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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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[Thankfully Yukiko was already waiting for her at the entrance. The employees knew that there was sometimes serious matters between the innkeeper and her friends but kept their mouths shut. And by the look on her face, it's bad.

They also knew not to snoop around when it comes to personal matters so they look the other way as she leads the singer to one of the tearooms that rarely are in use. It's quiet and less likely for anyone to listen.]

Sorry Rise-chan, sometimes they like to eavesdrop on important conversations.

Isn't that illegal?

[Rise, you're not really in Japan, except in a geographical sense.]

Who runs the network, anyway?

It's illegal for the workers to do that?!

[When was that a rule? And Rise, you confused her.]

I thought the government does but I noticed that one girl appearing once or twice. But I don't think she's the reason for Yosuke-kun's message to get all wobbly.

Maybe I'm thinking of America or the Netherlands for some reason.

Anyway, someone messed with his message on purpose, right? Should we find out who?

I'm for finding out who they are. But it's odd that they don't want us to know anything...like they're ok with keeping us in the dark.

It's like a spy movie. "Need to know basis", and everything. I guess.

I don't like it.

[Blunt and straight to the point.]

Yeah, it's a lot less cool when it actually happens. Sort of like murder mysteries.

Those aren't nice either.

[Brings back memories don't it?]

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