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[raqiamods]

Who: Everyone
When: Day 1, Morning
Where: The Dorms
What: It begins.

[ it's morning, and though there's no shrill of an alarm or sunlight streaming in through windows, you've all just woken up. probably. That would account for why you seem to be in bed, and why you don't remember doing anything before this. It must have been a nice restful sleep.

in this room you don't recognize.

. . . actually, maybe the reason you don't remember doing anything isn't related to having just woken up at all. if you search your mind, you'll find your recollection totally blank.

Maybe you should get up and find out what's going on ]

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[paintwithallthecolors]

[ goes out to knock on the other doors in Erelim fairly quickly ]

Hello? Is there anyone here?

[virtuesandweiss]

[ Great, waking up in a suspicious place. He doesn't have any memories to support his discomfort, but he doesn't have any to refute that feeling, either. He stands and goes to the closed door, listening for a while for the sounds of activity before—

being interrupted by knocking. the question doesn't sound like they have any idea what's going on either... Still, he doesn't crack the door open and answers with it closed. ]

Yes.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Ah! Hello. Is this your house, sir?

[virtuesandweiss]

[ . . . well, that doesn't seem like the question of someone who knows what they're doing.

open the door but doesn't step out yet ]

News to me, if it is.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Oh. So do you not remember anything, either?

[virtuesandweiss]

Not a bit.

[ steps out into the open. ]

[paintwithallthecolors]

How strange... It must not be coincidence, but I can't imagine what reason there would be behind it.

[ offers out a hand, though a bit tentatively, easy enough to brush off ]

Still, I'd like to make the most of this and work together if we can.

[virtuesandweiss]

[ it takes him a moment, looking down and then looking at his face before he takes his hand.

. . . and then reads his mind, to make certain he's being honest. or at least, tries to. he hasn't learned how unreliable that sort of thing is here, yet. ]

[paintwithallthecolors]

[ SO RELIEVED HE ACCEPTED PLEASE BE MY FRIEND PLEASE BE MY FRIEND

sorry about my dead person hands. squeezes, light and encouraging ]

Let's go look for more people. I bet there are others just as confused as we are.

[virtuesandweiss]

[ when it works and he reads that from the other's mind, his expression becomes less guarded and he smiles back, and squeezes his hand in return, light and acknowledging ]

You think so?

[friend_request]

[ there's a delay before they answer their door, not out of caution but they had gone from asleep to awake and then it had gone from silence to knocking. And voices.

Dragging fingers through their hair -- they fumble with the door handle a little, distracted, before yanking it open. ]

[virtuesandweiss]

[ exits his room after a moment, when it's clear the boy he was talking to also had no idea what's going on. his eyes widen little in a muted reaction of surprise at seeing someone he didn't expect ]

Three of us, now?

[friend_request]

[ another sort of pause, almost mentally counting off (not that three is a very big number) ]

Hi.

[virtuesandweiss]

[ it doesn't seem like this one knows what's going on either. . . ]

Hey. Seen anyone else?

[friend_request]

You. [ and then points to the other ] And you. No one else.

[virtuesandweiss]

[ glances down the hall at the other bedrooms and without knocking or warning, opens up the does to the other bedrooms ]

Empty.

[ that's a let down. Tries the last door to the common room. ]

[friend_request]

[ trails after, mostly silent, but taking time in each empty room to go inside and walk the perimeter ]

Just us.

[ or so it seems ]

[virtuesandweiss]

[ Well that's annoying. But relieving too. If they're all in the same boat, no reason to be so cautious. His expression settles on a grin and he throws on the couch. ]

Got the whole place to ourselves then! Dibs!

[paintwithallthecolors]

Oh! I'm sorry, were you still sleeping?

[friend_request]

[ thhhiiinkksss about it and then pulls their fingers free from their hair. ]

No. I woke up.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Oh, I'm glad I didn't interrupt then.

Could you tell me where this is?

[friend_request]

No.

[paintwithallthecolors]

Does that mean you're lost, too?

[friend_request]

Yes.

. . . and confused?

[paintwithallthecolors]

Me, too. I can't seem to remember where I was, or what I was doing... It's the same for you?