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[coolerjunpei]

[Now, Junpei is fairly certain they're all here for some kind of fucked up death game, because why wouldn't the third time be the charm!!— but until some mysterious costumed weirdo starts getting on all the screens and making announcements, there's not that much to go on. He can skulk around town glowering suspiciously at things for long so long.

Sooooo.]

if anybody wants my vote, it's t minus however the hell long before we all start killing each other. would love to be wrong, but if i live long enough to say i told you so, yknow. yippee.

so.

why do *you* think we're here? wrong answers only. top 3 by popular vote get a prize.

[Does he have a prize to hand out... No, no he does not. He will find some cheap garbage in one of the shops and write a 1ST/2ND/3RD PLACE on it, no problem. Eventually. Maybe even a sticker.]

and what do you guys think about picking code names? you know, just in case.

[big talk from username junpei]

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[coolerjunpei]

oh, you made a serial killer survey, got it. keep an eye on them.

do you really think it's a blank slate? it felt like there were people here before to me...

[nerine]

That's why I said 'nearly.' I'm an American so everything I'm seeing is like a template of some modern American city.
But I kind of get what you mean by feeling like there had to have been people here at some point even if there's no written record of them anywhere.

[coolerjunpei]

no way, the subway's cleaner. [badum tsh.] i moved to the states when i was a kid.

and yeah... it could have just been us. i'm not convinced group amnesia isn't the answer.

[nerine]

That so? Which state did you end up in if you don't mind me asking?

It's definitely not group amnesia, but I also think I should stop taking naps during my shifts if it's gonna make me end up in a different world.

[coolerjunpei]

west coast for a while, but i've been spending a lot of time deep in nevada lately. too long out in the sticks, if you ask me. not even the fun parts...

you're sure it's not group amnesia? how?

[nerine]

Oh, my condolences about Nevada.
You could have at least stuck to the fun parts.

and I mean
The other alternative about what this whole thing is about
magic

[yeah]

[coolerjunpei]

really wasn't up to me. at least this place isn't in the middle of the damn desert, i'll give it that.

what kind of magic.

[nerine]

Um
Witchy magic?
Sorry. You'd think working for a witch would give me a better idea about what we're dealing with but it's only been a year to be fair.

[coolerjunpei]

no shit, a real witch? is there a cauldron involved? do you stir it ominously?

[nerine]

There's an espresso machine.
It's a nice and fancy one
But yeah.

I know, I was disappointed too.

[coolerjunpei]

i guess that's one kind of boiling and bubbling...

so you think witches put us here? how is that any better than my group amnesia idea?

[nerine]

It's probably not it but I wouldn't dismiss the idea outright
Magic in my world is extremely powerful depending on the wielder like near-reality warping if some of them were able to.
My boss isn't powerful in that regard, but she still packs a hell of a punch.

But hey, I didn't even know magic was real. There's a lot I don't know that could have caused this.

[coolerjunpei]

could she punch hard enough to get you out of here if she knew where you were? that'd be convenient.

i have no idea if witches are real in nevada. why the hell not. we're still in deep shit until somebody finds a clue.

["in nevada"]

[nerine]

you know
I feel like if she could punch that hard she absolutely would

[Iona may be kind, energetic, and chipper but god her punching arm is not to be messed with.]

I wouldn't think they're exclusive to Nevada. My boss and I are SoCal locals.

[coolerjunpei]

i'll keep an eye out for long-distance punches.

and that makes sense, i think? socal's witchier than the desert if you ask me. nobody wants to hang around cauldrons or espresso machines out there.

[nerine]

Well, I gotta say, you're doing a good job of making Nevada sounding really haunted.

[coolerjunpei]

oh yeah. desert's haunted. yknow just like the moon?

[nerine]

Moon's haunted?
🤔 🤔 🤔
That's new to me.

[coolerjunpei]

in that old meme, yeah. but it probably is in real life, too. i mean, why not, right?