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[lcied]

[Click! The screen is entirely black as the recording starts, and the voice seems a bit muffled.]

--is no Eden. …I…I should have known that!

[A pained sigh.]

Huh?

[Rustle. Ruuuustle. The sounds become much clearer and finally, the long-awaited image appears - at first it's the sky, then it focuses on buildings, and next, there's a glimpse of something

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[video]

[checkmychainyo]

...Hello? Who are you?

[video]

[lcied]

[Clearly hesitates a bit before speaking.]

...my name is Hope. Do you... happen to know anything about this place?

[video]

[checkmychainyo]

Aah, I've been here several months now. You've arrived in a world called Adstringendum.

[video]

[lcied]

Wait - world? You mean it's not Cocoon? [adds quickly] ...or Pulse?

[video]

[checkmychainyo]

...No, I don't believe so. You were pulled out of your home world into this one.