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[measureslunacy]

[hey have a 'casual' (read: not wearing a suit or lab coat) Jeremiah Arkham, since he decided to take the advice of some staff and take a day off and go into the city. The only problem is he was just in a shop and now...]

This is why I don't take time off. Things like this are bound to happen.

[looks around analytically, measuring the place up]

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[grasswavemaster]

Mm, not a hallucination.

[measureslunacy]

What do you call this, if not a hallucination?

[grasswavemaster]

Another type of reality.

[measureslunacy]

Have you found there to be many types, in your experience?

[grasswavemaster]

A few. There's here, the real world... the game...

[measureslunacy]

The game? Tell me about this game.

[grasswavemaster]

[Shrugs.]

I was trapped in a video game for a while.

[measureslunacy]

You believe yourself to have been trapped in a video game? I see.

[grasswavemaster]

... More than believe. I was. I was in a coma in the real world.

[measureslunacy]

Have you ever considered this video game may have been the creation of your subconscious mind, brought on by the trauma of your coma? For example, I assume you're familiar with the Wizard of Oz. Now, imagine if you will, Dorothy waking up in Kansas once more. It's clear by this point Oz was nothing more than a dream, no matter how realistic it seemed. Her mind filling in roles for the people in her life, creating something more fantastical than the world she had known.

[grasswavemaster]

Yeah. I know the story.

But there are other people who were there that can back it up.

[measureslunacy]

Of course.

Assuming then that this game was in fact real, how did you manage to escape it?

[grasswavemaster]

Helba reset the server I was on, forcing everyone offline.

[measureslunacy]

Naturally.

Now, have you managed to find your way back 'online' yet?

[grasswavemaster]

I've logged in again, but I didn't stay very long. It was just... too strange after being in the game for real for so long...

[measureslunacy]

I imagine it would be difficult adjusting to reality after that experience.

That is very promising however, that you have managed to root yourself into reality to the point where you do not venture to reenter this "game."