private action, brief accidental video; the bay
( cut due to 'waking up'-type stuff )

intentional video; near the hologram
[The video broadcast starts up again sometime later, this time with the device tilted only slightly to one side.] This thing is so weird. [The broadcast's image turns one way and the other for a few moments before it's finally oriented correctly.] Okay. Anyway, um.

If anyone's seein' this, you prolly guessed, but I'm kinda new here? My name's Celia Espellomente. I'm gonna skip over all o' the obvious questions cuz you've prolly heard 'em like two million times already— [That and many questions she would be asking were already answered by the pamphlet and Weiss's hologram.] —and just...

[There's a noticeable pause.]

I'm kinda in a maybe-weird position, okay. I'm still a kid—fourteen, if you wanna know—but I wanna find somethin' t'do with myself. Some kind of work, I guess, but nothin' really dangerous. [Given what was just about to happen before she woke up here, she is seriously rethinking what she really wants to do with herself. As much as she liked Raven, doing what she had done to stay around him proved to be a really big mistake, and staying home to help her mother's business probably would have been a much smarter choice.

Hindsight's a pretty great thing.]

I'm good with using wind and lightning— [It can easily be assumed that she means magic.] —an' for anything else, I'm willing to learn, even if it might take awhile. Just don't wanna sit around doin' nothing.

[Chiaki was very carefully adjust her outfit. Sure it wasn't fully correct quite yet, but she was slowly working on it She thought it would be fun to do something like this while exploring. Make it feel like a real adventure. Though as she turned around looking in the mirror at the back, she wondered if the others would actually go for it. She didn't mind if it was just her since they didn't seem to recall anything from school, but that made her more determined to make memories, new memories for them. It hadn't been long after that and attempting to cook something before she was holding the device firmly in her hands, there was still something she needed to do before she actually told the others, so she switched on, a sweet smile on her face.]

I was planning a fun little trip to Fayren for me a couple of my friends. But the more I looked the more I was uncertain, so... I wanted to ask people who have been here longer what are the most interesting places in Fayren to go to?

[She bows her head slightly as a way of saying thanks before pausing for a moment. She figured she should say something about something that had happened before.]

Um... Also... If someone were to get burnt due to not realizing thier hand was on something hot... Do they just run it under water or go to the hospital?

[Action in Genessia and toward the hospital]

[Chiaki was planning on going to the hospital, her hand was red and raw and yet she couldn't even feel how bad it was. It was strange to not feel something like that. Fire was hot. Fire would normally hurt someone, but this time... She didn't. It was worrying, but she was walking through the streets of Genessia, her hand kept close to herself as she tried to figure out the way to the hospital.

Even if she did look a little lost.]

[Private to Nagito]

[With her hand sorted and bandaged she was planning on continuing what she was doing. She wasn't going to let it get to her. So first stop was messaging Komaeda first. At least with Ibuki she knew where she lived.]

I hope you are still okay with coming to Fayren? I've been making the plans and should be finished by the end of the week, if not sooner if you want to do it sooner.

[She just needed to just do a couple more things, but she thought she would ask something else.]

Ah, I should ask if you are okay? [With her lack of feeling in her hands, she was worried that something was going on. Because seriously, how does one not feel when there hand is on a stove of all things.]

[Action to Ibuki]

[She didn't know where one friend lived, but she knew full well where the other was. So making her way she was just going to drop on in and check on her, talk to her and perhaps get a question answered if possible. Pulling up her video game hoodie styled after a giant yellow thing that eats dots she had gone to the door, lightly knocking in the hopes the other was in.]

[ kaiba seto is not a happy camper. he usually isn't a happy camper, but after spending the last few years of his life scrambling around trying to accomplish his destiny or whatever, he had been looking forward to finally going home, to japan. to domino city. to his manor, and his company, and his brother, and to finally have some modicum of peace. but no. apparently, the fates that be decided to drop him in wherever the hell this place was, and seto is forced to adapt. again. great.

he's here for a few days before he actually says anything -- combing through the network, collecting information and figuring out where his place in this world can be. he's furious that he can't go home, furious that his brother is not here, but it seems time at home stops while he's here. at least mokuba and isono won't be freaking out that he's missing. and in combing through genessia's archives, he sees a familiar name -- yuugi.

that, alone, is enough to put seto in a slightly better mood. not by much. but slightly.

so after a few days of thought collecting, buying new clothes, figuring out where everything else, and preparing himself to make his grand debut (you always have to play the game, even as a reformed villain, and appearance is everything, and appearing like you know what you're doing is everything, because you only get one shot at a first impression), the video feeds turns on to show one (1) kaiba seto, looking for all the world as if he lives here, fingers steepled and settled into a chair.

it seems he's wasted absolutely no time in figuring out what to do in this world. ]

There is an emphasis on security, guest liaisons, combat training, and the like within this city, but there is a significant lack in recreation outside of the common arcade, or game shops. [ the way he says game shop is slightly less unimpressed than the common arcade. he sees you over there, yuugi. at least seto has learned to be .005% more respectful than he was when they first met. ] As far as I can tell, the holographic technology here has been utilized for combat purposes -- [ and there is definitely a slight undertone of distaste, there ] -- or instructional guides to arriving to this world, when it could be used for more.

