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[filicidals.livejournal.com]

[...This is ridiculous. She shouldn't be alive - not for a third time, and not without Souichirou. Everything about this is wrong.

Caster can't feel the connection to a Master, either, and she doesn't have to try to realize her magic has been stripped from her. All of her power is gone; she can feel that much. She hasn't been so helpless in all her life.

She finds a phone next to her on a bench, and without thinking she picks it up. She doesn't have a number to dial, so she just puts the phone to her ear and hopes someone's on the other end.]

...I seem to be lost. Is there anywhere I can find shelter here...? Heh. I doubt I'll be as lucky as I was last time...

If anyone's there, please respond. Even telling me the name of this place would be a help. I can't repay you right now, but...

[She trails off, and stops talking. She doesn't really have any intention of owing someone a favor just because they decided to tell her the name of the city though.]

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[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

[Oh. He thinks that voice sounds familiar. He stares at the phone for a moment after turning the video on, not sure how to phrase things.]

Y-you can stay at the hotel if you want, there are rooms available for free to newcomers. You're in Prospero, an American city, and... A-aren't you someone I know?

[Video]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

[Caster stares at the phone, trying to figure out this video function thing. Somehow she manages to turn it on, and when she sees who it is she panics a little. How is she supposed to explain her disappearance from the shrine?

Well, she'll come up with something.]

Oh...Issei, was it? What are you doing here?

[It takes everything she has not to ask "Is Souichirou here, too?" She's not that optimistic.]

[Video]

[unknownrival.livejournal.com]

I'm in the same position as anyone else taken here - I woke up here with no way to return. No one in Fuyuki can be reached by phone, and visiting any of our homes yields no results.

I'm sorry. For the time being, I can only say that both of us are trapped.

[Video]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

...I see.

[There's a long pause. Then:]

You were still living at the temple before you got here, yes? How is...I mean, is Souichirou alright?

[The question slips out before she can stop herself.]

[voice]

[croibhristeoir]

If you just arrived, there's a hotel that doesn't seem to charge anything for whatever reason. This city's name is Prospero, and it's located somewhere in America.

[voice]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

Prospero...that's a lofty name to live up to. It's ambitious. I like it.

[voice]

[croibhristeoir]

I actually hadn't considered it much myself, though I suppose you're right.

[voice]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

Is this what passes for prosperous nowadays, I wonder? It seems like an ordinary city to me.

[Audio]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Well. Some time after busy internally WTFing because dammit she shouldn't be here...]

So you are here, too.

[That voice doesn't sound friendly.]

[Audio]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

[She recognizes that voice...just barely. Rider didn't last too long in UBW, after all...]

...Aha. How unpleasant. Just when I thought I'd be rid of everything about that war. I suppose something like being given another chance was too good to be true after all.

[Audio]

[gorgeous-gorgon.livejournal.com]

[Just like Caster didn't last very long in HF.]

There is only conflict should you choose to make it here, Caster. The War does not exist here.

[Audio]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

You say that, but is it really true? We are remnants of the War, are we not? You can't just bluntly say that it doesn't exist when we're here speaking to each other.

[video]

[protects-soccer.livejournal.com]

You're in Prospero, an island off the coast of America! And you can go to the hotel, they let people stay in there for free!

[video]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

That's awfully generous of them.

[video]

[protects-soccer.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure why they let us stay for free, but at least we don't have to worry about paying them!

[video]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is fortunate...I can't help but wonder if there's a catch.

[Voice]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Whoa, damsel in distress!

Hey, uh...ma'am. Do you need help? I'm a police officer.

[Voice]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

Oh, you are? Excellent. I'm afraid I've never been to this city before, and I was wondering if you could tell me about it.

[Voice]

[rookieforever.livejournal.com]

Ah, w-well I'm new here myself actually, but...

...hey, did you suddenly appear from somewhere else? It's alright if you did, that's just how people normally get these phones.

Voice

[toomanyhyphens.livejournal.com]

Let me extend my greeting to you, at least. Welcome to Prospero.

[She's clicked into ice mode again; only Lancer gets to see that other side of her now.]

Shelter is easy to find here, at least. Although it leaves much to be desired.

Voice

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

How does that expression go again...? "Beggars can't be choosers"? Though it's humiliating to be a beggar, the situation seems to be better than I had anticipated.

Voice holy- I am late, so sorry.

[toomanyhyphens.livejournal.com]

That's right. But I suppose it might as well be better than it could be. I'd sooner it were direct with its desires.

[Voice]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

You should have been told the name by now. Do you still need anything?

[Considering how often Propspero brings walking WMDs, Kiritsugu has gotten in the habit of learning about new arrivals.]

[Voice]

[filicidals.livejournal.com]

No, I think I understand my situation well enough. Though, just to clarify, the Bay View Hotel is where I should be staying, yes?

[Voice]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

For the time being. We're not restricted to it, but it's the only place with free accommodations.