NEWBIE ARRIVES

[darkroastbean]

Who: AlcheWHO?
Where: AlcheMe! Dorms
When: Day 435 /whenever convenient

[uh oh the doors are locked!!!


and hey isn't it weird that C's room didn't disappear? Maybe its because the prop room is connected to it. Whatever the case, some guy is coming stumbling out of the room in his underwear]


What in the--what is all this crap?? What's with all this creepy stuff in that room?!

Comments

[darkroastbean]

That's crazy. . .what the hell. That doesn't hurt?? It's normal? No, wait, stupid question. Is everyone else like that here?

[doublefried]

Is everyone a bird person? No, I'm pretty unique. Some other people have wings but they're fakes.

[darkroastbean]

And what's the etiquette when it comes to gawking? Cuz I think I'm gonna do a lot of gawking.

[doublefried]

You can gawk, but try to do it discreetly.

[darkroastbean]

[LOOKS...AROUND]

You say that and yet it feels like I'm on the LEAST discreet unit??

[doublefried]

You haven't seen the other units.

[darkroastbean]

F..fair. . .[SIGHS]

Okay. Okay! I give. Do I have to sign some sort of shady contract or something? I just wanna get this over with and go home. . .assuming I will remember where that is after I agree to all this.

[doublefried]

No shady contracts! Oh, but we need to get you a name. AlcheME has a bit of a theme. Our current members are Q, Tea, Y, O, and Lark, and I'm W.

[darkroastbean]

. . .

Cue, Tea, Why, Oh, Lark, and--Dubya? [thinks--OH]

Wait, those are English letters and phrases, right? Are you trying to spell something?

[doublefried]

The first set of AlcheMEs were A B C D and E! We've just been carrying on that tradition. I think it's cute. Lark's is his real name though.

[darkroastbean]

Huh. That's. . .weirdly specific, but okay. What letters are left?

[doublefried]

Let's see. ABCDE... F was a rabbit so I think that's fair game. G, H... I was never taken... J... K is on another unit... L, M, N, O... P is free. Q, R is free... S, T, U, V is free... and X and Z are free.

So, F I P R V X Z.

[darkroastbean]

[just stares like he can't believe this is happening]



What if I just let you pick. Er. You. Not--U? Is U here? You as in W. Not--not, double U.

[doublefried]

The unitmate named U isn't here anymore, no.

Wanna be P? Or R?

[darkroastbean]

PR. . .either sounds ominous.

[doublefried]

Or F. The legacy of bun.

[darkroastbean]

I don't want to be named after a rabbit! Isn't that like a mascot animal?

P is fine, I guess. It's just temporary anyway. I'll probably remember everything within the next few hours.

[doublefried]

Wellllllll...

[darkroastbean]

Don't tell me there's some metaphorical fine print. . .

[doublefried]

Soooo, we've kind of got a 'job' and we're sort of paid in 'company scrip' and we have to use that to 'buy our memories back'.

[darkroastbean]

Wha--how can they hold our memories for ransom when we're the hostages?? I know capitalism is hell, but c'mon!

[doublefried]

Hell is capitalism.

[darkroastbean]

[HUFFS


but considers]


Wait, do we pay rent or taxes or anything?

[doublefried]

Actually, that's the only upside. Food and housing is free! Even restaurant food.

[darkroastbean]

. . .huh. That's not so bad. I dunno why, but the thought of having any sort of job is kind of reassuring.


Could do without the kidnapping and amnesia, but.