VIDEO-OTA

[morethan084]

[Daisy played with the settings on the communication device she had found until she got one meant for streaming a video. Putting the device at arms length, Daisy tapped ‘video’ and it began to record her live.]

Right, so. This is a lot to take in, apparently this happens a lot around here? People getting sucked into Wonderland? Is it seriously called that? I haven’t seen Alice or the Mad Hatter around here, so I’m having a hard time believing in…

[She’s sure that someone is watching her right now and making a face.]

Okay, that was a lame joke. But this is just some weird, fucked up dream. Right?

[Daisy knows she rambles, she’s good at it. Especially when she’s overwhelmed.]

I’m still waiting to wake up from this, but, for the hell of it…

I’m Sarah.

[What? She doesn't know that here she isn't a wanted woman.]

If anyone is listening to this, I’d really appreciate knowing what the hell just happened to me. I was walking out of a room and the next thing I know I’m falling into a fountain.

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[postictal]

name's tim.
looks like you got the welcome spiel already.
there's a couple pamphlets and stuff but there's not much there that you won't figure out yourself

[morethan084]

You mean besides the fact that there's free food, booze and magical closets?

[postictal]

well there's the part where we can all die multiple times
but not too many, that's important
the part where sometimes the place remakes things from our memories, thats always fun

[morethan084]

Heard about that one too. Four more than usual. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Probably a bad thing.

What? Like, a childhood home suddenly appears?

[Or something much more dark than that, and Daisy sure as shit has a lot of bad memories.]

[postictal]

if you want a metric?
the last place we got sent to was hell
one of many hells that are apparently out there

so yeah i don't wanna know whose brain that one got yanked from

[morethan084]

This place already seems like hell.

[postictal]

it can get worse
trust me

[morethan084]

Every ones positivity about this place is so overwhelming.

[postictal]

what can i say we're all little rays of sunshine

[To be fair, he hasn't met a single person who hasn't exuded a level of cynicism on par with his own.]

[morethan084]

Or insane. Either one.

[postictal]

[Well, he already knows he's not got a perfect brain, so that more or less rebounds off him. He'd be lying if he said it didn't chafe in its own vague way. Which it does.]

given the amount of people here i'd say that's not very likely

[morethan084]

Just how many people are there here?

[postictal]

bounces up and down.
it's in the hundreds though i think

[morethan084]

And no one has found a way out of here?

[postictal]

sometimes people disappear
doesn't seem to be intentional though

[morethan084]

So, basically, anytime anyone has tried to leave they just disappear?

[postictal]

usually the people that disappear don't seem to be trying to leave
just kinda happens without warning

[morethan084]

So one minute you're here, the next minute you're not? I find that hard to believe that it just happens to people.

[postictal]

well one minute you weren't here and the next minute you were

sometimes it's just the opposite.

[morethan084]

I doubt any of this just coincidence. Everything happens for a reason.

[postictal]

you might have a hard time convincing a lot of people of that

[morethan084]

If they seriously think this just happens randomly thats their problem.

[postictal]

people have been here for years.
others show up for a week or two before they're gone.

if you think there's a pattern there i guess that's your problem

[morethan084]

There's bound to be, and if no one else is up for figuring it out, I guess it's on me.

[postictal]

oh lots of people have tried to figure it out
no one's really gotten anywhere but what else is new