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[anthropophagite]

Hello.
My name is Ken Kaneki, I'm 18 years old and I come from Tokyo in Japan. I have just arrived.

There are still many things I don't understand about this place. But I'm curious, is there a library in this place? Or a bookshop? Or any place for me to find books?

And where do people live? Do you just take a room for yourselves, like everything else? [ it just sounds wrong... ]

What are we meant to do here? [ what is the point of being here, he wonders ]

Thank you to everyone who helped me when I first arrived on the train. And everyone who answers this post. [ he is very polite indeed ]

Comments

[anthropophagite]

[ it's already happening, you can not stop it now ]

I'm sorry, what do you mean "get yourself killed"?

[coolerjunpei]

[uh oh it's the consequences of his actions...]

whacked. deadened.

[no, okay, he gets it,]

people don't stay dead here... they wake up on the train again. i know how it sounds, but trust me, *somehow* people keep testing it.

[anthropophagite]

What do you mean, we don't stay dead?
Do they bring in a doctor or similar?
We can't just be brought back to life, right?

[ "actually, yes" ]

[coolerjunpei]

yeah no you're doing the math right on that one, somehow. we just pop back up to life. on the train. i haven't been through it myself, but other people have.

[anthropophagite]

How is that even possible?
What happens to our bodies? Are we clones or something?

[coolerjunpei]

really couldn't tell you. but if we're sticking to the simulation theory, at least that's not as... disgusting.

[anthropophagite]

That's true.

This would be a very realistic simulation. We still need to eat and sleep, after all.

[coolerjunpei]

there's hunger and stuff in video games now, it's doable. i'd rather be in a simulation than in a place that puts mashed up corpses back together and sticks them on the train again, anyway.

[anthropophagite]

That's true. I also don't really like that option, or cloning.

[coolerjunpei]

yeah, there isn't a "good" option, just "less shitty" ones.

we're all kind of stuck when it comes to figuring things out, but... if you want to help out, it can't hurt to have more hands.

[anthropophagite]

Yes, I'd like to. I'm not sure how I can help, but maybe I can explore some areas of the city. I heard there are some parts still to discover.

[coolerjunpei]

that'd be cool. you want someone to go with you? no system like the buddy system, after all.

[anthropophagite]

Of course.
Only if you aren't busy, naturally. I don't wish to be a bother.

[coolerjunpei]

yeah, i've got time. whenever you're ready, man.

[anthropophagite]

I'm moving into an apartment, so perhaps after that?

We can me after that.