text;

[andeatit]

[Once his exploring was done, he needed to get down to business.]

Somehow, it seems we've all ended up in a very strange place. I would like to figure out how as well as a way out, but as one of us is dangerous, it's best if we all meet first. If you see this, please reply. Once we have enough people to make it safe to meet, we'll agree on a room. Until then, pleasre be careful not to venture out too far alone.

[It obviously wasn't safe for just two people to meet, so it would take at least three.]

Comments

[eraser_rain]

Anything that happens in the Great Room will have the highest likelihood of being heard or drawing attention from anyone in other rooms.

[andeatit]

I'll keep it in mind but for now, refrain from going there. It's not good to advertise your whereabouts until we can form groups of three or more.

[eraser_rain]

It might be best for us to advertise our movements and groupings that way as a security measure. Then we'll wait.

[andeatit]

That's only a sound idea once we have safety in numbers. While you're alone, you're also advertising your location to a potential killer.

[eraser_rain]

I haven't said where I am.

[andeatit]

No, you haven't. Good work.

Since we're safely in different rooms for now, we should introduce ourselves, at least. I'm Yagami Light.

[eraser_rain]

Pronounced Light?

[OOC: I assume they're typing in Japanese and Light went with kanji by default, feel free to poke me if I need to redo.]

is fine

[andeatit]

Pronounced Light. It's a little uncommon, I know.

[eraser_rain]

Mikami Shou. I'm from Kyoto.

[With the more common spelling 三上　instead of the correct 魅上 for Mikami. Shou is written with the same character as his actual first name Teru 照. Light might even read it as Teru or Shou or Akira. Shou is just the one Mikami intends to run with for now.]

It's like trying to read music

[andeatit]

How is it read? Introductions over texts aren't always the easiest.

Fake names and DN. Feel free for Light to find it weird Mikami got his right on the first go.

[eraser_rain]

[In phonetic hiranaga:] Mikami Shou.

Maybe he does, maybe it doesn't. Dun dun dun. Yeah, I'm bad at mysterious

[andeatit]

It's nice to meet you, Mikami-san. If I don't hold the tee-shirt and jeans against you, your clothing would indicate you're a professional. I hope we can work together to figure out how and why we're here.

[eraser_rain]

You're the boy I met in the laundry room.

[momingstar]

Oh hello there!
Posting on these seems a little difficult to get used to. It all looks so complicated compared to the ones we have at home, but it's certainly faster. I wonder how they manage it without cables in the walls, though?
Ah, this is Haneoka Eimi! I hope that we can all get along, this ridiculous "danger" or not.

[andeatit]

Haneoka-san? I'm Yagami Light. Thanks for going through the trouble of learning to use this in order to contact me. Please don't take any supposed danger too lightly until we can rule it out as false. I'd like to get along as well, but safety is a priority. For now, please stay safely in a room until I can make sure you have two others to protect you.

[momingstar]

I wonder how they managed to get this kind of technology... They haven't even got dial-up. Thank you for helping everyone, Yagami-san. Honestly, this talk of murderers and "freaks" is probably just to set us off and become self-fulfilling, but I understand why you'd worry.

[andeatit]

It's a wireless connection. Once I'm able to get enough people together, I'll take the time to explain it to you if you still don't understand.

It's true that emotions could make that possible, but a plan also has a secondary purpose of keeping everyone calm.

[momingstar]

Wireless networking? I've heard that was invented recently, but it can't be common yet. It's only 1997... Though everything else looks just a little off, too, if you look around.

I'll hope so. If anything happens -- though I'm sure it would be fine. What do they even mean by "couldn't be normal," anyway? Honestly.

[andeatit]

1997? No, it's considerably later than that. I realize this question might sound offensive, but were you injured during your kidnapping? Do you feel strange in other ways? Weakness? Dizziness?

[That's a nicer way of asking if she had hit her head.]

[momingstar]

I don't remember any of that. I just woke up like I assume the rest of you did. Why, what year do you remember it being?

[andeatit]

An entire decade later: 2007.

[momingstar]

That doesn't make any sense at all. I don't look any older, though I'm certainly not complaining! It's as odd as how they managed to get us in the first place.

[andeatit]

Stay where you are. It sounds like you're suffering side effects of whatever has happened. You need to be examined.

[momingstar]

If you say so. Though how you know it isn't you who's got the wrong year, you know...

[andeatit]

Because the technology fits in more closely with what I know.