(post-mingle) text; un: UEHARA

[metafictions]

Good morning, everyone. I hope you're well.

[read: he hopes that you're not too hungover and that none of you died out there last night.]

Despite the different clans to which we've been assigned, we all find ourselves in strange territory in Jigoku-cho. It may look close to what several of us recognize as Japan, but as you might've already discovered, familiarity does not guarantee similarity. The other day, I met a man who could have easily been from my world, perhaps even my continent or country-- only to discover he hailed from a completely different planet.

So, I'd like to begin gathering information. [He's no Sutoku, but this is important to all of them, and-- as he's been taught-- there are no shortcuts when it comes to investigation.] The more that we know about our fellow lost souls, the more we will have to work from as we learn more about this place and why we're here. We can start with something simple. If you would like, please share where, and when, you are from.

I'll start. I am from Tokyo's 25th Ward, in Japan, on Earth, in the year 2005.

(ooc: feel free to threadjack around! ✌️)

Comments

[metafictions]

You know, you're the first person who's pointed it out to me? Good on you for being observant.

[it's not THAT big of a secret, even if it is on a need-to-know basis, but it would be helpful to note here, wouldn't it?]

I'm only originally from 2005. The last year I was in was 2018. To put it simply, I go where I'm needed: I don't always get to choose.

[kaientai]

Oh? Takes one to know one then, I suppose! It's been the same way for me. It's always at a turning point, where direct intervention is required.

That's the part I don't get because it doesn't fit unless we consider the possibility that what happens here could have consequences beyond this plane or timeline or whatever you'd like to call it.

Of course, it's just as likely that none of it's connected at all and it's all random!

[ isn't it helpful going around in circles like this? ]

I'm originally from a time long enough ago that it still strange to think of people just being from 2005 or 2018. I'm not sure people could even think ahead to the turn of one century, let alone two.

that should be 2019* oops

[metafictions]

It's just the same for me. This time, I was aiding a specific person, but sometimes it's simply being in a specific where and when.

That's what's been troubling me, too. Usually I function kind of like a compass, in that I know where and when I should be. Jigoku-cho... isn't my next point. Not at all. And yet I don't feel anything wrong from it, either. So, which could it be-- some meaningless detour, or something to be very worried about?

[#justtimetravelproblems!!!! oh boy, are his timecop buddies gonna be flabbergasted when they hear about THIS one.]

I suppose that comes with the territory of living outside of the normal flow of time, doesn't it? The way you conceive of it all must be so different from normal people.