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*The video feed turns on and a familiar figure appears, lit up by the screen of the COMP and the edges of her own markings. She has a hairclip in her hair that... it looks like a flower, but not any flower she is familiar with.*

All right people who read that crappy novel, fess up: am I in it? *She points to her hairclip.* Because I think I got a fan.

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[Somebody's on the network today. Somebody looks both nauseated and pissed off. ... This somebody's also been absent thanks to Tower shenanigans. S'up guys, AU!Haseo's back from the Tower of Animus.]

So, any complaints I had about staying here? Revoked. This place is goddamn paradise, and I got a bone to pick with whoever thought dragging us over to that goddamn place was a brilliant idea.

Did I miss anything while I was out? Also, yeah, hi, I'm back.

[And that's that. Yep.]

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[video]

[Hey, that sure looks like one of the guys from the cover of the book. Or at least fairly similar to him.

He looks rather harried and unhappy, hair disheveled, a wild look to his eyes.]

This book is madness. What has overcome these people? They keep trying to grab me in the streets. I'm--

[A pause as he roughly manhandles someone squealing "OH EM GEE IT'S EARTH!!"] I am not the one you seek! Leave me alone!

[And back to the viewing public] To the others who actually are featured in that... waste of paper... it may be better to lay low.

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♥ 03

( Private Video to the Investigation Team )

[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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Data File 1 [Video]

[The video displays a blue haired girl with a slightly confused, but mostly contemplative look on her face.]

So a lot of people have been talking about this new book both on the streets and the network and I thought it might be a good way of getting a better understanding of humans and the types of things they like to do.

I was able to get a digital copy so I could read it quickly, but it's a little confusing. I mean, I know it's suppose to be fiction, but sometimes it can show trends in reality.

So are relationships usually that complicated? Or with so many people?

Are rivalries actually just a cover for some deeper relationship between the rivals, or was that just wishful thinking on Mimini's part?

When people are in love, do they really hurt each other like that? Because I was under the impression humans don't like pain and try to avoid it, but it seemed that one character was really enjoying the pain...

Maybe I should read the first book, but I just got here and everyone was talking about this book, so I wanted to keep up with the current topic.

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first ♫ video

[Nagisa's cheeks are a little bit red when she gets on the network - you can all blame the fact that she stumbled onto a certain livereading of a certain second book in a certain ~hawt smexy book trilogy~ and still hasn't quite gotten over the embarrassment - but she's putting on a smile for the network today.]

I didn't really get a chance to introduce myself to everyone before I got taken off to that awful tower, so I thought I should do that while I was thinking about it.

Hello, everyone! My name is Nagisa Motomiya, and I'm a 77th generation understudy for the idol group AKB0048! It's very nice to meet everyone.

That kind of brings me to my second and third questions. I know that I'm away from home, but being part of 0048 is still really important to me. I don't want to get behind in my music and dance lessons. Is there a place I can go to keep taking them?

Ah, and I guess that brings up the third question, since I'd want to pay for them myself if I can...I helped out in my friend Yuuka's parents' restaurant when they needed extra hands back at home, so I have some experience there. Mostly with helping wait tables, but I can cook a little bit, too. If there's any cafes or anything that need someone to help, I'd be interested.

Um, thank you all very much!

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[video]

[There's a (seemingly) nineteen-year-old woman on the feed again, holding up a copy of the latest book in the teens/young adults section just high enough for the watch on the table to capture it.]

For those who noticed I was gone for most of last month... I'm back.

[And somehow, all the horrors of Helltower did not prepare her for what she returned to. She reads a page, flips it, then tears the page out of the book.]

I'd say it's nice knowing not much changed, but-

[Suddenly, the page is on fire and not burning her as it's reduced to smoke and a fine ash that falls into a bucket at her feet.]

...I think some things--

[Reading, reading... Oh how she used to love reading and-- wait "Water" is the girlfriend of Earth!? And they're siblings?! NOOOOOOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOOOO. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE. DOES NOT COMPUTE.]

