one.

[audinimical]

option one || voice entry

[ A few dots appear on the screen; obviously someone with a stylus and a communicator is tapping on the device's screen. After this, a slightly clumsy (but still kind of half-decent) picture of a tree appears. And then a voice; it sounds bored, but forcedly so, as though the person speaking is confused, nervous, maybe

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[voice]

[queeningsquare]

[no, don't do this, that's rude, she's been working so hard at being polite to everyone, and yet, can't hold back....]

Ten-four.

[giggle]

[voice]

[audinimical]

[ He has the distinct feeling he is being laughed at... ]

Awesome. Now...I dunno, a name, some kind of anything?

[voice -> video]

[queeningsquare]

[She's decided she's done fooling around now, so she switches on the video option instead]

Sorry, you were asking for that.

My name is Kyrie Ushiromiya, nice to meet you. That 'phone' is yours, actually. I'm afraid I can't tell you much as I don't know much myself, but apparently this is Demeleier.

[video]

[audinimical]

[ That surprises him a bit, but now he can see her, so at least he knows she's not someone sitting in a call center and fucking with him. ]

Hey. I'm Asher, and I have no idea what a Demeleier is.

[video]

[queeningsquare]

And neither do I, or most of the people here. It's...a place. I'm not even sure if Demeleier is the name of the town, or of the region in general. Either way, it seems it's not 'home' in any way. Someone brought you here, as well as the rest of us. Some say it was done by 'fairies', though that's highly illogical, but, well, so is showing up here suddenly.

[video]

[audinimical]

So...I was kidnapped by fairies and given a weird phone.

I may be lost, but I'm not stupid.

[video]

[queeningsquare]

Aren't you listening to me? I'm telling you I find it dubious as well. But there's no other answer yet - there's no real welcoming committee aside from residents and they generally seem to know very little as no one told them a thing.

[video]

[audinimical]

Some welcoming committee.

[ Though he sounds sarcastic, it's tinged with a kind of childish bitterness, the kind that comes with being completely out of one's element. ]

[video]

[queeningsquare]

That's what I said. [A small laugh]

[video]

[audinimical]

So...what now?

[video]

[queeningsquare]

Put that crown on, first of all. Everyone wears it, apparently it's useful. If you really can't wrap your head around it, try heading over to the mansion, there may be a man out front who may answer your questions. But I wouldn't rely on that much.

I believe there's a woman who has written up some sort of guidebook as well, but I have yet to meet her myself.

[video]

[audinimical]

[ He pauses before placing the crown on his head. ]

This really isn't a joke, is it.

[video]

[queeningsquare]

No, it isn't. It's good you're not naive, but in this case, you should be more open to believing what people say. Do you think I believe in 'fairies'? Or that half the people here do? No, but those of us who are skeptical accept it for now.

[video]

[audinimical]

People lie about things that are easier to believe than fairies. But if you don't believe, why do you say it might be true? It's easier to just say "some weirdo knocked me out and dragged me to a forest."

Re: [video]

[queeningsquare]

Sure, it would be easy to say that if it were possible. In your case, maybe that could be true. But I was on a private island in the middle of a typhoon, and I'm quite certain I died. I have no argument against being magically teleported here other than 'magic doesn't exist'. It's called a Devil's Proof - you can't prove it doesn't exist if you've never seen it, but if you do see it, that will prove it does exist.
I can't deny it, so I have to accept it for now.

[video]

[audinimical]

So just because you don't see it, you can't say it doesn't exist? That's going to let a lot of people tell you shit that isn't true, you know.