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[Well friends in Prospero, all that chaotic fallout hasn't stopped the newcomers from arriving. And here is one of them, a tiny girl with silver hair running around the streets, currently trying not to panic (and all but failing). In the midst of her running she doesn't even notice her phone until it falls out with a plink onto the ground.

She gapes, unsure about this strange gizmo in front of her. It looked like some weird blackboard, with numbers. Having never actually seen even a regular phone before, the first few thoughts she has is: 1) What is that?, 2) It's weird, 3)Is it safe to touch?

Slowly, gently, she picks it up, and starts pressing a few buttons, which is when the message starts:]

[video]

[The device comes on, showing a nervous girl with striking grey hair. There's a surprised look on her face, and tears in her eyes.]

Ah!

[This startled look of hers is replaced with hesitant curiosity, as she fiddles with the features. So for a while there's a video of an extreme close-up of the girl's fingers moving around...until there's another gasp and a clatter on the ground. Damn, it's almost as if this girl has no idea how this thing works. Eventually she picks it back up, and there's more fingers moving around. When she finally speaks it's REALLY REALLY LOUD.]

WEIRD TOY.

[Guess who put the volume way up by mistake.]

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Oh. This is a telephone?

[It's not like she imagined. She's heard about phones, but has never seen one...until now. She...smiles.]

Yeah, it is. Well, an advanced one at the very least.

[Advanced. So it's not just a regular telephone. But a superphone? Man the world really is amazing.]

Heehee. I didn't realize. First time seeing a phone. Didn't have them in the city.

Oh, you came from a place that didn't have them?

[Not too surprising! Considering the people he met in this place.]

Right. Phones were forbidden mostly.

[Because for some patients with Psyche Corrosion, the ringing of a phone could be a trigger.]

But I didn't know they could show pictures too. Hello! [waves]

H-hi.

[Awkward wave.]

So, is there anything you want to know about this place>

How I got here. Mostly.

...Well, no one's really sure about that yet.

That so.

[Which means Blackiris has no way of contacting her. And he's alone. Maybe he tried to stop them. Maybe he's hurt. Or maybe...he's looking for her right now, with no idea where she is.

Tears are welling up in her eyes.]