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Wha... What the?

S-strange. It's dark all of a sudden. Did I pass out? I'm in the middle of the street. Why didn't anyone help me? And... man, what an awful smell.

Hello? Hello? It's so empy out here -- s'almost like I'm back in...

No, I'm not. I'm. Not.

But what if... ? Eileen!

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[staticnotsound]

I assume you've been caught up to date, then.

Name?

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O-oh, uh, Henry. Henry Townshend.

Guess you're Harry?

[staticnotsound]

Jeez, my name gets passed around quick.

That's me. Harry Mason. I sort of manage the Marshall Street apartments. If you're interested, we still have spare rooms.

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...an apartment, huh? Better than braving it out here all night.

Yeah, yeah. That'd be great.

If it's alright, I have a... request. I'd, ah, prefer not to have room three-oh-two or three-oh-three if they exist in the complex.

It sounds strange, but I'm -- superstitious.

Aw, geeze, whatta dumb lie. He'll never believe it!

[staticnotsound]

Don't worry about it. I have 303, and 302 isn't occupied, but we have several other rooms.

...Some superstition, Henry. But don't worry about it. Why not take something from the fourth or fifth floor?

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Sounds perfect.

So, how many of us are there in this "Discedo" place? It must be a lot if you've got to manage the apartments.

[staticnotsound]

To be honest, I don't even know. There are at least four main locations for shelter in Discedo; Latimir Street, Marshall Street (where I am), the fire station, and the police station. Cybil Bennett is taking care of the police and fire station, and a kid named Sora is looking over the Latimir St. There may or may not be people still staying at the church; that's where we were at first before we decided for the apartments.

There's about thirty or more at Marshall Street. I need to do a new head count, since more people are stating.

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Thirty! They were all randomly taken from their "worlds", too, right?

[staticnotsound]

Yeah. A group of people are responsible for taking us here.

Far as I know, besides the original residents, I've been here the longest.

Ugh, I feel older everyday.

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Man, I wish I could be shocked by what you're telling me.

[staticnotsound]

Gone through some troubled times, I take it?

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You could say that.

I don't know if this is better or worse.

[staticnotsound]

There are worse places to be, and even worse you could be alone.

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Huh, yeah. Right.

At least the people are mostly friendly...