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[ihaveanannouncement]

Hello?

Sorry if I'm bothering anybody. My name is Hasegawa Saori, and I just arrived in Hinoto-Ri.

They told me what happened, and what we're meant to do, but I'm not quite sure what to make of it. I tried contacting my dormmates, and even my family, but they haven't answered. I've even talked to some of the locals, but they just confirmed my worst fears. [There's a long pause before she can even write again. How could this have happened?]

Anyway, I decided I needed to get as many contacts as possible. How many of you are from before the Crisis? Apparently the latest recorded year before it is 2012, and I'm from 2010 for reference.

Again, sorry if I'm bothering anybody. I just needed to talk to someone...about all this. If you read through my post, thank you for listening.

Comments

[ihaveanannouncement]

Ahaha. Don't worry, my world is fine the last I saw. There was a cult back in January that prophesied the end of the world by January, but when it didn't happen they just disappeared.

Ah. That sounds scary. And it happened twice? [The world is so dependent on Internet in her time. If something like that happened, the world would be in chaos.]

[virtualbirdwatching]

[That makes her feel a little better.]

The first time it actually did happen, for just over an hour. Of course, I was only five years old then...

[She was never much good in school, but it would be hard not to remember such a world-changing event...]

[ihaveanannouncement]

Oh dear. At least they fixed it in time, right?

[virtualbirdwatching]

They did, but my parents told me it was never the same since then.

[ihaveanannouncement]

That sounds so sad.

How much changed?

[virtualbirdwatching]

It had already started happening before then, but after that there was a law saying that all computers had to run ALTIMIT as an operating system. Of course, they never get viruses because of that, so it wasn't all bad.

[ihaveanannouncement]

Ahaha. That doesn't sound bad. I guess every bad event has a bright side.

[virtualbirdwatching]

[It certainly beats epileptic-shock-inducing viruses.]

I like to think so, too! It's important to make the best of a bad situation.

[ihaveanannouncement]

Indeed. I'm trying to do that right now.

[virtualbirdwatching]

That's good! Let's see each other again soon, okay?