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[divinearrow]

[ accidental video ]

[this would be the face of a rather...skeptical young woman staring into the book. in fact she has a small frown on her face as she flips through some of the previous pages]

What kind of book is this? I thought it would help yield some answers but instead-

[have some new feather commentary.]Why is it making these strange

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[Video]

[no_use_running]

[The face in the video is smiling, but sympathetic.]

You must have just arrived. I can try to help explain, if you'd like.

[Video]

[divinearrow]

[and this is a somewhat startled Casey because she was not expecting the voice coming from the book. ...nor the face looking back at her. she's cautious, and feeling a little silly for talking to a book, but if this strange book was finally willing to provide answers then...]

All right. First of all, can you explain how we are...communicating?

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[no_use_running]

[A nod, and Ami purses her lips as she makes a serious face.]

These books serve as functional communicators. Others can see the pictures or video, and if you write in its pages, they will appear in everyone else's journals as well. It seems to be a mixture of technology and, well, magic. It sounds unbelievable, but we've seen that it's true.

[Video]

[divinearrow]

[she's slowly nodding, though it's still a little hard for her to believe]

That explains the strange entries then. [she's a little satisfied with that, for now anyway.] Can you tell me where I am? And how I got these strange wings on my back?

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[no_use_running]

[This is her specialty, simple facts and information. She almost visibly gains confidence and surety as she speaks.]

This is a place called Luceti. It exists in a separate dimension from our homes, a separate world, so to speak. We were brought here by beings called the Malnosso, who are responsible for the wings, although their exact purpose is unknown.

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[divinearrow]

[again, listening intently, but her brows only furrow in greater confusion.]

A separate world? And Malnosso? [stares at the girl.] Do you really expect me to believe that?

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[no_use_running]

[She shakes her head with a tight, closed-lipped smile; no.]

I didn't believe it, either.

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[divinearrow]

And yet you do now?

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[no_use_running]

Yes, I do. I've had experience in subspace dimensions before now, back in my world. And if we've been brought here, there must be some agent bringing us. Besides that, the accounts of each inhabitant's home worlds seem to differ.

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[divinearrow]

[and you lost her again.]

I'm sorry, subspace dimensions?

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[no_use_running]

[Luceti has brought about the most interesting conversations. She can't really talk about these things in her world, but her identity is already semi-public here, which frees her up a lot.]

We were able to travel to a separate dimension, there, once...

[She trails off a bit hesitantly, because she still can't exactly say everything.]

[Video]

[divinearrow]

[placing a hand to her head]

...Nevermind, that's not so important. What I would like to know now is how to leave.

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[no_use_running]

[She glances away; she can't look someone in the eye and say it.]

No one's found a way yet. I'm sorry.

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[divinearrow]

[a moment.]

No way out? But that can't be possible.

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[no_use_running]

[That brings back her smile, but it's still tight and turned inward.]

I believe so, too. I won't stop looking. Mama is waiting for me back home, and my friends.

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[divinearrow]

[Mama?]

I have my own obligations as well.

How long have you been here? Perhaps I could be of some assistance.