➤ one;

[flyawaysage]

[Waking up was not something Harpuia expected to do.

He could not be a Cyber-Elf; his body was corporeal. That meant he was alive, somehow. He could not have survived the explosion intact; he had been at the epicenter of the blast. Possibility: his control chip had been miraculously undamaged, and somebody had recovered it and transplanted it into a

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[godisachild]

[Hey Harpuia, have a lchubby, light-blue skinned blonde kid walk in on you on the phone, and just frown in your direction.]

Who are you, and why are you in my house?

[flyawaysage]

[Harpuia lowers the receiver, instinctively straightening. It occurs to him that he has no idea if he's speaking to a human or a reploid; he's inclined to assume a reploid, given that altogether unhealthy skintone, but... better to avoid assumptions when on unknown turf.]

My name is Harpuia. It wasn't my intention to intrude; I was simply here when I woke up.

[godisachild]

[The boy looks at you for a moment more before flinging his backpack at the wall near him.]

Man....and they just got rid of my last "sibling". Barely even giving me room to breath.

[flyawaysage]

Sibling...? I'm afraid you're mistaken. It's not possible for me to be related to you.

[an_zero]

[...Well. Hard to mistake that grumpy voice.]

Wouldn't have guessed they'd drag you here, Harpuia. I guess they don't have much interest in letting anyone rest.

[flyawaysage]

[Equally hard to mistake that one.]

Zero. Exactly who is "they"?

[an_zero]

Good question. No one seems to have an answer to that.

[flyawaysage]

An enemy that won't show itself? How cautious of them.

[Though something else Zero said has been bothering him. They don't have much interest in letting anyone rest...?]

...We didn't survive Omega's destruction, did we?

[flyawaysage]

[Enunciated slowly and clearly:] Anachronistic.

It makes no sense to be using such obsolete technology.

[flyawaysage]

Ridiculous. Whoever created this place is advanced enough to understand a reploid's inner workings. What reason would they have to resort to archaic devices like telephones?

[tsundorapettan]

Theme park? Never heard that one before.

[flyawaysage]

It was the most reasonable explanation I could think of. From a practical standpoint, it makes no sense to create a place so dependent on inferior technology. This place must therefore exist for some other reason -- profit or entertainment, presumably.

[tsundorapettan]

They are 'bout twenty years behind on technology, if this is supposed to be a fifties town... heh, it even makes less sense to trap a bunch of people in it and force 'em into family roles! Buuuut, really, at this point I've given up on tryin' to make any sense of this place.

[flyawaysage]

Twenty... then you're still from the twentieth century?