001-[Action/Video] John: Introduce yourself.....

[theheirofbreath]

[Hey, know what this city needs?

Well, neither do I. But it's probably not yet another confused newbie. Which is unfortunate, because that's what just showed up. He was given the quickie explanation, but let's face it, that raises more questions than it does answers. He was also given a room, and residents of the Ermis suites can find a boy wandering around and staring at the various room numbers until he finds his. 413, if you're curious. Pretty much everything about him screams 'nooooob.' So feel free to bother him.

Once he gets to his room, he'll be bothering all of you anyway.   He has way too many questions right now, and he's hoping to get answers to a few of them. The video feed clicks on, and anyone watching is greeted with a hopeful smile.]

Oh, neat! It does video too!

[He gives everyone a hesitant wave.]

Um... Hi!

I'm John...

[He's just now realizing how awkward introducing yourself becomes when you don't know you at all. This  is already the most confusing thing ever. Maybe. Unless he's already seen the most confusing thing ever. It's not like he'd remember it if he did. Yeah, this place is starting to give him a headache. But he'll worry about all of that later. For now, he just gives the camera an embarrassed smile and continues.]

Soo... has anyone else noticed that the explanation they give you when you get here doesn't actually explain a whole lot? Would anyone mind answering a couple of questions? Like about our memories and those thingies we're supposed to find?

Comments

[frumpyface]

[The other end of the feed has a purple-haired boy a few years older than him... only the picture is upside-down. Way to know your camera, Erk.]

I'm afraid you will have to be more specific. What do you mean, about our memories and anemoi?

[theheirofbreath]

[tilting his head slightly because that somehow fixes the problem.]

Ummm.... they explained what anemoi does, and why we have to find it, but what exactly is it?

...Also your phone is upside down. You should flip it.

[turnways...]

[frumpyface]

Aside from a spherical gem, almost clear with a bit of color? Not too much. It just seems to pop up from place to place, and no one is terribly sure why.

My apologies.

[Hope you like black screens, because he flipped it the other upside-down.]

[theheirofbreath]

But what do they have to do with our memories? And why do they need to processed?

[It really just sounds like the scientists are just sending them on fetch quests.]

Umm.... your floor is great and all, but you should probably actually face the camera.

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

*He swears he's seen this kid before. Weird. Ah well.*

Dunno how much I can really explain that they haven't said already, but I can always give it a shot. Whatchya need?

[theheirofbreath]

Thanks.

I guess I was just wondering about the ane-whatevers that we're supposed to be looking for. If they're just our memories, then why do they need to be processed?

[the_ko_stands_for_tiger]

I dunno. Probably because it's less painful that sticking those things in our ears. Or... something. I don't really get it myself.

[theheirofbreath]

Has anyone tried to use the anemoi on their own? Without asking the scientists for help?

[Video]

[youngestboxer]

This place really likes kidnapping kids... creepy.

I don't know how much I can tell you, but I've been here for about a month. What did you want to ask?

Re: [Video]

[theheirofbreath]

A month? Have you gotten any of your memories back yet?

[Video]

[youngestboxer]

Yeah, some of them.

[video]

[canthandleacape]

What, the anemoi? If you're wondering if they really work as advertised, then you'll be glad to hear that I give them my full endorsement. If you're more interested in how they work, I got nothin'.

Re: [video]

[theheirofbreath]

I guess that's good to know....

So you just pick one up, hand it to the scientists at that lab, and then suddenly remember stuff?

Re: [video]

[canthandleacape]

You're making it sound a lot easier and faster than out usually is, but that's the gist of it. If you want to test it out yourself, I can give you a couple.

[has_a_blog]

They didn't really hold out for the good shit.

[theheirofbreath]

There's good shit?

[If there's any good news, he hasn't heard it.]

I mean, to cure our amnesia, we all have to go on quests into the wilderness to find magic memory gems.... It all kind of sounds like the plot to a really weird movie.

[Actually, if that was a movie, he would totally go see it.]

I swear I'm normally faster at tagging than this

[has_a_blog]

I mean the good explanations. Not that there are any that I know of.

[third_alternative]

You can try, but it's not exactly like we know more than you do or anything.

[Yeah, he's not all that happy about it either.]

[theheirofbreath]

Err, sorry. I just thought that maybe people who have been here for a while might have learned something useful.

[third_alternative]

Far as I can tell, the only thing that people who've been here longer know is more stuff about their pasts.

[hatefriendleader]

It's a scam to make us collect ugly jewelery, end of explanation. Fortunately for the assholes in cahoots with one another, we don't have anything better to do than go along with it and try to ask a minimum of stupid questions.

[theheirofbreath]

.....

[Yeah, after a couple of seconds of surprised silence, he starts laughing.]

Hahaha! Y'know, that might have been the straightest answer I've gotten all day. Thanks, Man.

[hatefriendleader]

[Laughter? No, no, no, this isn't how conversations work. Better turn up the heat.]

Apparently you missed the part where I cunningly implied that you were a stupid dumbass asking retarded questions for idiots. Which, come to think of it, isn't surprising!

[82the8th]

Hello, John human!
I feel like you were here earlier. Are you a8solutely suuuuuuuure you haven't 8een in Sirocco 8efore?

[theheirofbreath]

Ummm... I am as sure of that as I am of anything else.

By which I mean no. Not at all. It's kind of hard to be sure of anything when you don't have memories...