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Who: Atoli
Broadcast: video; fleet wide
Action: Marsiva
When: Dec 25ish

[This sudden turn of events has left Atoli stunned. She's to be frowning near the hospital decks. Her mind is boggled for various reasons.]

Um, can anyone hear me? My name's Atoli. I don't know what's happening. I woke up and I suddenly found myself here I--[The poor girl seems to be having trouble putting her thoughts into words. With her expression and tone it's clear that she's not taking this very well at all.]

I can't seem to remember anything from before I arrived. I think I was supposed to meet up with my friend. I got lost afterwards. [She definitely emailed Haseo and told him to go meet up with her at the Forbidden Grounds, so why is she here? It's puzzling.]

Would someone please help me? I'd hate to be a burden, but I need to know what's going on. This isn't "The World" is it?

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I did a little, yeah. She has a way of getting herself under your hands when you aren't looking.

[Sneaky, like her master.]

The transfer of information by touch still isn't a perfect technology, but even so, she's very soft.

She must enjoy getting pats on the head.

Technology sounds amazing in your world. You might have more advanced computers than mine.

[She only had her monitor and video game. Going into it was only possible because of AIDA nonsense.]

It's definitely come a long way. Ten years ago we had nothing that could compare to what exists now. I know I'm lucky.

[Even if VRMMOs kind of almost killed him multiple times. Who's counting?]

I can say the same thing actually.

I'm thankful that we have technology to begin with. Without it we wouldn't be able to play these games that we love so much.

Can I ask what your tech is like? This is the first time I've come across someone with similar gaming capabilities.

Of course!

Um, people who play the world access it through a head mount display. It looks kind of like a pair of goggles? I used an M2D. It was fairly pricey when I first got it.

Is technology expensive where you're from too?

[The costs they pay for games man...oops.]

[Head mount display, huh. So not that different from Nerve Gear or Amusphere then.]

It was outrageous, honestly. I just barely managed to afford it somehow...

[Basically. It's got the same concept.]

When you played the game it must have felt worth it, right?

Hah... yeah. It definitely did.

[During the beta test, anyway. SAO... was a whole other can of worms. Still, it isn't all bad.]

It was the same for me! I met so many friendly people while I was playing the world.

There were terrible ones too. Did you know any player killers in your mmorpg?

[The ones who like to slaughter people outside of fields for no reason at all??? They must exist in Kirito's mmorpg too, Atoli figures.]

[Ahahaha... ha... ha... so much for keeping it casual.]

Yeah- more than I care to remember. They're the lowest of the low.

[Though in most games they're not, you know, actual murderers.]

I agree!! You shouln't do those things to people.

I'm happy to learn that you aren't one of those players.

[...Is it still PKing when it's sort of in self defense?

Anyway.]

This might seem like a weird question, but it's not... dangerous in real life, is it? To be killed in your game.

Don't worry I don't think it's a strange question. [It makes her nervous, but she'll answer honestly.]

Some people in my world suffered from something called Doll Syndrome after playing The World. The reports said that players who participated in the arena ended up in a coma later.

Kind of odd right? I take it that something similar happened to your game too?

[....Heeeeee is really sorry he asked, now, and does not want to talk about this. At all. Abort, abort.]

Something similar, yes.

Were they able to recover?

Not really. Some people just stayed in a coma for a while. It's a little scary.

[Why do mmorpgs kill people man???]

I'm sorry something like this happened to you too.

[WELP. That's horrifying. Bad enough that it happened in one world, but more than that? Is any form of VR untainted by tragedy?]

Yeah... same to you.

[...A-anyway.]

Thankfully that's not really a concern here, as far as I can tell. Even if it's a shame that there are no games.

That's always a good thing isn't it? I'm glad we aren't at risk of falling into comas as long as we stay here.

It seems relatively safe on the ships.

So far so good, anyway. I haven't really had any problems on the ships themselves.

[The planets are another thing entirely, but that's mostly due to him looking for trouble.]

Can I ask how long you've been stuck here for?

I can't really imagine being away from home for too long.

[Atoli got stuck in an mmo sure, but that was only for a short time. Not like she stayed in it for years.]

Let's see... going on four months, now.

[God, has it really been that long? It's a little frightening to realize that.]

It's kind of hit and miss, how long people stick around.

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