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[ One day you will see this face on the network and it will not have a question attached. One day. In maybe a few years. It's Paige, there's questions

And this one's related to everything ]

Okay, so some people have said about getting things back from home. I'm hearing that. [ And seeing. Someone may have gotten a certain book back today, one that is currently sat on her bed. Which is bad. It's left the manor, which it shouldn't, unless someone (not her, this time) threw it out of a window again ] But has anything ever come here before? I mean, everything I'm hearing says the gods are jerks that don't exactly do nice things. This... is kind of nice? [ Except, of course, she's skeptical. Everyone else seems happy, so she's just dotting all the i's and crossing her t's? ]

And how much has come? I know there's been those otter things. [ It's a Samurott, Paige ] And other... stuff. Is anyone else concerned? [ Maybe? She's hoping a little that it's not just her and she's not all paranoid? ]

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Usually when something good happens like this, there's a bad side to balance it out. I'm just... waiting. [She looks serious, but she's also cradling a picture frame to her chest.]

[ Ah, Paige feels slightly more justified and slightly less paranoid now ] So this 'giving us things from home' thing has happened before?

It has. The people that behaved the right way were given gifts, and the ones that didn't... were stabbed.

Well, I guess we know what not to do. [ Not that it's entirely so helpful ] What happened after that?

That was all they did. We were left to clean up at the hospital, getting people off the streets and healing all of the stab wounds. It was hard to be completely happy with your gifts when you knew...

... I don't think this is exactly the same, though. [She doesn't sound like she's trying to be comforting - her face is furrowed with deep thought.] They've also made apologetic gestures before, with no catch, and since the city's been attacked twice... they might have finally figured out morale and how to help boost it.

How many people got hurt? [ For all that Paige has heard before about everyone being here being nice and good, she'd guess it was more of an even split if she had to (in a general scheme of people, good vs evil etc) ]

Maybe. [ She doesn't sound so reassured on that, though. It was a nice thought, although Paige hadn't really seen enough - or anything, she'd only heard what had happened, to believe it ] I guess we'll find out soon.

I wish I could tell you, but it's all a blur. As soon as I got to the hospital, I just got to work and didn't stop to count or anything like that. It was enough to keep us working all day, though.

I'll take that as a lot. [ And that's a pretty despaired sounding voice ] At least this time we can guess it could happen. [ But it might not make it better if it does ]

Yes. The patrons have been generous once before to many of us.

[Unlike the previous time, Souko was given an actualy gift instead of a heartattack this time around. She is grateful, but...]

...however, their generousity can be both a positive, yet dangerous matter. They do not usually offer gifts without a price inbetween. My only suggestion on the matter is to be cautious of anything out of the ordinary. Such as the plants and animals, for example.

I think being cautious anyway isn't such a bad idea. [ Especially when most things can be bad and people keep talking about war ] What happened last time?

Last time, many of the Travellors were assaulted by an imposter, of sorts, who took the form of the person the individual treasured and trusted above anyone else. All I was able to gather when such an occurance happened that it all had to do with the Idles of March, as an Elderly Native tried to warn many of the Travellors about.

[Oh, how she remember meeting the stranger only to have her master treated him harshly, then she was attacked by a doubleganger of himself.]

Depending on the way one treated him, depended if they were given a gift or became a target instead.

There wasn't a warning this time. [ Not that she remembered, anyway ] Do you think this is the same?

[The other's question will have her pondering over if the current event was the same as the previous one. She had a few notes written over the animals from her current observations of the networks, so she will be looking into it.]

This current event and the previous event hold certain similarities, but they are rather unique in their own way. I do not believe we are in any inmediate danger unlike the last event. From my current observations, it would seem as though harming the animals will leave a negative side effect, but it is not life threatening.

[Yet, she could not help begin to have a certain feeling to remain cautious because she did not entirely have faith in the good will of the Gods.]

Nevertheless, it would be best to remain vigilant than lower our guards. I do not fully understand the patrons of this world. However, I do not fully confide in them because they would do anything to gain different reactions from us. After all, their only interest in us is to bring color to their colorless world with our emotions while preparing for the great war that is to come.

Well, at least there's hope. [ Until the but ] What would it do instead? The negative side effect? [ She just wants to be sure she's got everything ]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust in them that much either. [ Not when they weren't the best conversationalists, or hadn't been to her. Maybe the lack of colour did something ] So this place was completely grey when people first came here?

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