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[The video flips on first with a picture of the floor of one of the hotel rooms before suddenly switching to a view of a young woman's face - a silver-haired maiden. Or rather, maid. She is indeed wearing a maid uniform and headband, but none of that trashy lacy costume stuff you see in the adult stores or cosplay catalogues. This actually looks pretty normal.]

It says recording... so I suppose it is on? Though I can't tell who it is sending it to...

In any case, hello. I'm Sakuya Izayoi and, well... if there's anyone who might like to explain why it is I'm here, I'm all ears. And if you're responsible... well, I'd love to speak with you.

[There's something vaguely threatening about how she smiles when she says that... but it's probably just your imagination, right? Looking again, her smile is perfectly friendly and any idea that she might have looked otherwise is just silly!]

And Remilia-ojousama, Flandre-imoutosama, Patchouli-sama... if you're here or can hear me, please respond; I'll come to you right away if at all possible.

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If that is what you prefer, Gaignun.

Ah, that upstart colony? It's come a long way... Well, in those articles about the lunar expeditions, I suppose those had taken place in America, so it only stands to reason. I've never been here before, nor heard of a city called Prospero.

Are you not from this place either?

No, I'm not. There's quite a few of us here that aren't from this place, that I do know for sure. It seems they arrived just as we did, suddenly and with no way home.

How strange, it seems to be quite the incident... and yet no one knows why?

Not that I've been told unfortunately. Oh, also I feel I should warn you. There are monsters that stalk the city for an hour at midnight. I would recommend staying inside for that time.

I see... well, I've fought things like that, so please don't worry unduly. I'll be sure to look out for them though; the warning is appreciated.

You're quite welcome, but please be careful. They're unlike most monsters that I've heard others talk about,so do not underestimate them.

Mm. Can you describe them?

There's actually a guide circulating that I can link you to if you'd like. For the most part they look like black blobs with masquerade style masks.

A link?

[What am computers? She barely figured this phone out...]

I'd like to see that, if it's not too much trouble.

Not at all. I hope it helps you.

[and so he soon texts her a link to the guide that Atsuro has been working on. (http://velvetyhelpers.livejournal.com/9770.html)]

[It takes her a couple tries to open it, but she quickly scans over it once she does.]

I see... these "arcana" they refer to... they wouldn't be related to the Tarot deck, would they?

I suspect that theory has some merit, though I don't know for sure. I don't know much about the Tarot so I can't draw any conclusions.

I've only a passing familiarity with it either... perhaps someone in this town could elucidate? I imagine if these monsters always appear at midnight, the people here would know quite a bit about them.

Well, with the amount of different types of people that show up here, I'm sure we can find someone to illuminate the answer to your question. Perhaps if they are thus connected, we can find a pattern and begin to anticipate, instead of just reacting to what comes.

Yes, that would probably be helpful to dealing with the situation...

But I assume no one knows of how to return to their homes?

No. That much I can tell you for sure. Still, if we were brought here, there must be a way that we can be returned to our rightful places.

One would hope so... I really can't be missing from my duties for long...

Ah, so you're in that boat then. I'm very sure you aren't alone in that. [He's dead, so he's got all the time in the world, but there are other reasons why he wants to find out how to send people home.]

All we can do for now is play this game until we get the vital clues that we need to end it.

Then how do we play? You advised staying inside during the time monsters show up, but if it's a game, the natural assumption is we'll have to confront them.

Most people do go out to confront them, I just advocated staying inside first because I didn't know if you could handle them or not. Better to err on the side of caution after all.

I see. I wonder if the source of these creatures relates to our being here...

That would seem to be the obvious conclusion, and the most simple.

Sometimes things work out like that. Well, it's a place to start, anyway.

Indeed. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask. I might not know all the answers, but I'll tell you what I can.

Alright. Thank you for you time then, Gaignun.

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