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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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That sounds rancid. Smart. But absolutely rancid, texture-wise. Though I wonder if we could recycle the notes instead, if we found some way to form sheets and dry them up......isn't that another way to make use of paper soup? Eco-friendly. But actually eco-friendly!

Damn, your mother sounds really cool. I'm a little jealous, hahaha. Not of the fact that you and her had to deal with demogorgans, they sound about as bad as any other monster I could probably think of just to gross myself out. Worse than Sweepers, maybe. About as gross, anyway.

It's alright. I can take care of the lights for the sake of a little experimentation. Might as well put my cheating to good use.

Yeah I wasn’t gonna eat it, just throw it out when it’s too destroyed for anyone to read. But I guess you could try if you wanted to be gross.
Recycling might work though but I haven’t made paper since like preschool.

She is cool, she’s kicked so much ass since everything started at home and I bet she’d know how to get home.
What are sweepers like?

The only time I’ve ever been successful with a weapon was when me and my friend helped take down a really big gross monster with fireworks and I don’t think I’ve seen any here yet or whether there’s even anything it would work on out there.

Only way to ensure extra destruction. Dissolve, then acid. You never know how resourceful this place is. (Or maybe I'm just embarrassed at the fact that my first thought was to drink paper soup) (I think it's that I'm so sorry for the image)

Sweepers are

hard to explain

they come every night like clockwork though, and they'll just eat whatever and whoever's in their road. Can't come into residential houses if you're in the better parts of town, but if you're out at night too late, you're done for, simple as that. Just eaten by the Sweepers. Lots of orphans go missing that way.

You know, I'm surprised there aren't fireworks here yet. Even weak ones. If we're allowed any sort of knife, then shouldn't we be allowed awful firecrackers? Though that sort of talk's only more reason the City should take my lighter away hahahahah

Its fine I’ve seen some really gross stuff before. Like a spider monster made of human flesh (long story)
But hmmm you make a good point about the resources they might have for finding out what we’re up to.

That’s absolutely horrible. Lots of people died at home because monsters but they don’t just keep coming and eating orphans or something. I mean sure every time we think they’re gone they manage to come back but I think there is a way to get rid of them for good we just haven’t worked out how to make it happen yet.

Maybe if they celebrate holidays they’ll bring them out then? They’re mostly available around major holidays where I come from, it was the Fourth of July celebrations when we got our hands on them to use as projectiles!

Oh hey, meat abominations are a common thing no matter where you're from!! That sucks. Hope there are none here.

[There kind of already is at least one, or at least a girl who turns into one, but he's not going to talk about her. Less said about her the better.]

Damn. I'm sorry about that, the monsters where you're from. That means they're not natural, then? Like, you CAN stop them or get rid of them for good? Do you know how they breed? That'd be a great start, if you can manage and stomach it. Get rid of the production, have less to come back.

...................That's a great point. I should ask the Kiosk what holidays get celebrated here. Don't know what holiday's on the fourth of July or anything where you're from, but if there's something coming up close now, we can start stockpiling. It at least tries to throw us parties, confirmed, so celebration's a thing it knows about.

[ No thank you, he will absolutely not allow himself to think about how they breed. Ever.

And now he’s thinking about it. And nauseous. ]

Some of them by using a human host. The less said the better.
Basically it’s a hivemind though and we have to kill the thing keeping it alive.

That’s a good point, the 4th is a holiday specific to my country so it probably won’t be important here but I think maybe Halloween is global? I don’t know, the kiosks might have more to work with if you know how to work them. I’ve only just figured this whole hand computer thing out…

[About.......Half an hour later, after a trip to the kiosk to confront it, he remembers to reply. Oops. Senile old fart.]

Oh ew. Okay, no, that's. Hivemind? Okay, yeah, striking down the centre is the best idea. And keeping it that way. All power to you when you get home, man. It sounds rough, and I wish I could help.

As for holidays, I just asked the kiosk. Apparently this place has no holidays or traditions native to it. So I doubt we'll get fireworks at all, which sucks. They'd be good for a ranged option. And no extra candy for Halloween, either........What the hell are we meant to do for entertainment without meaningless holidays to gorge ourselves on?

[ half an hour is time enough to have recovered from the need to hide in a blanket pile so it’s welcome ]

Yeah. If I get home. It almost feels weird wanting to go back to it this badly but my family is there.

No Halloween?? Okay that’s just a sad existence.
I’ve been using being stuck here as an excuse to just snack on whatever I want whenever I want so I don’t need candy excuses but like… the costumes? The parties? All of that and they just do nothing at all… Weird.

Maybe we’ll find fireworks eventually anyway, there’s so many places there has to be some somewhere unless they’re banned.

Nothing weird about wanting your family, especially if your mother's half so good as you made her sound. A good family makes up for everything this city provides for free, you know?

And yeah! No holidays at all. I thought that people used to live here, but if they did, you'd think there'd be any marks of culture, history, anything like that. But I've asked about any past figures of note, and there's nothing. No holidays, no music.........It's weird. I think it might've just been created with that air to unnerve us more or something.

Does this place even know about monsters, to dress up as? What would it make up for costumes?

Anyway maybe in the mall there's fireworks. If there's barbecue and bouncy castles, then you'd think there's other generic marks of a celebration like fireworks SOMEWHERE. Even if it's just at another welcome party or something. We'll have to keep our eyes peeled.

I mean the entire town is falling apart and the monsters are coming through and everything is terrible but yeah. They’re my family, I miss them already.

That’s so weird. Maybe there was nobody here, maybe we’re the first. I was wondering if it’s some weird experiment like we’re all just fish in a tank to someone. You know when people put those little shipwreck ornaments in like they’re pretending it’s the ocean? Sometimes it feels like that a bit.

I haven’t been to the mall yet. I was thinking about trying because I want to find better art supplies than whatever spawns in the convenience stores but I didn’t want to go alone or to drag my friend who’s here too along in case he has the same hesitation about setting foot in one
The meat monster attacked us in a mall and I’ve not been to one since.

[ more open than he would usually be but since Gregor seems to know about monsters it feels okay to own up to why he hasn’t been exploring yet ]

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Late reply, life kicked my ass, sorry!!!

man i understand, no stress!!

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