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[fracturedknight]

E-eh? I didn't notice this until now... hello?

[The video feed turns on to behold the face of a blonde-haired boy, large green eyes staring curiosuly into the camera.]

Uh... this... you an communicate with this, right? Then... can someone please help me?

[A pause as he fidgets a bit, trying to figure out how to ask.]

M-Marta? Tenebrae? ...is anyone

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[Video]

[notquiteanobody]

[It was difficult for him. After the events that happened in the catacombs beneath the city while it shifted into a bizarre techno-wonderland of sorts, Roxas found himself just entirely exhausted as he woke up today.

Today was a pretty good choice of words, because it was well after noon by the time he's sitting on the floor of his living room with a mug of tea and perusing the network for anything interesting. If nothing, he figured that may be some part of him had been trying to slip back into old habits.

And then curiosity seemed to practically drop something unusual right into his lap. He wasn't sure of it, but it sounded like the poor new guy -at least he sounded new, just mentioned a very familiar name. To be sure, he played the recording back twice, finding that there was no mistaking it. So he did the only thing he could do next to make sure it was the same person: hit the reply button.]

Uh hey, if I heard you right, you were asking for "Tenebrae"?

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[fracturedknight]

Ah... hello? Who's there?

[Emil looks around for the source of the voice before finally thinking to open the device -- and is visibly startled by the person staring at him.]

S-sorry! I didn't know you could use the device like this...

[After a few more moments of fail, he sighs before registering Roxas' question.]

Y-yes... I was. You know of Tenebrae's whereabouts?

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[notquiteanobody]

[Blame nostalgia, but something about this guy reminds him a lot of his old friend Ashton when he arrived. Still, it's pretty obvious he's unnerved from arriving -honestly, anyone would probably be disturbed to wake aboard a train they never boarded. He certainly had been and he'd just boarded a different train that morning.

Oh well. The stranger answered, so now it was his turn to answer back.]

Sort of. He's not in right now, but he usually stays with me.

[The answer is probably obvious, but nothing wrong with making sure of things.]

Are you one of his friends?

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[fracturedknight]

Really? So he's here, then?

[Emil's expression perks up, first in surprise and then in hope as he nods in response to the query.]

Y-yeah. My name's Emil Castagnier. Tenebrae's a close friend from my world.

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[shadowcenturion]

[A typical look of surprise from the Centurion here, but it quickly fades into one of relief.]

L-Lord Emil? Is that you?

[Regaining his composure, now. He has appearances to keep up, you know.]

Yes! I am here, Lord Emil. Are you arriving via train?

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[fracturedknight]

T-tenebrae! Yeah, I just arrived...

[Emil relaxes visibly at the sight of the Centurion in the video.]

Do you know if anyone else we'd know is here?

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[shadowcenturion]

[Lord Emil is oddly relaxed about the situation... He probably doesn't realize we aren't in Sylvarant anymore.]

I'm afraid not, this place isn't connected to our world at all. Somehow, we've been transported and sealed off from the world we are from.

Suffice to say we are in another dimension.

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[fracturedknight]

We're... what!? I thought...

[Okay, yeah, NOW it's the time to be flaily again. l-lol. It finally sunk in?]

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[fearmongering]

[New influx then, hm? Rufus is always one to answer these.]

Unless your friends answer your call, it is very unlikely that they are here in this place.

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[fracturedknight]

I-I guess not... I've only encountered one of them in this place so far.

[Emil blinks before looking at Rufus curiously. He didn't look particularly dangerous, but he still felt as if something were off about him...]

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[fearmongering]

That is not surprising. You've landed in a nexus of sorts, with many different people from different worlds.

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[fracturedknight]

I-I guess so, huh...?

[Emil takes it much better this time now that he's done having his panicky flailing fit.]

...w-what are we supposed to do now, though? I was told that we wouldn't be able to return home...