one laugh

[undespairing]

--t's this thing, anyway? [There's a soaking wet kid dripping onto the screen, when it turns on.] Some sort of magical object? Haha, that'd be pretty interesting. [He wipes it off with a wet sleeve, making the screen...wetter. A laugh.] Guess I should figure out where I am first, anyway.

[And with that, he pockets the communicator; viewers may hear him saying "Hey. Hey, excuse me," to random strangers, as he didn't bother to turn the thing off.]

[[Feel free to be the random strangers! He's bothering people around the fountain area.]]

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[firstaid]

Yes, being alone is not very fun.

[And he would be correct. No one really knows how they got here, at least from what she's heard or figured out.]

If you can find that out, perhaps we can all find a way home. That's the ultimate goal, from what I have heard.

Though... sometimes people go home at random. And then they return without their memories of their previous stay... [Much like Estelle here... If he can figure out that mystery, it may explain a lot about how this City works.]

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[undespairing]

No-one's found it yet? In that case, I'll definitely try my best to look for it! It'd probably make a lot of people happy if someone figured out how to leave.

[A pause. Memory loss? Really?]

I wonder why that happens? It is the shock of coming here, or something like that?

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[firstaid]

It would make a lot of people happy. Even though we have formed bonds and friendships here that we wouldn't have otherwise, some of us do miss our friends at home.

[And then she nods.]

I honestly don't know. When I arrived a few months ago, I knew I had never been here before, but I apparently have and many people I had never met knew me very well.

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[undespairing]

Huh. It'd be kind of fun to meet people for the first time all over again, especially if we didn't get along the first time around. Kind of like a second chance!

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[firstaid]

I suppose a second chance would be wonderful. I do hope I got along with everyone here during my previous stays. For my current stay, I have made friends with many wonderful people!

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[undespairing]

You sound like a really nice girl to me, so you probably got along fine. I don't know how many times I've been here yet, myself, so I'm going to just say it's my first. Either way, let's both make a lot of friends this time around!

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[firstaid]

Yes, let’s!

[She pauses for a moment before she speaks up once more.]

Oh yes, my name is Estellise, it’s a pleasure to meet you.

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[undespairing]

Pleasure to meet you too, Estellise! My name's Elmer.

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[firstaid]

[She gives him a light chuckle.]

So Elmer, what is your world like?

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[undespairing]

Oh, it's a really interesting place! There's wars and religion and secret illegal businesses and all sorts of other things like that. I live in a port town, too, so I get to see people from different countries when I bother to look.

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[firstaid]

That doesn’t sound like it would be very fun at all having all that going on. Is there anyone trying to stop it, or does your world simply allow all this to happen?

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[undespairing]

Well...we stopped that business not too long ago, but I don't think religion's going to stop anytime soon. Wars always end eventually though, so you don't have to worry about that.