※1st Record [Supposed to be VOICE but is accidentally VIDEO.]

[looseleafbook]

[It's a close-up of a redhead with an eye-patch and he's scratching at his cheek, not really looking at the camera but at the rest of the buttons. Looks kind of wet too, like he was caught in the rain or fell in a lake.]I think I got it workin. Maa...I'll find out if I get replies ta it er not. Anyway, anyone know what 'm doin here? This doesn't

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[Voice]

[1_resonance]

Golem? Why would you toss it into the water, anyway?

...

I'm afraid you're not in your world anymore. Welcome to Adstringendum.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Ah, 's a bat lookin thing that flies around at...home I guess. 's a little creepy but ya get used ta it after a while. It was an accident! I tossed it up 'nd it went tha wrong way.

I was kinda gettin that feelin from what tha guy said. It has a name fer it tho?

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

A bat... ?

It does. Adstringendum. It's a world between worlds.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Well 's not really a bat. Looks like it but tha thing is mechanical. Someone from tha science department could explain it better than I could.

Adstringendum? Heh, crazy name fer a place. Then again tha trees don't look too sane themselves. Blue leaves normal?

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

A mechanical bat. Hm.

You're going to have to throw away your idea of sane and normal. I'd rather tell you now, than wait until you find out the hard way.

Blue leaves, blue leaves...

Do you see that button on the corner of your PCD? Push it.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Heh, as long as I don't have ta record all this I don't think I mind too much. Tho I don't wanna be here in tha first place.

Button? Where...oh. [Soft noise as he pushes it.] 'nd what's that do? Blow me up?

[There's a grin on his face, hear it in his voice?]

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

You wouldn't be the first person who didn't want to be here.

Just like a man. Ask if something's going to blow you up if you push a button, and then push it anyway....

[It actually brings up a set of coordinates. There's a slight pause.]

Blue leaves aren't that uncommon in those parts.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

It seems like a nice place ta visit, of my own choosin. Not in tha middle of a mission.

[Still grinning, though it isn't seen.] Doesn't hurt ta ask if I still got a few seconds ta toss it again.

So 's part of tha natural foliage, huh? 's not from pollution er anythin like that?

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

You're a pilot?

[Pardon her, that's the first thing she thinks when she hears "mission".]

It is natural. And if it was pollution that caused it, I am curious to know what caused the rose bushes. They meow.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Pilot...? [There's a clueless tone to his voice.] 'm an Exorcist, fer tha mome-- [Ruffled clothing noises and soft cursing.] I lost it? Great.

What? They meow? ... I'm gonna have ta find one of those. Just ta see it.

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

A pilot... they fly airpla---Exorcist? Like the movie?

I believe they're more feline than... plant. They're more like cats made out of rose bushes. Rose goblins.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Mo-- Oh a picture show? Nah. 'm part of tha church.

So they attack ya if ya pick one er somethin? Don't sound too pleasant.

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

Picture show...? [She's tempted to ask what year he's from, but she refrains.]

I wouldn't know, I'm certainly not naive enough to go and pick a rose off of one to find out.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Yeah, that's what they're called. Just started bein made.

Well what about just chasin fer gettin near it? They do that?

[Voice]

[1_resonance]

Hm.

I've never heard of a rose goblin chasing anyone. They have a tendency to run away. But I've heard plenty of stories of them pricking people, because they're akin to porcupines.

[Voice]

[looseleafbook]

Nasty buggers those anyway, porcupines. I'll keep an eye out fer'em. And fer anythin that looks like a house. I don't have a clue where in Adstringendum I am at tha moment.