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[shiro2hero]

--ome in! Anyone!

[Yikes, man, tone down the yelling. The voice is frantic. Rightfully so, considering the last thing he remembered was being ejected into space. This is not the planet he thought he'd wind up on. There are humans here, and it looks like Earth.]

[But there's weird animals here. And no one seems concerned about a yelling, very upset man who just appeared out of nowhere.]

I don't know what's happened! I -- I need pickup, immediately!

[Yeah, he maybe only half listened to the explanations, but seriously, things were bad a minute ago.]

Pidge! Coran! [And then, almost grudgingly:] Lance -- someone pick up! This is Shiro and something's gone wrong! I don't know where I am -- I don't know what's happened, but I need someone to answer me now!



[Give him a few minutes to calm down. To pace and refocus himself. To listen and read up on the situation. Anyone who happens by the area sometime after the basically panicked broadcast can find him in New Bark Town. Under a tree, just...]

[What is he supposed to do now?]

[There's an Aron huddled up by his leg, but he doesn't seem to pay it much attention, right now.]

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[shiro2hero]

I've... never heard of that before.

Where is this place? A planet?

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[mon_dieu]

As far as I am understanding, zis ees some sort of virtual simulation we are all stuck een. But eet ees realistic enough to cause pain, mind you.

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[shiro2hero]

Virtual simulation?

What do you mean by that?

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[mon_dieu]

Our minds are trapped een zis game. Whenever someone ees able to leave -and so far, eet ees a random occurrence - zey return home at ze exact moment zey left.

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[shiro2hero]

... You're sure about that?

Has it happened to you?

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[mon_dieu]

I'm afraid most of zis information ees word by mouth.

But what I can tell you ees zat I am not a human. I swear to you, zis ees not my real form!

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[shiro2hero]

[All right, given the fact he's been hanging around a couple aliens for the past however long... that's not THAT weird.]

Wouldn't be the first time I ran into someone who disguised themselves for another world.

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[mon_dieu]

Zis ees hardly a willing transformation! I woke up and all my clothes were gone, my sword vanished, my fur and tail no more!

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[shiro2hero]

So you're telling me, whatever brought us here turned you into a completely different species?

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[mon_dieu]

Exactly! Everyone who comes here ees turned eento a human.

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[shiro2hero]

That seems a little extreme.

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[mon_dieu]

Indeed, I don't understand eet myself. Even stranger, zere ees no body of government, barely any history books or records of zis land, and a laughable police force.

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[shiro2hero]

Maybe the people here are just naturally peaceful.

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[mon_dieu]

Even ze most peaceful of countries need schools!

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[shiro2hero]

... Home schooling?

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[mon_dieu]

Which would be taught by parents, but people are brought here alone! Even young children!

[WHY ISN'T ANYONE AS UPSET AS HE IS]

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[shiro2hero]

I... really don't know the answers to any of these questions.

It's bizarre, I'm not arguing that.

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[mon_dieu]

Eet ees my exact point. No one knows ze answers, and no one cares, either!

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[shiro2hero]

They might be a little preoccupied about surviving around here.

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[mon_dieu]

Which brings me to my next point. Apparently our 'goal' here ees to capture and train wild animals to fight one another.

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[shiro2hero]

So it's... legal dog fighting?

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[mon_dieu]

Dogs, birds, rabbits... Haunted swords...

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[shiro2hero]

Haunted swords?

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[mon_dieu]

My first 'monster' was a sword zat ees a 'ghost type'. Eet's a living thing.

[said in the most "what the hell has my life become" voice]

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[shiro2hero]

At... least it could be worse?