1st Bite [Phone/Action]

[redthenightless]

[Phone]

So I just talk into this end and everyone else can hear me? What an interesting device~ It’s almost like Patchouli’s magic. I just wish there was a picture too…

[The child-like curiosity in her voice is soon replaced by a rather haughty yet refined tone]

In any case, I suppose I should introduce myself, shouldn’t I? My name is Remilia Scarlet

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[walking_nuke]

[Dead silence over the phone for a few seconds.]

Fuck, Mayfield, you got some kinda irony.

Phone

[redthenightless]

Excuse me? I certainly hope you weren't speaking to me with that tone.

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[walking_nuke]

[Oh dear, she's testy.]

Whaddya want me to call it when you talk about somebody an' then Mayfield brings 'em in here the week after?

[Said with a touch of irreverence.]

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[redthenightless]

[Only because you were swearing DON'T SWEAR AT LADIES.]

"Speak of the devil"? Or better yet, "Speak of the Scarlet Devil".

Who is Mayfield?

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[walking_nuke]

[... Balin snickers, then chuckles.]

Okay, that was a good one.

Mayfield's'a name of'a town you're in now. An' when I say "town" I mean'at loosely. This is a prison run by a bunch'a sick, sadistic fucks, made'a look like it's some show from'a Fifties. But oh man, does it ever get so much worse.

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[redthenightless]

[ALL THE FROWNS that you can't see. Well, swearing is okay if it's not directed at her but MANNERS.]

So this is a facade?

How does it get worse?

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[walking_nuke]

Oh yeah. The people runnin'is town love screwin' with people's minds, an' that's not countin' how violent this town gets. I've only seen one example of it myself so far, but I've been lookin' into'a stuff that happened before I arrived.

I still ain't sure what'a true nature of'a town is. I keep thinkin' it's a computer simulation, yanno, like virtual reality that our minds're all plugged into-but I dunno. I can tell you there's no way out; if you walk too far outta town, you'll wind up on'a other side. Like an old arcade game.

[No one ever told him that Gensokyo was sealed off from the rest of Japan in the Meiji Era.]

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[redthenightless]

A what? Is that some kind of enchantment?

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[walking_nuke]

Huh? What part?

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[redthenightless]

That "virtual reality" thing you mentioned.

[And "computer" and "arcade game"...]

Phone

[walking_nuke]

Oh-no, it's more like a computer program written'a simulate someplace, an' let you interact with it.

There was some popular movies like a decade ago on'a whole subject. It'd definitely explain a lot of what'a guys in charge can do, an' why nobody can seem'a get out, no matter how strong'ey are.

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[redthenightless]

You're not explaining a thing; is this "computer program" a form of spellcraft? An illusion? Is that what you're saying this is?

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[walking_nuke]

[A short pause on the other end of the phone.]

... You live in Japan and you don't know what a com-

[Beat.]

Okay, hold up. First-what year is it for you guys in'at Gensokyo place?

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[redthenightless]

Oh, you know about Gensokyo?

Well, let's see...

[Came there in the 1800s, add a few dozen decades...]

2011 AD, in your reckoning.

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[walking_nuke]

[Another short pause.]

Sorta-one of the other girls from there mentioned it, said you an' her are from there. An' a few others in town, too. It's a city, right?

But-how can you not know what a computer is?! Japan was like one of'a world's high-tech centers!

[Wait ... why did he say "was?"]

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[redthenightless]

Oh, which one?

It's not a city. Gensokyo is a whole land that's sealed inside the Hakurei Barrier, completely separate from the Outside World. Obviously whoever mentioned it to you didn't say much about it.

[...curious, but SHE NEEDS TO CLEAR UP WHAT THIS "COMPUTER" BULLSHIT IS FIRST]