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[onyourtab]

Hmmmm...

[With that, it finally seems that Ling has pressed enough buttons at random to get his PCD broadcasting. You can see his face, which seems to have a bandage on the left cheek, and most of his shoulders which show that he's wearing a white shirt with a gray jacket. Also, he's covered in bloodstains.This is used to communicate, right? Ed

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[saintedsinner]

....

-=Oh shit, is it??=-

LING!

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[onyourtab]

Ed! Do you know what's going on?

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[saintedsinner]

Yeah, and it's worse than Gluttony's stomach. -=Smears his face for a moment.=-

How are your ribs?

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[onyourtab]

So what is this?

Fine as far as I can tell. Why do you ask?

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[saintedsinner]

Not important right now.

Hey, the yellow key on your PCD there will transmit your location. I can go and pick you up. -=Odd... Ed looks relieved that Ling is here.=-

I'll be able to explain everything in person. This place is called Adstringendum. You know how Gluttony's stomach contained everything he ate, right? Well, this place is worse. It contains worlds, and no one ate us.

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[onyourtab]

[Ling looks like he suspects Ed might be crazy but he can't afford to argue now.]

Yes, I definitely need this explanation. By PCD you mean this thing?

[His focus goes away from the screen until he finally find the yellow button and pushes it.]

There, I think that was the correct key.

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[saintedsinner]

-=He gets a location!=-

Yeah, the thing's the PCD. I'll be off to get you in a minute, just hang tight.

-=It's about fifteen minutes, but Ed comes trudging in with a Frock Coat, Victorian wear and an extra frock coat.=-

... hey. -=Ed has missed some insanity, apparently.=-

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[onyourtab]

[From the initial look on his face Ling is definitely questioning his outfit, but then again Ed has shown that he doesn't have the best taste so maybe this isn't abnormal.]

Ah, hello Ed. So what's the explanation you have for this place?

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[saintedsinner]

Last I heard, some big wig scientists decided to combine some dimensions together and broke the universe. Thusly, we get sucked in here and we can't leave.

-=Shut up, Ling, he can't help it. Tosses the coat in his direction.=-

Here. It's cold.

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[onyourtab]

Does that have anything to do with Alchemy? Is it something like Gluttony being a false "portal"?

[He catches it and stares.] You want me to wear this?

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[saintedsinner]

No. Has nothing to do with either of those things.

-=Looks at the coat=-

It's all we have right now for the rest of the week. You can wear it or freeze. Your choice.

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[onyourtab]

[Pause.] Is there anything we can do?

[He frowns at the coat, but Ed did have a point about the weather. He'll just hold on to it for now.]

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[saintedsinner]

For the short term? Not really. Long term? I think we'd have to weedle our way into the inner city.

-=Smirks=- Sounds like a job for you, Ling! After all, you would know aaaaall about sneaking around, right?

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[onyourtab]

I've gathered some useful information if that's what you mean. What's in the inner city?

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[saintedsinner]

The inner city is where the natives of this place live. They're all perfectly fine in their nice little city apartments with running water and a waste management system while the rest of us fight tooth and nail to survive.

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[onyourtab]

They allow it to get that bad here? Are they the ones in charge of this place?