First Awakening || Audio

[walktowardruin]

[The audio plays for several moments before Hotaru speaks in a shaking voice.]

H-hello?

[She stops and takes a deep breath. When she speaks again, her voice is a bit stronger, though still uncertain.]

If this is what happens after you die...

If anyone’s there, please tell me: is this heaven or hell?

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[jesusing_clown]

[Wait, die?] I'm very sorry. You're not in heaven or hell, this is called Wonderland.

[walktowardruin]

...Wonderland? Like the story?

That can't be right... How did I get here?

[jesusing_clown]

I've heard it's like a story.

I'm not sure how, people get taken from different worlds here, nobody is sure of a way out. I've tried looking, but I haven't had any luck so far.

[walktowardruin]

What do you mean "different worlds"?

[jesusing_clown]

Ah, this place is weird, it's like... Different universes, and different times too, I'm from the end of the 19th century but I've met people here who say they're from the beginning of the 21st. And there are things in my home nobody here has heard of, I'm not really sure how to explain it.

[walktowardruin]

I...think I understand. It would be like characters from many different story books suddenly coming together in one place.

Thank you for your help, sir. My name is Hotaru.

[jesusing_clown]

Something like that, I think.

It's nice to meet you Miss Hotaru, I'm Allen Walker.

[walktowardruin]

It's nice to meet you too. May I call you Allen or do you prefer it to be more formal?

[jesusing_clown]

Just Allen is fine, if you'd like.

[walktowardruin]

All right.

Have you been here very long, Allen?

[jesusing_clown]

A month or two, I think. Things are quite... Interesting here.

[walktowardruin]

What do you mean? Everything looks normal. Idyllic, but normal.

[jesusing_clown]

It can be at times, but there are these 'events', strange things happen. The first one I experienced, we went to Mars.

[walktowardruin]

Mars? Do these events happen often? Are they dangerous?

[jesusing_clown]

Once a month, they can be dangerous sometimes... But it's nothing we can't handle, there's a lot of strong people here.

[walktowardruin]

That's a relief.

If this place very big? If we can't just walk out of here, I guess it must not be.