Fourteenth Krieg - Phone

[sturmbahnfurher]

[In most cases, the Major would have kept the information he had received from Evan Olney upon his death. But the fact of the matter was that the Major was also a notorious gloater, and to be able to wave the information he received in the faces of others was simply too tempting to resist

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[notsogreatwall]

That's... [ Disturbing? Frightening? Something to make her question her identity even more than before? ]

--that can't be right.

[notsogreatwall]

I'm doing exactly that! If it wasn't for this place, everyone I know would be less miserable. We were all happy together before coming here.

[sturmbahnfurher]

[Laughter. Just laughter.]

[notsogreatwall]

Wha--

What are you...?

[ She pulls the receiver away a moment, to push the strange fear down. ] Who are you?

[sturmbahnfurher]

Ah. How rude of me.

I am the Major. And you are?

[notsogreatwall]

[ Assertively! Not about to use the stupid fake last name this place gave her. ] Hong Meiling, the Great Wall of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

What are you the Major of? [ Since, you know, that's a title, isn't it? ]

[sturmbahnfurher]

[And his voice is as calm, and casual, as ever.]

A pleasure, certainly.

I am a Major of the Third Reich. Schutzstaffel, to be precise.

[notsogreatwall]

[ There is a long pause. ]

I don't know what that is. [ Or just can't remember. There's a lot of history in her head, but lately it's been hard to keep up with the outside world. ]

[sturmbahnfurher]

The Third Reich was the empire the nation of German intended to establish in the early 20th century, and led to World War II.

Does any of that sound familiar?

[notsogreatwall]

Kind of? [ She sits back down. ] I don't really read a lot of books about the outside world, but I know that place is in Europe.

[sturmbahnfurher]

Oh?

And where might you come from?

[notsogreatwall]

[ The last time she talked about this, it didn't go over that well, so she hesitates. ] I'm...

[ Screw it, though. If everyone here has a problem with her or her kind, they can just deal with it! ] I'm from a world called Gensokyo. It's not really a place for humans.

[sturmbahnfurher]

I see.

[A monster then. Now it's simply time to decide if you could be manipulated, possibly used as a target to inspire further violence, or just flat-out ignored.]

Might I ask what it's a place for, then?

[notsogreatwall]

[ Deep breath. It's okay to talk about this, Meiling. There's nothing to fear. ] Youkai. Have you heard of that term before? [ Not a lot of people have, so she presses on. ] It's a term for spirits, demons, creatures that people consider magical or mythical, and just about everything in between. Humans don't really get along well with us, and haven't in some time, so we stay there where we can live peacefully.

...well, mostly.

[sturmbahnfurher]

I've found that mankind tends not to get along with most things, including itself.

[And that is inexpressibly beautiful to him, although he chooses not to say it. No point in getting you even more frightened than you apparently are at the moment.]

[notsogreatwall]

Yeah, I have that idea, too... [ Sighing. ]