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[repths]

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?

Comments

[huaaaaagh]

[...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.

[repths]

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?

[huaaaaagh]

[....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?

[repths]

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.

[huaaaaagh]

[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.

[repths]

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.

[huaaaaagh]

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.]

[repths]

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.]

[huaaaaagh]

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.