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[skirtindanger]

-- C'mon, this has to-- There, I think I got it...

[there's a short pause, a little more brief mumbling, and then the girl clears her throat into the phone]

If anyone out there can hear this, I'd like a few answers to my questions. Believeable ones. I saw the message I received, but I'm not so sure if I want to trust an unknown source. Can

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[ashyperfume]

If you end up putting it that way, then this whole network is an unknown source, isn't it?

[skirtindanger]

... Maybe, but it's easier to become familiar with someone you're able to talk to.

[ashyperfume]

It seems as though messages have to come from somewhere.

At any rate, I'm sure there will be enough others who will answer.

[skirtindanger]

-- Wait, so you don't know what's going on, either?

[refated_tantei]

[A voice, male, with a thick upper-class British accent.]

The information appears to be reliable, so far as any of us have been able to discern.

[skirtindanger]

So this message... It's all true?

[refated_tantei]

As far as anyone knows, yes it is.

I'm Hakuba. [Just the family name, no reason to bother giving a given name he never used.]

[skirtindanger]

[pauses again, before making an uncomfortable noise on her end]

... If you say so. I-- I'm Maka.

[skirtindanger]

I'm starting to get the feeling you're right.

[skirtindanger]

To put it lightly. When I thought it could be interesting to see what the world in a book was like, I didn't mean it so literally.

[starredjack]

Well, I'm pretty sure most people have given the "welcome to Haven, you're shard-hunting!" speech. But uh, you might wanna know.

The natives of Haven might have really different expectations of you. For some people - myself included - this whole place is "opposite day."

[skirtindanger]

It seems like that's the gist of this whole ordeal, even though it still sounds strange... But what's even stranger is this 'body' thing that was mentioned-- I still look and feel like myself.

[starredjack]

Yeah... and you know what else is weird? My family's made up of the same people. They just act a little differently.

Whoever brought us here really thought things through.

[skirtindanger]

I guess to pull something like this off, they would have to. This is too sudden!