voice

[am_i_a_monster]

I'm Abigail. I'm new here. Well, new-ish. I think I've been here around three weeks.

[She paused for a moment, not wanting to say too much about her hallucinations from the stings, or the days after when she was convinced she had become mentally ill and everything was a hallucination. She has the worry that she's inherited something from her father, something seriously wrong with her and this place is so strange that a part of her still thinks she's lost her mind.]

I wasn't myself for a while. I thought I had this other life and was back in high school. And I was taking piano lessons too, which was cool. I was learning to play the harpsichord before I came here.

[She paused again.]

I haven't used social media in a while.

[She wasn't sure how long she was in hiding in her old life. It's strange to be interacting publicly again.]

I guess I just want to say hi. So, hi.

Comments

video

[survivethis]

[Jill recognizes Abigail, of course, due to their time together in that recent reality everyone was put through. The name was already familiar to Jill, even before the piano lessons.]

Hi Abigail. Nice to meet you... again. My name is Jill Valentine. I'm in the city guard, and I know some people from your world, Will and Hannibal.

video

[am_i_a_monster]

Hi Jill. Oh, that's a bit different from teaching piano. Are you friends with Will and Hannibal?

Re: video

[survivethis]

Yeah, a little.

[She smiles, amused.]

And yes, we're friends. It's nice to have people like them around.

video

[notimpervious]

[On the one hand, this post leaves Brennan wondering why she should bother responding. On the other hand, Abigail is clearly quite young and just as new as Brennan is, and this new society they've found themselves in can be quite overwhelming sometimes. It is better to form positive relationships at this stage, so Brennan replies with a small but friendly (she hopes) smile.]

Hello, Abigail. I am Dr. Temperance Brennan.

[.......and that's all she's got. Booth is so much better at this. Oh well! She made an attempt, no one can say otherwise.]

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[am_i_a_monster]

[She returns the smile.]

Nice to meet you, Dr. Brennan. Have you been here long?

video

[notimpervious]

No. I have been here as long as you have, in fact.

[Which means that Abigail also encountered the wasps.]

I hope you did not get stung by the wasp-like insects in the colosseum. I did. It was very painful, and their venom caused vivid and terrifying hallucinations.

[text]

[requiemshark]

this a thing people do in your world? send messages to random people?

[He's genuinely curious.]

text

[am_i_a_monster]

Yeah, a message that everyone could see was common. Especially on certain sites. Voice messages were less common.

It wasn't common where you're from?

Text

[requiemshark]

weird


not really no
everything is encrypted

text.

[torrefied]

None of us were ourselves. That's the sort of thing that's common here.

[So hey, welcome to the murdercave.]

text

[am_i_a_monster]

So I could wake up with another new life tomorrow?

text

[torrefied]

It's possible. Though if the history of this place is any indicator, it's also unlikely. The exact circumstances of events have not shown any discernible pattern of repetition.

text;

[the_fourteenth]

[Raidou is trying to get a better handle on this texting thing. Thankfully, the memories from Pleasant Valley actually help with that.]

It happened to everyone. Suddenly my life was quite different. I think I may have understood subconsciously, since i was rebelling against my classes and my new family.

[God forbid he might just have been rebellious like a normal teenager.]

text;

[am_i_a_monster]

Do you like your real life better than that fake one?

text;

[the_fourteenth]

I much prefer my real life. Outside of being trapped in here, I suppose.

Not that there was anything wrong with the fake life, it was just so... boring.

What about you?

voice;

[wendigoner]

There's no real social media here, though, right? It's just like, texting.

[ Does that count?? ]

I'm Hannah. Nice to meet you.

voice;

[am_i_a_monster]

I guess so, like a group text.

Nice to meet you too.

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[tablewithoutpity]

[So strange, having Abigail here, particularly after she had appeared to Will so recently. He had been wary of the timing, wondering if she were, once again, a forgery by way of the "gods." But it seemed less likely now, after the latest gambit of the gods was ended and she was still present.]

The gods take great delight in playing with our minds. Hard to know sometimes what perceptions and emotions are true.

[Because Hannibal would never do anything like that. Hush.]

Where are you staying, Abigail?

Private video

[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail smiles brightly at him. She had a hard time knowing what was true, even before this place. It is a comfort to see him, the one person she came to rely on back home.]

I've been staying in an apartment.

[The smile fades slightly.]

It's been hard, being on my own. I have nightmares.

[toiletseat_girl]

Hi back. We haven't met yet. I'm still pretty new, too.

[am_i_a_monster]

It's all really strange, isn't it?

.voice

[noctyourking]

Hello, Abigail. My name is Noctis.. I was a part of that .. wide-spread delusion of this other life here as well.. strange this was even possible, and to share it with so many.

voice

[am_i_a_monster]

Hi. Nice to meet you. It was really weird. From what I'm hearing, strange is kind of the norm here.

voice; (sry for late)

[claritatis]

Hello, Abigail. I believe we may have arrived at the same time.

[There is a certain kindness in the young man's tone, despite the slight tightness around the edges of it. Three weeks ago sounds about right.]

Ignis Scientia. It's a pleasure.

Re: voice; (sry for late)

[am_i_a_monster]

Did you get attacked by the wasps too?

Nice to meet you too.