The interrogator set down his coffee mug on the steel table with a soft clink. "Why did you do it?" he asked. "Why kill all those people?" The man across from him laughed derisively.
"People, officer?" he said between chuckles. "Those are not people, at least not anyone important."
"They're just background characters. Nothing more."
An excerpt from the journal of [REDACTED]
Something is wrong with this world.
Not wrong in the sense that there's injustice. It's wrong in the sense that something...feels wrong. Little details and small, minute things that are just out of place.
Perhaps my many nights of staying up studying late had taken their toll on my psyche. Maybe I'm just imagining things. Maybe not. No, I am most definitely not imagining any of this. One would simply have to be blind to not notice all the sloppy details. The first and most obvious indicator of something being off would be the way that we look. I, along with all of my family members, my friends and all the citizens of Vale, and as far as I am aware, nearly everyone in Remnant besides the main characters are mere shadows. Imitations of the human form, meant only to serve as placeholders. But I'm getting ahead of myself. First, allow me to explain my theory.
We live in a show. Specifically, a series of episodes divided based on events that occur in this world. I believe, based on recent news stories that this is currently episode two or three, although it's difficult to tell without the proper data. I have yet to fully hack into Beacon Academy's video archives which will give me far more insight into the activities of who I believe to be the "main characters" of this show and thus allow me to accurately determine which episode we are in based on events that involve the main characters, whom I suspect all attend Beacon Academy. Regardless, my theory is based on a simple comparison between the general population's appearance with the appearances of a few select individuals that were recently featured in a story on Lisa Lavender's show. They are Roman Torchwick, and Lisa Lavender herself. While the general population is, as previously stated, lacking in terms of any specific features, both Roman Torchwick and Lisa Lavender possess the trait of having color. They have skin color, eye color, and hair color; they are not shadows like us. It is interesting to note, however, that upon closer examination of Lavender's movements, she only moves her mouth and eyes, unnaturally so. This has led me to believe that she is sort of halfway between main character and background character.
More research is needed.