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[notating]

[click, here's Joshua's voice, sounding suspiciously neutral, if not a little bemused.] My, isn't this troubling. It seems I've found myself in another strange situation.

[Now he sounds a little more serious] A good deal of questions but not many answers.

[Have a short hum before he taps the communicator, tone neutral again. Actually he sounds

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[ioweyousteak]

You're seriously asking about these things having colors?

[notating]

Should I be repeating the questions everyone else has already asked?

[ioweyousteak]

Guess not but it's still a weird thing to ask assuming you just got here.

[notating]

Is it? It's a weird thing you noticed. You're not a very trustful person, are you?

[ioweyousteak]

You did say a lot of unanswered questions. I'm pretty sure that's what everyone thinks about when they find themselves soaked in a place they don't know.

[notating]

Oh of course, the usual- where am I, why am I here, how do I get back. Just talking with the townspeople answers those, and if they refuse to answer well then, why would anyone else know any differently?

Maybe the real question here is why those answers are so hard to get.

[ioweyousteak]

The locals really aren't much help. If you want real answers, you might have to ask around like the rest of us.

[notating]

And how did the rest of you get your answers if not from the locals?

[ioweyousteak]

Some people got it from a high priestess and some crazy guy. I haven't exactly seen either of them myself.

[notating]

Well now, isn't that a useful thing to know. [sigh] That sounds like a lot of work to go gather.

[ioweyousteak]

Tell me about it. I've been here for more than a week and I still don't get what's going on.

[notating]

You're a regular veteran.

I'm sure there are some forces actively keeping us in the dark. [a pause] Well, what's your name? It'd be rude not to ask or tell.

[ioweyousteak]

Whatever they're hiding, we better find out about it quick.

Oh, sorry about that. I'm Yosuke Hanamura.

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[notating]

No time to stand by and smell the roses? Or slow and steady wins the race?

[notating]

Yoshiya Kiryu, but Mother and Father call me Joshua. I suppose you can too.

[ioweyousteak]

There are things I have to worry about back home. I don't have time to waste here.

Joshua? All right, if you say so. [A nod.] Good to meet you.