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[summer-doors.livejournal.com]

[Willis has spent his first few hours in Luministi being confused. And whining a lot. And then assuming this was all a dream, taking a nap, waking up, and whining some more. Eventually he decided that if he was going to be stuck here... he might as well explore.

So he spent the next hour riding around town on his bicycle in an attempt to figure out the layout of the town. Which is kindasorta empty. Which is only making him even more confused.

Yeah, guess who has absolutely no clue about the murder yet.

He stops his bike near the library and leans forward, resting his head on the handlebars.]

Agh. Jeez, so much for finding something interesting.

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[bit_impossible]

And that, young man--[he wags a finger at him]--is exactly why I am! None of us had a choice, and now here you are! [he starts to pace, running a hand through his hair]

[summer-doors.livejournal.com]

[So baffled right now, what even -]

Is... that a problem?

[bit_impossible]

Yes--well no--but yes! It means you've been brought here for the same reason we have. And I don't think it's the same as before. Caligin would know better than to bring us here to test those resurrection techniques again. Something else is going on--[he stops abruptly, realising something]--sorry, I didn't catch your name.

[summer-doors.livejournal.com]

[Yes, something he understands!]

Willis. What's your name?

[bit_impossible]

I'm the Doctor. Just call me "Doctor"; much quicker that way. [quickly moves on to the next subject!]

So Willis! New in town and all. And from your puzzled expression earlier, you're really new. So new in fact, I'd be more than willing to bet you haven't been told much about what's really going on here. Am I right?

[summer-doors.livejournal.com]

[Doctor? Doctor of - ... forget it, he's pretty sure he does not want to ask.]

Uh, I know that this city isn't as advertised?

[bit_impossible]

[wise enough! he's a doctor of just about everything, so they'd be here for a very long time if he listed off all the things he was a doctor of.]

Well, that's a given! No town is ever going to come out and say, "Hello! We've kidnapped you from your natural place in time and space and plunked you down here where we expect you to live in peace in these boring yet extravagant homes--except we're also going to throw you into situations where we're going to test your endurance and tolerance for all things strange and weird!" now are they?