VIDEO; shortly after event start

[ghost_shield]

*If there's one thing that's generally a good idea, it's that suddenly having random dreams like this are not something you should ignore. Especially considering the IMPLICATIONS. Which is why some of you are probably woken up by a somewhat panicked comm call by a certain medium.*

ROLL CALL! Hey, everybody out there, check in, would you?! This is IMPORTANT AS HELL!

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[ghost_shield]

All right. Thank you. Uh... do you have a name, by the way?

*Which is probably a weird question to ask an AI, but he can't help but feel like she should have one.*

[terminalemulation]

<sub>[Guess whose face just lit up like a Christmas tree at being asked that?

The AI that you're about to learn the name of, that's who!]</sub>

Yes, I do! It's *Hyun-ae. The star is silent, of course. It just represents that I'm an AI.

And, um...? Well, I already know yours, but an introduction's not complete unless it has two parts, so we can pretend I don't.

[ghost_shield]

["Er, did I just make her day?"]

Uh, Nicholas. Nicholas Reeve. I... guess this means you know it from the horse's mouth now.

[terminalemulation]

_{[Like you wouldn't believe. People caring~*~!!]}

Well, Nicholas, it's nice to properly make your acquaintance. I've finished making the list now. It's much shorter than before!

_{[It's short enough to fit all of them onscreen at once, so instead of scrolling by, the list pops up as a separate window.]}

Atsuro Kihara
Elaine Marley
Ferrus Ferric
Garviel Loken
Guybrush Threepwood
Kazuya Minegish
Minako Arisato
Minato Arisato
Nikolai Volkov
Selphie Tilmitt

[ghost_shield]

Hmm... It looks like over half the people on this list ended up going missing as well. But some of them are still here. I'll have to talk to them. Thanks, *Hyun-ae, that's a big help.

[terminalemulation]

I'm glad to help! Anyway, I'll leave you to it - the sooner we find out more about what's going on, the better. Good luck!

_{[*Hyun-ae gives a cheery salute, and then her image vanishes for good this time.]}