions it, his senses feel kind of dull. Not sensing any power might just mean that everyone here is a normal human, but he definitely can't see or hear as well as he should be able to.]

My senses are dull...maybe like a human's?

[Okay, okay, don't panic. Leaders don't panic. He's just going to turn his hand to the wall and hold his arm out straight, and...nothing.]

...I can't use my mind wave.

[almightyconflagration]

Yeah, I noticed the same. As far as the senses go at least. Can't see a mere battle being able to do that.

[carries_war]

[It's possible his telekinetic abilities could've been sealed with an Ether, but that wouldn't explain his senses. But if all of his powers have somehow been locked down...his hand drifts to his chest, the wrong side for his heart but about the right level.]

Maybe the enemy has a way to block off our abilities. I've never heard of anything that can do that to this level, but that just means it's a secret weapon.

[almightyconflagration]

I know such a thing doesn't exist. [That he can say with confidence since Ouroboros has all the most advanced tech and blocking abilities is rather pointless with how many insanely powerful people they have who would prefer their enemies to be strong enough for a good fight.] Maybe it could even be an inherent trait of this realm?

[carries_war]

What do you mean, 'this realm'? I've been to lots of planets, and none of them affect my powers. Unless you count different gravity making it easier or harder to lift things, anyway.

[almightyconflagration]

Another dimension, plane of existence, whatever you want to call it. A place besides where the living normally dwell. Seems to be one possible explanation for everything.

[carries_war]

You mean like Imaginary Space? I...have heard that the Gnosis work on different physical laws, so I guess it's possible.

[almightyconflagration]

Well, it's not exactly imaginary, just not something normal people can travel to. But yeah, a place that has different laws of reality would explain all this.

[carries_war]

I think Imaginary Space is just an expression, 'cause it's defined using Imaginary Numbers, instead of the Real Numbers used to measure the world we see. It definitely exists, or else we wouldn't be able to send stuff through the UMN.

[almightyconflagration]

Yeah, never really got into the explanations beyond there being planes of existence both above and below reality. I just know my access to one also is gone.

[carries_war]

I have heard of something called the Multiverse Theory...but nobody's been able to prove the idea that there's anything but Real Space and Imaginary Space. Do you think that's it?

[almightyconflagration]

Nah, I'm just speaking of the teachings of the Septian Church. May not care for them much, but many of the things they teach about the world itself are based on fact and common enough knowledge no matter what part of Zemuria one travels to.

[carries_war]

Septian? Zemuria? I've never heard of places or organizations like that. Not that I get to leave the Institute much, anyway...but I know my basics about the major members of the Galaxy Federation.

[almightyconflagration]

Never heard of any Galaxy Federation. I'm part of the Noble Alliance in Erebonia.

[carries_war]

There was someone else here who'd never heard of interplanetary travel...it's starting to sound a lot like you're right about us being from different universes.

[almightyconflagration]

You can make that number two then. Don't know a thing about that, unless you have some weird name for traveling in the sky.

[carries_war]

Space is above the sky, but I don't think that's what you mean.

[almightyconflagration]

It's also the element used in teleporation, some arts and anything involving realms or dimensions besides the one we live in.

[carries_war]

Teleportation?

[Okay, that's curious. But there's a language issue to be cleared up here...]

That's the fabric of space. I mean the space between planets.

[almightyconflagration]

Yeah, don't do that sort of traveling. Not much point when there is still plenty to see even in Zemuria and even airships are still rather new.

[carries_war]

Definitely nothing like where I'm from. I bet Dad would have all kinds of ideas about how this could've happened...

[almightyconflagration]

The most likely is some other dimension or realm. One with rules that are different from reality would explain how our abilities are blocked with the level of technology seeming to be even lower than before the Orbal Revolution, probably something more like the Dark Ages.