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Now that I've collected what I'd evaluate as the basics of this place and how it's run, I'm curious enough to ask for a discussion of general opinions rather than concrete facts.

Particularly, regarding the supposedly confirmed ideas revolving around the state of our worlds. While the evidence supporting our homeworlds' destruction is considerable, I'd still like to hear what people think. It initially crossed my mind that it could be a very well-constructed lie, and while that has become a very distant possibility I'm hesitant to discard it altogether. And if it is in fact true, what happens then? Do you think there is a way to restore the places from which we've originated, or are we fighting for a Pyrrhic victory at best?

And that's not yet touching upon the more clearly confirmed matter of our souls and the replica forms we're using in place of our original bodies. I'd imagine this has caused existential crises aplenty, but let's put that aside for the moment. If the administrators possess the technology or magic to create such close copies, how is it they can't simply take out original bodies along with our souls in the first place And if there is a way to restore our worlds, would you logically assume that includes our original selves?

You're free to answer if you like, or ignore me altogether. It's your own choice. I can't really picture this as a simple matter to talk about without inciting a sense of dread and misery, so I'll hardly be offended if everyone shrugs this off and pretends they never saw it.

--Lord El-Melloi II

[Waver, honey. I'm sure signing your name like that is simply habit by now, but you might give your younger self a stroke.]

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That's the tricky part--the circumstantial evidence is overwhelming, but no less circumstantial despite its amount. So the possibility remains incredibly plausible yet unconfirmed.

I wonder. Could there be some quality to this location that makes us unable to survive without going through whatever process involves fixing us with these collars and replicated forms?

Anyone with sophisticated enough technology could assemble this much circumstantial evidence.

There could be. When the group of other people were brought in from outside, they had no collars, but they were kept to one floor at first.

[Sephiroth had researched and investigated what had happened, but he wasn't entirely sure about it.]

And that's the problem of it. Despite how much there is, it's still not entirely reliable.

Is that so? What group would that be? I think this is the first I've heard of it.

I have not seen enough evidence either way to decide. I don't know if we will find enough evidence.

Yes, there was a large group brought here at once from another world. They had to stay in one of the floors so preparations could be made, but I don't know what. Then they were able to move around here without collars. They're gone now.

Shortly after that, there was a battle, and then one of the administrators ate another.