((first intropost of the round is GO))

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[It's another normal day in Camp Fuck You Die, inasmuch as anything in this place can be considered "normal". The gorillas are trying out a new mating dance, there's a toucan quartet singing showtunes, something just exploded violently not far from camp, the lake waters are... Hang on, back up a moment

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OKAY THAT ONE WASN'T M--

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ZEL?!

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Eh -- Lina? What on earth are you doing out here?

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Looking for a Claire Bible manuscript. Which I found out wasn't here a year ago.

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...Lina, what are you talking about? It can't have been more than a few weeks since I last saw you.

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This swamp is like warped space, only it warps time, too.

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Time? Are you serious? I should have guessed there was more to this place than there seemed...

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There's more. We're not on the same world anymore, Zel.

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...... If that were coming from anyone else, Lina, I'd dismiss it as insane. But... I think you'd better tell me whatever you can about this place.

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[DEEEP BREATH. HERE COMES THE INVERSE TL;DR]

So this is some sort of warp between dimensions, surrounded with a barrier like the one that's around the continent at home. There are people here from completely different universes than our own, who use completely different magic than our own!

It's apparently run by a woman known only as "The Director" who HAS to be some sort of high-level mazoku if you ask me. It's the only possible explanation for the warped space and the high-level barrier. Now as for the warped time...Gourry and I are from a different time than you and Amelia. I came here after we visited Femille.

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*Okay, I think I actually followed all of that.*

I... see. There's far more to it than I could have guessed... So for the two of you, the confrontations with Gaav and Phibrizzo haven't happened yet? *only realizes after he says this that hey, those might be spoilers*

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Ph-Phibrizzo? You mean Hellmaster Phibrizzo?

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*orz* Y-Yes, I do. You said Amelia was from my time, but evidently she hadn't mentioned it?

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Not in those words. She said that Gaav was defeated, and confirmed my suspicions that Xelloss is actually mazoku.

But. Phibrizzo?

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...Yes. Nearly everything, in the end, was part of his plan. His ultimate goal was... to drive you to cast the Giga Slave, and then cause you to lose control of it.

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I wasn't planning on using that spell again, anyway. Not with the Ragna Blade...