[001] Video + Action for Freya District

[pastahair]

[A timid woman appears on the feed and to some... she may look familiar, but there's something different about her.]

H-Hello? Everyone can hear me, right? [She gives the bracelet a curious look.] My name is Beatrice Castiglioni, I have only been here a few days and... Could someone explain to me these recent contests I have been seeing? Some of them looked quite fun.

[She puts on a nervous, but warm smile.] By the way, does anyone happen to know a man by the name of Kinzo Ushiromiya? If so, please let him know that I am here.

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[entreats]

Help you with what, exactly? [ a slight moment of doubt, but then she adds.. ] So you're saying you aren't a witch who can just help herself?

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[pastahair]

A witch? I'm afraid I do not understand.

[Unless that was meant to be an insult. Notice how she dodges the first question.]

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[entreats]

[ oh, she notices. But focusing on one thing at a time sounds like a plan right now.. ]

You look just like a witch I know. She even has the same name as you, without the last name. She's also an acquaintance of Kinzo Ushiromiya.

Honestly, it almost sounds lame enough to be a prank.

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[pastahair]

I have heard of her from others. One person asked me if we were sisters. I myself do not know her, though.

If this is a prank, then I am caught up in it just as much as everyone else is.

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[entreats]

If this isn't a prank, then I honestly have to admit I'd like to know what's going on here instead though. The witch I was talking about just now who looks the same as you is also in this place, you know.

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[pastahair]

I would like to at least have your name, or a nickname.

[entreats]

[ a pause before this reply arrives, as if she hesitates.. ]

It's Ange.

Ange Ushiromiya.

[pastahair]

Are you another one of Kinzo's relatives, then?

[entreats]

His granddaughter, as weird as that might sound.

[pastahair]

It does sound strange. Kinzo never mentioned having any grandchildren.

[entreats]

Then let me ask a question in return. What year do you think it is?

[pastahair]

1944.

[She's talked to Ezio and Claudia before this and knows that at least Ezio is from the year 1500. Even so... she's still trying to comprehend how these time gaps can actually exist here.]

[entreats]

Where I came from it was 1998. So you must understand, right?

[pastahair]

A bit, though I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how such time differences work here.

It's strange to think that by your time I am an old woman whose hair has lost its color.

[entreats]

It's even worse in some other cases. There are people stuck here who I am pretty sure of that they actually come from medieval times. Compared to that, our time difference isn't that bad.

[pastahair]

Yes, I have spoken to some people who are from Italy during the time of the Renaissance. It's amazing and frightening at the same time.

[entreats]

Just don't think too much about it. No matter what time they're from, people will be people, for better or worse.

[pastahair]

That is true.

[A moment later, another text is sent in.]

If I could get through Rokkenjima, surely I can get through this as well.