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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:

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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

[smokeandglasses]

Arrival

[At first Ali doesn't pay much attention to the location, nor the hideous outfit he has been forced into. No, the first thing he does after waking up is search through the crowd, clearly looking for someone. But eventually his concern drops into dismay, and he gives up the search.]

I think I may have arrived in the wrong location.

[Not that he sees a service desk to talk to anyone about it.]



cell phone

[He is nothing if not resourceful, and a gift basket is a useful tool in the situations. The scarf is quickly thrown over his shoulders, but then his attention turns to the cell phone. He eagerly picks it up and starts flipping through the available apps.]

...huh. This looks like a newer model than mine.



egg

[There is a red egg. Ali is staring at said red egg.

He doesn't know how to feel about this. Eggs shouldn't look like this!!!]

Arrival

[ziosar]

I doubt anybody here planned to arrive here in the first place.

[If you find a service desk anywhere please tell Akihiko, he wants to ask questions too]

[smokeandglasses]

No, definitely not.

[So many people here look so young...tragedy must have hit most everyone here.]

You're...dead, right?

[ziosar]

You can't just ask that...

[Still, no point in denying it]

But yeah, I died. I'm sure we're all on that same boat. This is...some afterlife.

[smokeandglasses]

Apologies. I just needed to confirm something.

[So he actually did die, huh...]

[ziosar]

Just be careful. Not everyone will take well the reminder.

[It's painful, after all! But at least Akihiko wasn't one of those people. He's got a lot of frustration about his situation, but he's doing his darndest to keep that deep down and not lash out at random people]

egg

[fightolive]

[Firefly holding her box of things and looking at this man looking at an egg.]

Are you okay?

[smokeandglasses]

[He looks to Firefly, and it takes him a moment to find an answer.]

It's- well, eggs aren't typically red.

[fightolive]

I haven't seen green ones before, either. Maybe they're a rare species?

[smokeandglasses]

[A rare species...]

What, like, a chicken but red?

[fightolive]

A... Really big red chicken?

phone

[dijun]

A newer... model? Pardon me. [ for both overhearing this and in hoping to get his attention. ] I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the device we received. Would you mind terribly..?

[smokeandglasses]

Oh, well-

[His mind instantly races through all of the options that could possibly explain how someone doesn't know about a smartphone. Maybe he's lived under a rock for a few decades, or maybe he's one of those people who doesn't use technology. Or he could just be really, really old and set in his ways too, Ali supposes.

In the end the reason doesn't matter though, and Ali will help this man regardless.]

It's a phone. I guess they're technically called mobile phones, but language has evolved rapidly and most people just call them phones now. You can use them to call people, send messages to someone, or even play games. These ones look like they can take pictures too.

[dijun]

[ he's oblivious to this turmoil that he's caused, and is instead a patient listener as he pulls his own phone out from his egg's nest box to examine it with a quiet interest. ]

I see, so that would be the Kamera lens there... [ he's looking at the back of it. ] And it would function a bit like the shop's screen, I suppose, considering its glass surface?

[smokeandglasses]

Pretty much, yeah. But it would have different functions from the shop screen, and in my experience the touch screens on phones are more accurate.

[dijun]

Especially as they're not broken at the moment. [ a little ruefully. ] Thank you, this explanation has been enlightening.

egg

[productionhell]

[ a woman in this outfit approaches him while he's looking at the egg... ]

It's really something, isn't it?

[smokeandglasses]

[There is a DEMON in heaven!!!]

I guess I'll have to take care of it now. They really should have asked us first before giving us responsibility.

[He might be acting put-out by it, but he could just ditch the egg if he wanted to, so.]

[productionhell]

[ there sure is a demon in heaven ]

Yes, it is a lot to put on someone without asking.... but isn't the little egg so cute? I wonder what it'll hatch into.

[smokeandglasses]

For all we know, it could be an actual baby.

[Imagine if the game was about taking care of newborns. Awful.]

[productionhell]

Baby human? Or something else?

[ he is human, isn't he? ]

arrival!

[faithkept]

[The lack of service desk is a true tragedy... But he'll just look over from where he'd been gazing upon his squishy lil toy, giving this lad a curious look.]

Is that so? Where were you anticipating arriving...?

[smokeandglasses]

...I guess it doesn't matter in the end, since I'm here now.

[Whatever thought he had, it's brushed away to make conversation with this new person.]

[faithkept]

It isn't a terrible place to be for now, at least. The sun is quite nice.

[Pleasant, perfect weather...]

Ah - may I ask for your name? Mine is Lucas.

[smokeandglasses]

Ah- it's Ali. It's a pleasure to meet you.

[The sun might be nice but he still finds himself wanting to go back home.]