...can go unsaid.

[Yeah. Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah. She glares at the book, still burning it page for page. Now she gets why her brother was on anon.

She places down the book, and calmly and maturely decides to say as follows:]

If you decide to burn your copies or want them reduced to ashes, please send them to me. I think I have an... appropriate use for them.

And if anyone starts calling me "Water...

[Oh, hello there venom in tone. (Where do they even get their information, anyway...?) Regardless, the feed ends soon after. Though the scent of burning pages can be smelled all throughout the Castle of Departure.]

[Video] || [Locked from Nanako] || [I regret nothing]

[Yep. Most of you have seen this already, but that damn book appears on your screens this early morning, folks. After a moment, it pulls away to reveal Yu yet again, curled up on the couch in front of the TV in the living room of the Dojima house, about ready to take advantage of this horrible concoction of troll-ness.]

( This One is SFW-is )

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[text]

It seems those of us who were taken to the tower have returned. Has everyone returned safely?

For those who were here in Hinoto-ri: did anything happen while we were gone? Did you know what had happened to the rest of us?

I just hope that, if and when this happens again, we can be a bit more prepared next time.

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VERY Public.

*Somebody might've gone to find out why his face was on that book. Somebody might've found out about his book persona.

...

Sometime later, on pretty much every network...*

I'M MARRIED, FOR CRIMINY'S SAKE!

*We'll just ignore how he figured out how to code.*

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ANON | TEXT

[A few hours after the news broadcast...] So. About the new Junes Invasion book.

[Where is anon going with this?] I find myself developing some sudden pyromania-related urges regarding it. Does anyone else feel the same way?

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!network news

Hinoto-Ri City Headline News, March 2, 10AC

Commerative Memorial Nears Completion
As the dust finally settles from the devastating attack on the 10th Annual Persona Grand Prix, the government sanctioned memorial built to commemorate those lost in the attack is in its final stages of construction. Architect Michio Motoori speaks to us about the details, projecting the completion for Mid March. [...Read more...]

The Mayor's Hero Makes a Full Recovery
Junko Tanako, Mayor Sakahagi's Secretary and head of his security team, has finally been released from Caduceus Hospital after a full recovery. Upon her release, she was awarded a Medal of Valor for her extraordinary efforts in preserving the peace of the city. [...Read more...]

Extraterritorial Appreciation Plummets
Recent surveys found the approval rate of Guests has dropped to 61% in the wake the Anoli attack on the Grand Prix, with the local government taking a hit from 89% down to 83% for its failure to provide sufficient security. [...Read more...]

Extraterritorial Disappearance?
Many Visitors were reported missing from the city near the beginning of the month, offering no explanation. Many Citizens have seen this as a point of outcry, while many others see it as a cause for concern for their well-being. [...Read more...]

Junes Saga Volume 2: Moonlight Madness Now In Stores
Offical Scans of the Cover!
Part 2 of the critically acclaimed Junes Invasion Saga hit the shelves to much fanfare earlier this week. The genius prose of author Hanako Ishida introduces a shocking new rival to the beloved Crown Prince...we have a sample from an early chapter!

All the same, in all this self-destruction, this act of knowing each other, of covering each other’s secret spots, is somehow an escape. Capricious, yes, constricting, almost certainly, but what Yusokue seeks in Kenji he can have in no other rival. Others, it would split asunder; his clan would speak like serration, stripping other people’s selves of the lies they tell themselves, of insouciance, ignorance, showing them what knowing is, all the shame.

Kenji, though, is already split: this slip of a man he’s shaped into, slender and still like a candlewick, always ready to get bent and burned. Bent, but not broken, for beneath he’s malleable metal, his soul soft like silver he’s shaped into something strong, made to take it, what only Yusokue can give. Given the sadistic steel, Kenji anneals, comes together. To him and only him, Yusokue can be the alien and also the sexiest rival.

