Awaken...

[lockdownmods]

[ Everything still feels a bit hazy when you pull yourself out of bed this morning. Bed... not all of you may remember going to bed. It may take several long minutes for that feeling to die down. Several things may seem immediately wrong. But even if the basics are familiar-- there's a sort of uneasy feeling of wrongness that lingers as you come to. That feeling will probably never go away entirely.

Attached to your wrist is a small plastic wristband, almost like a watch, but without the numbers. Try as you might, it won't come off. For those of you who are familiar, it is designed with an uncanny familiarity to a Fitbit.

And then there's your current abode-- the room is fully furnished for one person-- and you are in fact alone, which may be a relief... or a great concern. The basics are all there: desk, lamp, bed, closet...

As the little things go though, it's almost completely bare of any personal flare. No personal effects at all...

With one exception.

On the desk sits a black tablet. And almost immediately after you find it, the thing starts going off one rapid fire 'ding' after another. Check it out and you will find several messages have popped up on the screen for you to scan through. The source and the content is... well. As questionable as everything else this morning I'd say. ]

meguman22922 ▼   X

meguman22922: mornin'! hope you slept well. meguman22922: orientation will be held in the main classroom in an hour. that's in the school building on the 1st floor meguman22922: but first you should introduce yourself. the others should be waking up about now too. meguman22922: you're in the dorms now, so dont forget to check the maps meguman22922: the tablet can help you with that. anything else, we'll get to at orientation. so! see you in an hour! :D

[ It would seem that you have much to investigate. Perhaps discussing it with these "others" may be the most beneficial way to proceed for now. At the very least there is a promise of answers in the near future. Whether or not they'll be to your liking though... highly doubtful at this stage, really. But who knows! Going back to school (or to school for your first time) can't be so bad, right? ]

Comments

[itwasfeyt]

Oh, that? It's a tablet. They're like gigantic phones that do things that phones can't... Except they can't call people.

[Which would be REALLY USEFUL RIGHT NOW. Even if the chances of actually contacting any help on the outside is relatively slim.]

[yourfuture]

And there aren't any taxis.

[curseoclock]

Is it 'cause you're embarrassed?

[sendintheclown]

Becauuuuse there are so many questions! A simple answer, really.

[He winks.]

And no one can escape from them.

[covertizer]

[ hello maya are you contacting your cult buddies to come rescue them?? ]

Hey. Would be nicer if the circumstances weren't, so-- [ He gestures around them.] this.

[curseoclock]

Is that like the Taguel?

[covertizer]

[ ................ ]

So, kidnapping is your idea of a good time?

[yourfuture]

I mean... yeah no, that too.

[curseoclock]

Sure.

I already forgot your name again!

[no this time he's just messing]

[throwabookatit]

[ She rolls her eyes, very pointedly. ]

Oh, what could've given you that idea? Yes, there's been a mass kidnapping.

[curseoclock]

I promised to make it super extra slow and painful. It'd be pretty bad if I broke a promise, right?

[unhalting]

[It makes sense people would be wandering about the halls considering the situation, but with only so much to see and the relatively small number of people here, you're probably bound to come across the same face again if most everyone is sequestered in the same area. So maybe it's a second pass or something, but Orga speaks up when he sees Shirou again.]

Lookin' for something?

[covertizer]

I win.

And, yeah. I make my own at home. If you know anyone with hair pins, send them my way.

[sendintheclown]

Then I’ll forgive you for being mistaken, juuuust this once.

[His tone is cheerful, but there’s something of a threat there.]

[covertizer]

The hotels are all fully booked.

[12d3]

Yeah. Real hurty.

[2-D winces just thinking about it.]

Still kinda cool though, especially in movies. Especially in zombie movies!

[covertizer]

I can always write it on the back of your hand, if you want to make sure you remember.

[reshoot]

You make––

[a single, hearty laugh.]

I was totally joking, Akira. You're insane!

[sendintheclown]

That’s a narrow way of looking at things, Mr-

[He pauses. Where was that tablet he woke up with? It was harder to keep things on him now he couldn’t just stuff them into his jacket.]

Gosh, I’ve forgotten your name already.

[throwabookatit]

[ The tablet sinks in her hands and she takes a deep breath through her nose. The people who're asking her that... They're teenagers. She's supposed to be a role model for them, isn't she? In this horrible situation, the adult should have control over everything. ]

That's...surely the question, isn't it? [ Ha. She squeezes her eyes shut for a moment, but- but that only serves to show her just what she doesn't want to see. ] ...I-I will be. I just need...some time, which apparently is all they've given us, so far.

[itwasfeyt]

We've been kidnapped. [Maya states the fact with the swiftness of someone who has come to accept how these things happen in her life.]

And I guess we're in a school again?

[yourfuture]

Probably, but like. If he tries to kill one of us he undoes all his asshole leader cred.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Your hair's...!?

[Waaaaait a moment. Poe seems to realize something and tries to pull the back of it into his usual ponytail. He makes an noise of distress at seeing it no longer being able to reach his collar bone in length.]

I- I didn't notice earlier due to everything else, but my hair's slightly shorter than I last remember!

[Oh no. He's in an memory loss mystery. WHY.]

Are- are there any other changes to your body that you don't remember? Like new scars?

[Maybe... maybe the people running this just mess with people's hair?.... Poe mentally laughs at that stupid hope. It's fairly clear something is wrong with their memories now, and missing memories would account for all the discrepancies he found in his own profile. But... a sample size of two isn't good enough to jump to such an wild conclusion so fast. But then again. He is talking to an alien. So that's rather tame in comparison.]

[itwasfeyt]

[Don't worry, because she's got you covered.]

You're a TV actor! You're so in-character that you worried me for a minute!

[sendintheclown]

You’d think right! That’s the correct answer!

[...Did he even ask a question?]