First Memory

[guardianhime]

[Action for those in the area/Audio for the rest]

I had the bathroom FIRST, Zero! If you're just going to ignore me, I'm going to open the--

[Stopping mid-sentence, Yuuki freezes in shock. Eyes wide, she glances around her nervously.]

Z-Zero...?

[Turning around several times, she looks for the familar form of her companion, or something that she

Comments

[concept_killer]

You're uh....in the city.

[concept_killer]

They're free is you're under 18. I'm 17 so I don't have to pay a single yen.

[guardianhime]

They're free!? Free can't be so bad! I'm 16 so I guess fall under that category. Though I wonder how a city pays for something like that. Or how a city like this works for that matter.

You've been here a while then?

[concept_killer]

Too long if you ask me. But yeah, the apartments are easy to find. Finding a roommate is the hard part.

[guardianhime]

Did you have trouble finding a roommate?

[concept_killer]

I've had trouble finding a sane one. Still haven't.

[guardianhime]

You can't find a sane one? Just..what kinds of people are here in the city?

[concept_killer]

You don't want to know.

[guardianhime]

That's not very reassuring.

[concept_killer]

It's not supposed to be.

1/2

[guardianhime]

I can't tell if that is supposed to be helpful or sarcastic....

[guardianhime]

I guess it's good to know the facts from the beginning. So..what is the city like?

[concept_killer]

It's like being in a video game, probably. Lots of different things happen to you, lots of different people, and you have zero control.

[guardianhime]

...but, people have left the city right? It's not really forever, that people stay here?

[concept_killer]

But they always seem to find a way out by accident.

[guardianhime]

How is it that people are unable to leave? What is it that keeps everyone here?