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[nameofexorcist]

[Kresnik looks at all of the new people that have suddenly arrived in Dissimulo. Well, this has happened before.]

If needed, I'll explain the situation to you.

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[hellfire_gouka]

Yeah, I think so. Never for very long though... and every time you've said you don't recognize me. I don't guess you do this time, either?

[nameofexorcist]

No, I don't. [...] Then you're already aware of everything here?

[hellfire_gouka]

Um... vaguely. Something about scientists bringing people here to experiment, monsters and dangerous things hanging around?

[nameofexorcist]

Yes. How many times have you met me?

[hellfire_gouka]

Well, I know another you, but I've met you here... two or three times.

[nameofexorcist]

[He's surprised, his eyes blinking at Shinju's answer.]

...Another me? I've been here for over two years.

[hellfire_gouka]

Yes, another Kresnik Ahtreide. He's been trapped in another place where I've been for... three years or so?

It's probably some weird time... alternate universe stuff. You're probably used to that sort of thing, huh?

[nameofexorcist]

[Another him? Well, parallel worlds were said to exist...]

Yes, it's not unheard of.

[hellfire_gouka]

I probably won't be here long, like every other time, but I hope you'll excuse me if I get a little too personal without thinking. I've been close friends with him for a while now...

[nameofexorcist]

...And he considers you a friend as well?

[hellfire_gouka]

Well, of course. We've been through a lot.

[He'll try to hide it, but he can't deny it hurts for this Kresnik to question that they'd be friends at all...]

[nameofexorcist]

...It's unlike him to consider others as a friend.

[hellfire_gouka]

Unlike you, you mean. You haven't had the same experiences... I know how difficult it was at first to get him to even use the word "friend" when talking about our relationship.

[nameofexorcist]

[He manages to hide his surprise look at Shinju's reaction.]

A lot must have happened.

[hellfire_gouka]

[Shinju gets a little somber at that.]

Yeah... That place, the City... it hasn't been easy on us.

[nameofexorcist]

Is it similar to Fortuna?

[hellfire_gouka]

Sort of... only we have no idea what's in charge, we just kind of assume the City's sentient or something. It's been really quiet lately, though...

[nameofexorcist]

And no one has located an exit?

[hellfire_gouka]

No. Everyone who leaves just... disappears.

[nameofexorcist]

Without any trace?

[hellfire_gouka]

Well... kind of. They disappear from the communicator network, but the changes the City made for them don't go away.

... Ah, well. Don't worry about all that, it's not something you're involved in, anyway.

[nameofexorcist]

You've escaped from the City now.

[hellfire_gouka]

Temporarily, I imagine.

But I guess it's the same here? No one knows how to get out on their own?

[nameofexorcist]

We can't find the machine that brought us here.

[hellfire_gouka]

Ah. I thought so.

So... what do you do here?