.o1 - New Arrival

[felis_fidelus]

[Hello, it's the newest arrival at 1250 Williams Road! He sounds very much not pleased, a bit irritated, and very, very confused.]

What on Gaia - this isn't Edge. It's too clean to be....

... I must be hallucinating. Shalua always said I'd overwork myself into nervous collapse. Never thought she'd be right. I have enough imagination to

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[king_o_new_york]

It's, uh. It's a lon' story.

Best way I can explain it is you's in this strange town and ain't nobody's found a way to leave it yet.

[felis_fidelus]

... hello? Who is this? What do you mean, a 'strange town'?

Gaia, I can't even find my materia... who took my things? I don't negotiate with terrorists. I wish people would get that through their thick skulls.

[king_o_new_york]

Right, sorry, me name's Jack Kelly, and, uh, it's this town called Mayfield. Ain't nobody can get outta it. They take your thin's when you come here-- you ain't got your clothes either, right?

What's a terrorist?

[felis_fidelus]

May- what? There's no such town on Gaia.

No, I've got someone else's. I haven't worn brown in years. And for some reason, there are pictures of me... with some woman I've never seen before. Someone's playing games here. I've never been married.

... you're not serious, are you?

[magique_bonbon]

It's Mayfield... um, think of it as a giant illusion. You might want to sit down for this.

[felis_fidelus]

I've gotten a few details about it, but an illusion?

Go on, miss, please. After everything I've been through the past few years, I doubt this will shock me any worse.

[magique_bonbon]

"Miss"?

Well... it's probably an illusion because everything that's happened here could only have been done by magic: we can't walk out of town since it loops in on itself, people who die come back the next day, and whoever's behind Mayfield can brainwash people for a little while if they do something the town doesn't want them to do.

[felis_fidelus]

... I don't know of any materia that revive the dead in that length of time, nor do I know of any that can make a town loop, unless someone got very creative with an Exit materia....

[a thoughtful pause]

Brainwashing, however, can be done without magic. Even so, none of this news bodes well. If I may ask- how long have you been here? Were you taken from your home as well?

[heartofheaven]

Reeve?

[felis_fidelus]

... Tifa?

[heartofheaven]

So it is you! Reeve, I'm so sorry. I'm not sure how to begin to describe what's happened to us...

You're right, this isn't Edge. It's Mayfield.

[felis_fidelus]

So I've been told. Though that doesn't clear things up much.

But- how long have you been here? You're not alone, are you? Are you all right?

[bustydefense]

This place is called Mayfield, and it's always this clean. A little sickening, actually.

[felis_fidelus]

Cleanliness I can deal with. The artificiality, however, is much harder to swallow.

I take it you've been here for a while?

[bustydefense]

The cleanliness is very artificial. Just try making a mess.

Oh... just over six months now.

[felis_fidelus]

Really? I may try that. Is the end result entertaining, at least?

[long pause. looooong pause.]

Six months is... a rather long time.