1 - I set these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted

[white_emperor]

[ Nighttime isn't quite going to be quiet tonight. Elend is new here - and quite new to this style of world as well. ]

I know she said that it was wrong, but this is somewhat insane. No mists - although that great shining thing up there might be burning them away - and all of those - Stars, is that what they are? And no ash!

[ Elend spins in place, staring at the sky, before turning to the nearest person who has come to see what all his noise is about. ]

I've never managed to see the stars before, I'm no Tineye, or Mistborn, so I could never see through the clouds. Are clear nights common? [ But, in the face of all these new things, he is already distracted from his questions and turning to look at the ground - and the plants. ]

Are they this color because its dark? Or are they always.... green?

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[amorality]

Do the stars look green to you? Maybe you need your eyes checked. I could do so if you like. I am a doctor, after all.

[From the way this man is yammering on, it sounds as if he must be from one of those other worlds that Suzumiya mentioned. Ryan definitely wants to get his hands on him and poke around a bit.

For purely scientific reasons, of course.]

[white_emperor]

The stars? No, I meant these. [ Yes.

He's poking at the grass. ]

I'm fairly certain that if anything needs being checked, it would have been my stomach, but since these new clothes aren't dripping, nothing needs to be checked.

[amorality]

It's fairly normal for grass to be green, yes.

[So he's from a very different world. Ryan casually puts a hand on the man's shoulder, trying to guide him towards the school building proper.]

Even so, you're in a world that's very different from your own. You should probably get a check up, just in case. You can't be too careful.

[white_emperor]

.... and when you say doctor, do you mean surgeon? I am very sure I don't need one of those. [ Anymore. ]

... so I guess I'm asking 'what is a check up'-[ But he wants to study the grass...

Well, with a pat, he'll straighten and look to that building. ]

[amorality]

Hmm? It is exactly what it sounds like. We check your body to make sure everything is working properly.

[There's really no need for it at all in the afterlife, but that won't stop Ryan from trying to get people in his office.]

[gentlelady]

[ Lilly happens to be one of the bypassers, as she was taking a stroll to stargaze for a while- having been blind, the sight of stars is incredibly beautiful from her perspective. Having someone suddenly talk to her is not a common occurence, or normal. Even so, it wouldn't be polite to ignore the question, as confusing as it is. ]

The sky has always been like this, I believe...

[white_emperor]

It must be here, then. I can't even compare the constellations, having never seen those of home.

[ But they are fascinating, aren't they? All twinkly. ]

[gentlelady]

Ah... are you from one of those worlds that aren't the Earth? [ Having been explained by Haruhi that people come from different universes, it doesn't make her too surprised. ]

[white_emperor]

... My confusion over why there is a 'the' before 'earth' makes me agree with you.

[ Although that could mean... ]

Is this 'the Earth' like this place? [ He caught that "from", and he's already fairly sure he's dead, so he'll take that in stride. ]

[gentlelady]

To be completely honest, I'm not sure I can answer that with all certainty.

[ It doesn't make her feel ashamed to admit it, but still. ] I was blind since birth. All the details I know about my Earth is what people described me, but I was told the sky has always been dark and starry like this one.

[tsunball]

[ .. What is this guy even talking about? Great, just what this place needed, more weirdos. Leon just frowns. ]

Do you never come outside or something?

[white_emperor]

I have been outside plenty, but its never been so clean or clear - even freshly swept, ash tends to still find places to be. If not on the ground, then some is still in the air.

[ Does being from a really screwed up world make him a weirdo? Then he accepts his weirdness. ]

[tsunball]

[ Hey, Leon doesn't know half about how screwed up his own world is, so.. ]

How much pollution did you have where you come from? That just sounds sick!

the moment when his canon bites me-

[white_emperor]

Pollution? I.. am not familiar with that word, but its always been that way.

[ Elend pauses. ]

Well. Before the Lord Ruler, it might not have been, but that was well over a thousand years ago. And he did his best to make sure very little survived from before he took power.

it's okay!!

[tsunball]

[ .. Starting to sound more and more like some science fiction movie here.. ]

I don't even know who this 'Lord Ruler' person is. And he sure could've taken up a less retarded name.

[extraordinarily]

... Did your world not have clear nights at all whatsoever?

[ Said in the most deadpan tone that she can muster up. ]

[white_emperor]

Or clear days.

[ The stars are fascinating, okay. Some look slightly different colors and are brighter or twinkle a little less- ]

[extraordinarily]

... Huh. What kind of world are you from, anyway?

[ Out of plain curiosity. After all, she knows that there are aliens and espers in this afterlife, so this mysterious person might actually be interesting. ]

[white_emperor]

Well. [ This is a topic that he could explain, but has no where that he knows how to start. ]

Its no where near as... clean, as this one. Ash covers the sky and even through the skaa - which are something of the.. peasant class, although really, they might as well have been slaves under the Lord Ruler - sweep often, it still stains everything black. All the plants are ... brown, and there are none of these multicolored ones... [ Yes, he's looking at the closed flowers. ]

We have.. dogs, cats, horses, mistwraiths - they just look horrible, because they put the bones they collect any which way and don't care what's a foot or a hand, but they're harmless. Kandra, which Spook said were 'grown up' mistwriaths - they're excellent spies, but they're horribly expensive. There's the Steel Inquisitors, which really.. aren't human any more, with all those spikes in them. And then there's Koloss, which are about 6 feet to 13 feet, since they don't stop growing, blue, and bloodthirsty. Humans, they used to be three groups - skaa, nobility, and terrismen, but there isn't that much difference in any of us, despite what the Steel Ministry liked to say. [ Does that explain things a bit? ]

[extraordinarily]

I see... so you you really are from some other world.

[ Which is how she makes nonsense comprehensible. ]

[tenminutes]

[ Another person who seems so excited to see actual plants and things... It's kind of depressing that so many people find this place to be exciting just because there's green and more depressing that Yuri finds it most necessary to explain what's going on and why things are different. ]

I'd be willing to bet you're real at least.

[ Yuri has her arms stretched above her head as she walks by, then stop and turns on her heel to face him. ]

Another newbie. What's a Tineye or a Mistborn?

[white_emperor]

Tineyes Burn tin, they're mistings. Mistborns can burn all allomantic metals.

[ Elend studies her. ]

I'm.. ah, not the only dead from my world?

[tenminutes]

They burn metals. [ Huh. ] I've heard weirder.

I don't know, are you? You know you're dead though? That's going to save some explanation. A lot of people here don't know that when they come here.

[white_emperor]

The last thing I remember is someone attempting to stitch my stomach back up. Unless surgeons are quite a bit better with the dead than the living...

[ there's no marks on his stomach at all. ]

that, and this place is.. very different.

[tenminutes]

You have it right. We're definitely all dead here. Well, those of us that are real. There are two kinds of people here: Dead or fake. Essentially, anyone who thinks they actually belong in this school and that there's nothing weird about it is a fake person, like an emulation or a robot or an NPC in a video game. Keeping up so far?