Induction.

[kingmakereffect]

There's a good amount of confusion, and rightfully so. After all, aside from the rules in purple listed on the wall, there isn't much to explain how you got here or why you're here. Don't worry though. It seems like you won't be left to your own devices for very long. There's a brief moment of static - not loud enough to be particularly grating, but enough to let you know that something's about to happen - before a voice addresses all of you from somewhere unseen. "Hello. I hope you all slept well. I was a bit worried after..." It sounds like it's coming from somewhere above you. There doesn't appear to be anything it's coming from, however. There's a brief pause before the voice resumes speaking. "I'm sure you all have a lot of questions for me. I don't mind answering them. Before you ask anything, I'd like you to examine the rules again. They're posted in every room." The voice is masculine, but there isn't anything to note about it otherwise. "I am the Kingmaker. Welcome to the Vault."

[OOC: You can be heard just fine through the PA system, so feel free to ask any questions your little heart desires; brackets are fine, you don't need to use prose!]

Comments

[clubleader]

[ She really doesn't want to think about her world being destroyed so instead she'll ask what's been on her mind since the beginning. ]

Hey, Kingmaker. How'd you get all that information about us?

[paidinblood]

[...There are things you can accept, and then there are things that are so far beyond his capacity for reasoning that he has no choice but to blatantly and thoroughly deny them. This is one of them; the idea that someone ripped him from whatever inconsequential world he was on without Subaru is completely unacceptable, so he chooses to deny it like the rest of the room.]

If the world we were on was being destroyed, we would have left it.

[The two of them didn't pay for that magic just to sit pretty and die.]

Where is my brother?

[notjustawriter]

Ain't that convenient? There's exactly 27 rooms.

[kingmakereffect]

You can keep asking about the building if you'd like, but it really isn't important. I don't have anything to tell you about it.

[amygdalae]

It's an oddly specific number.

[If there were maybe 30 - heck, even 28 rooms - he could wave it off, but this is far too specific to be natural.]

[kingmakereffect]

Why do you want to know? Is your profile wrong?

[garudynamic]

[He was scared of Speedwagon before, but right now the physical contact is grounding, and he takes a few deep breaths]

Sorry... this is pretty embarrassing.

[amygdalae]

[Ugh.]

I'm assuming the selection of books in the library is what's usually common in this world?

[isafraid]

[....Oh. That's right.]

They're bluffing. Nothing to it.

[kingmakereffect]

Presumably still in that world. If he left it, then I don't know where he is.

[garudynamic]

Yosuke. Sorry. Kinda a weird way to meet new people, huh?

[clubleader]

No, it's right. In fact, it's something you could find out just by asking anyone I know. Which I thought was the case until you said our worlds were destroyed, and I don't remember telling you any of it.

[kingmakereffect]

...I'm not sure what you're trying to get at with this line of questioning, Temperamental.

[ratingspoint]

Don't trust me, sweetheart?

[notjustawriter]

[He tries to gesture that they should speak in private, but it's sort of a vague motion with his hands and head, so]

Too specific to be a coincidence.

[cherryblooded]

Of course he is.

[But his smile is a lot thinner than normal.]

[ignorantly]

Ginshi Shirazu. And yeah.

[kingmakereffect]

I see. How I got that information isn't important.

[amygdalae]

Bruce, please. [Can we not with the titles.] And they're not quite the selection of books I'm used to back where I come from, so I was just wondering.

[kingmakereffect]

Why should I?

[amygdalae]

It's something to think about.

[He gets you, good sir. Have a nod.

Bruce is more than willing to talk about this later.]

[goingdigital]

Yes you can!

[I thought we were older then this...]

There were other, kinder people that were more worth saving then me! So why was it just us?!

[neverafters]

[ The bird has been quiet for some time now, but eventually speaks up. ]

... The King does not believe. Many places can be destroyed, but his Holiday Star is hard to reach.

[kingmakereffect]

I hope your curiosity has been satisfied. If not, perhaps we could save this for later.

[isafraid]

[Back pats from the giant Kanji. At least literally, he's got your back, kid.]

...Aint a lot someone can do when they've been told their whole entire world is gone. [He shakes his head.]

Even now... I'd say the whole things stinks like... [Well, what Yosuke just spat up.]