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Well, that was definitely an interesting way to start off our stay...

[ It's been a couple of days and everyone's hopefully had some time to process and recover, so now is probably as good a time as any to pose this question, get people's minds off of what all just happened. It's being shot from an apartment living room with a view of the city from a window in the background. ]

My name is Serah Farron, and I have a question for the other... moon blessed here. [ She says a bit unsure, no air-quotes, but they're implied. ]

If it's not too personal to ask, I'm curious what kind of backgrounds and worlds other people come from. Was it very different from this one, or is it sort of the same?

I used to be a time traveler, and I enjoy learning about history, besides. I'd appreciate any answers, thanks!

[ With a welcoming smile the feed ends. Serah will be matching whatever format people choose to respond with. ]

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[ Open communication? Sure, she'll bite. It takes her a moment after Serah's message for Echo to respond back, but when she does, it's a shaky video angled upward that's being held in her hand as she wanders about. ]

Hey, Serah. I'm Echo. It's... wild to me that you time traveled. I have so many questions about how that works.

But, yeah. Uh, my world has its own unique forms of technology. I guess 'unique' is a way to put it.

[ She sighs enough for her cheeks to puff out as she thinks up a way to explain it. ]

People "voluntarily" sign contracts to what's called a 'Dollhouse' where they live for however many years as blank slates. Personalities get uploaded into some sort of memory drive before being wiped out completely, which leaves room for other personalities to be imprinted into that blank slate of a body.

It's a booming business, as you can imagine.

Uh, it's nice to meet you, Echo. [ That was... Wow that was a lot. Serah's expression is surprised, to say the least. Not that Echo is surprised by time travel, but by what she's just described. Not even in a future as technologically advanced as Academia 400AF has she heard of something like the Doll House. ]

The way that you say it, it doesn't sound like it's entirely voluntary... [ Which has disturbing implications, what with the inferred air quotes and all. Not that Serah's tone is judge-y, but definitely concerned. ]

But I guess you're right, I can imagine how that sort of thing would be popular. There's always someone unhappy with some aspect of their lives. But, I'm not sure I understand who it serves? Do the people "volunteering" still have their own lives after...? Who's personalities are being written onto the memory drives? It doesn't really sound like a transfer of consciousness...?

[ OH MY GOD THIS IS NOT WHAT SHE EXPECTED. ]

[ Echo shrugs at her reply to the 'voluntary' aspect. ] It's a heavy topic that not everyone agrees on.

Actually, the "dolls", as these volunteers are called, are typically people who want to get away from their lives. A mother who lost her child, a soldier suffering through PTSD - the heavy stuff that makes a person easy to prey on.

[ She stops to have a seat, placing the device on a surface. When she straightens it, she sighs as she sits back. ] Those people sign their lives away for a few years, get into that doll-making chair, and wake up like nothing happened. They have no idea the kinds of things the Dollhouse has made them - their bodies - do, and who with. I don't fully get the smart-guy stuff about how imprinting personalities work, though. I just know that they've been successful with it.

The Dollhouse keeps its rich clients happy and the 'dolls' walk away with less stress and an incredibly generous amount of money wired into their bank accounts.

It's a win-win, depending on who you ask.

[ And at that, Echo peers down. ]

(( ooc: excuse my ultra-lateness! I was doing a big ol' move~ ))

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