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

[whatsmytalentagain]

Huh?

[Wha- Oh, this guy's never seen a tablet before?]

That's a tablet, someone's sending messages to it to tell you about some meeting in the main classroom that's happening in an hour. Other than that...

[Sigh.] I have no idea what's going on.

[tannic]

No, no. Go back to the beginning and start slowly: I don't care about what's going on. [He never does, but he waves the tablet around for emphasis.] I want to know what this is.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Buddy, it might be more useful to know what's going on in a place like this.

But yeah. That's a tablet. It's kinda like a handheld computer with a touch screen. You can use IM on it, apparently.

[tannic]

Someone will eventually always explain what's going on if they want you to know. [In his experience, anyway.] What I'm more concerned about is why I've apparently been given a fancy calculator. Nobody gives you something that expensive unless they want something from you, and that's not the type of thing anybody will ever directly say.

[whatsmytalentagain]

No, it's not just a calculator...

[Sigh.] Whatever, you got a point. I know we've all been kidnapped and given these tablets and... [He inspects the band tightly strapped to his wrist.] I think these are fitbits? Not a good sign.

[tannic]

You said it was a computer. What is a computer for, if not calculations?

[Excuse him and his nineteenth century-ness.]

At any rate, I haven't been kidnapped before but I have no information so I am the worst of mes amis.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Um...

[Okay, now this is becoming a moot point. He's gonna focus on the other bit.]

Wait, mes amis? Are you from France, then?