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[myfatherspath]

[The world Naoto wakes into is clearly not her own. Soft white snowdrifts, a real sky, even living trees scattered around and in the village nearby, there's not a building over four stories feet tall. The soft breeze doesn't smell like chemicals or rot, and the silence is a silence like something she'd never heard before

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[voice]

[risingspirit]

Hello!

[video]

[myfatherspath]

Where am I?

[video]

[risingspirit]

You're in Luceti!

You must've just gotten here, so it's probably real confusing. You didn't show up anywhere crazy, did you?

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[myfatherspath]

What's Luceti? Who brought me here?

[voice]

[whichwayagain]

[With only one word to work with, Mihai's not completely certain he recognizes that voice. But then, he's not completely certain he doesn't, and he knows exactly what it's like to be lost and cold in the snow.]

Hello. You're new, I take it?

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[myfatherspath]

New?

[It seems like everyone's been here for a long time, and no one seems to mind it. This is beyond comprehension to Naoto, whose expression turns dark at the idea. The voices are calm, but how can anyone be okay with this, knowing what means for them once they're returned to the city?]

A few minutes. How long as this been going on?

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[whichwayagain]

I'm afraid I really don't know--

[Oh, wait. Mihai recognizes that face. And after a moment of fumbling, manages to turn on his video as well. New fangled technology.]

Miss Naoto? It's Mihai, from Buon Viaggo.

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[myfatherspath]

[It takes Naoto a moment to place the face, and when she does, she doesn't immediately connect to to Buon Viaggo. Her other memories associated with him are dim, being as they were cut off by darkness seconds thereafter, but the strongest memories always trump the most frequent.]

Mihai.

[The familiarity is a desperate relief...he should understand some of why the situation was so urgent, considering that she almost always saw him with Badou.]

What's going on?

[rain_of_bullets]

[Why won't the damn book shut up so he can get a little rest? Seems like every few minutes it's chirping about something or another, mostly things he couldn't give a rat's ass about. He'd been idly flipping pages (not because he actually cared or anything, mostly because he couldn't sleep, that's all) when Naoto's message came up.]

Why'd it have to be you.

[He grumbles an automatic response, barely audible, but given he's still not sure how these things work... did it record?]

...shit.

[myfatherspath]

[Oh look, one of her favorite people. Naoto's opinion of Haine has gone up slightly over the last few days, though, so her voice isn't quite as annoyed as it could be. Of course, that doesn't mean it's lacking in annoyance. More accurately, it seems unimpressed by his annoyance.]

Nice to see you too.

[rain_of_bullets]

[Of course. She would be here, wouldn't she. Never letting them have a moment's peace, why would here be any different?

There's an audible sigh.]

They're bringing just about everyone here, aren't they.

[myfatherspath]

I've only talked to Nill and that guy Mihai. Who else is here?

[She would ask if Haine has any plan for dealing with this, but considering that most of Haine's plans can be summed up by 'keep shooting things until they stop moving,' Naoto somehow doubts it.]