[ seto pauses, here. ]

I am the CEO of Kaiba Corporation, a company that utilizes holographic technology for game development. I am the inventor of the duel disk system, and the holographic image projection system that is used in a game called duel monsters. However, I have also created several other projects that are far more ambitious. Specifically, virtual reality -- I crafted a system that allows for the total immersion into a simulated environment. Video games that allow you to craft your own character and immerse yourself into a world of your own creation. I intend to form my own company here, to continue where I left off, for however long I am trapped here. However, as I understand not everyone within the city has been introduced to such technology, I'll spare the technological talk -- but I can provide a scaled down demonstration of what can be anticipated once I launch my company.

[ after taking apart his duel disk and spending three days with no sleep adjusting the holographic imager, settled on the desk before him appears to be a disk. with the press of a button, there is a soft whirring sound, and a scaled down picture-perfect hologram of a blue eyes white dragon comes into existence. it looks solid -- freakishly real, all things considered, and the small dragon folds her wings against her sides, looking all the world as if seto has just magically conjured a tiny pet to sit before him and be adored by the public.

seto watches the dragon for a moment before refocusing his attention on the camera. creating buzz is important, but -- ]

I'll end this announcement with an inquiry. Should anyone recognize me, and believe that I would want to speak with them, [ read: not katsuya jounouchi or pegasus j. crawford ] I can be reached at this feed number. Seek me out as soon as possible. And if you have any questions concerning my company, or would like to utilize my services for your own company should I deem your motivations similar to mine, [ read: not for weaponry or the like ] I am available. The latter, for a price. The previous, I am available for the next hour. Be quick.

[ and he cuts the feed, but he soon sends out a text message. ]

[ filtered to mutou yuugi ; private/unhackable ]

We need to talk. Now.

[Ruby is already making her way back to the Remnant House as she looks... kind of anxious. A lot of stuff has happened, and she's... not entirely sure how to process coming back here.]

Well... didn't expect to be back here. Doesn't... seem like a lot of time has passed here, which is... weird.

[She sighs and adjusts the backpack full of stuff she was carrying before speaking again.]

So... did I miss anything?

[When the feed turns on, it's a close up of a girl with black hair, red highlights, and silver eyes examining the device very carefully.]

...This thing on? I think this is... anyway. Uh, hi, I'm Ruby. I just woke up... here. Genessia, I guess it's called. The hologram of Weiss told me everything I really needed to know but it's a little... much to take in.

[She's walking as she talks, the sound of water sloshing making it obvious that she was still in the bay. She takes a second to collect something from the pod she woke up in, apparently having discarded the box containing the money and necklace until the hologram said otherwise.]

So, I figure Weiss is here if there's a hologram of her... so who else is here? I hope we're not the only... ones...

[She trails off as she makes her way to the exit of The Bay, looking out over the city, the camera lowering as her eyes go wide with a combination of nervousness and excitement, temporarily forgetting she's broadcasting. As she does, a fuzzy black and white head pops out of the backpack she's wearing, sticking his head over her shoulder and woofing softly.]

Zwei... I don't think we're in Vale anymore...

[At some time in the early evening, a public call is made on the videophones. Those who choose to answer it are treated to the sight of a blue-haired teenage girl. She's wearing an unfamiliar black-grey ensemble with traces of purple and other miscellaneous colors, contrasted in style by a necklace whose brightest stone is a deep red—proof that she's another outsider who has been brought in. She doesn't really look particularly bothered by being here, either; more neutral than anything else, at least for now.

Being anywhere at all is at least marginally better than being nowhere, after all.]

This isn't exactly what I had in mind... [She briefly mutters to herself, though not quietly enough for it not to be heard. After that, she speaks up, now addressing anyone watching and listening:] Anyway, uh. Hi.

It's probably obvious, but I'm new here. The name's Mirys, and that holo you've got set up out here says I'm supposed to look for work while I'm around. [The word "work" is spoken with a vague hint of distaste; the thought of needing to look for jobs to do brings up some recent and fairly unwelcome memories.] Not really sure what sort of stuff would be in demand, though. I've got some experience as a hunter— [What kind of hunter isn't specified, though it might be obvious from what she says next:] —but I'd prefer to avoid that line of work if I can, and I'm fine with learning something new. If location matters, I'm probably gonna be trying to find a place to stay in... [Fumbling around with a copy of the map real quick.] ...Nova City? Something in or around there would probably work best.

[Okay, so, Sein. You've gotten pulled into a sitaution. And it's kind of a weird one. You're on another world, there's a weird necklace that marks you as 'real', and there's a person talking by hologram who has explained a few things. Still, you've got a couple basics, your inherent skill still seems to work on a partial test, and you can still do good things! Maybe.

First, though, there was the matter of announcing one's presence. And so, it was time to post using this communication device. Kind of made her think of Storage Devices from back home...]

Er, hello! I'm Sein, and... I guess I'm here now?

This is definitely an odd situation, to say the least. But perhaps I can figure out something. Someplace to stay, for one. I can... Well, do work, I guess? What church duties would be useful here, anyhow?

So. Hi.

[... Nailed it.]