[voice]

[gospelofgreen]

I should be okay for now...oh, that must mean it’s working. This is for sending messages, right? I’ve never been too good with technology.

I’d like to thank whoever took care of my wound. It doesn’t hurt much anymore, which is more than I could've hoped...But I don’t understand why I’ve been dumped outside without so much as a “how do you do

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[witchoftheweek]

Here is what you're asking for.

[gospelofgreen]

Huh? Oh, thank you...huh?

[There's several sounds like "huh" or "hm" or "what" as she reads through the guide. Some silence as she thinks automatically, it must be a joke...and then thinks about her surroundings and the fact that she knows of no place on Gaia that would be like this and the fact that she can't feel the Planet and, and, and...]

Oh my goodness. Oh no, no, no. This is just...[A dream? A trick? What?]

Another world?

[witchoftheweek]

Likely another universe.

[gospelofgreen]

But...isn't that impossible?

[witchoftheweek]

The impossible happens routinely here.

[gospelofgreen]

[A laugh. A bit shaky, but she's trying.] Guess I should expect that, considering how I woke up. I'll remember that.

[witchoftheweek]

Mmm.

[gospelofgreen]

My name is Aerith. What's yours?

[witchoftheweek]

Patchouli Knowledge.

[gospelofgreen]

Thanks for the guide, Miss Patchouli. So...everyone has these "chips"? My materia's probably fine, then.

[witchoftheweek]

That is your magic?

[gospelofgreen]

Some people call it that. It's the knowledge of the Planet.

[witchoftheweek]

[You get her interested] Can you explain?

[gospelofgreen]

I can try, but would you mind waiting a few minutes? [She loves chatting, but...well, ducking and hiding while getting information isn't the most fun. She can see the high school and that people are living there, though--she just needs to make sure she gets there without incident.]

[witchoftheweek]

Ah...certainly.

[gospelofgreen]

Don't worry, I'll be right back!

[cue Mission Impossible theme for the next...ten minutes, maybe? And then there is a happy, happy sigh because thank god we are near other people and not monsters.]

Are you still there?