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

[garudynamic]

W-what?!

[His eyes go wide: if his memories were a little further on it'd make a little more sense. But as far as he knew the risk of the Fog leaking out, the world being devoured by Shadows, hadn't happened yet.

But it's not an utterly impossible thought either]

That's bullshit, I - it wouldn't be me, you gotta be lying!

[kingmakereffect]

I don't have any proof. If you don't believe me, you can try to leave this place and find out.

[garudynamic]

L-let's not get carried away...

[WHAT IF THERE'S FALLOUT OR MONSTERS OUT THERE?!]

What... happened?

[He doesn't believe it, not yet... but...]

[kingmakereffect]

I'm afraid I don't know. I was able to save each of you from what was happening in your worlds, but I didn't witness the disasters that were happening.

tw: Emetophobia

[garudynamic]

[He has no reason to believe this, not really. But he's seen so much over the last year. Almost died so many times. And things Teddie's shadow said...

This plus everything from the rest of the day is too much, and he bolts to the far corner of the dinning room, losing his guts.

Sorry for wasting your lovely breakfast, Cherryblod]

[prismbloom]

[ Okay, yes, they're getting some answers (???) but Aqua jumps into action the moment she sees someone suffering. She's quick to return with a cup of ginger tea. It's warm, so he can drink it right away. ]

Here, Yosuke, [ she says, kneeling down and offering it. ] It'll help calm your stomach.

[garudynamic]

[He flinches away from her- not out of fear, but as if he's ashamed of her seeing him like this. He even shuffles in a way to put himself between her and his breakfast]

I...I'm sorry I just...

[prismbloom]

You don't have to apologize.

[ Her stomach feels pretty queasy, too, honestly... but she's keeping it together for the others. ]

... I don't want to believe it, either.

[notjustawriter]

Don't... don't believe it. He's lying; this is some sick game to him.

[garudynamic]

I just... how else would we all be here otherwise? I know my friends wouldN'T have let someone just, I dunno, scoop me up!

[ignorantly]

[ Shirazu manages to quell his anger just enough to notice Yosuke bolting off to the corner, and he decides to go after him after a few moments. ]

Don't listen to that fuckhead.

[garudynamic]

[He's nursing the tea Aqua brought him, looking small and humiliated]

I know. I know but... it could happen. I dunno about everyone else but-

[He's putting a lot together, about how the fog shifts from the TV world to the real one. If it could filter out. If Teddie could escape, couldn't the entire horde of monsters do the same?]

[ignorantly]

He's just sayin' all that stuff to mess with us.

[ He grits his teeth, his hands clenching at his sides. There's no possible way that could be true. He refuses to believe it. ]

[lackinginfaith]

Then we have no reason to believe you.

[kingmakereffect]

That's up to you. I certainly can't force you to believe me.

[lackinginfaith]

The world can't have ended already, and I'm not going to sit here believing it did.

[prismbloom]

I don't believe it, either. How could it have ended so quickly?

[ The other Masters wouldn't have let it, would they? ]

[goingdigital]

Let's say that is true.

[Even if it was possible that the worlds were destroyed, how could the Kingmaker save this group, but no one else.]</small? Then how is it that you could only save us?

[kingmakereffect]

I can't answer that question.

[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?!

[kingmakereffect]

Are you saying you would rather be dead?

[sleepingkogoro]

Our worlds has been destroyed? That is impossible! There is no way...

[...there is no way absolutely everything and everyone Mouri knew is...potentially dead.

Mouri desperately wants to shout, demand to know what happened to Ran, if there could be other survivors, anything that could tell him there's a possibility he isn't the only survivor, but he can't.

As he sees it he must stay strong and not let the Kingmaker see any weakness]

Fine! Let's "suppose" you are serious about that. How did you save us? How did we get here in the first place?

[kingmakereffect]

None of that is important right now. What is important is what you all will choose to do.

[sleepingkogoro]

Why does it matter to you what we do or what we don't do? If we are here we at least deserve an explanation of what is going on!

[kingmakereffect]

Demanding explanations won't get you anywhere.