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[fates_ironic]

[Accidental Voice]

[There isn't very much to go by with this. There's a brief flash of a dark-haired, aggravated-looking boy before the journal's camera just about spins out of control, settling on recording some blades of grass. Looks like whoever it was just threw his journal aside.]

Tch--! Useless.

[And it seems he's walking away now. Maybe

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[cry_camellia]

[Thanks to her spotty vision, Tsubaki doesn't notice that Leon looks so unapproachable. Stopping and starting like that, he just seems... confused.]

Excuse me, but... is everything all right?

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[fates_ironic]

[Hopefully your spotty vision won't pick up the sharp glare he gave you for a few seconds, Tsubaki! But thankfully, it softens a bit when he sees that it's A) someone he doesn't know and B) someone he may be able to help. Maybe, anyway.]

Far from it. [Lowering the rage, lowering the rage. This would be so much easier if he had Chal whimpering at him to calm down.] Are you a resident of this town?

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[cry_camellia]

[Success! The glare goes wholly unnoticed. And though the anger in his voice is evident, she doesn't think much of it. Newcomers never have it easy.]

Yes, unfortunately. [...] Did you only just arrive here?

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[fates_ironic]

I did. [Shifting in place a little. Unknown territory, unarmed -- even if this person seems harmless enough to him, he's still a little antsy.] "New arrivals" such as myself are not uncommon, I gather?

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[cry_camellia]

[Nodding. That's the way this place rolls.] That's right. A number of people are taken from their own worlds and more or less dumped here every so often. It's always been that way... Something of a cycle, we suppose.

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[fates_ironic]

[Leon falls quiet for a moment. That ... sounds familiar, somehow. It never happened back home, but ... it still sounds familiar.

... He'll figure it out later.]

And escaping this 'world'? Am I to believe that isn't a possibility? [Because why would anyone stay if it were? ... Although, something tells him he just -- already knows it isn't.]

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[cry_camellia]

I'm afraid not. Sometimes people are sent home, but as of yet there's no known way to predict when it may happen or to speed up the process. [She hates to be the bearer of bad news, but them's the breaks.]

[Action]

[fates_ironic]

Tch ... [He lets out a sharp sigh.] Next you'll tell me we're being held here for experimentation or something equally ridiculous.

[Action]

[cry_camellia]

[She shifts uncomfortably.] W-Well, about that...

[Action]

[fates_ironic]

[A short pause, then--] ... What I just said wasn't true, was it? [Because he just made that up ... ... didn't he?]

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[cry_camellia]

[Sigh.] My apologies. It's true.

[Action]

[fates_ironic]

[ ............... ]

... The name of this place. Does it begin with an L?

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[cry_camellia]

It does, actually. It's called Luceti. [...] Have you heard about it before?

[Action]

[fates_ironic]

... Perhaps I have. It seems familiar, but I'm fairly certain I've never been here before. [He doesn't sound sure, though.]

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[cry_camellia]

I've never heard of anyone being aware that this place existed before they were actually brought here, but it's not uncommon for people to be sent home to their world and then brought back to Luceti again with little or no memories of the place. You may want to consider it as a possibility.

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[fates_ironic]

Returning ... I see. [ ... ] Who are you? I'm quite certain I've never seen you before, regardless of whether I've "returned" or not.