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[couldkillthedevil]

Besides all this mumbo-jumbo about portals and the fact I've obviously lost my mind and am lying strapped to a hospital bed somewhere, I've got a few things I'd like to clear up—

[The blonde woman frowns deeply at the screen, brows drawn tightly together in displeasure.]

—namely, it's been told to me that we can't leave this place until they've scrounged up enough 'resources' to send us back, which seems oddly convenient. Does anyone know if there's been success with that yet? Has anyone been sent back home, or is that some nebulous 'someday' thing they're telling us? Second of all...

[Her hand comes up to gently cup a small gold locket hanging around her neck; a gift from the city to her, it seemed. Her mouth works for a moment, trying to find the words.]

Trixie, baby, if you can hear me, mommy's here and going to find you. I promise. Just sit tight, monkey.

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[couldkillthedevil]

Yeah, no one would. It's not exactly a normal situation.

Right. Well, you'll have to excuse me for not being willing to just accept this right off the bat then. I've had plenty of experience with people trying to get me to believe impossible things even back home, so this is just another notch on my scale.

[yokunaru]

I don't blame you at all. I've been doing some research of my own about the portal and this place when I can. Just...just in case.

[After some of the experiences he's had, he's grown a bit paranoid about collecting information to be prepared for whatever might be thrown his way.

He sounds curious when he speaks up again.] What kind of impossible things did you have to deal with before?

[couldkillthedevil]

[That makes her perk up a bit, interest clear in her voice.] Really? Find anything interesting out?

[She wasn't much of a scientist, after all. Even though she could and fully intended to take a look at the portal, she wasn't very knowledgable about natural phenomena or how to find anything that'd yield actual data.

She hums thoughtfully at his question, though.]

Just... someone I know and worked closely with can do some really weird things that I still can't explain. He would always insist it's because he's the Devil.

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[yokunaru]

[Yuuri switches to the private filter after a moment.

While it's not exactly a secret, it's something he had to dig around a little to find. Yuuri doesn't really think it'll make that much of a difference of anyone else hears their conversation in the long run, but some of the paranoid habits he'd picked up in the previous universe still stick with him.]

I found a few things, mostly about this place's history. The portal was used in a war some time before people like us started arriving here in the city.

[He pauses, like he's surprised.] The...Devil? That doesn't sound like anything good, even if he isn't who he says he is.

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[couldkillthedevil]

[She switches her filter to private as well to match him.

She'd been curious about this place from the start, really, so hearing that he'd found its history was promising. One more piece to a very large puzzle.]

Interesting. If you don't mind me asking, where did you find this information? Is it available to everyone, or is it a private source?

[She'd love to get her hands on the information herself, if only to read it with her own eyes. Not that she didn't trust him, but she was a creature of evidence and meticulous detail. If it were in a book somewhere, she'd like to comb through it.]

It's a persona he puts on. But either way, he's not a bad person. A pain in my ass, but he's a good partner. He's proven that plenty of times by now.

[yokunaru]

It's available to everyone. I found a few detailed histories in the library when I went digging around there. I can give you the books if you'd like to look them over yourself.

[A soft, thoughtful hum.] My fiance was able to get the same information when he asked around the Perimeter Guard, too. The members who have been here longer, I mean.

[He pauses again.] I don't think they're trying to keep the information from us... or they wouldn't have said anything at all or hidden all those books. It seems more like they just don't like talking about what happened.

[couldkillthedevil]

I'd appreciate that, thank you. Someone else mentioned a public records department, too, so I've got quite a bit of reading to do.

[She makes her own thoughtful little noise in the back of her throat.] I'm getting that sense as well. They seemed pretty open to questions, for the most part. Still, it's hard to get answers for questions you're not even sure you should ask. Someone mentioned something about other timelines, which was the furthest thing I would've ever thought to ask about.