[001] [text] Someone wants to be excommunicated from the church of the porcelain god

[fallen_stage]

Since I haven't seen any signs of widespread starvation, could someone be so kind as to direct me to something edible? Everything seems to disagree with me, and I don't want to assume it's unique to my own digestive system.

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[firststep]

Have you eaten the oatmeal yet?

[text]

[fallen_stage]

I've yet to find anything but water that will stay down, so I don't want to risk it until I can ascertain the cause.

[text]

[firststep]

You have to eat the oatmeal before you can eat anything else, apparently. Even if it tastes awful.

[text]

[fallen_stage]

Truly? How much must I endure for the effect to go away?

[text]

[firststep]

I ate a bowl of it and then I was fine, but I'm not sure if it's okay to eat less.

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[fallen_stage]

Very well, I'll have to endure. Thank you very much for your help.

[myblueskies]

you got to eat the oatmeal and then you will stop being ill sir.

[fallen_stage]

I wish I knew that from the start, to save me the trouble.

Do you know why this happens? Or why the oatmeal makes it stop, for that matter.

[myblueskies]

im sorry. i dont know, i think the bad people just like doing things to make us sad

[fallen_stage]

"Bad people". Like the ones who made these collars? I doubt the only object is our discomfort; there has to be another reason.

[myblueskies]

yes the ones who brought us here and put the collars on us and do nasty things to us. i dont know they havent told us why they do bad things but there must be a reason unless they just like seeing us sad.

[fallen_stage]

Troubling... They might have reasons that aren't clear to us.

What sort of nasty things?

[myblueskies]

well the last thing they did was make our collars go funny so peoples magic went crazy or didn't work at all i dont know if the monsters are there fault but theres lots of those and they made us play hide and seek with teddy bears that killed us all.

they make us play games or do experiments on us, a long long time ago they turned me into a deer person and then made molly kill me. shes my best friend but shes gone now. sometimes people just disappear and you never see them again i dont know what they do to them.

and sometimes they come back and cant remember ever being here.

[fallen_stage]

[Quite the infodump, so Kuja sifts it over in his mind before replying. He suppresses a shiver at "experiments"]

So they can manipulate the environment and ourselves. A more frightening prospect than the monsters, I must be honest.

More importantly, people leave and then return here? Can you confirm if they are their true selves or from a similar parallel universe?

[myblueskies]

im not sure, when molly disappeared and came back she could remember being here so she was the same molly. but the other people i dont know they could be from a different world.

some people have people here who they know from their world i dont so i dont know if people come from the same world if they disappear and then come back without remembering. but maybe you could ask their friends from their world.

[fallen_stage]

Interesting. Thank you for the helpful information, you've been a great help.

[myblueskies]

your welcome sir! i hope you feel better soon!

permatext;

[pitiedthefool]

I take it someone didn't get the oatmeal first.

[fallen_stage]

Something that shall be rectified immediately. Fortunately it's only been a few days

[pitiedthefool]

Yes, that's a good point. Will you be alright getting down to the cafeteria?

Kuja that's not something to be so casual about

[fallen_stage]

Why wouldn't I be?

Silly Kuja he's only a concerned Team Mom

[pitiedthefool]

Because it's been a few days and there are monsters between the floors.

Kinda hard when kuja's mom is a test tube 8,(

[fallen_stage]

Oh, is that all? I'll recover soon enough, and monsters aren't any trouble for me.

Better than yu's zombie wife- I mean poor thing 8,(

[pitiedthefool]

Glad to hear it. There've been too many accidental deaths.

He's never missed it =V (also Kuja is acting more sympathetic than he is)

[fallen_stage]

Oh, that's horrible to hear, I'm very sorry. Were they all lost to the monsters?

Good for him :V (too bad Yu is all (UNSURE) at most text confos...)

[pitiedthefool]

Not all of them, no.

Hehehe

[fallen_stage]

Then what else could be causing so many unfortunate accidents?

<3

[pitiedthefool]

You'll find out if you're not careful about which floors you decide to take a look around on.

[fallen_stage]

Anything in particular? I assume it's more than just shoddy architecture and monsters.

[pitiedthefool]

The floors themselves. Sometimes powers don't work depending which one you're on, too.

[fallen_stage]

Powers... Magic included, I presume?

[pitiedthefool]

Yes.

[fallen_stage]

Of course it does. Well, I shall exercise the upmost caution in traversing this tower. I thank you for the helpful advice.

[pitiedthefool]

No problem.