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Okay. Hopefully me putting IMPORTANT at the top helps denote this as actually something I personally think is important. Got the idea from username dynamight, so credit goes to them!

But serious talk: this is an experiment. Or it's an Abnormality, maybe? An enclosure either way. Either this city itself wants us here because it's lonely and it wants people around, because what's the point of a city without people in it right?? Or the scientists outside want us in so they can shake us up in this little jar and write down their results. Not sure what end goal there, we'll find out soon enough.

If anyone has any proof or any other theories, please feel free to discuss. I'm open to ideas. And I know figuring out what this place feels pointless, but if we can aim towards figuring out the what, then we'll be able to figure out the how soon enough, right?

And has anyone gotten any useful information in general? I've been nosing around, but all I get is redacted snippets with no actual details to work with. Which cycles back around to my two theories above, I guess; either we really are the first ones to get sucked into this Abnormality and it's just been made out of several lonely people wanting a better life and world, or it's artificially made in which case there's not going to be any public figures or history to learn about.

Anyway.

I just think that we should all check in and talk about anything we've learned. Don't feel like you have to talk to me only, either. Talk amongst yourselves. Information should be freely shared so we can get out faster.

Also if you saw me at the party, hi, I'm the guy with the bug arm, that's me, if you didn't know. Yes it's disgusting. Yes, I hate it too. No, the food or water or air in this place isn't the reason I have the bug arm. I've had it for twenty years or so now.

Okay that's it.

[feel free to mingle online, he's just desperate to feel like he's achieving something here!]

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Why not? You think other people haven't been trying to get out? I think it's better to have a place where we can all drop information, come together, talk it out. Organise something. I'm tired of sitting here with my claw up my butt waiting for my boss to come and Red Gaze his way through this place.

.......I don't mean to sound mad at you, you seem like a good kid. I just hate not doing anything. I'm tired of it, and someone has to have SOMETHING useful by now. You know?

[Okay, he's a bit horrified at being described as a 'good kid' and now he's going to go find Dimitri just so Dimitri can be horrified at this with him. What the heck. What the hell. What the heck and hell. How did he give the wrong impression.]

i've got so many questions just from what you wrote.

okay, here's one. you feel any different? i mean, when you first woke up. though now i'm thinking about it, now works too. and i don't just mean if you're hungry, though i'm serious: you might feel better if you eat something. does it feel like anything's different or is it business as usual?

[Offering cooking lessons, didn't beat his ass for being a bug army member (former). Good kid. Being rowdy doesn't mean you're bad! He has a whole rowdy youngin' on his team already, brother!!]

That's the thing. I don't feel any different. It's just day in day out, I get hungry, I get tired, I eat, I sleep in someone else's bed. I get bored, I walk around outside and try to avoid seeing people so I don't get questions about my arm.

It's too safe.

Do you feel different?

nah same as always. i wouldn't even know where to begin to try to figure something like that out.

but one guy i met said he felt like puking when he arrived so that's why i figured i'd ask.

[Some light white lie bullshit, don't worry about it.]

Must just be the state of arrival, or the previous state they were in before they got on the train.

That's interesting, though. Worth noting, in case more folks felt different. We'll have to ask around.........I'd add that to my top post, but I think it's big enough with my 'meltdown' as is, as folks are putting it. Still think I'm being perfectly logical though, myself.

and i still think you need to take a nap or maybe eat a sandwich. you can have good points and also need to eat a sandwich. it's not like it's one or the either.

i'm also a stupid kid, so what do i know? maybe you just had a three course meal and this is what you do after eating.

Who's saying you're a stupid kid. Keep that up and I'll start telling you that YOU need a nap and a snack. I only call you a kid since I'm old enough to be your big brother. Uncle in a pinch. I'm allowed.

And it's what people do when they have work, and they can't go and do work, and their bosses are absolutely terrifying. That's why I'm wigging out. Because I'm pretty sure my boss is going to have my head if I slack off here.

trust me, if you saw my grades you'd be calling me a stupid kid. i flunked one of my tests a few weeks ago and my professor sent me to remedial classes. and what's wrong with a nap? naps are great. maybe i'll take one later.

and i'm sorry to hear that. i don't have that problem, but my father's boss isn't the best.

Yeah well I haven't seen your grades, and grades don't even matter in the real world unless you're really aiming for the stars. Normal people don't need that nonsense. Go have your nap and snack, I'll have mine, and we can both be happy.

Sorry to hear about your dad's boss though. At least mine's a man I can trust to have our backs if it really comes to it (and the trouble we get in isn't our faults).

yeah my father's boss isn't what i'd call good at the job. but it's fine. in the next year or so he should be stepping down and his replacement's far better.

and none of that is here, so it's not something i oughta worry about.

Exactly. No need to worry until you're back home, bud. Live the good life here.

..........I can't stomach it. This peace. It's weird.

if this is gonna lead into you asking me to chase after you swinging an axe or whatever just so you can keep your instincts sharp, the answer to that is no

What?

No? That's likely to just make me freak out anyway. No good for either one of us.

believe it or not, one of my friends is that type. he gets antsy and the only way to make him happy was to fight him.

with training weapons, so it's not like he'd actually try to kill you, but you know. if you said what you said to him he'd probably want to meet you once a week and fight it out.

Sounds like he'd get along grand with a co-worker of mine.

Though my co-worker fights to the death. But that doesn't matter much to us, really. Maybe get him a rubber bat and he'd have a good time with your buddy!

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