Casefile 001

[dont_leave_town]

So this place is called 'The Sphere'? Sounds like a good name for a mystery novel. Actually, sounds like a good setting for a mystery novel--waking up in cocoons with no memory of who you are or where you come from... No, I guess that's more sci-fi, isn't it? Sci-fi really isn't so much my taste, but it doesn't seem like we have much choice of

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[salvifical]

There are some shops and cafes scattered around.

[dont_leave_town]

But are they any good, is the question. Bad coffee is just a crime.

[salvifical]

The company can make the coffee good or bad, too.

[dont_leave_town]

Very true. Maybe good choice in coffee-drinking company should be my next inquiry.

[unevoked]

Depends on where you hatched out at. Some've the stores got clothes, mosta the hotels got coffee downstairs on in the rooms.

Welcome and stuff.

[dont_leave_town]

I never trust the stuff they give you in hotel rooms, but these hotels are pretty upscale, so the cafe in the lobby might not be bad, now that I think on it.

And thank you. It's all a bit disorienting, but I think I'm getting the hang of it.

[unevoked]

...Why not? Something wrong with it?

You get used to the amnesia after a bit. It's the giant ants and turning into dogs that throws me off every now and then.

[dont_leave_town]

Not necessarily, but it's usually prepackaged and/or instant stuff you find in hotel rooms--it's rarely very good.

Turning into dogs? This place really is like a sci-fi novel. I hear there's fruit with teeth sometimes, too.

[live_ringer]

If you think it's sci-fi now, you should have been around when the rubber monsters were roaming about.

Not sure how decent you'd count the clothes here since I've not gone about looking, but there is a clothing shop you may want to look into once the Tree's opened up and you can get to the Bazaar.

[dont_leave_town]

...Rubber monsters? This place really is unusual.

The bazaar? Thanks for the tip. Once the bug problem is taken care of, I'll have to check it out.

[She really wants to ask names, but interrogation without seeing faces feels so weird...]

[live_ringer]

You're telling me. Nothing says abnormal like having a herd of giant 'tomatoes' with teeth roll after you all day.

So, Nikki, hm? Certainly one of the more normal names we've gotten around here.

[In that case, let us give her a nice little opening for it. Pay no attention to the narrator behind the curtain.]

[dont_leave_town]

Tomatoes with teeth? Part of me is almost sorry I missed that.

[XD! you're awesome.]

Is it? I've only met Derrick, and that's a pretty normal name, to the best of my knowledge. Can I ask what yours is?

[desig_survivor]

It makes me think more of a name for a station or a ship, really.

Clothing down here seems like it's designed for little kids, so it might take some looking to find anything suitable. You could try trading with someone, maybe.

[dont_leave_town]

Well, I'm told there's better shopping at The Bazaar, but apparently it's overrun with man-eating ants at the moment. Maybe I'll just wait...

[desig_survivor]

You might be able to find pajama lowers, but the last set of blue jeans that I saw had patterns of plastic crystals all over them. And they were tiny.

You ended up decanting at a bad time for picking up adult clothing, it seems.

[dont_leave_town]

Something tells me it could have been worse. I guess I can live in this sweatsuit for a little while, provided the hotel has laundry facilities, but I certainly can't go look for a job dressed like this.

I don't believe I caught your name--could I ask it?

[bloody_pens]

I see you are finally making use of the wonderful magic journal! Behold its wonders!

[dont_leave_town]

Derrick, is that you? [It has to be. There can't be that many people who would say 'behold' around here...]

[bloody_pens]

The one and only.