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[soldiertoy]

[It's about mid-afternoon when yet another new arrival appears out of thin air into the middle of the baseball diamond. He stumbles, as if he'd been expecting stairs, and that's when his phone falls on the ground, flipping open, and the video feed turns on.

Sephiroth spends a moment holding his head, blinks blearily, but seems to get over the

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[madeinoblivion]

...Hello?

There aren't any greeters out on the diamond?

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[soldiertoy]

[He pauses for a moment, looking around.]

As far as I can see, there aren't.

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[madeinoblivion]

Well. Great. Guess they've left it to the network again, huh.

Siren's Port, Canada. You got dumped here 'cause of the Pull. If you didn't have powers before, then you'll probably get 'em now. No, you can't go home. And if you can't hold your own in a fight against monsters, get inside somewhere before siren. You've got a month free at the two nearest double towers- landlord'll give you a key-

Geez. They should pay me to do this!

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[soldiertoy]

[While that wasn't exactly the happiest of greetings he's received, it was at least informative.]

Thank you for the information, it's good to know.

[He decides to ignore the last bit. Frankly, he got the impression the kid didn't actually want to be speaking to him, but curiosity drives him to ask...]

What's your name, if I'm not being too forward?

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[madeinoblivion]

I'm Joe. I've been here almost a year now.