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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.

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It's fine, I should have known better than to assume anything here. In part, it was his appearance, but what struck me the most was his accent: it sounded European.

[sorry kim he's trying his best not to identify you too obviously on the network]

So, from my future, and on a different continent. That's good information, thank you. [But... he'd just jumped to another point before he'd arrived here, hadn't he? Perhaps the traveling is related?] Do you recall if you were en route before you woke up here?

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?

Not out of the question at all, flowery. Anything is possible. Though I did see a chain restaurant or two that I recognized from home...

[You better believe he already got a hell frappucino!!]

You're correct: I never have. It does sound close to Midgard with a D, which is also associated with mythical places. What is it like?

his accent sounded european and he wasn't even from earth? am i reading this right? that's a little wild, if so. i can't even parse my mind around how other accents from other worlds would even be like. i kind of specialize in copying voices, so that would have thrown me off too!

but if you were looking for europeans in particular, that's actually where i was originally born.

as far as i go though... no. i definitely wasn't en route to anywhere. the last thing i remember was losing a fight inside a little house within south america. i guess because i lost the fight, though, it's entirely possible that i could have been en route to somewhere else while i was unconscious? that is, if i didn't actually die?

i suppose i'm not actually certain if i died in that fight or not, so sorry if that's entirely unhelpful.

[I mean, when the boss fight itself is actually dependent on the player's actions, there's no way LB can know.]

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?

oh wow. it's all new to me! i'm a little out of my element here. what'd you grab, uehara?

well, midgard isn't mythical. not all of jigoku-cho is unfamiliar to me, i guess?

it's sort of like a pizza! there's an upper level and a lower level... i'm from the lower level. it can be pretty hard getting up there, but i handle it.

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! 🤷‍♂️

From my limited experience and from our Japanese customers at the cafe
No, the youkai with multiple eyes do not in fact walk the streets.
At least in broad daylight anyway 😏

[Oh! Revachol!! He knows that one now!!]

Small world. The person I met was actually one of your countrymen.

And that is correct. The city looks familiar, the signs seem to be in Japanese, and some of the neighborhoods seem to be structured similarly to other places in Tokyo, but it definitely isn't exact. If there's any other deeper similarities I haven't discovered them yet.

wait, does that mean the youkai are not hell exclusive???
that sounds terrifying! how do you cope?

drink lots of coffee and offer them lots of coffee
It doesn't sound like a great idea at first, but some enjoy a nice caffeine rush and lots of sugar like most human folk

you're talking about kim! yeah he's my partner, best guy i know.

[ he doesn't know many guys but even if he did, kim would be best. ]

it's interesting that hell resembles such a specific city. interesting in the way that i don't know what to draw from it, but that doesn't make it less noteworthy! even if the structure isn't exact, it's not what i thought death would look like. though from what i understand we might not *actually* be dead, which is an entire can of worms on its own.

[There's no use in assuming anything off the bat, but Earth is starting to look suspiciously popular here.]

Really? A good friend of mine is originally from Southern California, too. [AND the late 2010s, but that's neither here nor there.] Have you heard of a city called Santa Destroy?

Hmm... so, you were sleeping before you arrived, do I have that right?

Oh c'mon
Santa Barbara has its ups and downs, but it's nice overall!

I kid. Santa Destroy is not on our map so sounds like an alternate situation here.

sounds like a good idea to me.
no one can turn down a good cup of coffee!
the youkai here seem to like alcohol a lot too. no surprise hell has rivers worth of booze to go around.

[you know, Monts has a good feeling about this Tequila Sunset person. They just seem pleasant so far.]

And as we all know, booze is the devil's drink, so it's super appropriate for this place.
Or so my abuela would call it
Though now that I think about it, your username... Kinda impressed that drink shows up where you're from.
I'm assuming anyway?
Never heard of those places you mentioned and I don't think we've had visitors from Revachol as you call it.

That's right. French, to be exact. [SORRY AGAIN KIM, but Harry already named him, so it's fine (???)] I wouldn't say I was necessarily looking for Europeans, but it was recognizable enough. I was definitely surprised.

More information is always more helpful than none, especially because of that fight... as for me, I was traveling, but I know that I didn't do anything that could have lead to my death. [He frowns behind his screen, briefly considering that Travis had actually continued their fight and killed him for the Death Ball... but he remembers leaving with him, and meeting Frank, so that can't be right.]

Do you believe we're really in Hell?

oh, i'm actually decent at french too, so that's even weirder for me to envision?

[But when her PMC was based in France, that was at least to be somewhat to be expected. Granted, that wasn't her original language either.]

i guess i don't know? it wouldn't surprise me if i was in hell, but this place is also unlike anything i've experienced so far. i didn't really put a whole lot of faith in religion, so i don't know what hell is supposed to be like?

but from the bit i remember, i suppose i was expecting a whole lot worse. like hellfire and brimstone? but first impressions aren't everything either.

[He helpfully attaches a photo of said frappucino: it's green, speckled with chocolate chips, and topped generously with whipped cream.]

A Grasshopper: matcha, mocha, and peppermint syrup. It's a secret menu item, but just like at the Starbucks back home, they don't always recognize it by name, so you have to ask for the exact items to add. I like this one a lot, so I was curious to see if it tasted the same here.

A pizza... [Oh no, he started the food talk. Now he's getting hungry.] Is there a difference between the levels? Does part of the level you're from look like Jigoku-cho?

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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?

We were eating at the same ramen stall the other day. We had a nice conversation.

[Kamui's carefully avoiding the fact that the ramen shop was in Tamamo territory, and they had to ignore a couple getting frisky that entire time... not in front of his precious miso broth...]

I agree completely. Then again, maybe there are other hells that look like other places, and we were simply sent to this one? Could there be one that looks like Revachol?

As for dying, I very much doubt that we're dead, mostly because... I'm sure I would know if I had actually died. [He's certainly got the experience down, at any rate.] But I could be wrong.

Maybe it's a similar situation to what I encountered with the person I met? That's a Japanese word, too.

No idea, unfortunately. Is it some kind of element?

Are you? Maybe we should ask them if Revacholese [is that the right word?! he just figured out Revachol was A Place period, it'll have to do!] sounds like French, too.

[Kamui mulls over the rest of her message for a moment. He's not so sure what hell's supposed to be like, either: he certainly doesn't remember anything like this place after any of his deaths. ~~tfw you're not from the canonpoint where your girlfriend is a literal princess from hell~~ Guess they're out of luck on this one.]

Neither am I, but that sounds like what I would've expected too. Who knows? Maybe all the fire and brimstone is underground or something. [He's only half joking about that one.]

[He's trying to mentally place Santa Destroy on a map-- Santa Barbara seems wrong, isn't it by San Diego or something???-- when.

oh. that was a joke. oops.]

I think you might be right. I also see from your conversation with Tequila that you do actually have youkai where you're from? They're just stories and legends in my world's Japan.

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