~Welcome to Hell~

[purgatory_maren]

-Minato's stomach growls loudly-
[back from the dead- of course my stomach is empty.. christ.]
I hope I'm getting this right, I don't know why I didn't think to try it before. I've been hearing chattering on this.. radio device. If anybody can hear me.. I don't know what's going on. I don't know how I got here- I don't even know why I'm alive. I can'

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[mrbaseballfan]

Plenty of people are listening, but I guess I'm the first one to reach you! Don't worry, we'll find you something to eat, and a place to stay. The name's Ness!

Can you tell me where you are?

[purgatory_maren]

[Ness.. where have I heard that name before?]

Ness? Hey.. It feels good to hear someone talk to me again. I'm in some old parking garage, I holed up here two days ago -stomach burbles over the radio in the background- after some big rodent attacked me. Thats when I woke up in this place. Who are you? I mean- do you work for someone? What do you mean by "we"?

[He sounds kind of young..]

[mrbaseballfan]

Yeah, actually. I work for the Escort team, our job is to track down new arrivals, and protect them until we can get them somewhere safe and settled in.

Don't worry, I'm trained for this kinda thing! I dunno how good our food storage is right now, but I could try and find an apple from Yorda's greenhouse if you're really hungry.

[purgatory_maren]

So.. This is so.. 'normal' to you people that you have an escort team?? -Minato sighs over the radio- ... Okay. I don't know who Yorda is, but if they don't mind, I would really appreciate the fruit, I've been running on empty since I got here. [I barely remember what anything tastes like..]I'm up at the top of the garage at the moment, Ness-kun, so I can see whats going on down there.
[Seems like a lot of people are coming out of the woodwork on this radio. Suddenly I'm the popular one.. Its like being back in high school, only with more offensive smells.. I wonder where all these people are hiding?]

[russianrevolver]

And another unlucky bastard arrives...

Welcome to Discedo kid. You have my condolences.

[purgatory_maren]

What?! Who is this?! -sigh-
... look.. I don't want your pity, I just want to know whats going on.. Discedo.. [so this isn't hell..] How long have you people been here?

[russianrevolver]

We get new arrivals all the time. I'm quite new in the neighborhood myself, but there's some that have been here for months.

[purgatory_maren]

-Sarcastically- My condolences..

So where are you stuck in all this? Did they give you a job, like that escort group? Oh- Did anything attack you, because I got attacked by some giant rat almost as soon as I woke up.

[omniconcert]

I can hear you!

Have you run into any of the mean doggies on the street? You might want to avoid them if you can.

[purgatory_maren]

Doggies? You know.. no matter how cute that sounds, it seems incredibly threatening. No, I haven't seen any. I seen a big rat-thing, though. I killed it, but I had to find a place to hide right after. Who is this?

[omniconcert]

Oh, I'm Linda. Nice to meet you!

Oh yeah, I forgot about those ratthings. And the flying meanies, too. And those cow things, and all the other monster-y things around.

[purgatory_maren]

Nice to meet you, Linda. I'm Minato, in case you didn't catch it.

I think I've dealt with a lot worse than flying uh.. meanies and cows. But even I'm out of my element here.. Shit. How long have you been in this place yourself? I can't have been here more than three days or so. [ although i think i'm losing track of time.]

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[heinesangel]

You were... brought back to life? Just like Gabranth...

Yes, I can hear you. - You must be new here. This is the city of Discedo. It is a ruined city, but a lot of the people have been pulled here from other worlds. No one seems to understand why or how...

Your name is Minato, right? It's nice to meet you.
I'm Nill.

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[purgatory_maren]

Nill,
Yes, my name is Minato. I used to go to a school called Gekkoukan High, back home. I guess everyone is in the same boat as me then. Nobody knows why they're here or where they're going.

I was brought back to life, but I don't know how. I woke up here and been on the defensive ever since. Thanks for contacting me, I was going a bit nuts. Heh..
-
Minato

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[heinesangel]

A school... I think that there are other students that are here, Minato. Only one of them is from a school known as Shibusen, I'm not so sure about others... And yes, you're right. But that isn't stop anyone from trying to discover just that, and to make a living in this city as best as they can.

I... know someone else who was like that, Minato. You're not alone. It wouldn't surprise me that you would be nervous after such a thing happened, especially when you ended up waking up to a place like this.

You're welcome. I'm glad that I could be of some help. And you're not going nuts. Don't worry.

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[purgatory_maren]

Nill,
Even though this place looks like a wreck, it functions just like a city should? I mean, students going to school, people working and all of that? How does everyone function with all these mutants or monsters around, and the obvious lack of supplies?

-Text is sent, Minato pauses before continuing with another-

Where I came from, our world turned into what seemed like a living Hell at 12AM every night. But everyone would be in somewhat of a state of sleep. Only myself and a few others were aware of this state and time and we fought creatures in it that were worse than the one thing I've seen- and been told of- here. But I can't imagine having to live in it. How do you deal? I hope we can meet face to face one day, Nill.
-
Minato

[dreamermoa]

...Minato-kun...?

Um, is that your name...?

[purgatory_maren]

Yes, hello? My name is Minato. Who is this? Did you just get here too, or have you been here for a long time? I'm getting pretty worried, if I wasn't already anyway.