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[Okay the new guy is just going to cut to the chase here.]

2 questions:

1. why am i human?

2. what is the fastest/easiest way to get home?

[There is a pause before his next text, realizing that he should probably be more polite about these questions.]

please respond asap. i'd really appreciate it.

[Perfect.]

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I've heard this place turns anyone who isn't human into a human, I'm not sure anyone knows why.

For your second question: I don't think anyone knows how to get home.

Sorry I can't be any help.

[Okay, this doesn't sound any different than his normal life so far....

Wait, what.]

you're joking.

i HAVE to get home. they're going to miss me if i'm not home in a few hours.

As far as I know, that's something that happens to anyone who arrives here and wasn't already a human, before. And as for getting home...nobody knows how to do that yet.

[Again, as far as he knows. He figures that would be pretty big news if they did figure it out, though.]

I'm guessing you just arrived, right?

[Darn, two people have said there was no way out. That's not a good sign.]

yes.

have you been here awhile?

[He thinks about that for a moment, doing some quick mental math before answering.]

In a few days it will have been six months since I first got here, I'm pretty sure.

six months.

[Gosh when you're five that feels like a really long time.]

i really don't like the idea of being here, sorry.

i have a family at home.

No, it's fine. I understand. I wish I could help you more, but there really isn't a way to go back to your home right now.

People do leave, sometimes, but when it happens it's usually pretty sudden.

i hope it doesn't take too long for me to leave then.

he's probably going to panic once he realizes i've vanished again.

[Perry isn't even fully thinking about the last text before he enters it. Darn that's probably too much information.]

It happens to us all.
And there's no easy way to get home.

You're one from the newest batch?

apparently.

people come here in "batches"?

[Okay, at least this is one fear that he can dissuade a bit.]

Actually, whoever is waiting for you probably won't miss you at all.

[...let's just keep texting because that sounds awful, Kaneki.]

Ah- what I mean is that time won't pass while you're here, so it will be as if you never left.

[Perry was just about to reply with a very stern letter before he gets the second response.]

oh.

really?

[SORRY PERRY the foot-in-mouth syndrome sometimes translates to text when he's trying to go about it a little too fast.]

That's right. If you end up going back home, you'll return right to where you left it.

[Gosh now Perry feels kind of embarrassed that he got so worked up then.]

well this situation is a lot easier now.

i'm also guessing that these "pokemon" are actually ours until we go home?

They are, yes. ...I don't know if you have it back home, but...this world is based on a children's video game. Or...more like it actually is the world of one, I guess.

It's difficult to try to explain.

so i'm stuck in a video game world?

[Well this sounds familiar.]

how did this happen?

Being humans isn't too bad.

Every few weeks we have new people show up. The batches fluctuate.

Sortof? I've never actually played the game so I'm not sure how exact things are, but it was pretty popular where I'm from.

I don't know. Nobody knows, actually...people just show up here and can't leave. I don't think anyone's ever been able to come up with an explanation for it.

i guess. it feels kind of awkward like this though.

[And cold, but he didn't want to sound like he was whining.]

so it's a regular thing then. that's good to know

i guess.

do we even have a hint of who's behind this?

[Because Perry might be tempted to go beat up whoever's behind this.]

Not that I know of. There are people who have been here a lot longer than I have, so...I'm probably not the best person to ask.

Were you an animal or monster before?

Did you get your Pokémon yet?

1. I don't think anyone here knows why, but my personal guess is that this place wants to level the playing field.

2. Nobody's discovered a way out yet - sometimes people are sent home but it's random and it's not up to you if or when it happens.

thanks anyway. your information was useful.

i'm sure i'll get the opportunity to ask more people since it seems i'll be here for awhile.

i fail to see how giving me an unfamiliar body is a way to 'level the playing field'.

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