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[ex_diplomacy861]

Who: Shelly and anyone
Location: Plaza
Time: Afternoon
Style: Either
Status: Open

[Standing before the coral with a hand perched on her hip and a megaphone in the other, Shelly, still damp but drier from her sodden arrival, begins her announcement in a firm, less-than-pleased tone as the fairy beside her flutters about quietly.]

Attention [ -- the rest is drowned out by a high-pitched screech as the megaphone adjusts -- ] !

What you have committed is a severely punishable offense that will not go unheard by the Republic's Senate. However, before you respond to the matter of your crime, I demand an explanation.

[She lowers the megaphone, waiting.]

Comments

[tsuruhime]

[Crime? What crime? Tsuruhime is pretty sure she has not done anything wrong, but upon hearing the voice, she turned to look at who was shouting, anyway.]

I-I believe you have the wrong person.

[ex_diplomacy861]

[Shelly stops just as she opens her mouth to speak again and directs her attention at Tsuruhime. Since the girl stopped to talk, Shelly may as well ask a question or two.]

Do you know who's responsible for bringing me to this . . . city?

[tsuruhime]

I'm sorry, I have no idea.

...I, as well as many others, am not even certain how I got here myself. We just suddenly appeared here.

[ex_diplomacy861]

Just suddenly appeared . . .

How many others? Do you know?

[tsuruhime]

Ohh, I am not sure. I would say everyone. There are far too many people here to even count.

[ex_diplomacy861]

Everyone is quite the exaggeration.

Regardless, this a bigger predicament than I'd thought. You mean to say that despite there being so many people, none have found a way out?

[tsuruhime]

But it's accurate.

Not that I know of. There have been people that have mysteriously disappeared, but no one has figured out how.

[ex_diplomacy861]

Do we know what happens to the people that vanish?

[tsuruhime]

I am not sure. I hear in some cases they somehow return home, though.

[ex_diplomacy861]

Really? That sounds too . . . easy.