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You're sleeping, until you're not. There's the soft beep, beep of a vitals monitor nearby, keeping track of your heartbeat - or lack thereof, if you don't have one. Everything feels heavy, like your body's being weighed down to the comfortable cot beneath it. Eventually, that heavy, sedated feeling starts to wear, and you're able to open your eyes, to sit up. You can stay there and pretend to sleep as long as your heart desires if preferred. Regardless, once your eyes are open, everyone is approached the same:

There's a woman with short white hair, who looks to be in her mid-twenties. Further inspection will show she is not a woman at all, but a holographic AI. Attempts to fight her, to curse at her, yell at her, will all be met with the same soft smile as she turns away from the monitor.

"Good morning." Her voice is gentle, but it lacks a certain. . . human touch. Almost devoid of emotion. "I've been waiting for you to wake up. Welcome to Etraya. And good luck."

She'll stay and explain the situation if asked nicely. Offer her name, Aurora, for anyone who asks of it. For those who struggle, fight, and offer more. . . unkind words, they'll find that Aurora's image will dissipate and leave them with nothing more than what they have in the small room: the cot, the clothes they had been wearing before arriving, an earpiece left on the table beside the cot, and the vitals monitor.

For those who are kind, or at least tolerant, they'll get to hear the story behind their arrival:

The multiverse is slowly falling apart. While worlds have not begun dying off just yet, they're on the cusp of destruction. And Echo has made an impossible choice: only some worlds will survive, and the individuals pulled to Etraya are the ones who will get to decide which world is worthy of being saved. Through their actions on Etraya, they'll earn Echo's favor, thus saving their universe. There is no alternative, Aurora explains. Many have tried to find one, spending years, decades, searching for the answer to save everything. Unfortunately, the multiverse is just too big, and trimming it down is the only way to ensure the world as a whole survives at all.

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