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? ]

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[unhalting]

...Right.

[God this is reminding him of Todo all over again. Orga tosses a skeptical look over when Mr. Bowler Hat Guy turns the corner and while his gaze lingers where the other man disappeared, soon enough there's a little half-shrug and he'll just continue wandering the hallways again. He does make the occasional stop every now and then to check out what other people are doing, but eventually he'll make his way to the top of the stairwell, pausing.]

Hey. Whoever it is, cut the crap, will ya? [He may not have any of his weapons or equipment here, but he's trained to fight, through and through.]

[destroythefuture]

[Oh. Oh, rats, he heard him. If he sees him, he's toast. The guy nudges his hat]

Distract him. I'll get past him.

[From a window he can see a bit of another building -- the main building of the university, yup. That must be the place Orga was going to, he decides. If he can get in there first, maybe he can sneak inside before Orga does, get some advantage over him. Do an ambush if he has to.

Doris really doesn't see the point of any of this. To her it's obvious Orga knows nothing, and she knows this will end in nonsense. It'll be quicker to just play along instead of trying to convince the Bowler Hat Guy to stop this. She hovers to the closest open door she can find and slams it closed, hiding and expecting Orga to approach, so the Bowler Hat Guy can pass through and descend down the staircase.

Instead, this guy opens a window right there in the hallway, climbs onto the windowsill and just...jumps down. To the grass outside. He most likely wasn't quick enough, Orga may notice someone jumped from a window, even if he didn't see who exactly it was]

[unhalting]

[oh my fucking god this is beautiful

Honestly, he's not entirely sure if he cares enough to pursue the weirdo that's been tailing him, so when he hears the door slam... well, Orga just sort of stares in that general direction for a bit before making his way down the stairs. Congrats, Bowler Hat Guy, you managed to evade detection.

Orga will be fairly brisk about exiting the dorms though, so Bowler Hat Guy should be quick about it if he wants to set up some kind of ambush.]

[destroythefuture]

[He runs to the entrance of the main building and looks through the window. There's a few people inside, hm...that's bad. He can't go in, then. He'll have to do an ambush. Running as quick as possible, he returns to the dormitories and waits for the doors to open and for Orga to come outside before leaping towards him, trying to cling to him like some sort of koala. Dominate through sheer weight!

Or most likely not, because this scrawny man isn't heavy]

[unhalting]

[things you expect to see when you open a door: whatever's outside

things you do not expect to see when you open a door: a middle-aged(?) man jumping at you and trying to cling to your chest(???)]

The hell--

[His reflexes are pretty good, but apparently all that means is that his step backwards probably makes the Bowler Hat Guy end up tackling him at the waist or something instead. Congrats man, you caught him!! Orga sure recognizes the guy's appearance (although did he drop his hat somewhere? huh) which means: he's going to shout at him first.]

You again? What the hell are you tryin' to pull here?! [Orga's definitely going to be trying to wrench the other guy's grip off of him, but if that isn't successful, he'll prooooobably start resorting to something more violent.]

[destroythefuture]

I'm brutally subduing you because I'm very desperate!

[Well you can't say he's not straightforward about that. He says 'brutally', but judging by how easy it's to get out of his grasp because, let's face it, he's a thirty-something weakling, despite the ambush he was always at a disadvantage]

[unhalting]

Like hell you are!

[Success! His poor uniform is probably pretty wrinkled by now though, alas. But once Orga gets away from Bowler Hat Guy's grasp, he'll be trying to put some distance between them because come on dude what the hell???]

So you were the one following me around back there?

[destroythefuture]

[This guy shakily stands up. He seems to be largely harmless, 'pathetic' would be a fitting word. It'd be pitiable if he hadn't tried to ambush Orga, yeah]

...yes. That was me.

[Well it's not like he can get his way out of this]

[unhalting]

[It probably would be pitiable either way, but Orga's so used to dealing with asshole adults he... basically has lost any shits to give. One upside is he has no weapon though, so the only thing he does is just get up into Bowler Hat Guy's personal space.]

And? Start talkin'. What were you trying to accomplish?

[Because as far as Orga knows, the sequence of events went something along the lines of:

talk to guy -> guy leaves -> guy stalks him -> guy tries to attack him -> ????]

[destroythefuture]

I was going to knock you out so I could impersonate you and enter that building over there without raising any red flags.

[From a nearby window and still hiding from sight, a high pitched whine briefly sounds. Looks like a certain hat just heard this plan and finds it distressing because it's so darn obvious this mustache guy didn't think this through at all. Ignoring Doris' protest, he admits:]

I told you I'm very desperate! I have no time for whatever's going on here!

[unhalting]

[wait what

The weird whine doesn't even really find its way on his radar because of this weird revelation.]

...You really thought that was gonna work? We don't look anything alike. [Okay, getting off track there a little whoops. Orga rubs the back of his head in frustration before he speaks up again.]

Anyway, what makes you think I've got the time to deal with your bullshit either?