[Video/Voice] A New Gate Has Opened

[runbysmiles]

[ The camera switches on as if by accident. It catches a worms eye view of mostly tan skin, light brown hair, and a really weird outfit that most people wouldn't be used to seeing. However the voice, those that would know it is unmistakable. ]

Huh? Wha-What is this place?

R-Riku! Kairi!

[ The hand that was holding the communicator moves upwards

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[herr_edelstein]

It seems that you are a newcomer just as I am. I daresay a beach is a far cry from a blizzard.

May I ask your name?

[runbysmiles]

I'll say!

[ Sora shivers a bit. Really this is just crazy cold. ]

Oh, I'm Sora!

[herr_edelstein]

Sora? It is nice to meet you, Sora, even if through these devices. My name is Roderich. Have you found a safe haven from the storm?

[runbysmiles]

Yeah! My friend Riku's on his way to get me.

[herr_edelstein]

Very good. Do try to get a coat of some sort; apparently you can obtain most anything free of charge in this place.

[runbysmiles]

Really?

That's good news. I think I left my munny at home.

[herr_edelstein]

Munny?

[Austria assumes this must be the monetary unit used in the world Sora comes from, and nods]

Everything here seems to be free, in all actuality.

[runbysmiles]

That's good news, but why's everything free?

[herr_edelstein]

From what I've been told, the city was abandoned by its former inhabitants for unknown reasons, leaving everything as it was. A sort of barter system among the new residents (that is, us) seems to have set itself up, but anything you may find in the city is first come, first serve, it seems.

[runbysmiles]

Huh, so the whole place was just abandoned?

[ This seems very odd to Sora, unfortunately this is also kicking up his hero instincts. ]

So no one knows what happened? What about the people who kidnapped us?

[herr_edelstein]

So it would seem.

As for what happened, no one has told me, but I've not yet made a huge effort to explore the city. I'm told there is a library in the city, likely not far from the theatre I have opted to inhabit, but I am not sure how much information one can glean from it.

As for our captors...All I am told and what I infer is that they are omnipotent and unseen. It's unknown if they are people or god-like, or anything in between.

[runbysmiles]

Huh...That's really weird.

So, are all of us here from different worlds?

[herr_edelstein]

It seems that way, though some of us are from the same world. Many of my acquaintances are here, and were here when I arrived.

[runbysmiles]

Yeah...My friends are here too but...[ It just didn't make sense to Sora. Thinking on it, how was Riku here when he hadn't noticed he'd been missing? Weird. ]

Well I'm going to try and figure it out!

[herr_edelstein]

I would like to get to the bottom of this as well. Perhaps we can assist one another at some point.

[runbysmiles]

Sure! I'll be happy to help.