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Who: FUTURE IS NOW, visitors?? visitor attempts.
Where: FiN dorms
When: Day 58 afternoon

[ GOOD AFTERNOON FIN

if you come into the dorms at this time of day there's a middle-aged man -- early forties maximum -- dress in ... a rather fancy silk pajama suit looking a bit lost. and out of place amongst all the white and chrome. ]

Is this a movie set ...?

[ he sounds and looks more than a little bedraggled. ]

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I don't really recall it, actually...

Or the night before that?

[ a beat. ]

Now that you mention it, I don't really remember anything at all.

Welcome to amnesia.

Did you get a chance to look at your phone?

I took a look at my ... ah, profile?

[ he takes it out again to check ]

It's not terribly insightful.

There's this--

[Drops this 17-page pamphlet on the main table]

For a more thorough explanation, but I take it you want the summarized version first?

Ah...

[ he picks it up with a sheepish little smile ]

Preferably, though I appreciated the preparedness.

You've been brought to Idol Hell, where we're puppets in some fucked production of Heaven versus Hell. Each person is stripped of their memories and then assigned to one of ten units. This unit is future is now and has access to most of the technology related powers.

As an idol, you are expected to earn points through one of three methods: 1) Lives - which are interactive events based upon what unit you're in. For us, it's experimentation and academic debate. Second are videos, which also require you to adhere to unit traits - you can check your phone for them. And the third are games - which is when our hosts randomly summon us to the Game Tower for various purposes like blind dates or turning us into monsters that then eat each other.

With points, you can buy quality of life upgrades, abilities, memories, and whatever is available for purchase in the point shop.

[ he seems to be digesting this all, not like -- freaking out. but at one part in particular he blinks. ]

There's quiet some variance between blind dates and people eating each other, isn't there?

Caught that, did you?

Anyway, if you pick a unit color that will open up your wardrobe and you'll be free to wander about and see for yourself. It also determines what color your clothes are outside of the standard white and silver.

I just ask that you choose quickly because someone is pounding on our door, and it won't open until you do so.

It was a little hard to miss ...

[ at the first part; and he jolts a bit at the second part as if not realizing, hurriedly picking his phone back up ]

I suppose -- red isn't a bad fit, is it?

You're the one stuck wearing it.

[ RED IT IS, X can hassle door-free ]

Now -- there's still the matter of a name ...

Don't want to be known as "The Good Doctor"? It has a nice prestigious ring to it.

It does, but it's something of a mouthful, isn't it?

We can shorten it to Doc, unless you're looking for something a little more exotic.

Short is best for nicknames, isn't it? And I can still introduce myself however I please if it's a bit of a more formal setting.

Okay then.

Tell me the first five words that come to your mind.

[ THIS IS SUDDEN ]

Ah -- scalpel? Cannibalism? Romanticism? Coordination?

[ he may just be thinking over the whole rundown too much ]

[Yeah. That's a bit apparent.]

What about being named after a famous doctor then?

Jekyll. Watson. Seuss. Moreau.

Is Moreau a bit too grim?

Depends if you're into dark humor or not.

I do like the sound of it. And I recall enough of Western literature to assume I was a fan of such things, unless they make a habit of implanting those types of memories.

According to our captors, our memories are real. Take that with as much of a grain of salt as you like.

We have no way to disprove them at this point, anyway.

There really isn't a way, is there? So I'll be another to take their word on such things.

"Doctor Moreau" is what I'll settle on for now. I must thank you for the suggestions.