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

[defriendestration]

I CAN READ IT PERFECTLY FINE, NOW!

[carries_war]

[Next he offers a blank sheet of paper and whatever writing implement a generic request would've gotten him.]

Can you try to write something in that same language?

[defriendestration]

OF COURSE!

[What magic is this!? Hmmmm! Well, there's only one thing to write!

And that, naturally, is "I AM A COOL DUDE".]

WOWIE! I WROTE SOMETHING IN SOMETHING I NEVER KNEW BEFORE TEN SECONDS AGO! I REALLY AM A COOL DUDE!!

[carries_war]

[Pap. Pap plz.]

I think looking at these books transmits new languages into our...minds.

[Do skeletons have brains?]

So we can't read them at first glance unless we already know the language, but when we look at them again, we know how to read it.

[defriendestration]

[Can't stop won't stop and YES THEY MOST CERTAINLY DO PAPYRUS IS CLEAR PROOF OF THIS?]

HEY! THAT IS NIFTY AND COOL! READING A BOOK AND INSTANTLY KNOWING EVERYTHING WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS--

YOU THINK THERE'S A BOOK ON HOW TO GET OUT OF HERE, THEN?

[Of course! Discover magical reading powers and find the right book to exit before someone dies!

Such a clever twist on the part of the ones responsible for all of this! It makes too much sense!!]

[carries_war]

[But brains are soft tissue, and...]

I doubt it. The Intercessor said they're here so they have something to keep them occupied while they keep an eye on us.

[defriendestration]

[Papyrus would say 'it's magic we don't have to explain it', except 1. There is kind of an explanation that involves the magic, and 2. Papyrus is not the Monster to explain it.

His explanation would be to ask sans only to remember sans isn't here.]

HMM, A FURTHER FIENDISH TRICK TO KEEP US HERE, THEN! THAT OR THIS IS THE WORST PUZZLE EVER. HOW CAN YOU HAVE A PUZZLE WITHOUT A SOLUTION DIAGRAM TO ACCOMPANY IT?

[carries_war]

If you've memorized the solution, you wouldn't need a diagram. But I don't think they plan on letting us go unless one of us kills someone and gets away with it.

[defriendestration]

NYEH-HEH-HEH! WELL!


...


I'M REALLY RUNNING OUT OF WAYS TO STOP THAT FROM BEING A THING, AREN'T I?

[carries_war]

I don't see how you could think it's not a thing. The rules were pretty clear about it.

[And yet...he doesn't seem distressed.]

[defriendestration]

I'M STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH ANIME BEING REAL. HUMANS KILLING...I DON'T THINK I'M READY FOR THAT.

[carries_war]

But humans kill all the time. If they didn't, they wouldn't need weapons.

[defriendestration]

...

THAT CAN'T BE ALL THEY DO, RIGHT?

[carries_war]

Not all of it. There's lots of wars, but humans also do stuff like science, and writing.

[defriendestration]

BUT...DO THEY DO MORE WAR OR SCIENCE AND WRITING?