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[ There was another Vocaloid arriving in Ruby City, except this one needed a little extra help. The same unknown force that put Kaito on the train had to carry the inactive unit from the train and set him down on the platform, leaning him against a pillar on the platform and setting a golden watch down some feet away, connecting the Vocaloid and

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[ergaleomancer]

[[Theta was on a walk through town, as she frequently did, when she passed the still body of the boy. She walked over and gave his shoulder a gentle shake.]]

Excuse me, you shouldn't sleep here.

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[vocal_algorithm]

[ There was a moment's silence as Kaito's systems started up again from the installation process. He was almost done, anyway, just uploading the last of the popular songs made for with his voicebank. ]

Aa, gomen nasai, I didn't realize I was in your way. [ He stood to move, brushing his coat off again. ] Will this train be coming back soon?

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[ergaleomancer]

You're not in my way, I'm more concerned about you. The train won't come back. You've been kidnapped. Why don't you come to my shop? I'll explain everything to you there.

[[Even if she does think he's weird for the way he speaks, she's determined to make a good impression on the new arrivals to combat her bad reputation. Perhaps her reputation is more in her mind than she realises.]]

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[vocal_algorithm]

[ He has english in his voicebank now--mechanical sounding as his voice is--but the syllables don't flow quite as easily in english for him as japanese ones. He throws in common phrases here and there. Cause it was easy. ] Kidnapped!?

A--aa, I shouldn't go with you, the police will be looking for me. [ He smiled a nervous smile, rubbing the back of his head with a hand. ] You would be blamed for my theft when you were only trying to help...

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[ergaleomancer]

That's not how things work here. Now that you're here, you're stuck here; and there's no police to look for you. I appreciate your concern, but you're...

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Theft? You're a person, not an item. ...Aren't you?

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[vocal_algorithm]

There aren't any police here? [ He looked either way, suddenly intrigued. ]

Well..Aha.. [ There was a nervous laugh to accompany that smile. ] I-iie, I'm a Vocaloid. I'm an android made to help people make music..

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[ergaleomancer]

No. This is an alternate dimension, and we're all stuck here together. The people that kidnapped you aren't going to be facing police action for this, the best we can hope for is escape.

But...what's an android?

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[vocal_algorithm]

[ Sighs with a lazy loll of his head to the side. Well. There went the last statistical chance that he was actually shipped here on purpose. ] That would explain why Miku found Gakupo..

An android? Aa, it's a machine, or a robot.

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[ergaleomancer]

Really? [[Suddenly excite!]]

Please, come with me. I'll explain about this place to you. You can stay with me, as well...

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[vocal_algorithm]

[ Yay, Kaito can has friend! ]

N-ne, alright. I'm Shion Kaito. [ He was still apprehensive, looking either way as though he needed some kind of confirmation that the police or an escort wouldn't show up to take him elsewhere...he didn't want to get this nice lady in trouble, after all, but. Well. He had been told by Miku and others that this was a whole different world..somehow. And a bunch of different random strangers wouldn't all have the same explanation if it wasn't true, right?

So...he followed her. ] Arigatou, but I wouldn't want to impose..

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[ergaleomancer]

Elizabeθ Buckley. I'm an ergaleomancer--it wouldn't be imposing, it's my duty to help the people. And I work with machines, just machines from my dimension are very different to yours.

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[vocal_algorithm]

Ergaleomancer? [ He ran a quick search through his database while listening, but nothing came up. And there was no network to connect to so he could run an internet search. Frustrating..it was like he was half-blind. ] Aa, you do? What kind of machines do you work with?

[ Another dimension..that phrase was boggling to him. There were no known ways to jump dimensions, his presence made no logical sense, nor did the stories he was told, but..so many different people told him the same thing--!! It would take a while for him to come to terms with this concept. ]

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[ergaleomancer]

Clockworks, usually, though sometimes clanks.

[[She reaches into her pocket and pulls out what looks like another communicator. She opens it up, though, and a pair of hands and feet fold out. It waves at him.]]

Are there such machines in your world?

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[vocal_algorithm]

Oh.. [ So she makes watches. Though...not the watch he was familiar with. His head cocked, brows raising in surprise as he watched the arms and legs unfold, then wave at him. After the initial surprise, though, he grinned and waved back. ]

Hai. They're novelty items, though, for collection. They're not as sophisticated as me. Can it do anything else?

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[ergaleomancer]

[[Theta moves as she talks, leading him towards her shop as they speak. She walks with a heavy limp, and her left leg is visibly false.]]

Hmm...you make music... Fetch-It, why don't you clap a rhythm for Mr. Kaito?

[[It thinks for a minute, then starts clapping a complex rhythm in 3/4 time.]]

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[vocal_algorithm]

[ And he follows faithfully behind. He was too polite to say anything about her leg, even voicing a worry, but he was attentive in case she was about to fall.

Oh, it could even recognize vocal orders and act on them? He smiled though, letting the rhythm repeat a few times before mimicking it. From the speakers on him came the sound of a harpsichord playing the clapped melody. ]