Okay. You wake up, you got no memories. We're told that we get all our memories back plus a wish at the end of this -- that's all of us in black that live here. Some of us vets know what we came in to wish for, but a lot of the newer people don't. You'll get a berry or something every couple of days that will let you remember something. Usually at random -- I've gotten 'every time I ordered take-out food', then the next week, I get fighting someone to the death.
We're working for the Judges, who are these disembodied spirits that sometimes come to visit, usually possessing animals. They tell us to do things, and we do it. There's other people, living above us, that play in dangerous games for their wishes -- usually our orders involve doing things to the Blanks, the players in the games. They'll be in different color clothing, and they aren't allowed down here, unless they're doing something for us as a favor. A couple of them come down to cook us dinner in exchange for extra food to bring back.