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[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

[Voice]

Uh...

Hello?

Is there somebody there? I didn't get a dialtone, so...

*beep*

[Video]

[A surprised-looking man in the kind of suit that says "office coffee bitch" even if you don't look for the stains stares out of the camera.]

Wow, a video phone? Fancy.

Listen...does...anyone out there know how I got here? This looks suspiciously like a foreign country, and even if I was drinking last night - and I wasn't! - I am positive I didn't get drunk enough to go to America or England or something. How would I have afforded a plane ticket, first off...especially since Dojima's gonna fire my ass for not showing up to work today...

Uh, anyway...help?

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[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[Oh, a teenager. Get used to seeing those, Adachi. He frowns, concern evident.]

I'm sorry to say that you aren't the only one who ended up here mysteriously, and we haven't discovered how to return yet. However, I'm more than willing to share what I know of the situation with you.

This is Prospero, a city in America.

[Video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

...are you saying I just appeared here? My finely honed detective instincts are calling shenanigans on that one.

And what do you mean, "how to return"? We can go to the consulate and get a plane ticket or something, can't we?

[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

Normally, you would think that would be possible, but. Since you have a phone, try calling the number of anyone you know. I'll wait.

[Video] 1/2

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

You're kidding, right? If I'm really in America, it'll cost more per minute than I actually get paid...

...then again, this isn't my phone...and if it's an emergency, I can call the station collect...

[click]

[Video] 2/2

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

[Five minutes later]

Inaba's area code doesn't even work. What the hell gives?

[voice] /CLINGS TO

[fortuneprince]

Unfortunately at this time we're unable to figure out how we got here but yes, you're correct, this is a foreign country. We're in the city of Prospero, in America.

[Nice suit there errand runner] Who might you be?

[video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

[Naoto probably knows the type better than anyone else - the junior detective scurrying around the background while she talks to whomever's in charge and can therefore afford dry cleaning.]

Yeah, I heard the name...

Oh! I'm Detective Tohru Adachi with the Inaba Police Department. Guess if someone already kidnapped me it can't hurt to add that onto what they know...

[video]

[fortuneprince]

[So this guy works in the town her grandfather lives in? Well at least it's nice to have another detective around though this guy seems to be a bit of...a rookie. Sigh.]

It's a pleasure to meet you Detective Adachi. I am Detective Naoto Shirogane with the prefectural police.

[video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Same here, I--

Wait, Shirogane? You're that Detective Prince guy, aren't you? Wow, this is kind of an honor.

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

Help? In which form, specifically? It should be easy to see we are in Prospero, and that this is an island.

We have all been brought here against our wills, and strange things happen at night.

Anything else?

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Video, or no?

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

What exactly happens at night, anyway? Some guy was talking about that too.

Sorry! Video of course

[nrvn-qsr.livejournal.com]

Every human is engulfed in a coffin and dark creatures arise, ready to kill whatever is still moving.

Just wondering

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, what was that? I thought I heard something crazy while I was busy staring at your tits.

[video]

[protects-soccer.livejournal.com]

[Cue a young child's face popping up in a video, and said kid giving him a bright smile.]

What kind of help do you need?

[video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Huh? Whoa, kid, did you get kidnapped too?

[video]

[protects-soccer.livejournal.com]

I guess you could put it that way. But we're not tied up or anything, so it's alright!

[Video]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

You can join the club. Most of us don't know how we got here.

[Video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Figures. So what, they gave me a phone that calls every other weirdly displaced person in town?

[Video]

[genius-idiot.livejournal.com]

Seems that way. Guess it means they're waiting for us to show up? Not much here makes a lot of sense, to be honest.

[Video]

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Welp. I've got bad news for you, and I've got good news for you!

The bad news is you did go to America, and you didn't even have to get wasted to do it!

The good news is, not only do you now have legal ownership of that wonderful device you're holding right now, but you probably don't have to worry about your boss firing your ass!

[Video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Well that's good. Although if I had to black out I'd have preferred alcohol be involved somehow...

And maybe you're right. He might just dock my pay and hit me again...

[Video]

[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

Oof. Can't say I like alcohol blackouts much myself, but to each their own!

Anyway, you probably won't have to worry about even that. Odds are good that your boss isn't even around, right now.

...Wow, I'm really starting to sound like a hooky-enabler, aren't I?

[video]

[magic-tea-party.livejournal.com]

[And suddenly the face of a very excited little girl appears on the screen, waving her free arm rather wildly.]

Uu, Maria knows, Maria knows!

[video]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Huh? Another little kid?

...you know something?

[video]

[magic-tea-party.livejournal.com]

Uu, Maria thinks Beatrice brought us all here! Maybe some sort of test to see if we're worthy of entering the Golden Land!