INTRO.

[ultrapenumbramods]

You wake up feeling like you’ve had a rough night’s sleep… maybe a bit jet-lagged, if you’re familiar with the feeling, or perhaps like you, uh, had a little too much to drink last night. Either way, you’re probably not expecting to wake up in a forest clearing, so that might be even more disorienting. It’s not an unpleasant place to wake up, mind. It’s sunny, and there’s a pleasantly cool breeze blowing through. The grass isn’t tall enough that you could get lost in it or that someone could be hiding in it… or something.

There are, in fact, a lot of somethings surrounding you--a veritable menagerie of creatures, some of them adorable, and some of them intimidating… but they seem to be as disoriented as you are. And then, well… you realize something’s a little off about yourself. There’s no pond to look at your new appearance, but… maybe the ground’s a little closer. Maybe you don’t actually have arms and legs at the moment. Maybe you don’t have eyes anymore?

Regardless, something’s definitely up. Fortunately, there’s a path leading out of the clearing, so once you get your bearings and speak with some of the other weird critters you’ve woken up with, you can find… somewhere you can get answers. Well, hopefully, anyway.

Comments

[whatsmytalentagain]

No, I mean like my week! Before I woke up like this.

[onetwoboom]

[...There's an attempt at a squint, but her eyes don't really...do that anymore.]

How weird is this compared to the events of your week leading up to this?

CW: murdergame stuff

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... SIGH.] How do I put this...

I woke up in a locker with no memory of how I got there, I also forgot what my talent was when everyone else remembered theirs, and it turns out a robot teddy bear controlled by a mysterious sadist basically kidnapped us to kill eachother.

[Should he tell her about the tablet? He doesn't think it matters here, but...]

Does that awnser your question?

[onetwoboom]

[...]

Yes. Yes it does.

[So, Rantaro's life was pretty Up There on the weirdness scale (maybe not so much by Pandoran standards) but it lacked the whole transformation thing that really made this recent event stand out in comparison.]

Gotta say, kind of love the robot teddy bear, conceptually. Not exactly my style - I'm more about floating torsos and looking as bad ass as possible - but it has its merits! ...Just, you know, without the whole...sadistic forced murder thing. That's kind of...yikes.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Yeah...

[He'd point out the robot bear had kids, but he really doesn't wanna dwell on that game right now.]

So... What was the last thing you remember before you got here?

[onetwoboom]

Uhhh, lets see...

[She rubs her chin in thought.]

Killed the homicidal CEO of a mega-corporation and then the big prehistoric warrior creature he summoned? That.

[A pause, then a lightbulb moment!]

What if this is all because of the vault?! Something to do with the energy output and reality warping and some...supernatural science bullshit!

[whatsmytalentagain]

[... Dear lord that may actually be worse.]

Uh... Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by a vault.

[onetwoboom]

You don’t?

[Even if he’s not from the same planet, that’s no excuse for ignorance. God, it was just like Marcie Holloway.]

Where have you BEEN for the past ten years - under a rock?! How could you just not know about Hyperion occupation of pandora, Atlas’ exploration of the vaults, and the LEGENDARY vault hunters?! They’re the most exciting developments to happen in centuries!

[whatsmytalentagain]

... [He shakes his head.] Nope, none of that rings a bell.

[He wonders if he forgot more than his talent... Nah, not ten years worth. He would have noticed if he lost ten years of his life.]

[onetwoboom]

...Really?

[Damn.]

Where the hell are you FROM? Some backwater planet completely detached from the outside world?