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[littlebityeah]

Shit -- sh -- hey -- Hermann? Hermann!

[ There's the sound of panic and stumbling as Newt nearly trips over a chair and runs into the desk, knocking over a -- what is that, a journal? ]

Wh--heh--hahahaha--

[ Excuse him while he just laughs semi-deliriously; the sudden change in scenery is so crazy that he's considering that maybe he's just gone crazy. The journal drops to the desk and Newt turns away. ]

Did--did -- oh, no, nonono -- Hermann! Hermann, I-I-I'm--I'm stuck in--in what I'm guessing must be your -- alarmingly swanky memory, what -- what do the Rangers do? [ That could be the sound of him smacking himself in the head. ] Focus!

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dictated

[hellofist]

[Wow dude. Wow.]

Are you, um... are you okay?

[You sound like the opposite of sane okay.]

[littlebityeah]

[ What! He whips back around to the journal. ] Who said that?!

[hellofist]

[Urge to troll, rising... but she'll be nice and not tell him she's a ghost.]

My name is Cassandra. Talking to you... through journal.

[littlebityeah]

Through j -- through--through this? [ He tennntatively reaches to pick it up and inspect it. It. Looks. So oldschool. ] That -- this is ridiculous. Newt, you--you are talking to a figment.

[assassino]

[Here's a sound of a very Italian-inflected accent chuckling at you.]

Calm yourself, you are fine here. Speak slower so we can understand you, as well.

[littlebityeah]

[ Here's the sound of CONFUSION! ]

'Here'! Here--here, where is here? Because lehet me tell you, it sure isn't any 'here' on record!

[assassino]

"Here" is Paradisa. It is far away from anything you may know.

[littlebityeah]

Approximately how far are we talking, here?

[magnets]

[ Is that what he sounded like when he showed up? Oh, boy. He does, however, remember very recently what it was like getting displaced as shit, so - ]

Jesus, man, like, breathe or something. You breathin'?

[littlebityeah]

[ So many voices, so few answers! Newt dumps the journal back on the desk -- but no, he needs to look at it again. ]

I'd -- you know, I'd love to know where I am, first, if--if that's cool!

[magnets]

[ Definitely like Jesse when he showed up. In need of answers and going nuts over it, so he feels for the dude, he does. But he also speaks pretty bluntly: ]

It's called Paradisa, it's like a big-ass castle in some alternate dimension, apparently. You breathin' now?

[ Probably less so. ]

[littlebityeah]

Alternate -- alternate dimension. [ How does that happen with a Drift? It can't. Shouldn't. ] That's -- no, that's ridiculous. This is ridiculous, I'm talking to a journal!

[sworn]

[The word "ranger" catches her attention, but given his alarmed nature, it isn't a ranger she is thinking of.]

Are you quite finished?

[littlebityeah]

Is -- I'm sorry, is my utter confusion bothering you?

[sworn]

It is not your confusion that troubles me, but more the manner you are expressing it. Do go on if you deem it necessary. I will wait to clear your confusion until after you've finished.

[littlebityeah]

Wh -- y -- yeah, you do that! [ Out of witty comebacks. He comes back to this once he's had the chance to breathe, though. ]

So. Uh. I'll call you Snippy. I'm hearing pocket dimension is the going theory around here.

Dictated

[i_got_this]

[South Dakota just laughs. Loudly.]

Man, I like you. This was definitely one of the more entertaining entrances anyone's made here. Usually it's just like 'Ooo help me I've been kidnapped Ooo' or some shit.

Welcome to Castle Wonderfuck.

[littlebityeah]

Wow. You're -- you're welcome, I'm so glad I could bring--bring some freshness to -- [ He can't even finish, he just sounds upset. ]

Oh, god, this cannot be happening right now. I've gotta get out of here.

[i_got_this]

Yeah, sorry. That's not happening. The whole 'leaving' part isn't up to us. [Okay yeah she sounds really bitter about this. She takes a breath and heaves it out in an explosive sigh.]

Okay listen, you need to calm the fuck down. Once you do that, if you need a tour or whatever lemme know, yeah? Running around and screaming is only funny for the first thirty seconds, then it starts to get on people's nerves.

[papillo]

Wrong. Try again!

[littlebityeah]

Hey, it was a viable assumption in context! And who are you?

[papillo]

Ichihara Yuuko.

Are you going to try again?

[dictated]

[threeweeksago]

Hate to break it to you, dude, but this is no memory. This is the real deal.

[littlebityeah]

I--I think I've got it now. Alternate dimension, evil castle, time is like -- completely irrelevant?

[threeweeksago]

Yeah, that's pretty much it.

So what's your story? Talking about getting stuck in a memory doesn't exactly sound normal, unless it's like. Some shared PTSD thing.