Terrible as this sort of solace is, Yusokue is too scared to call off the war. It tops all other concerns, the slick slide of the princess, the yell filled with Kenji's spit and sweat and spunk, the rival of his sweet, yielding sickness.

Dolphins Take to the Skies
An astonishing discovery was found near the lake on Friday Morning, when a young couple out for an early morning rendezvous spotted a true miracle of flight, when members of our astonishing aquarian population seemed to sprout wings! [...Read more...]

Narumi Detective Agency Under New Management
The Narumi Detective Agency has been turned over to new management, as well as expanding their services. Rumor has it their staff has been expanded to include the services of an ancient Devil Summoner... [...Read more...]

Power Outages Plague Population
A mysterious series of power outages have struck certain government buildings, leaving many employees out of electricity spontaneously throughout the month. [...Read more...]

No Holiday in Arcadia
A local game arcade in the Cancer district was ransacked by a local street gang. Reportedly no one was substantially harmed in the attack, but the owner was robbed and much of the machinery was destroyed during one of the power outages earlier this week. [...Read more...]

Children's Home Under Investigation
United Hearts Youth Shelter, a long time fixture in the city as a home for orphaned and impoverished children, has become the center of a recent police investigation due to various accusations against the staff. The owner and proprietor, Mami Susano, has denied these accusations, but [...Read more...]

Monthly Horoscope
( Monthly Horoscope )

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✵ 001; [text/anonymous]

[A simple anonymous text goes out to the network today. Nothing malicious, honest, just curiosity speaking. For those who know him well, it’s anything but anonymous when they read it. It's a habit of his, after all, and bringing up his identity (or attaching an identity at all) might cause a bit of bias...though asking questions anonymously would subject him to some bias from those browsing the network anyway as well. ~~Shhhh.~~

Ever-curious, ever-wondering. And...a bit ever-tactless, at times. Despite the fact that several people just returned from something quite traumatic, he’s most interested in their thoughts. However, others are certainly welcome too. Nothing wrong with that.]

Though seemingly unpredictable, the power to traverse worlds may contribute to the growth in humanity’s possibilities. But will it lead to man's destruction instead, or...?

[Of course, he may sound a bit detached, but considering his own situation...oh well. Most of the humans here seemed to want to go "home", despite their duties here, and despite the need of their presences here.

And then an apparently illogical topic jump/subject change. Honestly, it’s something he’s been wondering for quite a while now, ever since his arrival. Now that people have experienced more of the proof of existence of multiple worlds, surely this would be a good time to bring it up.]

Hinoto-Ri, I wish to know. What do the worlds you hail from possess that make you desire to return to them so?

[A pause in the typing, as if he just thought of something else.]

Or, for those who have recently returned, another question, if you will. What in this world did you desire while you remained in another?

[...He’s expecting answers like “not going through hell and back”, for the last one. Though given what he’s overheard, he’d pick Hinoto-Ri over wherever they went himself any day. Alcor couldn’t blame them in the least. Humans shouldn't have to needlessly suffer...]

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vanellope von schweetz [ou]

1 New Message!

[Few people may realize, but yes, Vanellope is the president. The president of Sugar Rush. She thinks democracy's a pretty cool concept. But to make it work, you scratch their back, they'll scratch yours. If she wants people here to help her out, she's got to do the same in return.

Upon checking their COMP, everyone returning from wherever they went will receive a digital coupon:]

Welcome Back From Wherever You Disappeared To!

This text message is good for one (1) free cheeseburger and one (1) free root beer
Present coupon to your jerk to redeem at checkout

TAPPER'S
Located in Cancer Ward

[Feel free to reply, or drop by the bar.]

URGENT MESSAGE - NETWORK ONLY

Influx of Returning Civilians detected in the Magi Headquarters. Please follow the map to meet with them, once the scanning processes are complete.

[The data and place to go is uploaded on your COMP.]

[OOC - Go to this log.]

