So. This isn't as easy as I thought it would be.
Submitted by Owen (severedscythe) on Mon, 2008-10-20 23:27
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I thought I might be able to write in this thing without having memories completely crap all over my brain, but obviously not. Two finger typing is go! I'm not overly fond of journals. Don't know if I'll use this much. Maybe I'll have to train myself to.
So. Town. Not a bad place, all things considered. At least there's people. Clarkson's got space, which is good.
Yeah.
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Here's my disgustingly bad attempt at social outreach.
I think I know what you're saying. The computer thing still weirds me out a little. Just like 'my' house and all the other people living here.
Um. Yeah. Hi.
Hi!
Yeah, I can't look at the screen for too long before freaking out. It's kinda a reflex. I keep expecting random video streams to jump up.
I glance at the clock in the corner every couple of seconds to be sure it's changing. Guess nobody escaped without some odd twitches, yeah?
Yeah, I know what you mean. Can't get out of this sort of thing without some quirks.
I suppose it could be worse. Not sure how, off the top of my head. But surely....
Coulda been seriously maimed, dead, unable to communicate at all. Thing is, it seems bad enough that I don't want to think about any of that stuff.
'specailly the maiming.
True. When you put it like that, aren't we the lucky ones?
Thinking about ways that it could have been worse is kind of depressing, especially when you see just how extreme it has to be to trump what did happen.
Hi and welcome to the town. Since you don't expect to be making many entries, thought I'd jump on this one to introduce myself - as much as one can introduce themselves without actually speaking on being face to face with someone. Hopefully it'd better than cold calling though - I've never been big on going door to door.
So, actual introductions - I'm Nate, just arrived here and apparently mad to be a volunteer. We shall see, but if you want to chat about anything, give me a call sometime, or drop me a line. I promise not to be a therapist of any description. I'm mostly here for those pesky legal issues, but I'm good for a beer as well.
Uh, Hi! Nice to meet you, I guess? Hey, without volunteers we'd be a bit screwed, so you might be mad but it's not a bad kind.
Nice to meet you anyway. I might take you up on that beer thing sometime.
... Two finger typing? Why?
because I never figured out how to type properly? I don't use computers that much, I guess. I never took the time to learn.
Ah.
My name is Bethany, by the by. And you are?
I'm Owen. Nice t'meet you. :D
Likewise. Are you... settling in, then?
I'm settling in okay, I guess. It's all sorta new. What about you?
Good. I've been here for a week or so—long enough to get a feel for the town, where everything is. It's all very... quiet. Or has been.
Yeah. One good thing about the town I guess. At least at first. I'm glad there's more people arriving though.
More people means there were more... experiments, though. I'm not sure how they'll all react to this, you know?
'Prolly not.
It's okay. Sometimes it's hard to think of things to say on here. I used to have trouble during the Experiment, too. It's nice to meet you though. I'm Rin.
Hi Rin. I'm Owen, nice to meet you.
Yeah, it's kind of like my mind goes blank when I look at a computer screen.
So. You're someone I don't know. I'm assuming from another experiment. What with the mention of crap all over your brain. Which by the way, is a terribly amusing phrase. Anyways, I'm Janie, I'll be your tour guide this evening. How're traumatized are you?
Hi Janie, I'm Owen.
Oh wow. I didn't think about what I'd said there (typed there?) until just then, but it wasn't a mental image I needed. Gross.
Doctors think I'm crazy, I just think they give that as a blanket diagnosis here. Everybody wins. What experiment were you in?