(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

[camyoflage]

[There's some weird, spiteful part of Ethan that wants to joke that, yeah, it's super contagious, you're all gonna have it by the end of the week.]

[He knows better than to say it. That was the sort of thing people believed even though there wasn't an ounce of truth in it.]

just exposure to the element
i guess there's one other way but

hm

bro
are we dead?

and if we're dead we can't die twice right?

[metafictions]

If we're already in Jigoku-cho, anything is possible. We could be dead, we could be alive. Or we could be somewhere in between. For what it's worth, I didn't die before I arrived.

[And he's got experience with some of the limbo in between life and death, so... he's heavily suspecting something like that is the case.]

Until we know more about what this place really is, I couldn't tell you what happens if we "die" a second time. For all we know we could face a fate worse than death.

[camyoflage]

i can't even be sure i'd remember dying if it happened

anyways if an infected person dies
they turn into a crystal
then that spreads it

so i don't think anyone's gonna have a good time if that happens
heh

[ha ha... funny disaster]

[metafictions]

[oh BOY bonus crystal hell]

So you'll be doing your best to stay alive is what I'm hearing?

[camyoflage]

i'd be doing that no matter what!
so look out for your fellow man alright?
i could be anybody~