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Who: wild city & their new elf (he's not an elf) & friends
Where: wc dorms
When: day 507 morning

[ Good morning, zoo friends! The sun is not exactly shining today, but you're locked in your dorm!

And the newbie is curiously... not in his room? The door's unlocked, open and still unchanged.

Where is he? ]

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That would depend on what a spell room looks like. I don't believe I'm familiar with it.

Then, can you tell me if you have all of your memories?

Me either? It just sounded neat!

[ A pause and then a slumping of his shoulders. ]
That's a no. Again.

I see. Your confidence did make it seem like you might have them, initially.

[ but then he said he wasn't sure what he likes, so... ]

It's normal here. Don't be discouraged. You will be able to purchase your memories back little by little.

Oh, I sounded confident? [ He sounds both in awe and proud of the fact before shaking his head - ] I am not that. At all. I think. But panicking isn't very productive?

[ Even if he does kind of want to panic, ]

Okay but... How do you buy back memories? I don't mean anything by it, but that sounds sounds weird.

You introduced yourself with a name. I assume it's the one the production assigned to you?

As for your memories... we will get points for taking parts in lives and games. Lives can be intense, and fall under a particular type of activity. For example, ours can be "grooming" and "vibe check". Other Units will host lives with different activities.

But energy requirement aside, they are fairly harmless.

Games however can range between harmless to traumatizing. I've been eaten by zombies a while back.

The short part of it? Yes. It seemed more polite than not introducing myself.

[ For as quick as he is to joke he stills listens intently even if his brain gets stuck and interjects twice: ]

Somehow it seems important I ask - what exactly is a vibe check and how do you do one?

[ If they're supposed to be doing them. But Pretzel goes on and he blinks twice, three times. Has a long moment of silence and then asks: ] I'm sorry - what?

I've researched on the topic, but to be honest, I'm still not certain I understand. For my part I've simply decided I'll tell people whatever they are wearing is a vibe, and that qualifies.

[ but he knows he's probably more worried about the games than the vibes, so ]

Rye and Caeli have been in more games than I have. They'll likely help you understand them better. Death is not permanent here, but the pain of going through it is still real.

That being said, Wild City does take care of its own. We will do our best to make certain none of us will have to deal with anything unpleasant.

[ He will choose to focus on the games for now - But he'll figure out what a vibe check is more later. ]

I'm sorry. I'm sure no one would lie about something like that but that's... A lot to take in. Like a lot a lot. People don't just come back from death.

[ u sure about that callum? ]

How can you be so sure? - I mean it's not that I don't trust you. I do - [ because trust comes mostly easily to him ] But it doesn't sound like someone has much of a choice? In that.

I'm only guaranteeing you that we will try our hardest to ensure we won't be harmed. That doesn't mean we will always succeed, however.

Some games allows for a degree of strategy, others don't. But even the ones that do ... it's easy to end up with the wrong choice due to a lack of information.

[ He frowns at that as if he's not sure what to make of it. Or what to think about. ]

...And what about everyone else?

The other Units, or the other members of Wild City?

Everyone?

[ He realizes it's a broad question, but he's not sure how to express himself more in the moment. ]

[ he's taking a few moments to consider how to answer that ]

I'm still one of the newer members in this Unit, so while I will provide my insight and assistance, it's usually Rye and Caeli that take the lead during games. That doesn't mean that we don't all have a say, though.

That said ... Wild City will protect its own, but if we are able to cooperate with others, we do. I've yet to see any instances in which we caused trouble to other Units. The closest we went to clashing with them during a game was a situation in which Caeli's life was at stake.

[ He pressed his fingers together as he thinks about it and doesn't quite look at the other male - ]

I see. Of course I'll try to help, I don't want to see anyone hurt. But is it okay if I'm not good at like... anything? I'm not sure - I'll just make things worse in something like that?

[ Oh this is a "I need encouragement" moment ]

Games don't usually require any specific skillset. Even without any particular talent, it's unlikely you will be a hindrance.

[ nailed it ]

[ It's not quite what he meant, but his head is spinning too much to even know what he really means. So he takes a deep breath and exhales after a moment: ]

...Okay. I'll try my best to be helpful, then.

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