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[thetruemonster]

[A video feed starts up, though the picture is unclear at first. After a few seconds it focuses, and a large amount of spilled blood can be seen; it's spattered everywhere in the NV's view--on the ground, on the walls of a building, on a nearby bench. The only thing that doesn't seem too bloody is the woman who's in view, though her large sword is

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[destructoplush]

{the image is grainy and rather low-quality, but the sight of Shiki having a spazzy moment is... pretty clear.}

...A-are you okay?! Where are you?!

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[thetruemonster]

[aaand half of that was incomprehensible to her. sob.]

How exactly does it prevent people from leaving?

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[destructoplush]

Nobody really understands it, I think. It just makes it so the farther you get from the island, the more you hurt. I guess if you go to far, you can even die.

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[thetruemonster]

People have tested it?

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[destructoplush]

I think so. Lots of people really want to get home... some of them say they're from different planets and stuff, though, so I don't know exactly how they'll get back.

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[thetruemonster]

This city is nothing like the places I'm used to, so I suppose I may be one of those people.