audio; un: hob

[100more]

Uh, hello everyone. It looks like we might be here a little longer than we hoped for, unless anyone has figured out how to leave yet.

[ He tries not to sound pesimistic about it. ]

I mean, whoever brought us here threw us a really dull mixer and hasn't made themselves known, so a lot of people are probably looking for places to stay and figuring all that stuff out.

No one's asking my opinion, but I would encourage everyone not to live somewhere too secluded. We don't know what might happen, and if you need help, it may be difficult to reach you. I know most of us probably don't know anything about each other, and it can be difficult to trust strangers, but putting city blocks between you and your nearest neighbor won't make things easier.

That's all.

Comments

[100more]

Nothing useful, no. I don't understand why we've been brought here and left in the dark.

[It's very worrisome.]

[gripper]

You didn't hear it from me, but an acquaintance and I think it might just be some experiment.

( For... things she's cautious enough around nobodies not to discuss, unlike some people with no filter. )

Drop us in a new place with a bunch of people we don't know and maybe a handful we do, invite us to ask questions, give us a little party to drop our guards... ( She sounds criminally carefree about it though, despite the conspiratorial whisper, and if this were video he'd be able to see her shrug a shoulder. ) And the next party, they'll drop some kind of monster on us and see if we manage to survive.

( With those bonds they formed, or whatever. Kromer can take things on her own so she doesn't need that— )

Doesn't sound too crazy, does it?

[100more]

Really? An experiment?

[ The thought had crossed Hob's mind, as well, though it gives him the creeps. ]

I guess nothing is crazy at this point. What do you think could be the reason for an experiment like this? People working together or against each other is hardly a new concept.

[gripper]

( greed breeds innovation. )

Oh, there could be any number of things. Testing new methods for dying, memory adjustments, how much gaslighting it takes until someone breaks, the effect of certain gases on the human—or, in the cases of certain creatures here, non-human—body, so on, so forth... ( hmm. ) Perhaps nothing's started yet. Perhaps they're waiting for paranoia to take the worst of us. Who knows? Until there's something distinctly clear-cut, at least.

[100more]

( Some of those testing ideas sound ridiculous to Hob. Why would anyone need to know those things? )

Well, let's hope that's not the case.