completelycrazy | week 1 - hiro

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week 1 - hiro - tuesday afternoon

[May as well hike up a potentially active volcano to look for interdimensional portals as a way to take their minds off of the whole murder thing! Up they go, and it's, frankly, more physical activity than Newt signed up for. It's hot, and this island life sounded way more exciting in theory.]

Yeesh, no wonder no one else has checked this place out yet. [Have they?? Newt didn't spend much time asking around. They are trailblazers, he and Hiro, for sure.] It's not exactly easy to get to.

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Yeah, that's a distinct possibility. I was thinking that, too. It makes the weekly murdering and executing a little easier to stomach, if nothing else. [So that's definitely the theory he's sticking with then. Great! Also follow your heart, Hiro. This Jaeger vs. Kaiju thing is indeed super cool.

He nods through Hiro's explanation. Yes, good, they continue to be in sync.]

I don't see why they couldn't. I'm not sure how we were chosen for this, but it couldn't have been random. Not entirely, anyway. I don't think the Chiefs would pull in test subjects without doing their research on us first.

[Which... is troubling in its own right.]

The only thing is that having that knowledge in the wrong hands could be bad, too. Especially if it gives people the idea that it's okay to kill everybody else since it's "not real." [Air quotes and everything. It helps that he and Newt are on the same page because it allows him to keep talking and spout off most of his ideas. He assumes if he ever goes too far off-base, at least Newt will tell him so.]

With everything they have on us...our clothes, those profiles, yeah, they did research. [He gestures down to the hooded sweater he's still wearing despite the heat.] This is my favorite sweater. So...that's a little weird still. But if that's true, then maybe they pulled technology from your version of Earth. The other problem is then we could also be dealing with literal magic. Have you spoken to half the people on the island? It's kinda crazy.

[At this point they're probably near the base of the volcano, at least.]

[ah yes that's right they're scaling a literal mountain. newt forgot about that in favor of theorizing.]

Hm. True. I mean, real or not, there have got to be some consequences for what we do and what happens to us. If the Chief wanted a free-for-all bloodbath, he would've said so. We have to appease him to get out of here, apparently, so that's our leverage in case anyone gets it in their head that killing doesn't mean anything.

[Newt admires your commitment to Sparkle Motion re: that hoodie, dude. He gave up on his leather jacket a long time ago.]

Magic... That's a whole separate can of worms. There has to be some sort of scientific explanation for how those things are possible, though. Like, Katara? She said she can control water back home, but pressure points on the body can affect her ability to use that, uh, magic. So it's gotta be a physiological thing somehow, even if it's not something that makes sense in our worlds.

[everything is science hiro!!!]

Like, hell, we didn't think aliens and interdimensional travel was possible, but then it was. [He shrugs.]

You think maybe there's something else they want besides death? Another way to appease them, I mean. [He might suffer from heat stroke but he's going to keep wearing his hoodie thank you. And the long sleeved shirt under that. Hiro's fine.]

Anyway...how could we even get a read on people's physiology around here without the right tools? I didn't know about Katara but everybody else...some people were talking about witches and some other stuff. It doesn't make sense, but they're all very real people. So what gives? Why also bring people from a normal earth?

[oh my god hiro newt is going to aggressively dad you into making sure you're staying cool. drink plenty of water, bud!!!]

Well, they said the point of doing this was just entertainment. It's a crappy reason, but I don't think they're just in it for the violence. What's the point of having us try to solve the murders if that was the case? This feels more like some social experiment to me. Throw 40 people on an island, watch them systematically kill each other, and see how that affects the community over time.

[Admittedly, it does sound interesting... Just not when there's real lives at stake.]

That part, I'm not sure. I guess just to add to the interest factor? Most of us are from totally different places, so it could either be another layer of intrigue in watching us cope with those differences, or it could be intended to confuse us. If anything's possible, we have no way of ruling out most theories. A wormhole could've brought us here, or a shared consciousness in a virtual simulation, or just straight up magic...

[He shakes his head. It's overwhelming, to put it lightly.]

[There's a reason his profile says "poor self-care", Newt!! But it's not even in his frame of reference at the moment as he continues almost jumping up the side of the volcano's base.]

I don't know if the other robot's that into it. Hal is, definitely, but…whose entertainment are they really doing it for? A social experiment though. You read Lord of the Flies, didn't you? It's the same thing.

[And that's horrifying, too.]

Straight up magic would make sense in the way of not making sense, but one of the other things I want to know is where the Chiefs came from. Has anybody asked them?

