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

[curseoclock]

[Whoops, that was close, but who cares? It might've been more funny if he had hit this guy.]

Pffff, normal, shmormal. They're all just making themselves feel worse. A positive attitude goes a long way, y'know!

[preconstruction]

Theoretically, I don't disagree. But human emotions are not so simple. They can't just feel something different when they feel it would be more appropriate.

[curseoclock]

Well, why not? I do it all the time.

[preconstruction]

[ he knows better than to give the logical response, so, instead: ]

That must make it easier to be here.

[curseoclock]

Sure does! It's as easy as just flipping a switch and bam! Everything's peachy!

You're acting pretty calm yourself, y'know?

[preconstruction]

I'm an android. I don't have feelings.

[curseoclock]

A what.

[someone help he's from medieval fantasy land what is this]

[preconstruction]

I am a machine.

[curseoclock]

...

[...]

Huh? [what.] How the heck does that work?

[preconstruction]

I am programmed to look and act like a human but I am not one.

[curseoclock]

[he's so lost right now. quick, what does he remember of people explaining tech before? um.]

So you're sorta like... the tablets...?

[that's it that's his only frame of reference]

[preconstruction]

Something like that.

[curseoclock]

I did meet a robot dog before, but... I never really got how that worked, either.

But that's pretty cool! You seriously don't feel anything?

[preconstruction]

We have android animals where I am from as well.

[ but he nods. ]

That's correct. I can simulate feelings to interact with humans, but that's all they are.