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[rekindlenpcs]

[Irene appears on the terminal screen, looking a little bit tired. Her trademark smile is in place soon enough, though.]

Hello, everyone.

It's come to my attention that a number of you are concerned because of the disappearances that have been going on lately. I'm here today to reassure you - everyone who disappeared is safe. They're been sent back to their worlds for the time being.

The reason is that a number of people started showing signs of extremely fast energy drain - quick enough that they would have died within a couple of hours if left unattended. We returned them all for their own safety.

Right now, we're working on trying to figure out why only some people have been affected by this rapid drain. We hope to have more information for you soon.

Also, thank you all for your help in re-opening the Third District. For those of you that may have been wondering, opening the district was the cause of the power outages early in the month; for that reason, we're going to hold off on opening any other districts for the time being, until we're sure that the power levels are sufficient.

That's all for right now. Keep in good health, everyone.

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[redcladidealist]

[After a few fumbling tries to get the terminal to work-]

Wait, so this means you can send people back when you want?

[rekindlenpcs]

Conceivably. But sending people back puts a much greater drain on the power than bringing them here, so it's only a last resort option for emergencies.

[redcladidealist]

What kind of emergencies? Just if someone's going to die?

video; im sorry in advance

[doc_holi]

[whoa Whoa WHOA]

You can bring people back to their homes.

You're going to have to excuse my bluntness with the situation, but why are we even here in the first place? I'm aware of the power problem--though I neglect to see how physical touch is alleviating that--but I don't think you're going to make any headway by outright kidnapping people. Our homes are in trouble, too.

/jacked

[driftlock]

Yeah, funny, since when I asked 'em they told me it took 'too much energy' to send us home.

[HAHAH so funny. :| ]

[rekindlenpcs]

It's the truth. That's why we only do it in emergencies.

[doc_holi]

[Deadlock, please, she's trying to handle this civilly, sorta kinda.]

At least they told us at all.

[rekindlenpcs]

It was always the intention to return you once the situation here has been fixed.

[Really did you think you were stuck there forever? This is Irene smiling gently and repeating information she's given out a bunch of times.]

The people of our city aren't able to provide the energy that you , so we have no way of fixing this ourselves. And your home world will be exactly as they were when you left them, to within a second.

[doc_holi]

There was no way that we could have been alerted to the problem so that you could have possibly received volunteers?

And how can you guarantee that things haven't changed at all from my last memory of home? How is that even possible?

[She thinks it was in the intro pamphlets, but it was probably one of those things she deemed "crazy" and didn't pay attention to. Which was most of the pamphlets.]

[not here]

[unionjackoff]

[but he is SO watching this thread in particular. he likes you, madam! you tell 'em!]

[video] so you can see this happy, happy face.

[driftlock]

Why the frag are we supposed to believe you?

oh he looks so cute

[rekindlenpcs]

We can't force you to believe anything, but it would be stupid of us to not give you the truth.

[Especially when it comes to something like this. Hello PR disaster.]

you are truly perfect for this job if you can smile down that glower

[driftlock]

Also stupid to bring us here in the first place.

[Therefore, no excuse!]

They go back to exactly where you took them? Or can you send us back someplace else?

[Scheming scheming scheming.]

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[maipokerface]

So if someone's energy drops that rapidly, you'll send them home for their safety, hm?

[rekindlenpcs]

That's correct.

[geniusforgotten]

Well, well, well. Look who's been keeping secrets.

[rekindlenpcs]

It was never our intention to hide things, but in retrospect, we should have been forward about it from the start.

[POLITICS THO.]

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[cruxified]

[Stare of JUDGMENT.]

So we're expected to simply believe you.

It could be any number of factors that determine who you let go. Unsatisfactory energy output, suspicion, leverage...

[rekindlenpcs]

[It's not very effective - wait sorry that joke belongs two threads down.]

If it were as leverage, we would be asking for something, wouldn't we?

[Smiles, smiles.]

As for energy output, there's no particular trend. We've had a few with the condition that we were able to stabilize, but the majority had to be sent home or else put in someone's lap for the entirety of their stay.

[And as for the last... There's a bit of a twinkle in her eye and a tilt of her head, here.]

And if it was based on suspicion, don't you think we'd send you home first?

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[winged_knight]

So. You can send people back?

[He's not judging you. Except he is, sorry.]

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[rekindlenpcs]

As I said, it's always been the intention to return you home once the energy situation is settled.

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[readytobe]

You...you are the one who cursed me to be like this. [Hi, heard you needed more angry pokemon in your life? :D ]

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[rekindlenpcs]

The effects of the energy drain are ambient through the entire city. We've done as much as we can to reduce the effects on visitors.

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[dontthesunlookgoodtoday]

so what happens if people take advantage of knowing this to get home sooner

[emperor_with_no_groove]

[Akihiko isn’t completely happy about being trapped in a foreign world, but he’s somewhat more accepting of the circumstances.]

So… what’s the catch to all of this? It can’t really be this easy to restore energy to the city. And why do we get to keep our powers?