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Case 1: Here Comes Justice! [Video]

[The screen flickers on to reveal Apollo, who seems to appear a little more self-confident than usual, if such a thing can be quantified by appearance.]

Hey, everybody! This is Apollo Justice. I'm just letting you know that, as of yesterday, I've officially been hired as an attorney in Hinoto-Ri! So if any of you ever get into any legal trouble, like being falsely accused of murder, I could probably help you out. My first client in Hinoto-Ri is someone who's accused of murdering another person during the chaos of that incident in the arena. Wish me luck! [He's probably going to need it.]

By the way, I'm currently looking for someone to serve as my co-council. You might not think you're qualified to help out a lawyer, but believe me, if a 15-year-old magician girl could serve as a reliable co-council for me, I think some of you could, too. [Not to talk smack about Trucy or anything, of course.] Granted, said magician girl was the daughter of one of the best attorneys I know, but if you bring some deductive skills, I think you should be fine. If you're interested, just let me know and I'll tell you when I have to come into court.

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earl ciel phantomhive [ou]

The Fifth Move [Text]

The shop did well this month thanks to Valentine's Day. [Speaking of which, that reminds him that forgot to give a gift to Lizzie. She will be getting something late, though that shouldn't completely diminish the thought put behind it.] I have learned a great deal about what the city desires in the way confectioneries. I will happily submit my findings to the owner(s) of the shop and see if we cannot expand our market.

[Ciel is in his element yet there is trouble looming on the horizon.]

I would like to make one thing very clear: the candy shop is not a place for brawls or bad behavior. What ever issues you may have with one another do not concern me. Should you make a mess of things, I will have you pay for the damage.

Consider that a fair warning.

[Private to Lizzie.]

It would be a shame if you didn't look by your front door.

[She will find a package there. Inside the velvet lined box is this along with a note that says:

I hope this remind you of home.

Love,
Ciel]

[/]

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PRIVATE VISITOR NETWORKS ONLY

[VIDEO]

Okay guys, listen up. I'm sure you've noticed that we've got a SERIOUS PR problem developing. As far as everybody else in town seems to be concerned, we're either celebrities or we're leeches and trouble magnets, and either way the longer we ignore this situation the more we're going to destabilize things. To that end, I think we need to band together and find ways to reach out to the natives, help them realize we're on their sides too. I'd like to propose starting a group to brainstorm ideas, work on PR, and generally work on our outreach. Otherwise, we may end up finding ourselves isolated, and that's not going to work at all.

Right now, though, we need a couple things: a place to meet, and a time. Is there anybody who could offer something like that? Someplace safe... and secure.

*There's an odd emphasis he places on "secure" for some reason.*

001 | [Video Post to the Public Network]

♪ The most fitting music ♪

[When the video feed comes on, you might all recognize a very famous looking face appearing on your screens. One Yosuke Hanamura has got his COMP on his wrist aimed at his face, and he looks... terribly deep in thought about something. Concerned, even. And, for a change of pace, he seems to have actually posted to the entire public network.

This isn't just a message for the visitors, this is a message for all of Hinoto-Ri, one he's sure people are going to look at because of his mini-celebrity status. Boy it must be important.]

( Cut for length and crazy distortion!! Click to read more. )

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Study 01 [Video]

[A few of you saw this girl two weeks ago, when she hit the ground a cold, lost mess. She's looking better now, transmitting from what looks like an apartment.]

So... I've had some time to settle down and try to figure out what the hell is going on. I've got the basics of this place down well enough, but... there's a lot I'm still not getting. I think I'll figure it out as time goes on, though. There's no point in being a researcher if you let other people make your discoveries, after all.

That said, I've kind of been ignoring everything for the past several days, working this out. So, uh... hi? Does anyone have some free time they'd be willing to spend with me, or at least talk to me? I could stand to get out of my room. And I know myself well enough to know that if I try to go do something by myself, it'll turn into a research trip.