001; In which Sophie is quite lost

[eldest_hatter]

[She's speaking louder than she really has to since she isn't quite sure what to do. She's seen a phone once or twice, but never grasped at just how they worked.] Ah, hello? Am I using this machine correctly? I just speak into this part here, correct? Can anyone hear me

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[kaitopants]

[have a sick Kaito, who's sentence is interspersed with coughing]

No one-- [cough] --wants to stay here.

[eldest_hatter]

What? Oh, it's working! Good! [She a little proud she managed to make the darn thing work]

Hello? Are you alright? You don't sound very well.

[kaitopants]

'M sick, but I'll be fine. You're new here?

[eldest_hatter]

Yes. And I'd very much like to find the way home now.

[kaitopants]

For starters, this place is called Mayfield. You can't just walk out because the town loops on itself. No one's found a way to leave yet.

[eldest_hatter]

Hmm. So it is as if the town never ends?

[kaitopants]

Sorta. But that's not even the worst part.

[eldest_hatter]

...What is the worst part?

[kaitopants]

[coughing again] This place is sadistic. You get brainwashed if you don't follow the rules.

[eldest_hatter]

Yes, Jolee told me of that.

Are you sure you're alright? Do you have any medicines or potions for your recovery?

[kaitopants]

Did she tell you about the other things we went through? We were starved for a mon-- [interrupted by coughing]

... 'm fine, I just need to re-- [a pause] Potions?

[eldest_hatter]

He actually. He told me the basics...wait starved?

Yes. Do you have any?

[kaitopants]

Yeah. For an entire week.

We don't use potions where I come from.

[eldest_hatter]

What kind of horrible person runs this place?

...you aren't from Wales by chance, are you?

[kaitopants]

We wish we knew.

... er, no. 'M from Japan.

[eldest_hatter]

I suppose I'll just have to find out then.

Japan? I don't think I've ever heard of it.