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

[preconstruction]

Theoretically any, but the cases I have worked on involve deviant androids who murdered their owners.

[ but everyone here is fine connor isnt a deviant. ]

[unhalting]

[hey, that just means that androids have one (1) thing in common with the AI-run machines back home!!]

Are there really that many of you guys out there?

[preconstruction]

Where I'm from, yes. Androids are mass produced and sold to do everything from babysitting children to fighting in the military.

[unhalting]

[well. huh.]

Hey, where'd you say you came from again?

[preconstruction]

I didn't say, but I'm from Detroit.

[unhalting]

I didn't mean it literally...

[Ah well. There's something weirder to deal with anyways.]

Sorry, doesn't sound like any place I've ever heard of. And if they're as common as you say, I feel like I would've heard somethin' about 'em before.

[preconstruction]

Likely that is the case. I believe we are all from different worlds, however.

[unhalting]

[...man it's still hard for him to wrap his head around it but he'll roll with it.]

That ain't the first time I've heard people mention that, but I don't have a damn clue how something like that's possible.

[preconstruction]

Neither do I, but it seems even more unlikely that we are somehow from the same place.

[unhalting]

No choice but to accept it for now, I guess.

[...Oh right, this conversation started with something else??]

I'm Orga Itsuka.

[he did it, he finally introduced himself to connor]