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

[sendintheclown]

They’re cornerstones of society. How could they be anything but?

[swordsinternally]

To the people that work there... I think to them it's anything but that, though. It's important to them, after all.

[sendintheclown]

Of course it is. They don't know any better.

[swordsinternally]

[ A part of him gets angry. Not for his own sake, of course, but for-- ]

You're wrong about that. Not knowing any better... [ His hand curls into a shaky fist. ] That's absolutely wrong.

[sendintheclown]

[Gogol's gaze flicks to the fist, and back up to Emiya, grinning wider.]

I get that a lot.

[swordsinternally]

If you get that a lot, that means that you're the one in the wrong, right?

[sendintheclown]

Perhaps, but that would only mean I'm in the right.

[Chew on that one, Emiya.]

[swordsinternally]

Don't twist my words.

And that's not true.

[sendintheclown]

I'm doing no such thing.

[With that, he smiles wider.]

They are just like birds born in cages. They've never known anything else, so they don't know how sad their situation is.

[swordsinternally]

"Birds in cages"... that's also not true. People have the right to do whatever they want. It's not as if they're being forced to do what they're doing.

[sendintheclown]

Oh, but they are! Trapped by the things our society has created, how could they ever be free to choose?

[swordsinternally]

[ This... irritates him, more than anything else. ]

Then you really don't understand anything.

[sendintheclown]

No. That’s you, young man.

[He offers Emiya one last smile, and then makes his leave.]