Case 1

[scientific_lady]

...Although I get this feeling I'm asking something that's been asked before...

Where the HELL am I?

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[blackmagicjazz]

Ah, but where the hell are any of us, if we stop to think about it? This universe of ours is wide and we are all but little dots on the road map of destiny, in between the interstate of fate and the rest stop of chance.

[scientific_lady]

A philosopher huh? You remind me of someone from home...heh. But, do you know the name of this place?

[blackmagicjazz]

It's called Paixao. And just to get you prepared, you're about to see a whole bunch of people freakier than you've ever known, and as far as I've heard you can't leave of your own free will.

Out of curiosity, whereabouts are you from, Senorita?

[scientific_lady]

Huh, interesting. Thank you for the warning...I will watch for them. Although those white, glowing cat-creatures were freaky enough...

I'm from Las Vegas, you?

[blackmagicjazz]

Aha! Somewhere familiar to me! I'm from Los Angeles.

You might be the first person I've talked to whose locational testimony matches mine.

[scientific_lady]

Ah yes! Los Angeles! I haven't been there in years, I have to admit.

You
are the first person I've 'talked' to here...

[blackmagicjazz]

I've interviewed quite a few witnesses, but none of them, save one, have been from anywhere close to the same world as me... all the same universe, but that's just the way everything is, eh?

Upon meeting a lovely lady, always ask her name and occupation. That's one of my rules.

[scientific_lady]

I'd believe so...

Oh, I'm sorry. I'm Sara Sidle, CSI Level Three. And you sir?

[blackmagicjazz]

You're a CSI? Aha, we are kindred blades in the fight for justice, I see! The name's Godot. Legendary prosecutor.

[scientific_lady]

...heh. I guess so.

...If you don't mind me asking, when did you get here?

[blackmagicjazz]

A few days ago. Don't ask how or why-- these are mysteries even I can't shed any light on.

Though I am among a small group of answer-seekers seeking... the answers to these little conundrums. I can be a little penlight for you on a few of them, if you're burning to know something.

[scientific_lady]

I have plenty of questions...But I really don't know where to start... I guess I'll start with the most obvious one...is there a map of this place somewhere? The sign on the gate said Nifilheim, or suchsort, but I don't know where exactly that is...here, in Paixao.

[blackmagicjazz]

Dig around in your little electronic amigo here. There's a decent map buried somewhere in all the bits and bytes.

Incidentally, money literally grows on trees here, so don't worry about starving in a gutter.

[scientific_lady]

Oh really? Thank you for the advice.

...What kind of tree should I be looking for then, haha?

[blackmagicjazz]

The kind with money growing on them.

[scientific_lady]

...I don't see any trees that are growing dollar bills...What does the currency here look like?