Ludwig Karlfeldt
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11/16/2026
Monday ~ Evening
Weather: Snowstorm
"..."
The little princess doesn't answer.
Indeed, standing (or rather brooding) outside the gates of your childhood home, you ignore the scene in front of you to instead focus on the disappearance of the silver-haired Administrator. Certainly she is at fault here, she is the entire reason you exist in this space right now, so running off without answering your questions or making it clear why she had brought you here in the first place was something that would naturally be frowned upon, but...
"..."
No answer.
It's enough to be annoying, but-
"Oi!"
-before your mind can go to those sorts of places again, a snowball hits you right in the face.
"Why are you moping around out there, Lud? Come on! Get over here!"
Naturally, the person who had thrown the snowball was Lara Karlfeldt, someone who could very clearly see you right now, and who...
"Don't make me come over there!"
She was certainly acting peppy right now...
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Mokujima Chris
Himawari ~ Dirac Sea
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The smile behind you widens, like how a fisherman might smile when they feel a tug on the line.
"Certainly! It could have been Oswald! That's what society agreed upon as the truth! But is it really the truth?"
She beams, the spirit of a conspiracy theorist slowly becoming more and more clear in her words and actions. Having realized there's no escape from this, your gaze remains as away from the woman as you can possibly go, instead looking over towards Verity to see how the A.I had failed you so quickly, and the answer becomes apparent just as fast, namely...
"Hmm, yes. Lost memory data? Painful. You have my sympathies."
She seems to have taken to Eve, judging by how the taller silver-haired android is nodding sympathetically at the computer screen, her attention removed from what seemed to be the ending credits of the latest episode of her and Aleta's anime binge... There's a few cases lined up next to the television, animated films like "Paprika," and "The Wind Rises," along with what seemed to be the entirety of the original 1992 run of Sailor Moon, so it really looks like they've been all over the place when it comes to their tastes...
Nevertheless...
None of this will save you from the person behind you, who is continuing on without pause-!
"I mean, I still sorta think it was the Umbrella Man! His placement is just so... Bizarre in all the footage! You know governments knew about magic and demons way before us common folk did, right? And the American Government has always been real hush-hush about the JFK assassination, so insistent it was Oswald in spite of all the odd little things around the assassination... If they were willing to lie about demons, they'd totally be willing to lie about assassinations right? Same with the Moon landing, sure we've been there now, but in 1969? Maybe the Americans were just real eager to beat Russia! Gotta win the Space Race! Number 1! Number 1! If you're not first you're last-! Americans can't accept losing-!"
...Overwhelming.
Yamuna might have a brighter aura, but this person... Talks... A lot more...
"Don't even get me started on Area 51! They're definitely lying when they say they haven't encountered aliens! I have proof of that one! Or well... I had proof, but then my Goddess friend blew it up, said something about not wanting to have a "The Thing" situation on our hands! Not sure what she meant by that, need to ask her to clarify that one of these days!"
A lot of that is strange, a lot of that is definitely questionable, but...
"Guess what I'm saying is the truth is a malleable thing! People believing something makes it real, but if the actual truth is different, it's still in there somewhere! Two different truths! Obi-Wan and a certain-point of view! That sort of thing!"
Oh come on, she's seen Star Wars but not the The Thing?!