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[ecthelion]

[The feed almost seems to have clicked on accidentally, but for the first few moments the view shakes rapidly, settling on the empty sky and one of the warehouses. The sound of footsteps comes across, and soon enough a young man is staring down at the phone's camera.]

What's this?

[He gives it a few moments of consideration, turning it over and examining it.]

...I'd better hold on to it.

[With that, he pockets it, but the video is still going...]

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[Video]

[technologic]

Ah, hey! The phone is recording!

[ecthelion]

[Hearing a voice when no one is around would ordinarily indicate some sort of mental problem. Ein, however, strongly suspects the mysterious thing he just picked up, so he takes it back out of his pocket.]

A 'phone'? So then that's what this is?

[technologic]

[April nods and gives him a small smile.] Yep! It allows you to easily talk to people who're far away.

[ecthelion]

Ah.

[The concept of long-distance communication is not entirely unfamiliar to him.]

So where is this?

[technologic]

You're in Prospero, an island that's off the coast of the United States, in the year 2012.

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[gaveupfeeling]

That face-

[Ledah had never expected to see him again.]

Ein?

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[ecthelion]

[And no sooner than the last person had stopped talking than...]

Ledah?!

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[ecthelion]

[Ein's expression immediately falls from shock as he jumps to conclusions.]

...does that mean I...

[gaveupfeeling]

No. You're not dead - there are many among the living here.

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[papermache]

You don't know how to turn it off, do you?

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[ecthelion]

Well, I didn't know it was on.

[video]

[papermache]

Nice. Anyway, welcome to Prospero, land of the weird stuff. It's fun.

[video]

[ecthelion]

What kind of weird stuff?

[Aside from "hey I saw you die, here I am talking to you", of course. Not that that's pertinent to this conversation other than being weird.]

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[monohoshizao]

[Oh hey, Assassin doesn't really speak until Ein pocketed his phone. Time for a little word games.]

Hello.

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[ecthelion]

[Fortunately, Assassin is not the first person to have contacted him. The call has been answered.]

Hi.

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[monohoshizao]

I take you're new here, young man?

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[ecthelion]

[Ein nods in confirmation at that one.]

Yes. I'm Ein.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

I'm guessing you aren't from around these parts.

[Video]

[ecthelion]

No, I'm from Asgard.

[Video]

[puppet_show]

Asgard... That sounds kind of familiar. Isn't it from some kind of myth?

[Video]

[ecthelion]

None that I know of...

[Why would you have a myth about a real place?]

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[ex_cashcow493]

[ This is sort of familiar. So many other heroic spirits have gone through the same thing. Discarding the device when they haven't figured it out, keeping it on their person, and eventually noticing that the faces of others can be seen. ]

After the pranks I am certain others have pulled, surely you know that this device is still recording, yes?

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[ecthelion]

Well, yeah...

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[ex_cashcow493]

Then you should waste no time in introducing yourself to me. [ What a commanding lady. ] Come now, how am I to provide you any aid if I have no name to call you by besides 'that there boy'?

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[ecthelion]

Well then, uh, I'm Ein.