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[machinasmaw]

... Shiva and Ifrit and-I'm really here again? It's not some sort of wacko dream, right? The Celsius definitely has a secret wormhole I don't know about, like a few of the television shows I heard about when I was Manhattan. This is Manhattan, right? Because I can tell by how tall the buildings are and the wreckage and the smell that this is it-and

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[patchwork_phd]

You escaped and returned somehow? Fascinating! Tell me, do you remember anything about leaving or returning? I must know.

[machinasmaw]

Well, one moment I was here!

And then I was back in Spira!

And then I was back in here.

[voice]

[loz_wolf]

HOW DID YOU GET OUT?!

[voice]

[machinasmaw]

WOAH, VOLUME CONTROL?!

[pause, and then a thoughtful sigh]

Well, I don't really know, you know? I just kind of ended up here then there.

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[loz_wolf]

Dammit. You didn't find anything or do anything or... anything?

[voice]

[machinasmaw]

No, not really... Sorry. But, think on the bright side! You could be Big Mommy food at this point, you know? At least you have more time to find a way out if you really want to get out!

[Voice]

[keep_my_promise]

W-Whoa! You're... Rikku!

You... really went home and came back and remembered?

[Voice]

[machinasmaw]

I know, totally freaky! It's me, it's me, back here in Manhattan. Luke, you wanna fill me in?

[Voice]

[keep_my_promise]

That's... weird. Two of my friends who I couldn't find? They came back, but they didn't remember being here at all.

Uh... well...

What do you last remember?

[Voice]

[machinasmaw]

R-Really? I guess I was just really lucky then! Or something like that, you know? Obviously, it was meant to be, me and Manhattan. Manhattan and me.

Uhh, I remember hockey.

[dontcallmeangus]

I think I remember talkin' to you once...or maybe it was Zack who told me about you. Rikku, right? Little Miss Genius With Machines?

[machinasmaw]

YOU REMEMBER ME! You were the hockapalooza guy, right? MacGyver! You definitely got the right girl.