[Video]

[rekindlenpcs]

[The camera shows a young man - maybe in his mid-twenties, possibly a little older - in a clean white lab coat, with a calm smile and red hair that's obviously been dyed fairly recently. He looks composed and confident - or, as someone more observant might note, he looks like he's trying to look composed and confident.

The nervous fidgeting, however, begins not too after he starts speaking.]

Hello, visitors to Saeng Seong. My name is Hwan, and I'm an employee in this city's science and technology research facilities.

I...erm, o-on behalf of my colleagues, I wanted to inform you all that the issues you have been experiencing with dramatic changes in internal body temperature should be resolved completely as of late last night. We're sorry that it's taken this long.

I also wanted to apologize for the fact that this happened at all. We...we, well, we really weren't trying to do anything that could potentially harm any of you. As many of you could probably guess, our department is heavily focused on solving the city's current energy crisis. One of our main goals right now is to find ways to make the energy that all of you produce through physical contact more efficient - after all, if we can make what all of you are already doing count for more, the problem gets solved faster, and that makes everyone happy, so-

[Oh dear, he's rambling.]

Ah, anyhow, we were attempting an experiment along those lines. It wasn't supposed to affect you all individually in any way, but we...well, miscalculated. We didn't expect this to be the result at all.

So...So again, we really apologize for what happened.

[Did his supervisors really tell him to apologize this much? Who knows.]

Oh, and if anyone has any further problems or concerns, please don't hesitate to inform Mai, Irene, or anyone else who can relay the message to us. You can also comment here and talk to me.

And...um, Goodbye.

Comments

[rekindlenpcs]

It...the crisis that Saeng Seong is dealing with right now, that we have been trying to deal with...it's far from normal. We're trying to be as careful as possible with what we do, but we'd be lying if we tried to pretend that we knew how exactly everything we did would turn out.

Ah, which problem exactly are you referring to? The energy crisis?

[guiding_starlight]

Precisely that one. Unless there is some other crisis that I should also be aware of. [ This is a bad time to be holding back information, though even Nanoha isn't sure that's what is happening. ]

[rekindlenpcs]

Yes, I'm sorry, I-I mean no, I...well, I lose the flow of conversations easily...[He looks away from the camera and takes a deep breath, trying to regain his composure. More than anything, he just looks horribly embarrassed.

Maybe he really should have left this to Irene...]

Anyhow, as for how long this has been going on, it's...longer than I can remember.

[guiding_starlight]

[ Nanoha exercises patience, for she knows that riling someone up is a poor way to get anywhere when it comes to investigations. ] It's all right. Just take things one a time, please. I also need to let the information sink in as you give it.

Is there someone I can speak with that does know how things began? I'm particularly concerned because there is a point in the history of the world I call home where a disorganized attempt at harnessing a new form of energy ended disastrously and I... would do anything to ensure that such an accident does not happen again. [ She will stop whomever she has to so that nothing like what happened with Precia ever comes to pass here. ]

[rekindlenpcs]

I...I see. I understand why you would be concerned, in that case.

[He pauses again, this time to think.]

Probably the best people to speak to would be one of my colleagues - many of them would be able to remember what happened. They...I can try to convince one of them to come speak to you all. Try, at least.

[guiding_starlight]

I would appreciate that. I think a lot of others would, too, because I can't be the first to be curious about exactly what has happened to bring the city to this current state. [ . . . ] Though I'm also curious — what world are we on right now?