True. To be honest, Hal's a jerk, sure, but I think I trust the other one less. At least Hal has the decency to act like the type to drag us here and make us kill each other. I'm not sure what to make of Pal yet.

[Newt follows Hiro up the mountain, taking a moment to focus on the climb while he thinks. Good question.]

I don't think so. Not that I know of, anyway. You think they'd actually answer something like that?

Pal could be the one programmed to lie. Especially since we know, supposedly, that Hal created him himself. [This is so uncool.] Hal...I think might be worth listening to, but Pal might be good to see if he can keep his stories straight.

And maybe. I don't see why that's a question that needs to be a secretive thing.

My money's on Pal as the liar, yeah. Hal's the one that gives us most of our info, so him being the liar wouldn't make much sense. It'd mean that all of the rules and information about the game that he's given us is effectively useless.

[Which, yeah, maybe that's just another fun island twist, but he'll table that migraine for another day.]

Maybe, maybe not. Depends on the answer. If it'd be useful for us to know, I doubt they'd fill us in, so either way, I'm not sure it'll do us much good. [...] Still worth asking, though. Even if it's not useful, I'm curious.

So far, we don't know if that's the case either. But you're right about that part. Why put us in a game to play and give us a whole bunch of false rules if we're doing this for them?

[Stupid game.]

I'm mostly just curious, but it's hard to get close to them just to ask. I think they might just be used to a lot of us yelling at them by now. If I ever get the chance though I'll definitely ask.

[Finally up at the volcano, he looks.] ...if there is a portal here, it's definitely not obvious.

[THEY DID IT. Good job, boys. You are explorers.]

Right. It doesn't make sense. Neither of the Chiefs seems like the chessmaster type either, so I can't see a litany of false rules falling under "entertainment" for them. It's gotta be simpler than that. Keep me updated on the origin story, too.

[And, again, Hiro's right. No portal, but being on top of an APPARENTLY ACTIVE volcano is still super cool.]

Hm... Yeah, that VR theory is looking more and more likely. The Breach back home is pretty noticeable. It's big enough for Kaiju to pass through, and it's lit up somehow. If there was something like that here, we'd see it right away.

So who's pulling their strings? That's the biggest question I have now that, surprise surprise, we aren't getting an answer to.

[But okay. He's...going to carefully peer at the volcano. How the hell did they get up there? WHY ARE THEY STILL THERE. This is not how science works probably but whatever.] I've never seen lava up close, but this looks pretty normal to me. So. If there's a portal on this island it's not here. I guess maybe the heat would really melt it down anyway so...[He scratches the back of his head.] Back to square one.

Same here, dude, and I have a feeling we're not going to get an answer anytime soon. Even confirming that someone on the outside is pulling the strings would give us way too much information about the world we're working with here.

[Newt will join Hiro at the volcano's edge and PUSH HIM IN HAH HE WAS THE MAFIA THIS WHOLE TIME jk but he sure is checking out that lava down in there. Neat!]

The Breach isn't so much a physical construction as it is, like, a bridge between two dimensions. I don't think a volcano would melt it down. That said, a volcano definitely would melt down some robots, so... Yeah, looks like we struck out. Bummer.

You really think so? Maybe they wouldn't care about letting that slip since we can't do anything with it.

[And this is how Hiro Hamada died.] I wouldn't look at this as striking out, dude. We still learned something and who knows? Maybe volcanic knowledge is actually gonna help us at some point. You know. Assuming they didn't go with the Breach idea from your world.

[Newt just nods along, staring down at the lava. Okay, yeah, this isn't striking out.]

It's gotta mean something that they plopped us on an island with an active volcano, too. Especially if it's a simulation. This has gotta be a Chekhov's gun situation.

[Which he should maybe sound more worried about???]

You'd think so. They don't seem like the type of people just to do it for appearances. But then again, we all showed up in swimsuits so maybe we're off on that, too.

...maybe that's why we'll only be here for two months. If we don't kill each other first, the volcano will do it for us.

[...Oh shit.]

You might be onto something there. That's, uh, unsettling. [...] Doesn't look like there's much else to see up here, though. We should probably head back before it gets dark.

Yeah...we should. [There's a beat as he bounces on the balls of his feet for a bit, a little more nervous at the idea that that's how they're going to go.] Race you to the bottom? [And he's already off. Come on, Newt. Keep up.]

[NEWT TRIES TO KEEP UP AND SLIPS ON A ROCK BECAUSE OF HIS OLD MAN KNEES AND FALLS AND DIES OH GOD HE'S DEAD.]

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