Simantiko Rota

[now_i_know]

[The camera opens up and there's a girl that some people may have never seen. She looks directly into the camera with earnestness and authority.]

Alright, listen up yous guys!

[She's pretty spunky, too.]

There's been all sorts of really weird things goin' on here, and I, for one, am not completely convinced that everything is as they say it is. Now, I ain't sayin' I'm trusting these people that brought us here, but also I ain't sayin' that those goons that showed up a couple days ago have the right idea either.

So, I am vowing to get to the bottom of this once and for all. Or, er... well, that is I'm going to try to anyways.

So here's the deal. I think that all of us know more about what's going heres than we might admit. I was talking to my friend and there's a lot of important stuff goin' on. So what I was thinkin' is if we were to start talkin' to one another we might start getting to the bottom of this whole wacky as heck mystery on our hands.

So who's with me?

[The girl then reaches for the feed before she seems to realize something. She takes a moment and then gives the camera the biggest smile she can muster.]

Oh, by the way, the name's Labrys for those of you that don't know me. Let's get to know each other a little better to, yeah?

[And the feed ends.]

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[bloodheels]

It's nice to meet you Labrys, I'm Lenalee.

[Lenalee appeared on the feed with a small, but sweet smile.]

I'd be more than happy to help out, after all I'm sure people here would have different pieces of information that others might not know. But as for me, I haven't been here long enough to pick up anything except what just recently happened.

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[now_i_know]

Yeah, me neither.

S'sort of why I decided to do this. I hate being out of the loop.

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[bloodheels]

[She gives a small nod.]

I mean, I probably don't mind as much, but not knowing something that could be important... I can understand no enjoying being out of a loop in that case.

But has anyone said anything so far?

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[demimaudite]

the netwokr might not b teh safest place 2 talk about all that

just sayin

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[now_i_know]

"The netwokr" netwokr? hm.... "might not..." uh... oh, "be teh" ... I'm pretty sure you meant "the," here. "safest place"

The number two?

Why would there be a number two here? That seems kind of random...

[she pauses and shakes her head]

I was hoping for someone to do that to her one day :D

[demimaudite]

A shirtless woman with tattoos appears on the video feed, looking a bit exasperated.

"2. It's shorter than typing 'to'. Just... read it out loud."

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[callmewhateveryuwant]

2 in this case means 'to'. She's using textspeak.

[Hi.]

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[swivelrotors]

I think I know less about what's going on than I'd like to admit...

[He awkwardly taps his fingers together.]

I'm Blades, though. Nice to... meet you? Is it meeting when it's over a video?

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[now_i_know]

That's the thing! Nobody seems to know nothing and that's driving me nuts! I'm not gonna sit around all day while people are deciding these things for me. I want to get to the bottom of this.

[She nods at the name, but for right now there's more important things than to meet and greet. Sorry Blades, she's not trying to be rude.]

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[swivelrotors]

But what if you get in trouble?

[Boldness, thy name is not Blades.]

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[dead_eyed_wolf]

[Mukuro appeared onscreen, now looking entirely herself-- her clothes sharply-pressed, her expression vaguely irritated.]

I just arrived, I don't know anything about anything, and I don't trust either group. I want to figure this out. And go home.

[She paused, and spoke a bit more uncertainly.]

Ah-- I'm Mukuro Ikusaba, by the way... SHSL Soldier. If you need someone who can fight... I'm available.

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[now_i_know]

[Labrys smiled. Now that's what she liked to hear]

You and me both! I'm glad to hear dat at least one person is ready to go home!

Just one question.

What's SHSL?

[She chalked it up to being ignorant to a lot of things outside of Yakushima.]

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[dead_eyed_wolf]

[She blinked, taken off guard, and her glare became a rather embarrassed expression. She was still not quite used to being away from home; she was so used to listing her talent as part of her introduction. Of course this person wouldn't know anything about the talent program.]

Oh, ah... S-super High School Level. Sorry. It's-- uh, I went to this academy...

[She looked away, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear.]

It's not important. It just means I'm... really good at... soldiering.

[Smooth.]

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[needlefingers]

I think our group would be the worst group to talk to about this.

Most of us have no idea what's going on, and it's probably going to stay that way. But hey, good for you if you actually find something.

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[now_i_know]

[She folds her arms.]

You might be right. But you know what? Between us and them, I trust us more. At least when we say we don't know what's going on, we actually don't know what's going on.

And between you and me, it makes me a little angry just thinkin' about all the people that are okay with that.

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[heretic_hamlet]

Well met, Labrys. I am Ramza- Ramza Beoulve- and I wish I could say that this is the first I've seen of such troubles.

[He pauses for a quiet, weary sigh.]

But I'm afraid I know little more than you on what we see here... in my homeland's unrest, there was no such mystery in the dissent.

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[now_i_know]

It's nice to meet you Ramza-Ramza Beoulve. [Derp]

It sounds like you've been here a while. How long are we talkin'? A few week? A few months?

[text]

[readytobe]

Have you discovered anything yet?

[He's not really into the gung-ho attitude, but 1) he's a huge grump so just ignore it and 2) he is interested in figuring out what's going on around here, so.]

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[now_i_know]

[Despite Shura's discovery that she's incompetent of textspeak, she's very quick to read stuff that's written normally.]

No, I haven't found nothin' that's worth really mentionin' out loud. Mostly it's the same story of people not really knowin' what's goin' on.

[And she was hoping for at least a few good nuggets of information.]

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[noparachute]

[Well, she's definitely determined. Always nice to see others with that kind of energy around.]

I've been around here for a while, might be able to give you some new information about this place. Not much of a point keepin' it all a secret, right? [Most people want to figure out how to go home anyway, or at least know what's going on around here.]

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[now_i_know]

[At the sound of actually getting something concrete the robot girl is elated.]

F'reals? Okay! That's probably the first bit of really good news I heard in weeks!

Lay it on me!

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[butwonderful]

I think that's a pretty sound idea. Hey Labrys. How are you doing?

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[now_i_know]

Oh hey Drift!

Yeah, I'm through with the whole dancing around the big elephant in the middle of town. The whole point of that thing we saw the other day just confirms that we're not being told the whole thing.

I s'posse I'm doing fine though, in spite of the circumstances.

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[nerdica]

Hello, Labrys. ( A warm, friendly smile. ) Gathering everything we know in one place would be useful - easier to access and collaborate on; especially for those who've just arrived and need to be caught up on the unofficial occurrences.

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[now_i_know]

Yeah, that's why I wanted to do this. But if I was honest, I feel like there's a lot of stuff going on and I was bein' locked out of the loop.

I'm okay with not trusting those two guys, they haven't exactly given me the warm welcome, y'know? But I don't want to start to feel like I'm being lead away by the people that are in the same situation as me.

That would just be awful.

[She doesn't want to be alone.]