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[pintsizescience]

[ It's early morning. 6? 7? Zexion wakes up, feeling… oddly refreshed. ]

[ in someone else's bed-- ]

[ --in someone else's clothes ]

[ This room belongs to someone who:

1. studies a lot
   
2. is organized
   
3. is interested in the sciences
   
4. probably keeps few to no friends

So what is Zexion doing here?[ Nothing is remarkable about this room; he leaves to

Comments

[wizardoftheweek]

The short of it? A prison.

[pintsizescience]

Are you willing to give me the long version?

[wizardoftheweek]

Mayfield. A town supposedly located in the United States of America circa 1950. This is debatable.

An unseen force manipulates us here. We are expected to exist within this society and follow its rules, or else we will be forced to by means of brainwashing.

[pintsizescience]

I don't quite follow. Is the United States of America the name of this world?

What unit is 1950 measured in?

[wizardoftheweek]

... Your lack of understanding in those matters will make this far more difficult.

[pintsizescience]

[ :| ] I would assume so, but I was not expecting a short conversation. If you were, you may terminate this call with my sincerest apologies.

[wizardoftheweek]

I recommend seeking out related reading material.

[pintsizescience]

Is there a library in this town?

[wizardoftheweek]

Yes. The usefulness of as much is debatable.

[pintsizescience]

...Surely if their objective is for us to be normal, their library will have a lot of text pertaining to what they consider "normal."

[wizardoftheweek]

True as that may be, it will also lack any information beyond that.

[pintsizescience]

That is unnecessary; I doubt their technology surpasses ours, given these phones.

[wizardoftheweek]

That is a dangerous assumption.

[pintsizescience]

And what evidence do you have of that? I'm curious.

[wizardoftheweek]

What land wire based telecommunication system do you know... allows you to create filters without a switchboard?

[pintsizescience]

All of them. They are all filtered to one person by default, and more with conference.

This system of broadcast by default is foreign, to me. I see its advantages but these were never explored out of lack of necessity, not knowledge.