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D --> What is the meaning of this
D --> I'm not sure what my e%pectations were of the afterlife
D --> But this is abso100t fiddl

[there's a lengthy pause, then the video feed clicks on. It's another one of those trolls, and this one appears to be in peak physical condition.

he's also sweating so profusely it's making his skin glisten, and in one hand he's holding half the keyboard. the other half is currently not in view.

once he opens his mouth, it becomes obvious he's missing some teeth.]

I demand information pertaining to the nature of my current location and, if known, the location of any other trolls currently sharing my predicament.

[He passes a hand over his forehead, brushing off moisture. When he looks back at the camera, his expression softens slightly.]

Nepeta, if you're here... my deepest apologies.

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I'm not being a fool. I'm merely going by the way things have went so far. Nobody, to my knowledge, has arrived dead.

...that, and the fact that you're up and about and interacting with material things.

I thought the trunk full of personal possessions was a bit irregular, but how else could you explain my death moments prior to my arrival?

...not quite, but if you can interact with material things, I'd wager you're still alive. Never heard of a spirit that's tangible...

It depends on the spirit. Aradia was able to do everything after her death that she could do in life. More, perhaps.

[he seems slightly more hopeful now.]

Is she here as well?

Huh. Curious. Alas, I am a regular detective, not a spirit detective.

I am...uncertain. If she is another like your kind, there are several here, but I have not gotten around to meeting them all yet.

You would know her if you saw her. She is refined, and moves and speaks with a grace not found among the common bloods.

[Have a blank stare.]

Common bloods?

[have a condescending look in return.]

I'm aware of the fact that humans all have unnaturally poor blood, but surely one of the others must have educated the rest of you on the basics of the hemospectrum by now.

[Condescending, meet headstrong.]

Oi, my blood is just fine. And if anyone has mentioned this 'hemospectrum', [Shou air-quotes for this] I haven't heard anything about it.

[headstrong, meet 13 years old. of course Equius has all the answers.]

How unseemly. The hemospectrum is our power structure, a system constructed to to ensure everyone is well aware of their place in this world.

[Shoutarou doesn't like the sound of this already.]

Uh-huh...

Well. I've made my point regarding your state of existence - I'd rather not get into a debate over social rank.

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[Equius doesn't expect you to like it, just as long as you adhere to it. Lowblood.]

There is no debate to be made. It's simply the natural order.

[Psh. Shou's not gonna play along with some kids' weird social ladder game once he realizes all the trolls are kids.]

Well - the 'natural order', among many things has been turned on its head with our being whisked here.

I see no reason to assume something so important has changed simply because our surroundings have.

[he pauses, then.]

Do you understand the reasons behind our circumstances, or are you just another captive?

Supposedly, our benefactors did it to save us from the destruction of our worlds.

While I did not believe them initially, there seems to have been those of us who have been sent back home for a time to see that either our worlds have indeed been destroyed...or it's a very elaborate trick.

If you're from the human planet, Earth, that was indeed the case. Same as ours. I don't quite see how this place factors into the matter, however.

Thing is, though - there's alternate realities to factor in. A lot of us are from Earth, but from different time periods, and there are prominent figures in different people's realities that do not exist in others.

As for this tower - this isn't home. Things are different here.

[that gets an eyebrow raise.]

Alternate timelines, all gathered in one place? I wouldn't have thought it was possible.

What else about this place strikes you as particularly unusual?

As much as we have people arriving, they're also disappearing. Some of them come back, some don't - replaced by the new ones.

So there's an instability of some sort in the mechanism that brought us here, but nobody has any idea what it is, where it is, or how it works?

And what is the point of these gosh-darned good-for-nothing collars?

Pretty much, save for where it is. It's logical to assume that it's somewhere in the tower, we just don't have access to it.

The collars keep us physically stable here, according to our keepers.

They're also impervious to damage, it seems.

I will look for it, then. If it's an actual machine of sorts, I might be able to fix it, or at least learn more about its function.

Yes, even with my admirable strength, I was unable to remove it. I'll admit, with some reluctance, that it's impressive handiwork.

Good luck. I've been here since the beginning, and haven't found anything like that in all my time here.

Seems like none of the superpowered individuals here can get the things off with any of their abilities.

I will find a way.

[no he won't. but definitely not for lack of trying, on both counts.]

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oh god he's harder to convince than I thought GDI Equius

Shoutarou has a PhD in hardheadedness.

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