Video Intro

[quick_clean_pure]

So, this place sure seems...clean.

[Have a grungy-looking guy peering at his smart phone, holding all of the new-arrival gear he got at the bay, looking a little bewildered at his surroundings but making the best of it. He also appears to have taken way more brochures than necessary.]

Though, then again, I guess I might be a little biased on that. Considering my old place is, quite literally, a dumpster fire. So, you know, this could be considered an upgrade.

[He shrugs slightly.]

Still not a fan of waking up up strange places, but eh, what can you do? I ain't entirely convinced I'm not hallucinating off some weird shit, but, you know, most of the time people don't seem to hallucinate stuff that ain't spiders or rainbow explosions or something else a little more terrifying.

So, what's a guy new to this place need to know to live and let live around here?

[He pauses, then vaguely gestures at the street behind him.]

Also, there is a surprising amount of kids running around without parents here. I'd try to look after them except, uh, I am probably the last person alive who should be in charge of not letting little kids get hurt or anything. But I figured somebody should know about that.

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[Video]

[k2so]

[There's what it seems to be a very tall metal man in the video. Have fun with it, Graverobber .]

Not all the cities have the same level of cleanliness but none reaches dumpster fire levels, you won't have to worry about that.

Usually things are calmer around here but most of the citizens are now suffering from a, I hope temporary, de-aging. Sometimes they are missing one of their senses, like the sight. It's a little weird but experiences dictates it won't last more than a few days.

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[quick_clean_pure]

[Ooh, okay. Robots. Robots are cool. He blinks in surprise but recovers quickly.]

I mean, even if it was a dumpster fire, it's fine. I'm pretty easygoing about cleanliness, as evidenced by, well, literally everything about my appearance.

Okay, so...that's normal around here? People just turn into kids and go blind and stuff? Like, at random? Good to know.

[k2so]

[Kay is used to gettign surprised stares so he waits until the other person is over the initial shock. In this case, Graverobber gets over it fairly quickly.]

Heh, you should have seen me when I first got here. My poor frame was covered in dirt and sand. Very annoying. But this places gives us a second chance at a better life, sometimes. Some people do miss their world.

No, no, it's not what usually happens. But every now and them there's oddities like these.

I'm K2So, a KS series droid. But here I work as one of Attleton's city deputies. And you are?

[quick_clean_pure]

Huh, well, you seem to have cleaned up good for all that. Not sure if I want to be cleaned up myself or anything, but I'm still adjusting to the new scenery.

Oddities? Like what kind of oddities are you talking about?

Good to meet you. I'm Graverobber. Just Graverobber, no first or last name or anything, just the job title.

[Video]

[heribbon]

[Speaking of children, have a teenager chiming in.]

A lot of what you need to know is in the brochures you have there. Things here are actually rather calm, and seem happier than places people might have come from.

Either way, you aren't hallucinating Genessia. You've been taken like the rest of us.

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[quick_clean_pure]

I mean, it does seem pretty chill, so far. I'll definitely give it that. Definitely has less of a threatening aura to it than back home.

I don't legitimately think I am -- I think. I mean, I guess I'll know for sure if I wake up shaking and dehydrated in a few hours, but I don't think I'm tripping. It's all just weird, being kidnapped and all.

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[heribbon]

It can be a bit disorienting at first, yes.

At least whoever brought us here has given us everything we need to build a new life, rather than wandering in the streets trying to get by, right?

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[quick_clean_pure]

Fair enough! Especially since, uh, wandering the streets has kind of been my thing. For a while. Maybe more than just a while. So I guess not having to do that anymore is pretty nice.

[Video]

[solar_flare]

[Dumpster fire? Welp. That explains why he looks so dirty. She hesitates for a second. She could just go for voice, and use that to hide the disgusting abomination of puke green and clown orange her hair has become, but she's in A Mood. If someone gives her attitude about it, she'll give attitude right back.]

Well, if we're dealing with just the basics? You've got use of an apartment for free for a month. It's not much, but it'll give you a place to sleep and get cleaned up while you get used to the place. Things aren't usually this chaotic with people turning into kids and having your hair messed with...

[She says with a clenched jaw through her teeth.]

...but it does happen, and as far as weird stuff goes? This is pretty tame. You're handling this fairly well, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess you're used to weird situations.

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[quick_clean_pure]

[The hair does not phase him in the slightest. You should see half the stuff people wear where he comes from.]

Well, that's pretty sweet then. I'm assuming rent comes after the first month, then? I ain't gonna turn down a place to say but I'm assuming the strings arrive eventually.

Yeah, you could say weirdness doesn't phase me. Or at least not when it looks this benign. Things are a little more, uh, let's just say macabre where I'm from, so hair and kids and all that's nothing too bad.

[Video]

[solar_flare]

[He is safe from Yang's wrath.]

