彡 [001 ; audio]

[virgocentric]

[there's a small snap and static buzz as the recording device is flicked]

--inconvenient time to be dreaming. Oh, there it goes.

This is Graham Aker reporting; base, Katagiri, do you copy? If you can track me, coordinates or assistance would be appreciated. Whatever's going on, I'm sure this isn't Illinois anymore. Doesn't look like any place

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[haroicsacrifice]

[ this comment isn't here but there's a looong pause as Lockon sits there and tries to figure out if "Union" is a coincidence or not. But he's obviously military, so if it isn't a coincidence-- ]

[haroicsacrifice]

Well, you did establish communication. I wouldn't call that futile.

[virgocentric]

It's a start. Though I presume you're not who I was trying to get in touch with.

[haroicsacrifice]

Probably not. There isn't really any base here, and I haven't met anyone called Katagiri.

Actually, it's not a really good place to be if you're used to relying on coordinates.

[virgocentric]

...Looks like I've managed to wander even further than I expected.

Oh?

[haroicsacrifice]

The story is that it's a completely different world. I don't know if I can believe that, but it sure isn't much like home.

There are guides. Here's one.

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[virgocentric]

[taking in all this information...]

[virgocentric]

How novel.

[haroicsacrifice]

It's not a surprise you don't believe them. It takes a while to sink in.

[virgocentric]

I don't think I really have a choice but to believe, for now. Though I'd like to get back home and finish what I need to.

Oh, and thank you for your help, mister...?

[haroicsacrifice]

What you need to...? Well, I understand; we've all got things to finish back home. That's the nature of this place.

...Stratos. Lockon Stratos.

strikes deleted

[virgocentric]

Unless the word 'Gundam' means anything to you, it'd be difficult to explain. But yes. This is a somewhat cruel set-up, for anyone.

...A pleasure, Lockon. Sounds lik

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[haroicsacrifice]

[ private to celestial being ]

He's going to find out we're from the same place eventually. If we feign ignorance now, it'll only look more suspicious later.

[ end private ]

[haroicsacrifice]

Gundam...? Then "Union" wasn't a coincidence. We really are from the same world.

Not that I ever got close to the Gundams myself. That's just as well, I think.

[virgocentric]

How convenient. Then you know what Celestial Being is as well, I presume.

And I thought it might've been some foreign naming convention, but Lockon Stratos? Where does that originate from?

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[haroicsacrifice]

It's hard not to at this point. That's what the world has become.