tvk | [001. Action / Voice] // I have a feeling we're not in the desert any longer.

[It has taken Natalia approximately twenty minutes to confirm that she has, after all, been left behind. "Separated" is perhaps a little easier to accept, what with the foreign city she has unexpectedly found herself in - this one inhabited, not merely ruins. The temperature has also plummeted from uncomfortably hot and dry to cold and blustery. (Winter in the Zao Desert?)]

[She stands in the shadow of a building, out of the wind, trying to work the strange fonmachine (or whatever it might be, Guy isn't around to ask) into submission. If one of the others dropped it, perhaps she can figure out where they might have disappeared to. If the Six God-Generals lost it, then perhaps it will reveal to her why Fon Master Ion has been kidnapped and where their closest stronghold might be. Where to go.]

[The results of this struggle are what finally come across the network.] Beep! Beep! Bnnn...! BEEEEP!!

Oh, honestly! If you're going to be this difficult, at the very least you might-- [There's a muffled sound. A sneeze.]

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[Blink blink.]

Do you need any assistance, madam?

[Why is there a person's face in the fonmachine, and why is it speaking to her?]

[But she doesn't have time to marvel right now. Later.]

Yes, as a matter of fact. I would like to know my present location.

You are in Prospero, an island city off the coast of America.

I'm certain I've never heard of such a place before. Is it a part of the Malkuth Empire?

I am afraid not. Wherever you have come from, you may be very far away from it now.

Just how far away are you implying? Weeks, months perhaps?

And if I've truly covered as much distance as you suspect, how did I come to be here in the first place?

So far away that no known method to return to your home exists. You were kidnapped by an unknown power.

That isn't possible...!

[Or is it. Luke was transported clear across the world, "kidnapped", wasn't he?]

[She goes quiet.] It shouldn't be possible...

Unfortunately, I'm afraid that it is.

Na--!

[He cut himself off. No, bad Asch. While it was surprising to see her -- and why did it have to be her of all people?! -- here, he had to keep his cool. Besides, just because they were in a different place, didn't mean anything changed.]

[Besides, Luke had come to this place from his future. If Natalia had as well, then...]

[He cleared his throat. Still, he had already flicked the damn video on. Damn surprised reflex... or at least, that was the excuse he was going with. May as well say something.]

Princess Natalia.

[...slick.]

[Well that's one thing to catch your attention when you were just out for a walk... But no really, the girl looks rather distressed about the device, and it's be rather rude to just leave her like that.]

Please excuse me, but it seems that you're having some difficulties with that device. Would you like some help with it?

Please! Are you certain there is no way of returning? My traveling companions and many others could be in danger. And... I fear what may happen if Father realizes I've truly gone missing.

I am truly sorry. We are doing everything we can to try to unravel the mysteries of this place, but I can't offer any means of return right now.

[Natalia glances up at the voice, looking a little ruffled. (Both literally, since she's been trekking through less than pleasant conditions, and figuratively because she has had absolutely no luck negotiating with the device.)]

[Is this woman with the Oracle Knights? She doesn't seem to be, but even if she is, she doesn't have much choice. Natalia straightens and holds the cellphone out.]

Do you know how to operate it? If so, I'd be most grateful for your help.

Oh. I see.

[There's silence on her end. In the meantime, Natalia is wondering whether she should sit down. She's sore, confused, but in the end she decides against it.]

Were you... "kidnapped" as well?

I believe I was, although it's probably different for me - I'm used to being called unexpectedly.

Stop filling the network with pointless things.

"Pointless"?! I'll have you know that I'm in the middle of a very important mission. There are innocent people who require aid, and I must locate my traveling companions as soon as possible. [And there's also Fon Master Ion having been kidnapped but she really shouldn't reveal that to a civilian.]

There is nothing pointless about it!

You can't finish it here anyway.

[Oh thank goodness.] Luke!

[...Wait.]

[Why would Luke be calling her "Princess Natalia"? He never calls her that, and quite frankly, most of the time she's lucky to get an "augh" in greeting. Luke simply isn't that formal.]

[But this is obviously her Luke. After all, who else could it possibly be? There's no one. No one except perhaps...]

No. You aren't...

...You're Asch the Bloody of the Six God-Generals.

[The slickest.]

Are you-- talking to it?

[A pause.] Bless you.

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