(Case 02: Interviews, please.)

[katsuragi_yako]

[ Yako appears on network looking as cheery as she can make herself, enacting part of Neuro's Evil Plan To Get Information. ]

Passengers of the curse ship Crucible, new and old, I, Yako Katsuragi, would be thankful if I could have a little of your time to ask a few questions. This is one of many attempts to build a better understanding of our

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[oliverplus]

I'd be up for some questions. Shoot.

[katsuragi_yako]

Thank you, Oliver! I'll start from the top then.

Have you experienced any sort of memory loss relating to events that happened prior to the ship regaining full function, three weeks ago?

[oliverplus]

[frowns, scratching his head] Yeah, actually. I mean, there's the obvious time that we all lost, but...I also lost some other stuff. Random little stuff. It's weird.

[katsuragi_yako]

[ She nods. ] It's a bit odd, I agree.

Have you noticed any similarities outside of a general drop in network activity and the disappearances of persons from this ship?

[oliverplus]

What kind of similarities are you looking for? In how things are going now?

[katsuragi_yako]

I'm not sure. [ She frowns, thinking this over. ] I wanted to see if people noticed anything about the ones who disappear. I phrased it poorly, sorry.

[oliverplus]

[frowns] No, sorry. People from all different worlds--different universes--have come and gone. I think about the only similarity we have is how different we all are.

[katsuragi_yako]

I was afraid that'd be the answer. Still, worth asking, right? The air's still free. [ For now. ]

Since arriving on the ship, have you noticed any significant changes to your person or your usual abilities outside of being unable to leave the ship or access sealed levels?

[oliverplus]

Yeah, definitely worth asking!

Well, uh... [frowns, thinking] I don't really have any special abilities in the first place. There's just been... [hesitates] ...memory stuff, is all.

[katsuragi_yako]

I think even some of us who thought we didn't lose memories learned later we might have lost more than we thought.

Is there an objective importance in your returning home as soon as possible?

[oliverplus]

[blinks] You too?

Objective importance? No, not at all.

[katsuragi_yako]

I didn't remember Neuro - my assistant - was on board until a week ago, when he contacted me again.

[ nod. ] Have you encountered other people from your universe, and are they still here?

[oliverplus]

Oh. I thought you meant...well, before that.

Yeah. Well, all but one is. But no one here from my universe seems to be from my time, if that makes sense.

[katsuragi_yako]

[ she frowns. ] When I woke up the second time... I remembered things I hadn't know about before. I don't know if I went back, like with Amaterasu, or if I just didn't remember before.

I guess you haven't seen any doubles, or people you should remember, but don't, then?

[oliverplus]

Ah...yeah. I had that happen, too--except it was in the middle of things instead of when they...reset, or whatever you'd call it.

No, none of that. The other people I've known here have been from a lot later than I knew them.

[katsuragi_yako]

[ She nods. ] Interesting. I wonder if anyone else had that happen.

Hmm. Those were all the questions I had for now. Thank you again, Oliver.