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Who: Ciel, open to all
When: Day 8, Very early morning
Where: Shrine room
What: NEW ARRIVAL

[It looks like the influx of arrivals hasn't stopped quite yet. This lovely morning, it's a rather well-dressed child who's looking a little surprised, but mostly really annoyed. And looking around the place]

This is ridiculous— What's going on now? Where am I?

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I see.

What sort of person are you then? A logical one? Explain this logically then.

I don't have the necessary information to explain this logically, no. And even from what I've gathered, this place bends the rules of other worlds or simply follows a completely different set.

That doesn't mean me being dead makes any more sense than everything else.

[...aren't you precocious.]

Fair enough.

There are "gods" in this place, aren't there? So who's to say these sort of feelings aren't merely being implanted by them? Even if they aren't gods, it could be brainwashing, or something akin to that.

Taking everything at face-value without questioning it would be stupid.

[part of it sounds like he's trying to convince himself more than anything else]

I imagine implanted memories, feelings, and brainwashing are all possible.

Tell me, what were you in the middle of before you came here?

Dealing with hordes of undead people.

[the irony is not lost on me]

... Undead.

It's one of the last things I remember, anyway.

Why so convinced you're alive if that's what you were doing.

I have my reasons to claim it doesn't make sense. It's a possibility, but...

[trailing off, because no matter how much he reason this through, at the end of the day the feeling that he really is dead is still there]

No. It's not worth taking into consideration.

Aah. Of course.

I'm Allen, by the way. Walker. What's your name?

Ciel. Ciel Phantomhive.

Well, Ciel. Right now, however we got here, we aren't being given the option to leave. We have very limited space and resources. Has someone shown you around?

No, not yet. I've been warned about the wildlife, but I haven't seen anything beyond this room yet.

I always prefer to see things with my own eyes, how about you?

It's the same for me, but I'm not so foolish as to attempt to wander around in an unknown, possibly dangerous place on my own. If you're offering to show me around, then I'll accept.

That's what I was offering. We don't really have to go far. There isn't much to see.

Then I guess it won't take long, no?

Not really.

We're in the Shrine Room now. [points] This is where we make offers to purify food and make offers. Though I haven't done that yet myself.

... We need to purify food?

Apparently everything is poisonous.

Everything...? I see.

We give an offering to the local Gods and they purify it for us.

[steps out to the hallway. It is fine for a while and then it is clearly overtaken by wilderness.]

Hallway. There are a few rooms we've cleared where everyone is sleeping.

[following, and he's eyeing everything carefully]

And if we want more space, we need to clear more. Correct...?

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