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[fabrecation]

[There's some irritated grumbling going on. Shuffle. Grumble. Shifting through leaves. Grumble. KICKING A TREE-]

Ow!

[... Grumble.

And now HI LUCETI, YOU'RE NOW SEEING THE BOTTOM OF SOMEONE'S FOOT. But it lifts up quickly, and in its place is a teenaged boy with short, scraggly red hair and green eyes staring curiously down at the journal. Aaand then it morphs an annoyed face.]

Man, this isn't even my journal... And where the hell did my shirt go?

[The person disappears and gives yet another grumble as he searches through some leaves... Then seems to resolve to find his way to the village, as his footsteps start to grow fainter and fainter. He may not know it, but he's going in the completely wrong direction of where he's supposed to go.]

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[voice]

[silversnowfall]

It's...not quite that simple. This is another world.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

... [CALM DOWN LUKE. This is Jade's sister. Maybe she picked up on his NOT FUNNY trolling habits?]

Sometimes you're as scary as your brother, Nephry...

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

[That was last week.]

I'm not...I'm being serious, Luke.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Really? I...

[Hold up, now the realization is starting to hit him.

...

...

...



WHAT]

Another world?!

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

Calm down.

[No more information until you do.]

[voice]

[fabrecation]

But- What happened, Nephry? Did I screw up again?!

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

No. It's nothing you did.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Then- Why are we here?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

That's...mm. [That's the question of the ages, isn't it?]

You should have a book nearby. It's where my voice is coming from.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

A book?

[... OH RIGHT. That book he passed up! Luke will just rush on over there because he feels so overwhelmingly alone right now and he needs some kind of voice.]

How did you get in there?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

I'm not in here. It's a communication device.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

... Oh! Like one of those... [Uh. What was it?] ... things?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

Ah...yes. Like one of those things.

[Sure. She might know what he means, and she might not.]

[voice]

[fabrecation]

[WELL HE'LL THINK SHE DOES because he doesn't want to explain himself.]

I didn't know you could do that with books! Or is it just this one?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

These books specifically. Your name should be on the front of this one.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

[brb checking. And hey, what do you know?] Hey, you're right!

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

It's how the people in this village can all communicate with each other. Anything you write in it can be read by anyone else with a book.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

... I guess I shouldn't write about what I do every day then, huh. I don't think anyone wants to read that.

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

...It's true that very few people use it like an actual journal.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Great, now I feel like the only one. [NOW HE'S EVEN MORE WEIRD.]

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

What do you mean? You've only been holding it for a few minutes.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

No, I mean the only one who actually uses a journal like a journal. I mean, I'm the only one who did back home...

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

If you want to keep a journal here, I'd suggest finding a different book to use.

[voice]

[fabrecation]

Maybe I will. [It might make him weird, but it's a hard habit to kick.]

... S-So why are we here? How'd we get here?

[voice]

[silversnowfall]

...That's harder to explain. Have you spoken to anyone else?