[Voice/Locked to Luceti Inhabitants]

[malnosso]

Heavens! Well well, now now.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS! Albert, my boy! A word.

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS! Would anyone care to tell me who this mysterious "ANI" could be, possibly? Or perhaps that winged woman some of you met with? Gracious, I am so curious I could burst!

THIRD ORDER OF BUSINESS! ...ahhh, this isn't really business, I just

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[crisis_rain]

Can I have some tea?

[malnosso]

Of course! [Pop! There is a cup of very expensive import tea sitting on the nearest flat surface.]

[crisis_rain]

Oooh fancy! [He should be suspicious but meh, he likes this guy. So he'll be taking a sip before continuing.]

Seein' as you mentioned it. Wanna explain what's with these illusions and voices that are goin' around?

[malnosso]

They're errant Shifts from your home realities! Very pesky!

[crisis_rain]

Are you sayin' that these illusions, such as when we see someone from our past or hear their voice. It's actually them tryin' ta break through into this world?

[malnosso]

Oh goodness, not break! Not nearly so violent!

It's more of a forced merging, I suppose you could call it.

[crisis_rain]

Break, mergin', either word still implies that they were real and not illusions.

If yer the ones doin' this, why?

[malnosso]

Oh heavens me sir, it isn't us! No no, this is not my doing. I merely offered an explanation so you would not worry!

[crisis_rain]

So it's those third party people right? Do these illusions have somethin' ta do with why yer sendin' so many people home? How do you chose who ta send back and who to keep?

[He sighs, this is way to complicated for him.] I'm gonna need some more tea, and some of those rice cakes too.

[malnosso]

Oh heavens no, I don't believe it's their work either! And no, no correlation that I can think of.

...hm, but perhaps there is...

I must save the rice cakes, I apologize. They are his favorite.

[crisis_rain]

His favourite? [Hmm maybe that's something he doesn't want to know actually.] Can I at least have more tea? That stuff was great.

And I heard that perhaps! Are ya just hypothesizin' these answers? Ya don't know who's causin' this mergy-thingie do you?

[malnosso]

Of course! [Raven's cup is refilled.]

Well, I have a hunch. ...an amateur's hunch.

[crisis_rain]

A hunch you say? How about ya tell me what you think ya know and I'll agree ta do some of that information gatherin' for ya?

[malnosso]

Hm hm? Oh no, the information-gathering is unrelated to the merge! That's strictly for the kidnappings. I don't require information-gathering on the merge!

[crisis_rain]

Haha! No I meant you tell me what ya know about the merge and I'll do some information gatherin' on the kidnappings! Seems like a fair trade don't ya think?

[malnosso]

Oh, yes, of course!

Well, hm...what else I know about the merge...let me see...

I know that it's solidifying the pathways between your realities and this one, which is helping this reality to assimilate yours. Which is bad! Very, very bad.

What else do I know...?