You awake in a stasis pod, made of bluish, opaque plastic and metal. The portion of the pod in front of you is nearly entirely the bluish plastic, but with a large symbol darkened across the middle of it. When you push on the plastic in front of you, or hit it for the more anxious, it lifts open like a lid, allowing you to pull the wires and tubes that are hooked up to your body away and step out, naked, into the empty five-by-five room, made entirely of a high-shine metal that has the aesthetic effect of titanium. There are clothes (plain underwear, denim jeans, white tennis shoes and a white t-shirt, all fitted to your size), a wallet with a collection of different important cards inside--included are identification, a room key to the Pollux Hotel that's paid up through the month, and some credit chips to get you on your feet that first month--as well as a smartphone in the only piece of furniture in the room: a set of metal drawers that are build into the wall beside the pod. There is one door, without a handle, but beside the doorway is an automatic light switch with a button beneath it. When pressed, the button opens the door, which releases with the sound of a pressure-lock. Enjoy your first fresh breath of fresh oxygen as you step out into a bright, loud city, full of people. The people can't seem to explain to you where you are--in fact, if anything, they seem to think you're crazy for trying to explain that you were ever anywhere else. If you turn around and try to go back inside the room, you'll find that the door has closed and, like the inside, there is no handle. Walking around the building, you'll find that there's no way in from any side. It looks abandoned, unowned, and completely closed down. No one around seems to know what it is, either. The city itself appears Western, easily capable of housing several million people. And, like any big city, this one advertises itself. In hotel tourist stand brochures, in novelty gift shop merchandise. And then, of course, there's the smartphone with GPS map function. However you discover it, if you start looking, eventually it will become clear that you're in Minneapolis. But, not as you know it. The smartphone runs on 24-hour time. Your number, if you had one prior to now, is the same as it ever was. The location will not go to a global or country-wide map, but it will give you a GPS view of Minneapolis -- however, halfway along the I-94 to St. Paul it blacks out to indicate there's no map available of the twin city. information. administration. supplementary. premise arrival setting rules faq taken characters reserves application hiatus & drop event calendar player contact mod contact residency world-building canon-updating