maskormenace | first fragment → text + open for action outside De Chima housing/inside #008

[ Sei is...confused. He's been confused since his arrival, under a deluge of new information when he's reeling from still existing, nonetheless supposedly being in another world.

Is this even truly another world at all? He'd never been outside Oval Tower in Platinum Jail. This could simply be what the world outside of Midorijima was.

But he's seen no COILs, no ALLMATEs...and he hadn't been able to pick up on any fragmented pieces of himself like he normally would.

He sits outside of De Chima's assigned housing, seated against a wall and looking exhausted. He's remarkably frail-looking and pale, like just getting out of the car he was brought in took all of the energy he had.

It was remarkably close to the truth, and he's definitely regretting turning down the concerned driver's offer of assistance in getting to #008. He'd been so entranced at the idea of seeing the world around him that he'd blatantly ignored how little energy he knew he had.

So unless someone deigns to help him, Sei's going to be seated against that wall for quite a while.

Nonetheless, some time later he's managed his way into #008, collapsed onto the couch in the living room with no intentions (or ability) to move (sorry housemates!). This means it's time to look over the network. It might be easier to do it using pieces of himself sent into the communicator, but... How can he be sure of where he is, and that if he was able to return, Toue was not? How could he be sure he could not be traced by him here, using that? He may not resent Toue, no, but it does not mean he wishes to return.

The ID reads Captive Princess.]

they say this is a world other than our own. however, i have never seen the world outside of the limits of midorijima in any form, nor the world outside of oval tower personally. so i have to wonder if the lack of technology i am familiar with means this is true, or if i am more tired and confused than i believed at first, and lost in a world i never knew to start.

either way, it should be impossible for me to be here. when one's consciousness is destroyed, it should not be possible for it to return. when one's body is now the container for another's consciousness, one should not have that body any longer.

i suppose all i can do in that case is ask if those words are familiar to anyone. midorijima, platinum jail, oval tower. toue inc.

...i suppose, also, that if i am truly here to stay, i should inquire about what one would do if they wanted to improve their health and stamina. with the caveat that said health is extremely poor, and normal methods are likely too strenuous to be considered.

[ He's not going to be able to explore this world like he wants if he can't make it from a car to a house, after all. ]

thank you.

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[The Major doesn't hang around De Chima much, so she's not in much of a position to help him, but his talk of technology and consciousness does pique her interest.]

The technology here is different from what most of us are used to. I take it your world's technology involves transferring consciousness between bodies?

You might want to see a doctor or therapist about your health issues and work out a plan. The only way I know of to build stamina is to slowly push your body at a pace that works for you.

You'll find that many things you thought impossible are possible here. It's what this place does to you. [ Not that it's a bad thing, but. ]

If you want to improve your health and stamina in a less strenuous way...you could try aquatic therapy. Unless your problem is more complex than physical weakness, the water should take much of the strain off your muscles.

[ There.. sure are a lot of weird things in that text. It's why Hyunsoo glosses over them, instead focusing on the parts he can understand - a skill he's honed ever since ending up here. ]

believe me its another world for sure
this place is way too weird to be the place i came from for one

no, that is more of a personal ability. but in my world, the ai is largely sentient and put into things called ALLMATE and cellphones have long gone out of fashion.

[ anyone else might be embarrassed to admit this, but: ]

i have to admit to being unsure how to pursue finding one, beyond going to a hospital. until now, my health has been monitored and managed by others.

forgive me for asking more, but it brings up the question of where i would go to learn to swim.

[ the life of a sheltered lab experiment is a difficult one. ]

in what way, would you say?

Interesting. I'm familiar with AI, but sentient ones are exceedingly uncommon and mostly theoretical where I come from. What's ALLMATE?

I'm probably not the best person to ask, since my body just requires regular maintenance to operate at peak efficiency. If you registered, the government will probably have a vested interest in making sure you are fighting fit, though.

ALLMATEs are AI companions that can be used to surf the internet, or do personal activities. shopping, to-do lists, etc. they have their own personalities and most often they take the shape of animals.

[ the government, hm... Toue had been the closest thing to a government in Midorijima, the closest thing Sei had ever known so honestly...he's not to keen on the idea of registering. ]

i believe i would prefer to refrain from registering until i understand more about the government here.

AI companions, hm? That's not entirely different from what I'm used to, though my AIs were used more for backup processing power when diving the net.

If transferring consciousness is one of your unique skills, how does that work, if you don't mind me asking?

And as someone who's been on both sides of the registered or unsettled debate, it's not unwise to do your homework before making that decision.

A pool, usually. Though there are facilities specifically designed for aquatic therapy.

Are you able to get there on your own?

for one theres all these weird powers youd usually only see in superhero stories
and theres people that think dragons are totally real and the most normal things ever

They are right, yes - this is a different world. Parallel one, so to speak. But those words don't mean anything, I'm sorry. However, there is a directory available with the names of the imPorts currently in this world; perhaps you can find a familiar name among them.

I don't know anything about those words. But if it's about physical recovery
I'm not a doctor, but
if you don't find anyone else
I'm good with things like this. Bodies, I mean. And recovering.

A doctor would be better if you've been sick, though.

While it may seem impossible, you're very much here in another world. Those who brought you here seem to have no limits on who or what they can bring here.

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