WAKE UP TIME

[strangerpeople]

WAKE UP TIME

[The first thing you feel when you wake up is...nothing.

You don't feel much different at all when you wake up, no doubt from a very pleasant sleep, even if you may not remember what you dreamed of. If anything, you would have thought it was another normal day.

That thought would have vanished the moment you took in your surroundings. This is not your bed, this is definitely not your bedroom, and well, this is definitely not your home. In fact, this place isn't anywhere you've been before.

Before you can question anything much further, your cell phone starts beeping, flashing a message on the screen for a good several minutes, before flashing your profile, also for a few minutes. Yes, now you have a Title, and a power, even if you've never had one before. And yes, you have a cell phone. Even if you didn't have one, and don't know what the hell a cell phone is. You get the feeling you'll need to keep it on you.

The profile fades back to the home page of your phone - don't worry, you can still access your profile, and everyone else's, on that little lime icon if you really want - even though you have so many questions now. (The help button may... attempt to be helpful in that case.) Where the hell are you? Why do you have a Title? And can you get out?

Perhaps, if you're strong enough. But, in any case.

Welcome, Titled.

There are fifteen strangers in this place.]


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Comments

[totalbullshit]

[ He'll find Helena having a look around in the novelty weapons section, because while malls usually claim to sell anything, this is still kind of next level. She doesn't seem to feel all that disrupted by being approached though. ]

Sure, knock yourself out.

[ She's neither interested nor disinterested in this and it shows on her face pretty plainly. After all, if this is a demon then what's the point in treating them like a human culprit? ]

[foolishjustice]

[Well, at least she's not being uncooperative...]

My first question is fairly simple. You've seen the list of our fellow captives, correct? Do you recognize any of them?

[totalbullshit]

[ Helena shakes her head. ]

None at all, which is surprising. I figured I'd have heard of one or two at least.

[ She does regrettably know how to greet most of high society by name and that seems like the likeliest demon target group. ]

... you're not from Neo Yokio, are you?

[ Phantom thief seems to flashy to not have heard of it. ]

[foolishjustice]

[He shakes his head.]

I live in Tokyo. I've never actually heard of Neo Yokio, is it a smaller town?

[totalbullshit]

[ Is it a ... what? Helena can't help but burst into incredulous laughter. Actually, the idea that someone would have never heard of NY is really refreshing. ]

It's only the biggest of the United States, hailed famously as "the greatest city in the world".

[ She's holding her phone in one hand, so the air quotes she forms around the last words are rather onesided. ]

The board of tourism has failed immensely in Japan, I take it.

[foolishjustice]

[Laughter...is not what he was expecting. He just. Blinks.]

As far as I've read, that moniker refers to New York City, on America's east coast.

[totalbullshit]

[ She blinks. ]

That's Neo Yokio. NYC. Neo Yokio City. Considering the blatant similarity of the name and location, I'm certain we are talking about the same place.

[foolishjustice]

I've never heard it pronounced like that, even with a Japanese accent. Is it a regional nickname?

[totalbullshit]

Only if the states count as a region.

[ Official papers tend not to lie about town names. Helena frowns. ]

Something's odd here.

[foolishjustice]

[That discounts the most obvious reason why she would call the city by a different name, similar as it may be. He frowns in return and nods.]

I agree...my English is good enough that I've browsed a few American travel sites, and I've only seen New York City or NYC. This...isn't some attempt at a joke, is it?

[totalbullshit]

We've been spirited away. I wouldn't waste our precious time with something like this.

[ It's a slight jumble in letters but it makes an enormous difference somehow. One small part of the universe that was uprooted and moved two centimeters to the left but only for someone else. ]

[foolishjustice]

I had almost hoped it was. And yet, you recognized Tokyo as the name of a city in Japan...is that the name you've heard as the capital city of Japan?

[totalbullshit]

Yeah, it is.

We seem to remember fairly similar places overall and you hardly look like an alien, though that doesn't have to mean anything.

[ Sigh. ]

What were your other questions?

[foolishjustice]

Before I ask the main question on my mind, first I must confirm that you've thoroughly read your profile.

[totalbullshit]

I have. Looking through everything on the phone was my first course of action.

[foolishjustice]

Did anything on it strike you as strange or inaccurate?

[totalbullshit]

It's all very recent information. A lot of these facts are things I didn't figure out myself until only a few days ago. They're fast at collecting this info.

[ She then notably hesitates but decides to end her statement here. Kaz Kaan is... not worth talking about. ]