It's only temporary, sort of a gift from the city, I guess? I'm not sure how it got started, it wasn't like that when I first got here a few years ago. Anyway, you can stay for a month at most before you're expected to find your own place.

...Please don't choose a dumpster, especially one that's on fire.

[She's starting to relax a little with a bit of a smile at the last.]

My world has its share of problems too. You don't have to worry about shocking me. I'm Yang, by the way.

[Video]

[quick_clean_pure]

I mean, the question of whether or not I pick a dumpster is really gonna depend on the rent this place has got going. Though, hey, I just realized I don't have to pay any bills back home, so that's pretty helpful right now.

Nice to meet ya, Yang. I go by the name Graverobber.

[ Video ]

[childsized]

I can assure you that you aren't hallucinating.

[ Says the... either a living doll or a small kid wearing a creepy costume, take your pick. ]

There are five very different cities here. Four of them are only accessable if you're wearing the necklace you received at the Bay. You also have a key to an apartment you'll be expected to move out of soon; it's apparently easy enough to get a job and accommodations elsewhere. You should also have received money to get you by until then.

And you shouldn't touch the eggs that are lying around. They're cursed. [ Is Graverobber feeling any less overwhelmed yet? :D ]

[ Video ]

[quick_clean_pure]

Yeah, I thought I probably wasn't. Won't know for sure until I don't wake up sweating and full of regret in a few hours, but I didn't think that was really the case.

[He listens patiently enough though some of it's clearly gonna get forgotten real fast. Thank God he took the brochures.] Good to know. What's wrong with the eggs?

[childsized]

Various things happen when you touch or eat them. They're most likely why there are so many unchaperoned children around.

The ones I touched were harmless, mostly, but I didn't eat any. You might be fine if you don't stick strange unattended candy in your mouth. But you might not be.

[quick_clean_pure]

Huh. Well, I mean, not eating food off the floor should be easy enough, assuming this place has, like, food places and all, but I'll try to avoid 'em all the same. This happen often?

[Video]

[randallboggs]

You usually hallucinate rainbow explosions?

[There's a purple lizard monster with glasses on the video screen.]

[Video]

[quick_clean_pure]

[Graverobber blinks in surprise at the sight of the lizard, but quickly decides to just roll with it.]

I mean, I don't usually hallucinate, period, but as I understand it that's the sort of shit I would be tripping out on.

Not, you know, a pretty normal city space with helpful brochures.

[Video]

[pipewrenchfights]

Welcome to hell. Get used to it.

[She's leaning against a tree in the park, one hand holding the device while the other is hugged across her stomach. Dude looks like a goth. He might be cool, at least goths tend to keep to themselves and do their own thing.]

[Kinda older than most of the ones she knows, but shit, who is she to judge?]

...You seem like you kinda are used to it already, though. Guessin' you're one of those types who likes it better here than whatcha got goin' back there?

[Video]

[quick_clean_pure]

Well, if that's the case, hell's way perkier-looking than I thought. Way less sulfur smell and wailing of the damned and all that.

[He thinks that over and shrugs slightly.] I dunno. Not sure yet, I guess, but back home ain't exactly the greatest. I mean, nobody's tried to shoot me yet, so you know, that's already a nice perk.

[Video]

[pipewrenchfights]

Pfft. That's a dumb cliché anyway.

[She toes at the grass with a beat-up sneaker while she listens to him talk, watching the expressions of his face closely.]

Nah, no one shoots anyone. They just torture you over public radio and treat it like a gameshow. Or they tell you this place is just sooooo awesome and when you say it ain't they guilt trip you sayin' other people came from worlds way worse like that's gonna make it not shitty for you.

Kinda varies.

[Video]

[quick_clean_pure]

Ah, well, that sounds fucking annoying. Also weird. Also: a little suspect that people are immediately chill with kidnapping-town. Whatever, I guess I still can't complain.

What'd they do on public radio?

Action, as agreed

[mother_of_monsters]

[Grungy-looking guy, meet tiny kitty . Like Graverobber, Dray was wandering around the bay looking totally lost and now he is running way from a really mean looking seagull trying to eat him. A little help, please.]

Re: Action, as agreed

[quick_clean_pure]

[:O A KITTEN.

He crouches down and scoops up the little kitten as carefully as he can, keeping an eye on the seagull. He shouts at the seagull:] Hey now, scram, get out of here.

[mother_of_monsters]

[Yup!

Dray is still moving his paws up and down by the time he's scooped up. He immediately snuggles into the crook of Graverobber's arm to hide from the evil bird.

The seagull caws and flaps its wings in annoyance but it flies away onceit realizes there's no point in arguing with a human. Only then Dray's ears perk up and he looks up at the furless creature.]

Thank you, mister Giant....

[Why yes, the kitten talks.]