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[ It was a nice dream this time, Saber can admit as she finds herself shifting in her sleep. Instead of the soft blades of grass tickling her bare skin though, she found sand scratching at her. That was enough to force alert, eyelids snapping open as she stares into the murky darkness that comes with opening your eyes for the first time in a very long period. The unmistakable sound of waves crashing down on the ocean nearby brought her to an alerted state that she was in danger once more, so she acts with the natural instinct that comes to her. A sword laying nearby was more convenience than she needed, even moreso when she feels the weight of it in her hand, shaking it free of the moist clumps of dirt that cling to it.

The fresh scent of the ocean mingles with the familiar toxins of the city before her. So it has come to this, has it? Either her apprentice has left and this place found it kind enough to tell her or it was simply messing with her as it always does. Regardless of the circumstances, she needed to prepare for the Dark Hour. Let them come for she needs to have the weight lifted from her shoulders in the way that only battle can do. ]

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[ Sometime after the Dark Hour passes, when she's found a place to hide herself from any potential snipers and enemies, she'll pull out the phone given to her by this place. It looks different, but it's kept all of her messages from before. Convenient really, as she takes a bit more time to listen to the messages a certain knight had left her during the troublesome week she had before. After she's hesitated for as long as she can, she brings herself to make a public call. ]

For those who have just begun to miss me, it seems that fate has decided to return me to this hellish prison. [ If anything, she sounds more amused than anything. ] It also seems that the numbers here have diminished greatly. Well, that is a shame, but there are many warriors still in this special populace of the city.

I am Saber, although many have taken to calling me Arturia Pendragon in this day and age. [ Yes, the real King Arthur. As much as she would like to add that on, it seems like an unnecessary attachment to her introduction already. ] Who among my allies still remain? [ Heh. ] And who among my enemies are brave enough to speak when addressed to?

[ That seems to be the end of her message, but she holds open the line for a little longer, as though hesitating to ask another question. Eventually though, she cuts it once the silence becomes too much. ]

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I dunno. Maybe what it did last time was too harsh even for it. Or maybe it's doing something that needs us to be happy instead of miserable.

Why though? It just seems out of the ordinary for this place.

Does no one question it other than myself?

I don't really understand what this place does. Are you investigating it?

No, I am afraid not. I have been here for many months, but there are so many details that remain unknown to me. It is better for a person like Miles-[ He is going to cringe when he sees she still refers to him by his first name. ]-or some other individual who is well-versed in investigation to do so. I am nothing more than a mere warrior.

[ And kind of an important mythological figure, but she doesn't like to stroke her own ego like some of them. ]

Edgeworth-san has been working really hard, hasn't he?

I assume that he has been. If Diarmuid has been providing his add, as well as others like Neah and Atsuro, then surely they are beginning to have an inkling of how this place operates.

You're right. Neah-san only disappeared recently, and Kihara-san posts to the network all the time. I just wish more of us could do something.

[ So he was gone as well. How frustrating. ]

There is always something that can be done. Tell others of your skills and perhaps they will be able to point you in the right direction. I am no leader myself--[ ~~BULLSHIT~~ ]--but I may be of aid if you wish to talk it over.

Thank you. I just feel a little bad because I'm supposed to be a leader and I'm not very good at it.

What do you mean by a leader?

My sister and my friends always said I was the worst princess ever. I guess nowadays that would upgrade to worst queen ever.

So you are a queen? [ That's news to her. ] I did not know that.

It's a little weird, isn't it?

I do not find it weird. Some others may, but they forget that queens can be young or old.

Of which land is it that you rule?

The ocean, actually. All of them. The way it works in my world is that there are seven princesses for seven oceans and then there's Aqua Regina, who is me.

You govern the ocean? [ Seems kind of strange. ] Does that mean there are people who live underneath the waves?

Lots of them. Mermaids and suiyou and all kinds of people.

That sounds so beautiful. It must have been a wonderful world to govern. One that I could never see even in my dreams and well, my dreams are that of a world unlike that of which any human can see.

Your dreams?

Yes, my dreams. In the realm of faeries... it is called Avalon.

That sounds really interesting, actually!

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