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📌 Welcome

Think for a moment. What's the last thing you remember, exactly? Were you with your loved ones? Were you fighting for your life? Whatever the case may be, the story ends like this: you died. Regardless of how important circumstances were, you have been eliminated from your own world. That's all there is.

Perhaps it will surprise you to wake up surrounded by the sky in every direction. What's above is reflected below in the shallow water that ripples beneath you without getting you wet. Strangely, what lies beneath this water is a mystery to you, and it feels more like walking on a glass surface, completely solid and clear underfoot.

Despite the fact you've perished, nothing hurts. Any injuries you arrived with have been neatly bandaged, and anything life-threatening has been mended enough that it no longer is. The warm sunshine probably feels good on your skin right now, doesn't it? The temperature is perfect, and you feel oddly comfortable considering the circumstances.

You aren't the only one rousing, however. Strangers around you also blink into consciousness, glowing halos flickering to life and floating over their heads. It might be hard to see the shape of your own halo looking up, but your reflection on the ground should help with that. Reaching up to touch it will prove futile. It's intangible, though your hand feels a little warm passing through it.

Your first instinct might be to leave. Can't blame you. You're in a strange place surrounded by strange people and no sense of direction. You might even try to use one of your powers from your home world to escape, but try as you might they don't appear to work. Worry not though; it looks like this place has bestowed some gifts upon you. Within your vicinity you have have one item from home. You have a gift box with your name on it. And, of course, you have the brand new sexy angel costume that you're already wearing! 😇

So what are you waiting for? Up and at 'em! The island has plenty of space to explore, though as you approach the edge it fades slowly into a thick fog. Pressing onward into the fog will disorient you and soon you'll find yourself completely turned around right back where you started. Probably best to stick to this area.

But hey, there's plenty to look at still! Instead of empty space, scattered around the island you'll see glassy, transparent protrusions from the ground. Most of them... well, you can't quite make out the shape. Could be buildings. Could be trees. Could be objects on the ground. Flowers, maybe? Their form doesn't seem to want to settle, and the light catching on their edges isn't really as illuminating as you'd like.

There is one exception to this. One shape seems to be more stable than the rest, less transparent and instead just... hazy. It's like you're looking at it through glasses with the wrong prescription. Even though it's blurry, you can tell that it's a cafe, and its door is wide open. Thoughtful, right? Whoever or whatever brought you here, at least they don't want you to starve!

Though no one is manning the counter, you can order your desired meal off of the slightly-clearer touch screen menu that offers up any kind of fast food you could want. There are also two restrooms in the back, with the keys hanging up on the wall beside them. That aside, there doesn't appear to be anything else open and you're left to your own devices.

We understand this is a lot to process, so take your time adjusting. And remember: everything is fine.

🎁 Gift Basket

As mentioned, each of you wake up with your item from home and a gift box with your name on it. There's a printed note attached to the fancy ribbon tying it off. It reads: Enjoy a welcome gift from us! For any questions, please refer to the informational pamphlet inside. ... but naturally, no such pamphlet seems to exist.

Each box contains the following:

📱
Cell Phone

A smartphone. Text and call to your heart's content. Just kidding! There's no service yet.
At least the camera and notes app work.

🖊️
Pen

One encouraging pen of your choice. Blue ink!

🥚
Egg

A large egg the color of your halo. About ostrich egg sized. Warm.

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Toy Lightsaber

A collapsible toy lightsaber! Lights up the same color as your halo.

🧸
Squishmallow

A small squishmallow! Any animal or item that would suit your personality.

🧶
One Crocheted Accessory

A cute scarf/mittens/hat/etc, handmade in a color that suits you.

♡

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Comments

Wakeup

[ziosar]

You tell me.

[Someone else's shouting seems to distract Akihiko from his own feelings about the situation, thank goodness]

If this is a dream then this is the weirdest one in a while.

[And why an angel costume that looks like it should be worn by someone with more curves than him? Akihiko really doesn't understand why this is his own outfit]

[outdistanced]

It's the worst dream I've ever had, that's for sure. At least let me wear something for guys!

[ GOD.

he pauses, though, glancing up at akihiko. ]

...I usually dream of people I know, too.

[ziosar]

Same. I sure haven't ever seen you before. That should mean this can't be a dream.

[......]

I wish it was.

[Because being dead means bad things for him and his friends, but he doesn't clarify at all]

[outdistanced]

...Yeah. Me, too.

[ looks around at all the sky ]

I don't get it. The Tower's pretty safe, and I just went to sleep like normal. What happened?

[ how are they supposed to be dead??? ]

[ziosar]

Have you seen around here anyone you know?

[Maybe this...Tower suffered a mass casualty situation? Akihiko sure doesn't rule that out]

[outdistanced]

No. No one here even knows what a demiflora is, let alone came from the Tower.

[ziosar]

........

[Well add one person more to that list, buddy. What is a demiflora?

But Akihiko chooses not to ask because he's pretty sure encountering once another person who will be clueless about that all probably won't make him feel any better about anything.

Still, the Tower him is a little...huh]

I have heard of a tower of some kind. [Huge understatement. It's really unlikely someone else knows about Tartarus, but he has to ask! It's unlikely it's Tartarus but if it turned out someone else knew about that tower and just wasn't referring to it by name, he's never going to live it down!] What's it like? Please tell me about it.

[outdistanced]

It's called the Seattle Correctional Flora Tower. Tons of demiflora live there - it's one of the safest places for us, where no spawncampers can get to us. It's where I grew up.

[ ringing any bells? ]

[ziosar]

[Not in the slightest, hahaha. Well! Akihiko supposes it's not some sort of secret tower, if its name and existence is revealed to random teens like this. Hmmmmm...]

Seattle is too far from my home. Guess that's why I hadn't heard about it before.

[outdistanced]

[ oh thank god somebody at least knows where seattle is ]

Where's your home, then?

[ziosar]

Tatsumi Port Island. Ever heard of it? It's in Japan.

[Really far away, but Akihiko isn't too surprised if it turns out the events in Tatsumi Port Island also impacted Seattle. It was all very, uh, apocalyptic. Typical Persona/Shin Megami Tensei fare]

[outdistanced]

I've heard of Japan, yeah.

[ does not seem the least bit concerned about it though. apocalypse? in our parallel universe earths? say it ain't so ]

So we can really come here from wherever.

[ziosar]

I suppose the important thing here is if we can all go back wherever or if we'd end up in the same place.

[It'd really suck if they ended up in, like, Termina with Marcoh by accident]