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[perfectsymmetry]

[Phone; open to all]

I know what just happened must have been hard on everyone. But, if possible, I'd like to collect information on what went on inside each of the portals and gather it into one set of notes. I had only entered on the first day, a-and all we managed to find were some, um, boars.

Anyway, if you want, we can meet face-to-face at the diner or the park to speak. Thanks.



[Sometime in the wee hours, when Silence is asleep, he received a note slipped through his window. That's what you get when you're dating a cat burglar. Crowe taps on the glass to wake him up before darting off into the night, hopefully before Silence is coherent enough to see him make his escape. The note says to meet him up at Makeout Point immediately. WHAT DO.]

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[a_clockwork_melody]

[Having had some more time to process what exactly went on during the day she went in the portal, she felt more comfortable talking about it than she would have been a week or two ago. Not by much, though.]

Hello, I'm not sure if I'd be very helpful, but I went in on the 6th. My name is Aurica. Who would I be speaking to?

[perfectsymmetry]

My name's Crowe. I think it's good to have a record of everything that we go through here, so I try to keep as many notes as possible.

[a_clockwork_melody]

Yes, it sounds like a good idea.

[...Except, she wasn't sure if she wanted to talk about it over the phone after all. Still no knowledge of how to use phone filters here.]

I wouldn't know about the diner, but the park would be good. Where would I meet you?

[perfectsymmetry]

The park is fine, I'll be at one of the benches. Just look for the person with silver and blue hair; I'm kind of hard to miss that way. See you there later then?

Phone → Action (Sorry for the wait!)

[a_clockwork_melody]

[Silver and blue hair? Well, it was a hair color she was sort of used to, one of her old party members having the same colored hair, so it'd be easy enough for her to spot.]

Okay, I'll be out there right now. Uh, I have a really long braid of hair, if that'll help? [It was hard to think of any other unique identifiers, still wearing Mayfield-style clothes.] Oh, I'll also have a red hairband and black ribbons. But yes, see you there.

[And so she went to the park, passing by the benches. I hope I'm looking in the right spot...]

not a problem!

[perfectsymmetry]

[There's a tall man sitting on one of the benches, reading a book and petting a white cat that's sitting beside him. He's got that very obvious hair he mentioned. When she approaches, he looks up.]

Ah, are you Aurica?

[a_clockwork_melody]

Yes, that'd be me. Hello. [She did a little curtsy for politeness' sake, when she was certain that it was Crowe.

♪ BGM: Peaceful Song (R)

That was when she noticed the white cat. Hope you don't mind her eyeing it for the moment rather than giving you her full attention — its presence is boosting her mood a bit.]

[perfectsymmetry]

[Crowe notices her looking at the cat, and smiles.] He's friendly, so feel free to pet him. His name's Watson.

[a_clockwork_melody]

[She looks towards him and nods in thanks, sitting down next to Watson to pet him. After a few seconds she looks back up to Crowe, pleased.]

Thanks for coming out here to see me, the phones feel too public for this sort of thing.

[perfectsymmetry]

I agree. They're too easily heard by prying ears. I had only gone into the first day myself. You said you'd gone into the sixth? Which day was that?

[a_clockwork_melody]

[Honestly she was more concerned with not wanting to talk about it on the phone at the time, self-conscious as she was, but his agreement receives a nod. Her hands continue to pet Watson, and when mention of the first day pops up, a spark of remembrance appears on her face.]

You mentioned something about boars. What were they? Did they harm you?

And yes, that was on... I think a Thursday? We found it near the Dairy.

[perfectsymmetry]

[Crowe grins a bit sheepishly.] My friends and I accidentally stumbled across some babies hiding in in the greenery. Their mother wasn't too happy to see us.

What was on the other side of that portal, then?

[a_clockwork_melody]

Oh, it was like that. [She giggles.] That sounds a lot better than what others ended up with.

The other side.. [She grimaces a bit and stops moving her hand, thinking about it, but she agreed to do this after all.]

♪ BGM: Elegy (R)

We ended up in broken, messed up building that led outside. I wasn't sure what it was of then, but there were dead bodies and skeletons. It felt very creepy. There were desks in one of the rooms, and I thought I saw some smaller ones under them... [Her eyes shift away, Aurica becoming noticably sadder.] I think it was a schoolhouse.

SORRY FOR THE LATENESS. I kinda lost my Mayfield mojo. :(

[perfectsymmetry]

[Ooch. He winces slightly.] I'm sorry. That's much worse than where I was. Were you able to find out where it was? Anything like, say, books or signs...?

That's quite alright =) I'm sure it's like that for a lot of us, myself included *patpats*

[a_clockwork_melody]

No, not really. I came back to Mayfield from my world then, and.. it was a mistake. I didn't know what I was getting myself into, being in there. I barely had any time to get my bearings.

[A beat before she speaks again.] We managed to find our way outside at least. There were lots of broken buildings like that one. It felt like a town, just like this one, but no one could live there. Nothing except the ... "people" we found.

[perfectsymmetry]

It's alright. That's how a lot of things in this place goes. No time to prepare or anything.

Ah... "People"?

[a_clockwork_melody]

They weren't friendly, whatever they were. They looked human, but they didn't look right either. They also wanted us dead, we had to fight some of them. We got hurt a bit, but I was lucky that the others were with me.