First Broken Illusion [Video]

[fantasykiller]

[Touma blankly stared at the hologram. His first action, once the surprisingly informative hologram ended, was to start pinching his cheeks. This had to be a dream. The whole situation felt far too surreal for it to be actually happening. He desperately pinched his cheeks until they were flushed with red and it slowly began to dawn on him that he was wide awake. This was, without a doubt, reality. Despite realizing this undeniable truth, Touma still wanted to reject everything before him. He had already experienced what it meant to have his home ripped away and forced to wander unknown worlds. The promise of safety did nothing to comfort him. To fully accept what the hologram said as truth would be to acknowledge that his greatest fears have come true.

Instead of acknowledging his fears, however, he decided to focus on the fact that there were others trapped here. Shoving aside his fears for now, the teenager decided to give his convenient new phone a try.]

...Is everybody here alright? I know that strange hologram said this place was safe, but I would much rather hear it directly from the people here.

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[imaginationswoes]

[Airy hears her phone buzz and picks it up without realize registering what she's doing. It's a curse of the 2oth century, phones are everywhere. She blinks a few times registering his question before her lips curl into a smile.]

I can't speak for everyone but I'm fine. How are you?

[These are the easy sorts of conversations.]

[youfool]

Heh, no, everyone here is more likely than not mostly wrong. Comes with being fallen. The world itself is very dangerous, as you can tell by reading the paper or the bounty boards.

But everyone's reasonably contented anyway, most days. We have bouts of peace.

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[fantasykiller]

That's good.

[He tries his best to smile.]

Don't worry about me. I've already experienced something similar to this before.

[fantasykiller]

[He eyes the strange man with a look of concern.]

What do you mean by "fallen"?

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[imaginationswoes]

Something similar? Shouldn't that be worrying?

[Airy will never deny that Genessia is weird.]

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[fantasykiller]

Well, I'm used to being unceremoniously dragged from one world to another. I appreciate the concern, but I'm honestly fine. Really.

[He says this with a very unconvincing smile.]

Do you know anything about who brought us here? Do they happen to possess the title of Majin?

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[imaginationswoes]

I don't know what Majin is.

[So she can't help.]

I assumed it was the CPU or something that brought us here. I'm Airy by the way.

[youfool]

Hmm. Maybe you'll understand like this. If, say, you were behaving disgracefully, or sullen, and someone you knew slapped you on the back and said, "be a man!", would you find that at all encouraging? Have you ever yourself tried to encourage another with a similar phrase?

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[orangeoutlaw]

Depends on what you mean by safe.

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[icyheart]

It's not safe and if it looks like it is, then your blind.

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[powerisphwee]

"Hello. I woke up here very recently, and everyone I met so far has been nice to me. So, I think it is safe here."

[She wasn't expecting friendly tree monsters though.]

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[justalittlerunaway]

[The girl on the video is cute, and her tone is trying desperately to sound like she means it, and that she isn't being sarcastic, but she's not a very good liar, nor is she good at hiding her feelings.]

That really depends on what you call "safe".

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[fantasykiller]

Under these circumstances, I would consider "safe" to be everybody here remaining relatively untouched by whoever created this world. So, how "safe" is this world?

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[fantasykiller]

You don't need to be so condescending about it. I just got here.

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[fantasykiller]

[His expression quickly softened at the sight of the young girl.]

I'm glad to hear that. Thanks for the good news.

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[orangeoutlaw]

Don't know about that. But there's plenty of criminal types around in places. Gangs and things. Dastardly pirates looking for willing young flesh. [bounces his eyebrows up and down]

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[fantasykiller]

Let's go with the standard dictionary definition of "safe".

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[justicereigns]

Depends on what you mean by "everyone" and "alright."

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[fantasykiller]

Wait, what about pirates? And why are you wiggling your eyebrows like that? Please tell me you're not trying to imply something terrible with those unsubtle eyebrow movements of yours.

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[orangeoutlaw]

Terrible? Nah. Wonderful. Really great actually. Especially these pirates. [increased wiggling]

Wanna go for a swim?

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[icyheart]

I can be whatever I want to be. One upside to this place.

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[justalittlerunaway]

Then...it's not. Not really. [She pauses, because there's really no reason to scare the new person, right?] I mean, no more safe than anywhere else.

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[fantasykiller]

I have a sneaking suspicion that your opinion about these pirates is incredibly bias. You might as well just admit it at this point.

[Touma is not liking where this conversation is going.]

Like hell I do!

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[fantasykiller]

By "everyone", I mean those who are aware that this place is not their original world. As for "alright"...

[He pauses for a moment.]

The one who created this situation; have they been messing with you guys? How involved are they?

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[fantasykiller]

Eh?

[His face briefly scrunched up in confusion.]

Airy, did you just say a computer was responsible for our current situation?