Chapter 1: Confusion [Video]

[goodnotetaker]

[ Alright. So, I've concluded that I'm definitely not in Japan. Or, well, it doesn't really seem like I'm anywhere. Which would mean that Ryuk did in fact kill me and I'm in the realm of the Shinigami. And that means that anyone else that's here must also be a previous user of a Death Note, and they're sharing a similar fate

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[westdetective]

Where in Japan are ya from?

[Maybe someone with some sense for a change.]

[westdetective]

Ya believe all that? [Haha no.]

Th' supernatural doesn't exist.

[So his memory was all shuffled too. Hm.]

Yer just outside th' apartment buildin's. Anyone here will jus' tell ya ta find an empty room an' claim it as yer own.

[goodnotetaker]

Oh, I already did that earlier today!

And I'm not entirely sure what I believe yet. You seem to have been here for longer so if anything it'd be more beneficial if you told me what you believe instead.

[westdetective]

I've only been here fer 31 days. Some people have been here fer almost two years.

Even then whatever I tell ya, people will say th' opposite.

[goodnotetaker]

[ If two years is about as far as people go here, this might not be the worst limbo to stay in. ]

I'd hope you'd be able to trust my judgement skills concerning which belief is more accurate.

[westdetective]

It depends if ya fall victim ta delusion an' false reality. Have ya met th' two who go by Denmark an' America?

America believin' he gave rabies ta another man through means other than saliva an' still lives ta tell th' tale. [That was just part of the story.] Thinkin' his blood would be th' cure ta th' rabies he spread.

[goodnotetaker]

I've gotten the impression that spending time here can be grating on one's sanity.

To be honest, I wonder just how long it takes before the effects start showing up.

[ Ah, and now the tables are turned. ]

[westdetective]

[This was why he asked around.]

People have told me they've been here anywhere from two days ta two years. An' it's not uncommon ta go missin'. On occasion those who disappeared are returned usually a week later. It's a bit complicated.

Also those who have been here fer longer durations of time don't appear ta believe much different than th' ones who have been here fer a couple months.
Give or take th' few who lost all sense.

[goodnotetaker]

[ Week long disappearances? Hmm. ]

So you've concluded that the ones who have been here for too long are broken spirits who merely accept the answers handed to them rather than residents who have just been around for long enough to know the ropes?

That would explain why you're making your own investigations. I can respect that.

[westdetective]

[That's a morbid way of wording it.]

That's th' thing. It's th' long-term residents who told everyone else what they already know. Just about everyone accepts what they're told with little ta no resistance.

I also asked if there were any native residents livin' in this town, an' I was told there wasn't any. Th' population you see here is compiled strictly of those who were taken from their homes an' brought here. Th' common belief is ta rebuild th' town. However, most of th' residents here don't qualify fer it.

[He wasn't going to dignify that last response, he was legitimately trying to help.]

[goodnotetaker]

But I'm sure even they were handed similar explanations when they first arrived.

To be honest I'd like to figure out the truth behind this place as well if you'd like to pool resources. I obviously haven't been here for long enough to be of significant value just yet, but I've always found that investigations work better in groups.

[westdetective]

It's a strong possibility.

[Usually he doesn't need a group, but it would be beneficial to expand it a little and see what happens.]

Just as long as ya don't go bein' delusional like th' rest of 'em.

[goodnotetaker]

I have no intentions of letting this place get the best of me, I can assure you that.

First I think we should look into those week-long disappearances more. Has anybody recently been abducted?

[westdetective]

I never introduced myself. I'm Hattori Heiji. Detective of th' west, from Osaka.

People constantly go missing, it's hard ta keep track of them all, especially if yer only familiar with a small group of residents here.

What I have been told is that if they do make a return, they claim to have been sent back ta their home. Even say that several months or years have passed whereas only a week has gone by here.
There is no visible pattern ta speak of. All of th' abductions are random, an there's seemin'ly only a 50/50 chance th' ones abducted from here are returned.

[goodnotetaker]

I'm glad to make your acquaintance, Hattori.

And that seems to answer a lot already.

Unless you have reason to doubt what they say as true, and if you're still unwilling to accept the concept of time travel, even though I'm apparently either five years in the future or past the way I see it, then we can at the very least conclude that these abductions are not for any sinister purpose, correct?

At least, for the ones that return.

[westdetective]

Technology has not advanced enough fer somethin' quite like time travel, even then the concept is merely science fiction.

They don't always come back a week later. Sometimes a month later, months, maybe even a year later. I've been informed that sometimes they bear no memories of their first stay here if they disappear fer longer than a week.

On th' flip side, th' ones who who have been sent back claimed they never remembered their stay here when back at home, but when they return here suddenly all their memories return with them.

The culprits motives are not yet clear.