the sky was never blue again

[nightsdespair]

[ the feed clicks on, showing a young boy from an angle in the ground. blue eyes darted across the horizon - they are serious, worried, and alert. ]

How queer... This place is unlike anything I've seen before... Not even that damned kingdom can possibly know about this area.

[ yep, he really hates that 'kingdom', whatever that is. you can hear it in

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[1_resonance]

I'm afraid you aren't in your world anymore.

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[nightsdespair]

[ unfortunately, having no past experience of portable devices, nox took that differently. he almost jumped, his hand now ready to draw his sword. he remains oblivious to the presence of the PCD.]

Who goes there?!

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[1_resonance]

[It's okay. She's patient.]

Down here, to your left. The little black box.

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[nightsdespair]

[ and he finally notices it! he blinks at the strange new... thing and picks it up. and stares. ]

You're quite small, being able to fit in there.

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[1_resonance]

[She shakes her head.]

It's just a moving picture. The PCD... the thing in your hand ... is making it.

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[nightsdespair]

[ he ends up being surprised. ]

It can make moving pictures? How strange... I never saw something like this before.

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[1_resonance]

You're from a world that isn't as technologically advanced.

[She frowns. This means that this place is going to be that much harder for him to get adjusted to. The thought makes her feel bitter. The poor kid.]

Like I said, you aren't in your world anymore. Welcome to Adstringendum.

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[nightsdespair]

...What's technology?

I knew it. There is no place in Aria Te L'aria that looks like this. What exactly is Adstringendum?

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[1_resonance]

The PCD is a good example of it.

It's a world between the worlds as a result of a science experiment gone wrong, compressing time and space. More people from your world may show up here, they may not.

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[nightsdespair]

So things that can make strange... things happen are called technology? I don't get it.

[ he frowns. this is getting more and more confusing. ]

Science experiment?

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[1_resonance]

[She nods a little. Strange things have come out of technology, she thinks.]

It's more like, strange things that make life easier. You should keep your PCD on you all the time. They're useful for calling for help if you need it.

[She's not sure how to explain the experiment to him.]

We don't really know what they were trying to do, only that it created this place and its inhabitants are from different worlds.

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[nightsdespair]

Hm, I wonder if we can get 'technology' on our world, too.

Is it possible to get out of here?

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[1_resonance]

Most of the time, technology is something that just develops. If you look at it that way, I suppose you could.

[Touchy subject for Aya, leaving this place is.]

Physically? I wouldn't recommend it. The wastelands surrounding the city are dangerous.

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[nightsdespair]

...It doesn't matter. I'll just strike them down.

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[1_resonance]

[She sighs and shakes her head.]

If you want, no one will stop you. But it isn't that simple.

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[nightsdespair]

...

[ well, yeah. the strategist part of him reasons out that he shouldn't just charge towards there. ]

What are those areas like?