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[ The vine slowly slithers in the grass, slowly following it's prey who walks upon the Garden. It's trail lays behind―far enough that it will not be caught, but close enough to keep watch

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[tasercopter]

You don't know the half of it.

Congratulations, you're fucked.

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[ Juri pauses at hearing the sudden words coming from the vine itself. It slips from her hand but it does not slither away. ] What―

[ A glimpse of light shining off a surface catches her attention. Her head snaps upward, orange curls bouncing along with it―there's a face reflected in it. Whatever this place is, it's far more... outgoing than Ohtori. ] Who are you?! Where am I?

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[tasercopter]

Name's Reno.

This's the Gardens. Doesn't have another name. Some crazy Queen kidnapped a bunch of girls, wants to mess with their heads and watch them make out. [She shrugs.]

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You must think I'm a fool to believe something like that.

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[tookupthesword]

... Pretty much. I haven't seen any fairies though.

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Fairy tales aren't real. [ Especially not ones with talking cats or bothersome vines. She seems to have no problem dismissing all of this as something other than words from a child's storybook. ]

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[tookupthesword]

... So, what else would you call something like this?

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A hallucination.

[fatedmagia]

Uhm... Excuse me, but... Did you just get here?

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Define here.

[fatedmagia]

Queen-san's Gardens.

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Do you really believe a Queen kidnapped you and brought you here? How preposterous.

[tetrabiblos]

Fairy tales have more sense than this. At least they usually have a common theme or setting, and don't just throw in robots.

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Fairy tales are just a way of making people― [ She stops for a moment, her eyebrows furrow. ] Did you say... robots?

[tetrabiblos]

Yes. Robots. Not golems, or animated suits of armor, but robots. Not only do they not fit the theme at all, but apparently they attacked once or something!

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What kind of place is this?

[not_as_special]

"Ridiculous fairy tale" about sums it up, I'm afraid. Although I thought fairy tales were generally a bit shorter than this.

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Shorter? [ It's clear she doesn't like the sound of this. Juri really does not have the time for games from some Queen. Especially when she refuses to believe this entire place is even on a plane of reality. ] You mean I'm stuck here?

[not_as_special]

I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I'm afraid so. We all are.