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[scientificlee]

[In a certain dusty, quiet hall, there stands a telephone on a small table. It looks like a normal phone - one which wouldn't be out of place in the Black Order, perhaps. Almost totally normal, except that stamped unobtrusively on the side is Line to the Dressing Room management. And that no matter who is called or how long a person waits, the

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[promisedlotus]

[This is one hobo/exorcist Kanda, just kinda.... (unsure) over here.

Oh hey that's Komui. But does Komui know what he did with Lenalee?

[scientificlee]

[IF KANDA'S DONE ANYTHING WITH LENALEE, HE WILL DIE. And Komui still hasn't forgiven him for the drinking out of her hand, oh, he hasn't forgiven him at all. It's just rather hard to contemplate killing Kanda when he's still so happy he's alive.]

Kanda...If you want the phone, you'll have to wait. Nobody's picking up at the other end. I'll see to it that they work overtime for a month. Did you get lost, too?

[promisedlotus]

[HE ONLY DRANK FROM HER HAND. Thank god there's no Bak around too.]

I doubt anyone will. This isn't the Asian Branch.

[scientificlee]

Of course it's the Asian Branch. Unless I went through the Ark gate... [Well. That's vaguely possible, he supposes, if he really, really wasn't paying enough attention and people just let him past.]

You should go and rest. It won't be long before we have to send you on missions again.

[And since Kanda seems to know where he is, that means Komui can follow him back to the main areas of the building.]

[promisedlotus]

[Just kinda...motions at another Kanda passing by with a Lavi.]

We're not home.

[scientificlee]

[He stares for a moment, then whips off his glasses, intending to clean them. But it's no good: he can still see the other Kanda and Lavi...So he rubs at his eyes. And even after that, he can still see that Kanda and Lavi walking away further down the hall.]

What - what's happening here, Kanda?

[If this really is Kanda. How good has Tiedoll's art been lately, he wonders? Good enough to copy Kanda and Lavi, maybe.]

[promisedlotus]

It's called the Dressing Room. There's no known way out of here. You're stuck here with the rest of it.

[scientificlee]

I need more information than that! This is...a hidden area of the Asia Branch, is it? Or the Ark. Why would anyone lock us in here?

[Bak's not that desperate for his job, he's sure.]

[promisedlotus]

Nope. Neither.

[scientificlee]

Then where is it, and why were there fakes of you and Lavi walking around?

[He peers at Kanda intently. Could he be a fake? No, no, he's sure that can't be.]

[promisedlotus]

No one here is a fake, Komui. [Pamphlet...digging... ah, here's one. Hands it over!]

[scientificlee]

[He takes it, flicking through it at a fairly quick pace.]

If this is some sort of joke...

[promisedlotus]

Told you it wasn't.

[scientificlee]

Isn't there any way out? This is a big problem, Kanda, a big problem!

[Really, he's surprised that even someone like Kanda would be looking this relaxed about the situation.]

[promisedlotus]

Zero.

[Well, he's been here for over a year...]

[scientificlee]

How did you get all this information, anyway?

[It hasn't yet occurred to him that Kanda could have been here that long, although he really should have...]