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

[covertizer]

They're going to the trouble of calling it "orientation", rather than just cuffing us and throwing us all in the same room.

So... it's the weirdest kidnapping I can think of.

[swordsinternally]

Definitely the strangest. But... there has to be a reason for it, right?

[covertizer]

Probably.

But I doubt they'd tell us what it is.

[swordsinternally]

If they don't tell us, we'll have to figure it out ourselves.

[covertizer]

Like solving a mystery.

You make it sound easy.

[swordsinternally]

I mean... it might sound easy in theory, but it's probably more difficult in practice. I'm not a detective, after all.

[covertizer]

Me neither. Maybe someone around here is though, and we could ask them for pointers.

[swordsinternally]

I definitely wouldn't mind learning from a pro.

[covertizer]

Dream of being a detective?

[swordsinternally]

I think it would help me achieve my dream.

[covertizer]

[ "Achieve"... ]

So now law enforcement, but something related to it?

[swordsinternally]

Yeah. [ He laughs a little awkwardly, rubbing the nape of his neck. ] It's a little awkward for me to admit, but my dream is to become an ally of justice, so law enforcement would probably be close enough to what I want.

[covertizer]

[ "Ally of Justice"... ]

That sounds like a comic book superhero. What do you have to do to be an ally of justice?

[swordsinternally]

It does, doesn't it? That's why I said it was a little embarrassing... well, it's more or less that I want to be able to save everyone.

[covertizer]

...

"Everyone" is a really broad term.

[swordsinternally]

...well, that's because that's what I want. I mean, it's not as if I'd save someone who was outright evil, but I want to help as many people as I can.

[covertizer]

...

You never worry that by trying to help everyone you might end up helping no one?

[swordsinternally]

Sometimes I do. But still... I can't help but want to help others, no matter what. I just don't want to see people cry.

[covertizer]

[ Hmmm. ]

That's a noble thing to want. Difficult, probably painful for you to pull off. But noble.

[swordsinternally]

It might be difficult... but it's not impossible.

[covertizer]

That sounds like gambling talk.

[swordsinternally]

You think so? I'm no gambler, though.

[covertizer]

If you're facing impossible odds and keep going, I'd say you've got a bit of a gambler's spirit there.

That, or it's just stubbornness.

[swordsinternally]

Haha... the gambler in the family is actually Fuji-nee, but that's because she doesn't know when to give up when everyone can see right through her poker face.

[covertizer]

[ "-nee" ... hm. ]

Your sister?

Don't you want to go easy on them sometimes, when they're that proud of themselves? Like... you can see right through them, but they're doing their best.