1st Year :: Video;

[aesculapianavowal]

[The phone feed's clicked on after some presumable fiddling from this kid's part. He looks no older then maybe 15, and doesn't seem to be unused to the phone's technology. The benefits of being from scifi! Besides, he's used to figuring out how things work.]

This is a broadcast to everyone, right?

[He sounds like a teenager, too. puberty is deceptive.]

Hi! Does, perhaps, anyone happen to know where I am?

I distinctly remember going to sleep in my own bed, and somehow I've ended up with a strange phone and unfamiliar surroundings.

[camera pan for emphasis... he's on the beach right now, apparently. Gravitated towards the one thing he found familiar.]

Thanks for any help you can provide.

[click! One push and phone goes off.]

Comments

[Video]

[kindofademon]

You've been grabbed and brought to the city of Prospero by stuff we don't know about for reasons we don't know about.

Wow, I'm really helpful.

[video] r-ryuunosuke...

[aesculapianavowal]

[He gives a smile. He actually got something out of that, Ryuu.]

I'd have to agree. I at least know where I am, now.

I assume you're in a similar situation?

[video] He likes kids. :>

[kindofademon]

Yep. Pretty much anybody you'll run into on this network is.

[video] oh god

[aesculapianavowal]

Ah. Good to know.

[He's seen the contact list, but he's not sure who you are on it, Ryuu.]

What's your name, my gracious informational benefactor?

[video] oh god

[kindofademon]

Ryuunosuke Uryuu! What's yours?

Audio;

[yewbow]

Congratulations, you're just officially been jacked by Prospero.

video; because Hippocrates rebels against convention

[aesculapianavowal]

That's a delightful way of putting it.

[He's sitting down on a bench in the city when he replies -- he's gone inland already.]

I feel like a proper winner already. What else did I win?

[Is he snarking at your use of congratulations? He is snarking at your use of congratulations.]

Audio; because he's a ninja

[yewbow]

[You can tell from the sound that he's kinda shrugging. Y'know, sound of his cape and all.]

A blessing from this place counts?

video; Of course he is.

[aesculapianavowal]

Personae, you mean?

[Okay, he already got this out of Ryuunosuke. And he uses proper latin because he knows latin, okay. he's the best doctor.]

Audio;

[yewbow]

That one too. You know that you can't die here? [A small pause.] ...Well, sort of.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Welcome to Prospero, an island off the coast of the United States of America on the planet earth.

Well, one of them anyway.

[Video]

[aesculapianavowal]

Ah, so we're on Earth, then.

[He gives a grin at that last bit.]

Are there many Earths?

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Apparently! If you try to contact people you're familiar with, you'll probably find out they don't exist here. I'm not sure how many alternate earths there are in total, though.

[Video]

[aesculapianavowal]

Most likely, that wouldn't be possible anyway. But it seems like there are infinitely many, if this world can be separate from anyone else's.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Right, right. How did it go? Something about alternate worlds from little differences?

Well, anyway, you're here now, and nobody's found a reliable way home. And even if you do go home, there's a chance you might end up here again a little later, so there's no real guarantee either way. Until then, we're all trying to figure out what's going on here.

video;

[ex_cashcow493]

Surely your basic questions have been answered thus far. So allow me to bestow the opportunity to ask additional ones if you have any.

[ Saber's bored enough to answer at least. ]

video;

[aesculapianavowal]

[He's hanging out in the hotel by now, though he's yet to actually get a room...]

Hmm. Apologies for the barrage of questions in advance.

What's the best method to force a Persona's awakening?

If there's combat involved, is there any place I can purchase weapons?

What exactly are Personae capable of?

And... What jobs are there that would be available to me?

[You make the judgement on his age, Saber.]

video;

[ex_cashcow493]

[ There's a small amount of respect there for a person who asks questions that are relevant to survival; weapons and combat are especially of interest to her. With her hands folded before her, the phone propped up in what appears to be the middle of a table, she thinks it over before giving any replies. ]

The best method is to throw yourself into danger, but that is arguably the stupidest method. Instead, just try to focus and call out to them. Apparently these apparitions can be reasoned with to some extent. There is combat often, especially during the Dark Hour, so you will wish to purchase weapons at a local shop.

[ He'll receive a text message with the relevant information soon after. Mostly the location and Saber's opinion on the 'smith' that works there. ]

They are capable of using spells. Er, that is to say they perform sorcery of various sorts. There is a boy here by the name of Issei who has gathered information on that subject, I believe.

There are plenty of jobs to be had although you will be judged based on your appearance. [ She knows. ] A suit usually helps sway their opinion of you, but rarely.

video;

[aesculapianavowal]

That sounds like a much preferable way to awaken them then what I was told.

[...ryuunosuke...

Also, why do I have a feeling that that opinion on the smith will be a scathing review of her inability to fight.]

Hm. I'll have to get in touch with him, then.

...[sigh]

I would have to bet I wouldn't be able to get a job in medicine, or at a hospital, would I?

[o9 dammit aaaage you have foiled my plot again]

video;

[ex_cashcow493]

No, I am afraid not. [ She's calm about it. ] Instead, why not offer such services to those like you? There have been a fair number of injured individuals, so a clinic for us would be suitable.

[video]

[needsteaplz]

Yes, it's a broadcast to everyone who's been brought here. Everyone in your contact list are all in the same boat.

My name's Saori. I see you got a lot of information about this place. If there are other things you'd like to know, please feel free to ask.

[video]

[aesculapianavowal]

Ah, so that's who's on the contact list.

[Enlightening.]

It's nice to meet you, Saori. I can't think of a question now, although: do you happen to know how I could best go about getting money?

[Preferably without being treated like a child. :|c]

[video]

[needsteaplz]

Well, there a lot of local jobs that do accept workers. Chances are though the locals will only let you do part time jobs since you look like you might still pass for a student.

The other method would involve the Dark Hour, but I wouldn't recommend it going about it solo. Have you been told about Personae yet?

[video]

[aesculapianavowal]

Ah.

[He was considering that, but... the mention of the Dark Hour draws his attention.]

I have, yes. I've been considering attempting to summon my own.

[video]

[needsteaplz]

It's easier to summon them during the dark hour but I strongly suggest having someone with you in case you don't summon it the first time around. Plus it's very exhausting when you first attempt it.