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

[machrophage]

[Your attempt is appreciated. He's just not a very polite person.]

And I've never seen this many humans in one place.

[Doesn't like that, either.]

[preconstruction]

What kinds of beings are you used to?

[machrophage]

Other beastmen.

[Obviously.]

[preconstruction]

[ obviously ]

I don't know that I've ever met a beastman before.

[machrophage]

You probably wouldn't have, if you live among humans.

[And that's even putting aside, you know, the growing suspicion he has that wherever the hell everyone else comes form just doesn't have them.]

[preconstruction]

Humans and androids. But even so, it's a term that is unfamiliar to me.

[machrophage]

And we don't have androids. Even if we did, no one would make them like -

[He just gestured to all of you.]

I'm beginning to think that all of us were taken from very different places.

[preconstruction]

[ attractive and bisexual? ]

That may be the best explanation, as strange as it sounds.

[machrophage]

[Well, that too, probably, but mostly he's going for 'human-shaped.']

Not like there's a better one.

[preconstruction]

Exactly.

[ especially with all the time shenanigans, too. ]

That makes whatever we're dealing with that much more complex.

[machrophage]

And probably more powerful.

[Always thinking about it in terms of a fight.]

[preconstruction]

Those messages were deceptive, to stay in the least.

[ so charming and cute.... ]

[machrophage]

[Presumably you mean the robot.]

There's a hell of a lot more going on than they're telling us, that's for sure.

[preconstruction]

[ maybe he's just won over easily by the use of ":D" in text ]

It takes a lot of effort to kidnap all of these people; there must be a reason behind it.

[machrophage]

But will they tell us outright?

[His expression fills in the 'probably not.']

[preconstruction]

No. We'll have to find information first.

[machrophage]

Not much to do but go looking, is there?

[Look he's. Never been to school.]

[preconstruction]

Exactly. We can reconvene later.