WEEK 1

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 1

[You now know why you're here, Titled. The question now is, is there a way to get out of here without invoking the rules? What will those who brought you here do to get you to kill?

Time will tell.

There are fifteen strangers in this place.]

Comments

...issue. Well, at least he didn't make the pun out LOUD.

[byanyother_name]

[He's more than willing to play along.] I must admit I'm not certain if that counts as a niche market or not. On the one hand, I would presume being death-averse to be the most common state of life. On the other, I think our situation of potentially deadly puzzles is less than common outside movie theaters.

[Or Makai. But that was a different issue.]

[incrediblystressedout]

Any puzzle can be pretty dangerous if something decides it doesn't like you while you're solving it.

[Jude.]

I think it could be useful.

[byanyother_name]

That...is very accurate. And rather insightful. [His voice is a quiet, resigned sigh, just for a moment. Kurama has run into enough like that.]

It would certainly be nice if we could save a few people from situations like our own.

[incrediblystressedout]

If we figure out how to do that, we're definitely writing it down.

[byanyother_name]

Given we are probably mostly from different worlds, at least we'll be assured widespread distribution.

[incrediblystressedout]

That's the theory everyone seems to be going with...are we sure about that, though? We're all from Earth, right? Different times definitely seems to be the case, but what does "different worlds" actually mean?

[byanyother_name]

'Parallel universes' would perhaps be a more apt description. There are definite differences in not just time period, but actual cosmology and I suspect to some extent physical laws.

[incrediblystressedout]

Physical laws?

Wait, is that why I have to carry everything around with my hands now? Because that's been slowly freaking me out, I just didn't want to say anything.

[byanyother_name]

[That actually manages to make him blink, congratulations, Joey.]

Well, we do have pockets? I take it you're used to a very different means of transporting items, however.

[incrediblystressedout]

Yeah, it's called a Sylladex. It's like a pocket you can put just about anything in. I assumed the people here just stole mine, but no one else seemed to be freaked out about it.

[It's one of those things she instinctively doesn't think about anyway, like how she can use ballet shoes and tap shoes without ever actually changing her footwear, or why giant monsters tend to take turns with her in a fight. Let's just not even get into that.]

[byanyother_name]

That sounds incredibly useful, to be honest. I'd be unhappy to have lost something of that sort, as well.

It's possible that they did take it, as they took our other belongings. I've never heard of anything like it that wasn't fictional, however.

[Every world has its little quirks, right?]

[incrediblystressedout]

It's pretty convenient, but I'm like 90% sure the whole "fetch modus" thing they're coming out with is going to ruin the things. Sorting is fine, but if I wanted to put all my stuff in a stack I'd just...put it in a stack.

[This Is Stupid.]

Anyway...what do you mean by "cosmology", exactly?

[byanyother_name]

I think that's the nature of business. Working to improve a good thing until you ruin it. Hopefully they'll realize it was a poor choice and rescind it.

[Sometimes stupid just happens.]

Ah... Well, where I come from, there are three worlds. Once there were four, in point of fact. I understand Ursula's home consists of only one world but it potentially includes a pocket dimension.

[incrediblystressedout]

...huh. As far as I know, there's just the one where I came from.

Although I did go through a weird portal-thingy just before coming here, so...

[byanyother_name]

It's true that for some people, it's hard to be sure until you encounter something usually hidden.

[incrediblystressedout]

Does "a big circle with a clock and snakes and a red-and-green spiral" mean anything to you, cosmologically?

[byanyother_name]

I'm afraid not, I'm sorry.

[incrediblystressedout]

Well, it was worth a shot. I'm not sure if it's how I got here or what, but going through it is the last thing I remember.