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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

[Have your first look at Tear Grants.]

[The video's upside down and way too close to her face. Her brows are furrowed and there's the reflection of her bracelet in her blue eyes. But it rights itself as Tear pulls back and corrects the video, giving a much nicer view of a stern-faced girl with long brown hair. She clears her throat.]

This is Sergeant Tear Grants speaking. I've been given a rundown of the situation thus far. ....It seems for the moment there's no alternative. 

I've been told this device is a means of communication. If possible, I'd like to know who is here, and see what can be done.

[A curt nod, and click off.]

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voice;

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Many people are here, with more coming in every day.

No one is very sure what can be done just yet, though.

Voice;

[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

Is anybody making plans of any sort?

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For what?

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Ideally..to decide how to go about this task they've set before us.

Or to find a way home. [A small sigh.]

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No one has been able to find a way out yet, I think.

Or if so, it must be very difficult. I'm sorry.

[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

That's. [A small, frustrated sigh.] One will be found if you look for it hard enough.

There's no need to apologize. You aren't responsible for the situation.

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I hope so. I am afraid the walls are high and the gates do not appear accessible.

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[roadstotheriver.livejournal.com]

There is a menu off to the side of the program that shows a list of people posting things. I think that's all of us, but it keeps growing and changing.

[And there's Lirael trying to be helpful. In text format, because yeah, always, and Tear is officially intimidating.]

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

[She gives a nod..that Lireal can't see.]

That's a lot of people to arrive at once. It's rather disconcerting..

[Eterna-Text]

[roadstotheriver.livejournal.com]

This whole experience has been disconcerting, I think. And people are still arriving.

[Eterna-Text ahoy]

[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

You've just arrived yourself, I take it?

I didn't catch your name.

[roadstotheriver.livejournal.com]

Lirael. I've been here a couple days now, but I still don't know much.

[Mostly because she hasn't been watching a lot of network posts, or being brave enough to ask the drab-colored residents. But that's Lirael's own fault, and she knows it.]

[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

It's rather difficult to find information out when everybody is just as ignorant.

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[satisfies]

All business, eh?

But you aren't a bit young for a sergeant?

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

I don't consider waking up kidnapped somewhere to be anything but business.

..not especially. [She's been in the military since she was fourteen, and she's not the only one.] You are?

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[satisfies]

Hm... that's a pretty professional way of looking at it.

Juuza Amakusa... I've served some time in the military, but it never stuck. [ getting kicked out of two armies and exiled out of a country will do that! ] How you could say I'm something of an... independent specialist.

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

It's practical more than professional.

[She gives a nod of acknowledgment. There's something dodgy in the way he phrased that, but she can't put her finger on what.] What's your specialty?

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[satisfies]

Specialty? Well... I've always had a knack for machines.

And I do some freelance bodyguard work on the side. Anything to make some spare change.

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

[Machines immediately makes her think of Guy, and she wonders if he's here too.]

I don't think money is something to worry about here. Our patrons are being rather generous. [A pause.] Whose house are you in?

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[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

[What you're getting a view of here is... the gutter! Isn't that great...]

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--ere must be a way to make you listen if this is for communication. [The voice is just a touch irritable.] You've allowed the voices through often enou--

[Click.]

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

[She leans in closer, giving you a good view of the bags under her eyes again.]

Hello? Hello? [There's a concerned look to her eye too.] Are you alright?

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[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause, and then you get this...]

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

[She's not good with fontech - she barely got this thing working right for her. It takes a moment to read the text.]

Is there a way to make it show image, or just voice?

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[sostaygold.livejournal.com]

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[fortunes-arc.livejournal.com]

Don't apologize.

What's your name? Just write that.