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[Video, Private to the Investigation Team]

Hey guys. I made it back. Has anyone seen Naoto-kun and Kanji-kun? I couldn't find them in the mess when we reappeared. If either of you hear this, or if anyone else has seen them, please respond.

And...yeah, I'm back. We're back, I hope. Whatever happened was strange and creepy, and I don't know why it happened, but we found out some strange stuff. I'm gonna try to keep this short, but...

Well, first of all, there's another world like this one where people get pulled from their homes and stuck there...only when people went back from the Tower, their worlds were destroyed. I couldn't quite figure out what was going on in the Tower to "save" them, but there were copies of people from our world. Us, too. Like how we're from different times, they're from different...versions of the world, maybe? Naoto-kun probably figured out more of this than I did, but there's other us out there, and they can't go back to their world. They're just stuck in a tower full of monsters.

The other thing was, toward the end there, there was...fog. It was like the stuff from the TV World, or last December, but even worse. People went crazy. People I'd made friends with.

From what I overheard...I think this Nyarlathotep person was causing it. And I don't think the people who found him stopped him. I just...well, what do you all think? I'm only good for getting information, I never know what to do with it...

[Some hours later]

[Video]

Hey, Hinoto-Ri! I've never been happier to be here, let me tell you. It's almost like going home, after the Tower...but anyway, that's not why I'm posting.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Rise Kujikawa. I'm an idol back home, which is a singer and an actor for people who aren't from Japan, and I got to thinking about something that my horoscope says I should bring up now - there's a lot of singers and performers in town! I've met plenty, and I know there's more hanging around, so I was wondering if anyone's ever thought of organizing a concert or something. After the last couple of months, I think people might need the kind of break some nice music can give...and I think most people have forgotten about that mess with the Jacks. I hope.

Anyway, I'm not a producer or anything, but I figure if enough of us got together we could figure something out! So...who wants to put on a concert?

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Well, I don't know if there's going to be an official report or anything, but we were sent to this strange Tower. A lot of it was beautiful or interesting, but a lot more of it seemed to just be dangerous. And you couldn't leave, or at least we couldn't.

Buuuuut that's not really what this post is about, and I don't really know how much I should say...

Oh. Um. I'm sorry. I was just...well, you know...

[Worry. Worry.]

[Suddenly a lot more serious.]

I just...don't really know what to make of it yet. Besides, I looked up my friends' posts on the network before I recorded this, and I'm not sure it's totally safe to post here anymore.

Really? What about them makes you think that? Or...wait, is this about that garbled message?

One of my friends posted something important, and it's the one thing on this network that doesn't go through perfectly? I'm not exactly a detective, but I can tell when something's out of place.

Yeah. I know what you mean.

But you know, I've got a way of communicating and storing info without using the COMPs or the network. The AGE Device and Haro can both store info, and they're linked to each other.

Really? So they're like your own private communicators too. That's really handy...

Want to switch over to it? I can send Haro out to meet you.

Hm...if nothing else, your AGE thingy is probably the right place to put down what I found out there, right?

Actually, yeah, that's a good idea. It's got tons of memory, even by my world's standards. Though it has to for what it gets used for.

What exactly does it do?

It stores combat data for my mobile suit. Then it creates plans for new parts, and sends them to the AGE Builder to construct them.

That's pretty neat! Kind of like how Yu-senpai always comes up with exactly the Persona he needs...

Think it would come up with anything if I described monsters to it?

Er...possibly, but it'd only be good for my mobile suit. And the AGE Builder isn't here, anyway. I could hire someone to make a new one, but I don't have the kind of money I'd need for that.

I can't imagine what it takes to build giant sci fi robots from scratch...

It usually doesn't. It normally builds parts and weapons for them. Like, the AGE-2's torso never changes -- it's the arms, legs, and pylons that get swapped out. It was the same with my dad's AGE-1, too, though that doesn't have pylons.

...can I ask you a weird favor?

Huh? What's up?

If you ever meet a man named Yu Narukami, please don't tell him you have the ability to make giant robot parts that can be put together like a model.

He'd be at it for weeks.

...Uh. He wouldn't...actually be able to mess with them himself, though.

Well, if you're sure...

I...guess I could be careful, though. At least if I ever get someone to make an AGE Builder here.

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