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[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[There's a new arrival on the plane. One wearing a lab coat. Some of you might recognize him, as he looks identical to Emil Castagnier, but he doesn't give any indication that he knows what's going on.]

I was...

[There's a pause as he scans his surroundings. Is he going to freak out? Have a panic attack? Suddenly bust into Ratatosk mode screaming about injustice? Nope.]

This is amazing! If only I could bring the equipment from Sybak in here, then maybe I could figure out the properties of this place.

[He's staring directly at, what he thinks, is the ground now and taps his foot against it once. Then again. One more time a bit harder. He can't see anything distinguishing it from anything else.

Aster tries to walk quickly towards-well, he tries walking and trips over himself.]

Whoa!

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[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[Aster picks himself up. He barely hears a girl's quiet voice and turns around to find where it's coming from. There she is!]

Yes, I'm alright. Thank you for your concern.

[He looks sheepish. He had been too busy looking at all the stars.]

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

[Noticing her existence just earns this guy a whole truckload of respect.]

I-I'm glad to hear that... u-um... a-are you new here...?

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

It seems I am. Do you live here?

[This girl seems nervous. He smiles and takes a few steps closer to her, holding out his hand.]

I should probably introduce myself. My name is Aster.

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

A-ah... I-I'm kind of new myself... B-but I think I can give you some information...

[Matti hides her face partially with her notebook and hesitates before taking his hand.] I-I'm Matti Williams... m-most people call me Canada...

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

Any information you can give me would be great.

[Shy, huh? He makes note of that and grasps her hand gently.]

Is Canada a nickname?

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

W-well... A-ask away.... [Because she doesn't know exactly what to tell him.]

[And yay he didn't forget her existence yet! Aster has now made Matti smile.]

S-sort of like that... e-erm.... [God knows how she'll explain this.]

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[Matti, you just told a researcher to 'ask away'. She might forever regret that after a conversation with someone who rarely has no questions. He decides to start with one:]

Do you know what the ground is made out of?

[He smiles back at her.]

Is it alright if I call you Canada then?

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

[Sir, her sister is Amelia Jones. She's learned to regret most decisions of this kind.]

I-I try not to think about the ground... I-I'm sort of afraid of heights... [Oh so embarassed.]

A-and sure... A-any nickname is fine, as long as no one confuses me for sis....

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[Point taken.]

Are you? I apologize for bringing it up, Canada.

Do you know if there's a summon spirit here?

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

I-it's okay... y-you didn't know...


E-er.... w-what's a summon spirit....?

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[He'll make sure not to bring it up again.]

A summon spirit is a divine force that is supported by mana.

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

O-oh... I-I don't know anything about that... M-magic makes no sense to me...

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

It's the foundation of life, as well.

[At least on his world.]

Is there a place to get that kind of information here?

[notameliajones.livejournal.com]

O-oh... [She'll just... pretend that makes sense. A nice course of action to take most of the time here.]

I-I don't know... b-but if you find Mu, he knows a lot... A-at least, he was really helpful when I first came here...

[ainsophaured.livejournal.com]

[That is a good course of action, otherwise he would geek her ear off. He'd be more than happy to tutor her about the importance of mana anytime though.]

Mu? I'll keep that in mind. Thank you, Canada.