001st Promotion ♛ Video

[promotedpawn]

[The device is very unlike the journals in Luceti, however they are ironically easier to use, probably because they actually look like communication devices. The image flicks on easily, showing Primo looking bored and disinterested, when he speaks, though, his tone holds some amusement ring to it.]

Okay, how is everyone doing? Settling in? Getting used to the idea that this isn't going to end just as suddenly as it started?

Anyway, while it's charming to get to know you all with everyone introducing themselves through those things, I think it's about time we think about what to do regarding future arrivals. Oh, yes, I'll bet with any of you that more people are going to be brought here, and unlike us, I doubt they will be lucky enough to have our dear Queen giving them a welcoming message. While it's impossible to stop the avalanche of confused messages left in the network that will happen when that time comes, we could do something to make it a bit easier on them, don't you think?

Have you guys ever heard of "Most Wanted Criminals" posters? Well, we're not looking for criminals, of course, but we're looking for people, right? Friends, family, there are chances for them to appear in the future, and wouldn't it be nice if they could arrive and easily find out that someone they know is already here and where to find them? My suggestion is simple, we could find a wall or a board in each of the districts we live in, and fill it with little advertisements regarding who we may be looking for or expecting to ever want to meet us here. Something like "Looking for students from Gekkoukan High School. Call out for Minato if you're one." or even more specific like "Searching for one Rika Furude! Meet me at the fishing pond every day from 5 pm to 9 pm. Signed Keiichi". It could be helpful for those new arrivals who are wary to use the network to search for their friends,or are simply not social enough for that

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[d33tached]

Experience in Mallow Hallow, you mean?

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[promotedpawn]

Not here, but a very similar place. Similar enough for me to bet for it.

[d33tached]

I see.

[A pause between messages.]

Did it also have a town made of pillows?

[poromtedpawn]

No, that and the different districts are quite original. But once outside there I have seen a full world made of pillows.

[Then, as if an after thought, another message.]

What we had were wings and bar-codes tattooed to our necks, and there were droids and scientists that used us on experiments. Oh, and a bunch of cultists that wanted to kill everyone by performing satanist rites.

[Okay, they weren't satanist rites, but it serves the purpose to give a clear idea.]

[d33tached]

[Well, that sounds...unsettlingly familiar. His own neck itching, D33 absent-mindedly runs a finger over the code branded there, a "subtle" reminder that things could always be worse...]

And you feel this place is similar?

[promotedpawn]

Setting matters aside, it seems to function in a similar way at the core. So far it's looking slightly better.

[And then in another text.]

But everything tends to look better at the beginning.

[d33tached]

I see.

[And he can't help but agree with you.]

If you don't mind my asking, what do you suppose their intentions are for bringing us here? Surely, you must have some theories.

[promotedpawn]

I do, but with so little information there are way too many to relate. In the best case this could just be simply the result of a selfish child that wants to be ruler in a large country thriving with people.

[A second message follows that one almost immediately.]

In the worst our presence here is only to be scapegoats of something that could harm the natural residents here.

[The last message takes a bit longer as if he was actually wondering whether to send it or not before he does.]

In the worst of worsts, there are no "natural residents", just an empty world that once called people in to fill itself, who eventually had to resign to live here and who are now seeing how another bunch of people is called to fill the world even more.

[And that's indeed the very worst because it means that there's no real intention or purpose for their presence there, which makes it harder to actually fight it properly.]

[d33tached]

[He supposes he can understand that. He certainly wouldn't appreciate being made into a scapegoat to be put in harms way, but the idea of captivity for the sake of captivity is...infuriating, even for someone who has no home to return to...]

You fear we will assimilate?

[promotedpwan]

I don't fear I will, it's impossible for me. But for everyone else, it's a possibility I've seen happening before.

[There are other scenarios, other ideas, some he likes more than others, but he really has no wish to go on about each of the theories he has. There's no real point on it yet.]

[d33tached]

Impossible? What makes you so sure?

[promotedpawn]

Let's just say that I could spend thousands of years in this place until this world reaches its natural end and I would still have time to spare once I return to where I was.