01 [voice]

[sharpstone]

[ Here's a voice that hasn't been heard on the network before. Unfortunately it fades in and out - parts of the message are completely inaudible. Fang is currently unaware of that fact; maybe she should move to a different part of her cell? ]

-thing finally working? Only helps if- -got a bunch of people- -walls a behemoth couldn't- -so get us

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[Voice]

[keytoanewworld]

"Get us out"? Are you trapped somewhere?

[sharpstone]

Yeah, there're ten- -like a cell. No clue- -no windows.

[keytoanewworld]

A cell? Do you remember how you got there, or did you just wake up in there?

[sharpstone]

Woke up- -gotta be a trick- -this device?

[keytoanewworld]

[Switching to text.]

Your connection seems weak, so you might be far away. I think text might be easier to do right now. The device is called a Junogam, and they're given to people who've arrived here. You're not a native of Willaknapp, are you?

[sharpstone]

[ Also switches to text. ]

This better? Never heard of this "Willaknapp" place. You know Gran Pulse? Or Cocoon?

[keytoanewworld]

That is better.

I've never heard of those places. It seems that like most of us here, you've been ripped from your home world without warning and placed here. Are there others with you?

[sharpstone]

Yeah, there's ten altogether stuck in here. Not exactly comfortable.

[keytoanewworld]

Do you know if they were taken from their own worlds as well?

[sharpstone]

I think so. I certainly don't recognize any of them.

[keytoanewworld]

It seems that you're in the same situation as us. I'm part of this Caravan, which is full of other people who've been taken from their home worlds, and we're heading to a place called "Loophole" that may be able to send us all home. The person in charge said we'd be stopping soon to clean the Caravan; I wonder if that means we'll be able to pick you all up.

[sharpstone]

The person in charge? Why don't you tell him about us and make sure?

[keytoanewworld]

I'll try to contact him. He seems to have expected this, actually.

[sharpstone]

He expected us to wind up in cells? Couldn't he have left us the keys then?

[keytoanewworld]

He expected us to connect to others with Junogams, but he didn't say anything about cells. Unless you're locked up because someone's afraid you might run off on your own.

[sharpstone]

I got no clue who even put us here in the first place. Just woke up like this. Doesn't make any sense to throw a bunch of people together but then give them the ability to talk to people outside.