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[A young man's face appears on screen, and he's smiling, though it looks a little bit strained.]

Hey! Can anyone here me? Hello? I think I've been kidnapped. Though uh… I gotta say. Whoever kidnapped me? Good timing. I was in a pretty rough spot, so thanks. I think.

[He stretches, and shakes his head, as if he's got way too much energy. … He probably does.]

So. Uh. I don't think that even if you're trying to kidnap me it'll do much good. There's only one person who I think would come after me and she'll probably uh… end up trashing the place before you can get anything from her.

[He scratches his head and shuts off the video.]

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... Huh. That really isn't that bad.

And... I don't really like the idea of putting myself in danger to get power. I've had enough of that kind of thing. There's no other way?

Not that I know of. However, you don't have to do it by yourself. A lot of people form groups when they're going out monster hunting.

Do you just drop in on one of these groups?

Depends on the group. I've heard people advertising on the network, or teaming up with people they already know.

I don't usually advocate violence, unfortunately it's a little necessary in our current situation.

I don't either. But I can see why it would be - if these things don't listen to diplomacy, sometimes there's only one way to claim your spot.

Hah, indeed. They're clever creatures, however they don't respond to words of any kind.

Words don't always work. I can try -

[He pauses for a second.]

... This is going to sound really weird or possibly really stupid, but do some people lose... skills when they're here?

Yes they do. Everything special you could do at home is cut off from you. [Don't worry, it doesn't sound weird to him considering he has special abilities that he can't use here.]

This place forces you to use its rules and game pieces if you want to play at all.

[... He frowns, the corner of his mouth twitching a little bit.]

Excuse me for a second.

[He covers the phone input, and through the muffled receiver Gaignun can probably make out some rustling and -]

Fuck! Shit! Goddamn it!

[... His face appears on the screen, hair a little more messed than it was before.]

That's annoying as hell.

Tell me about it. Unfortunately it is the situation that we have to deal with, and with time those persona's can get extremely powerful.

[He runs a hand through his hair.]

Guess I'll have to get one of those as soon as I can...

Good luck. My name's Gaignun by the way. Please feel free to contact me if you have any more questions.

My name's Taro. And I'll do that, thanks.

You're quite welcome Taro, I'm glad I could enlighten you a little.

No problem.

... One last thing - do I have to go to school here?

If you're young enough and want to stay in the dorms, yes you do. If not you'll have to stay at the hotel and find work if you wish.

I'd recommended school if it's an option. Some of the teachers there are part of our group and have proven quite...interesting.

But homework... eugh.

Interesting in what way?

You'll see.

[Nnngh.]

I guess so...

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