First Level | East Side

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[Raf is definitely no longer on an airplane, which is quite alarming as far as these sorts of things go. Still, the ground around him appears to be solid, which is better than most situations immediately following him being in an airplane. Raf has always imagined they would contain more falling through the air

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[MOMO's been spending a lot of time near the center of the city, trying to figure out just what is going on with some people seeing a wall and others not. She steps off a bridge to the east side of the city, promptly surprised to see someone else not too far away.

He must be new. She's been keeping track of the amount of people.]

The west side?

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[Raf blinks at her. She definitely wasn't here a moment ago. He would have noticed. He's also not sure where she would have come from.]

[Maybe you're imagining her.]

[Raf mutters under his breath, looking off to the side, where Tiri is.]

You wish.

[Then he looks brightly at the stranger and nods, continuing at a more normal volume.]

Assuming I'm currently on the east side, then yes.

[He's not at all wedded to the idea of going in that particular direction, but there are only four directions to choose from, and he did just ask where one of them was out loud.]

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[She only stares at him for a moment, before shaking her head slightly and smiling. Whatever just happened, she doesn't think she'll find out just yet.]

Yes! This is the east side! There should... [The smile slips, turning into a frown, as she points behind her.] There should be bridges there.

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[He tilts his head.]

That's a giant wall.

[But then, children are prone to fits of imagination.]

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[Her frown only grows deeper at that, as she shoots one last look at the wall before turning back to the man.]

I see... So you can see the wall too. I don't understand how... [A pause.]

It seems like only some of us can see the bridges there.

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You see a bridge?

[That's definitely a wall, and Raf walks towards it to lay his hand flat along it. It feels like a wall, cold to the touch and there's wind being redirected by it.]

Not that I haven't had tactile and visual hallucinations before. But I take it other people have also seen this wall?

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A lot of bridges! [She backs off a step when he approaches the center, watching intently as he raises his hand, touching nothing.]

Um... Yes. At least two other people can see it.

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Huh.

[Raf balls his hand into a fist, slamming it into the wall. It definitely hurts, and he looks at his knuckles as he flexes his hand out again. Very interesting, even if it doesn't prove anything.]

[Nothing ever does. Nor disproves.]

[Raf ignores Tiri to focus on the girl, because she has more information than his fox does.]

And you can walk through the wall and over the bridges?

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[She continues staring as he slams his hand into thin air, noting how he definitely acted like his hand hit something. But her sensors don't pick up anything when he does so. So she only nods.]

Yes! I'll show you. [MOMO walks forward, until she's right in front of the nearest bridge, and takes three steps onto it. She then turns around, hands folded behind her back.] Can you see me right now?

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[His hand has started to act like it hit something too, the knuckles turning red.]

Uh, no. I cannot.

[He had been watching her walk, but it wasn't like she faded through the wall or anything she just had been in front of the wall and now she's nowhere that he can see. It's clearly his own perceptions at fault, however, because he can still hear her.]

[He doesn't have that many things to try, so he takes out the polarizing contacts he wears to protect his eyes from the sun, staring at the wall for a moment without them in, but no. It's certainly still a wall.]

It doesn't look climbable, or I'd try it. You have any suggestions?

[He doesn't remotely expect her to, but he does routinely take advice from a fox that lives in his head, so if she said something that seemed like sound advice he'd probably follow it.]

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[She watches his actions curiously but quickly steps back off the bridge, to where he can see her.]

No, I'm sorry... I've been trying to gather more information on this, but I haven't found anything yet. It seems like it's impossible to pass.

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[Raf sticks his contacts back in before his eyes start to water.]

[He nods, although impossible isn't the word he'd use. He simple lacks the proper tools to get through at the moment.]

Can you pick up things on that side of the bridge and bring them over here? And if you did, I wonder if I could interact with those objects.

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[She perks up at that, looking up at him.] Oh, yes, I'm sure I could do that! If I can cross from one side to the other, I should be able to bring things with me too.

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Makes sense.

[Unless she's not real, or this world isn't, and then things may or may not make sense.]

Hey. Are there people on the other side of the wall as well?

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[A nod.] Yes, of course! And I think that...

There's at least one person who can't cross over to this side.

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Very odd.

I wonder if I could talk to them if they were on the other side of the wall. And if we perceive the wall to be happening in the same place?

[Raf's just thinking out loud, ignore him.]

Do you know anything else about this city? Like where it is?