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Gotta say, getting woken up by some fucking robots is new and I've been to Hell. Name's Nekane Adomaitis. I got the lowdown about this place and saving the world and whatever, but I want to know what you guys think. They talking shit or?

[They honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was just bullshit in the end. But still, information is needed.]

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[Just going right out and admitting they're both from Hell. At first, he's alarmed. But then he can only be amused.]

Never one for subtlety.

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Ain't much point in being subtle when looking for info. You know me.

[But even though they admit it, they're not going to talk about the deeper things. Not without talking to Héctor.]

You doing alright? This place is pretty fucking big.

People aren't going to trust us, knowing that. Though I suppose, that was a fat chance to begin with.

[Nekane is part demon and looks it and he's a homeless conman.]

I'm fine. Looking for you. They told me you were here.

[He wouldn't have been fine otherwise.]

You didn't deserve to be there. If people don't trust you, it's their fault.

[They wouldn't be surprised if people didn't trust them, but Nekane's used to that.]

Think I'm hanging around the...center plaza. Dead center of this place, anyway. I can stick around if you wanna meet.

I deserved to be there far more than you did. If I recall, my list was longer than yours.

[Sure it had a lot of stupid things on it, but he also knows Nekane and the things they'd done. And hadn't.]

I'll be there soon. Apparently, we're being given a home. Perhaps we can take a look at what these ones are like.

Bullshit.

[And they hope he knows they're not going to argue that.]

Alright, I'll wait here and we can go see. It's weird they're being so nice.

[Which is one of the many reasons why they're not completely trusting of this whole thing.]

It was! I'm telling you. I might have even beaten Squalo.

[That's not what they're calling bullshit on, but, they know full well what he thinks as far as them "deserving". He'd laughed in disbelief some time in the first few months, once he found out more about them.]

Nice is always weird to you. But I understand. It feels odd to me too.

[Though some seem wary as he passes, he can't tell if that's just because he's himself or some other reason.]

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[They just shake their head at that. Judging standards by Squalo is...not workable, in their opinion.

At least he isn't going by Dodger.]

This is weird even by my fucking standards. Let me know if something weird happens on your way here.

[Are they paranoid? Maybe and shut up.]

Same to you. If anything happens, bite a lot and make noise. I'll hear you and find something.

[Something to swing in place of his knife. It's not nice, but hey, he's well past that.]

Got it. See you in a bit.

[Their powers work so they're not defenseless. Nekane just has to hope neither of them have to go back to violence.]

It's a lot to accept, I don't think anyone could blame anyone else for being skeptical about it. For what it's worth, this place was in much worse shape when I first got here, it's gotten much nicer over the course of a couple of years.

Hello, Nekane, I'm Tony Stark.

I highly recommend you check out the Information Center. As you can likely guess, it's a mix. Some things we've confirmed and some things we're questioning. Most depends on who you ask.

Thanks for that. Gonna be useful. What's your take on it, Tony? Because it seems too fucking good to be true in places.

[Or maybe they're just paranoid. Probably. But better safe then sorry.]

Place I came from didn't stay nice like this for a long time. So it'd be nice to be able to head off the bullshit before it happens. You know what people meant by 'worse shape'?

Any problems I've been here for have been pretty easy to see coming in hindsight, but it's been largely calm for a while now.

When I first got here, the walls around the city were much closer, and there wasn't a whole lot of... life around. There's been a lot of plant growth, and the city's perimeter is much bigger. It's probably still pretty awful outside of the barrier, though.

Hell, as in "Hell"? That Hell?? An actual place? Is that why you capitalized it?

[ Hey guess who stopped reading after that part ]

No, I did it for a laugh.

[Although they do have to admit that their experiences are probably very fucking different then others'. So.]

Yeah, that Hell. Fire, brimstones, whatever. Can't say I recommend it.

That's good.

[Although it raises the question about what the hell happened before everyone showed up.]

Got any idea what's beyond the barrier?

[They are absolutely going to play 20 questions here.]

[That's about what Shinji expected from an inquiry like this.]

A few months after I got here, there was a breach in the walls, and a bunch of spider-like monsters got in. That's the only time anything quite like that has happened, though, and looking out through the walls before they got repaired it looked like there was just a dust storm outside of them.

There has been at least one party that was allowed out to survey the area outside, too. They documented the trip very thoroughly.

[Attached at the end of his reply is a link to the relevant network post. Enjoy that!]

[ She'd almost thought it was a figure of speech, but the way it was written had sort of pinged her--and it's not like it was impossible, right? People came to Havenwell from all kinds of outrageous circumstances.

Literal Hell was a new one, though. ]

Amazing... these gods really will just pluck people from anywhere at all. Should I say "congratulations" in this situation?

[Oh, they absolutely will enjoy that. Give them a moment to go over it.]

A sickness, hun. Interesting. There's a VR program here too? Just the one?

[There was VR back in Hell but...yeah, it really sounds like there's a difference.]

Depends on what I find out about this place. Shit could always get worse.

[It always did, back in Hell. That...probably was the point though, but they'll give Lucifer that it wasn't always his fault.]

So what's with the 'saving the world' crap? Is that actually what we're here for?

I mean, most likely? Even if it IS a lie, I haven't heard about any alternate possible reasons for kidnapping us all. The "save the world" message has been pretty strong the whole time I've been here so far.

[Oh...? Oh! Shinji hadn't even really remembered there was any mentions of VR in the post - it's been a long time - so give him an extra moment before he responds.]

I've only ever actually tried the VR once, but I think it was the one mentioned in the post, "Memories of the Sun". I'm pretty sure that one's available to the public around the start of the year, so that would be in about five months. I think there were other programs available, if I remember correctly? But I wouldn't be able to tell you much about them.

Sure, but I don't trust these places to be upfront about shit unless they don't have any choice.

[Lucifer had held back on the Veiled Order until things ended very, vey poorly for the sinners.]

But I guess all I can do is wait. And deal with the hugging thing.

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