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(post-mingle) text; un: UEHARA

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! ✌️)

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good morning!

i never had been to japan, as far as i remember, so i don't even have familiarity on my side. i wonder what was so familiar about the man you thought was from your world, but i'm sorry you were wrong in your assumption.

but, to answer your question, i'm at least from the same planet. however, it was 2014 in my time. i suppose i was in south america at the time, though i think i was just shipped off to wherever my employer thought i was needed too.

Edited 2022-03-06 02:10 (UTC)

would it be completely out of the question to assume we aren't in some version of japan? i mean, this is some kind of mythical place in japan's lore, right?

as for me, i'm from midgar! bet you never heard of it. am i right?

im from revachol, insulinde isola, and it's year 51 of the current century.

[ side note: he is very proud of knowing all of this and sharing it accurately! knowledge of basic reality is important to him. ]

so we're in not in japan (which I have never heard of but that's beside the point) but jigoku-cho resembles it? is it only surface level, like how the city looks, or more than that?

Southern California, late 2010s here!
I'm not too surprised about other places and times
More on the side of, being surprised at being here at all.
That's what I get for napping while on the clock I suppose! 🤷‍♂️

terra, 1097
never heard of a japan in my life but the stuff here looks a lot like the things you find in higashi

anyone heard of originium?

2005? That makes me a bit nostalgic...

It sounds like we're from a similar place, Uehara. But it was 2018 when I left.

( this child does not understand texting. thus, everything comes, predictably, in caps lock, because how does one turn this strange device's screaming off..... he'll learn at some point.... )

GREETINGS, YOUNG UEHARA

MY NAME IS RENGOKU KYOJURO

THE LOOK OF THIS PLACE IS QUITE SIMILAR TO JAPAN, WHERE I HAVE COME FROM! BUT I AM AFRAID THE TIMELINE IS MUCH DIFFERENT.

AH, wAIT, THE tEXT can be changed!

I am from the Taisho era!

( he feels quite proud now. he's being helpful! )

Doing some detective work?

[ ryouma thinks this is a good idea! but he doesn't mind someone else getting there first, it means he doesn't have to offer so much himself as an opener, for one thing. ]

I'm also from Japan! [ not that he's going to be so specific. ] When might be saying a little much, but I've been to 2019, for what it's worth.

Japan, Earth, 1988. Raised in Tokyo, been in Kansai for a while though.

When I wasn't in Hakagemachi, anyway.

Phone's sure get smaller in the future, that's a relief. Things are a damn brick in '88.

[ This device wants him to choose a 'screen name' for himself, some kind of moniker to obscure his identity. He deliberately chooses someone who is long-fled to another plane; even if the mind flayer might come here, it likely wouldn't take offense to the use of its identity. It owes him, after all.

He browses the responses and finds a great deal of commonality, which makes him raise an eyebrow. ]

Is this Japan of yours all humans

[He doesn't really get hangovers anymore but he certainly had a brush with death after picking a fight with some of the Shuten dudes. Fun times.]

Gathering some intel, huh? Smart idea, I would've done the same if I wasn't nursing a broken nose.

[While his nose is indeed a bit bloody, it's far from broken.]

Unlike most of you guys, I'm not from Japan and it's 2019 where I'm from.

Oh wow! :O Most of everyone replying to this seems to be from the past for me. It's 2238 for me if I have to use Terran time units. And if I did the conversion right...... It's been a while since I've been around humans-humans. Sorry! >_<

I'm technically from Earth! It's my stated homeplanet in my identification records if I had them. I was heading towards the Imortal-8 Centers that's found in the Hyperion Cloud Galaxy, Stellar Sector to support a friend of mine. :)

japan seems to be a pretty popular place
never heard of it, though
i'm from insomnia, which is a place on eos and it's, like, 732

Hakagemachi. Don't know the year there.
Yokohama before that. 2017? Feels like twenty years ago. Goddamn.

A pleasure to meet you!

I'm from Japan, in the year 2205. It's quite interesting to find myself here instead of relaxing with tea in my room. I worry the youngsters might wonder where I went.\

[Stating the year would be safe enough, plus it would give an idea of how varied their numbers are.]

I'm from Japan, in the year 2017. I grew up near Tokyo, but I'm living in Okinawa now.

Kindly pardon the speed. I am still getting my bearings with technology.

I come from the Kingdom of Faerghus, and to my knowledge I am the only one here from my country. The year is 1180.

I originate from Cybertron, however, my last location was on Earth, in Zambia. I believe, in human year, it was.... 2018 in my time.

Does anyone recall that they have died or dying before arrival?

[a very interesting post, and definitely one that Hazel's finding useful just skimming through. instead of adding to the pool of helpfulness, however, she instead tosses in a question.]

How many people you think've lied on this so far?

[cynical, but, you know...someone had to ask.]

[It takes some time for him to settle on one of these delightful pseudonyms for replying to these messages. Indeed, he even contemplates impersonating Drizzt once more. In the end, however, he settles for the drow word for 'friend'—for he does intend to charm these people who he has been placed with.]

Do you know, I've never even heard of such a city? I fear we are from two very different planes, my friend.

No matter. I am originally from Menzoberranzan in the Underdark, but now from the city of Luskan on the Sword Coast, although immediately prior to this I was visiting the fair city of Waterdeep. In Faerun, on Toril, but of course. And the year was 1492 by the Dale reckoning.

[ She's barely played with the phone and texting seems cumbersome so she'll stick to speaking. ]

I've never heard of this Japan and for an afterlife, this place is vastly different from the Lifestream.

In any case, I hail from a star we call Etheirys.

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London, 1900. I trust that's a familiar name to most of you, at least.

I do have several acquaintances in Japan, but I've yet to encounter any of them here.

Hard to say specifically, but I'm from somewhere in the ocean that used to be Texas around the year 2409.

Not too sure about the technicalities after that.

(What does that even mean, Dirk.)

You certainly didn't waste any time gathering more information. It's me you were talking about here, yes?

It seems you're surrounded by your countrymen. Odd that they didn't bring people exclusively from Japan, considering the strong similarities.

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