-- the elephant! Wait, all the tents are gone too, aren't they?

And wow, with being out in the open... there are a lot more people here than I could've guessed. There's gotta be almost two hundred of us or something.

Hmm, I wonder why the room would force everyone out like this. That just seems really mean, even for it.

So does anyone have any idea what's going on?

So, somebody needs to chain me to the couches I fall asleep on so I don't do really stupid things that make for really awkward situations anymore.

I've decided something. And that's that we're not dead and this isn't the afterlife~!

...Probably. Maybe. See:

1. If it was, we'd just be spirits, right? But I can cut my own arm with a kunai like this - OW - and it still hurts. Uh, a lot. And it keeps bleeding, until I bandage it up. That means we still have our bodies!

2. The room itself? Really plain-looking. Grey stone walls, what's the fun in that? So it can't be heaven, which would be all... cool and stuff, and it can't be hell, which would be all... hot and painful. I think. Anyway! It wouldn't be so boring.

3. It could be a crazy genjutsu of some sort and this is ACTUALLY all in my head. But then you'd all be imaginary, and I... really like the people and the worlds I've gotten to know way too much to believe something like that. So I won't.

That aside, I've been kept busy by this "Nintendo DS" that appeared in my pocket yesterday. I think I've gotten really far in this Pokémon Pearl game! So far, I have a Monferno named Axel, a Staravia named Roxas, a Luxray named Riku, a SHINY (!!) Pachirisu named Kairi, a Floatzel named Demyx, aaaand a Misdreavus named Gemma. Man, video games are awesome. :D