--Voice 1

[deadpan_hero]

Filtered to Investigation Team++

Rise, suggested that we should all gather to discuss an assortment of topics as a group again. There's no Junes here, but there are several cafes so we can decide on a location and gather there.

++Filter end

I never knew that viewing dreams could draw on one's emotions so heavily.

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[phantomfenton]

Actually, the emotion thing didn't start happening until recently.

[deadpan_hero]

No one has any idea why though, right?

[phantomfenton]

*Shrugs.* The Overlord might know, but she's not exactly easy to get answers out of.

[deadpan_hero]

The Overlord? [ This is his first time hearing about this. ]

[phantomfenton]

Yeah, the Overlord.

You know, the head ghost-ish in the shop? She stays a lot in the Castle, though, so I guess you might not've seen her.

[deadpan_hero]

I see.

This place is strange.

[phantomfenton]

*Dryly,* You've noticed, huh?

[deadpan_hero]

Just now. [ A small smile. A joke really. ]

[phantomfenton]

*Snorts.*

Yeah, this place is nuts. It's like a long string of weird things, all happening one after another.

[deadpan_hero]

[ He wish he could say that something like this really wasn't as odd to him as it could have been, but he refrained. Telling people he could jump into televisions kind of just makes him sound weird.

And so... A nod, agreeing. ]

[phantomfenton]

Anyway...

So you're new, here? I mean, you hadn't heard about the Overlord until just now, so...

[deadpan_hero]

Relatively.

I've been here for what feels close to a week now.

[phantomfenton]

That's new for here.

I've been here for almost a year.

[deadpan_hero]

I see... [ A pause in thought, wondering if such a period of time would take effect on one's phsyical body at all but from what he gathered from Rise, it didn't seem like such was the case. ]

[phantomfenton]

*Misunderstands his pause.*

Don't worry--most people don't usually get stuck here for that long.

[deadpan_hero]

I didn't expect that. [ A wave of the hand. ] It's alright though.