001- [Action/Phone] A wild onigiri has appeared!

[lets_stay_together]

[Tohru's first thought after waking up in a strange house is that perhaps she had collapsed or been in some sort of accident. Maybe some good Samaritan was looking after her.
Her second though is 'oh no what if I was kidnapped!?!' What could kidnappers possibly want from her? She didn't have any money. Oh, but the Sohma's did! What if the kidnapper demanded a ransom from them? Or from Uo-chan and Hana-chan! Or from poor Grandfather!

No, wait. That's silly. The first idea was more likely. It was probably some kind person helping her out. She can't quiiite shake the feeling of nervousness, which leaves her timidly exploring the house. She's peering around corners, carefully knocking before opening any doors, and softly calling out.]

He-hello? Is anyone home? I'm sorry to intrude....

[Later, when her not!family has explained a few things, she gets on the phone.]

Hello everyone!

Um, I just got here today. And I heard that I can talk to all the other people trapped here on the phone, so......

I thought this might be a good time to introduce myself. My name is Tohru Honda, and I'll be living on Brooks street starting today! I look forward to meeting all of you.

[Yep, you get a formal introduction out of this one, Mayfield.]

Comments

[imjustpicky]

Yeah. You've gotta. Well, I mean... you can leave! And stay over at people's places! But you've gotta come home every few days or you get droned.

You don't wanna get droned.

[lets_stay_together]

I guess that's good to know...


Does droning, um..... does it hurt?

[imjustpicky]

I don't know if it hurts... but it's not good. My brother got droned a couple of times... you become just like the drones! You're all... happy and dumb and not-real and stuff. I don't ever want that to happen to me.

[lets_stay_together]

S-so all the drones here.... are people? They just don't remember?

[imjustpicky]

Not all of them. A lot of them are. But some of them are just... drones. Just boring people the town makes do things, to fill up the spaces.

[lets_stay_together]

But how can you tell the difference?

[imjustpicky]

If you're here long enough, you'll recognize the faces of people that used to be real. Or they'll have different hair, or different color skin, or something... I dunno. It's hard to really tell. But you get a feel for it, after a while.

[lets_stay_together]

I don't know if I'll ever get used to this...

Have you been here very long?

[imjustpicky]

You stop really... noticing after a while. It's not so bad here. There are some really nice people!

Uh, me? I've been here since October!

[lets_stay_together]

I've already met so many nice people I can hardly believe it.

Since October..... I wonder if I'll be here that long.