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[answerer_sword]

[The feed is blurry and not angled properly, showing only a disproportionately big eye.]

H-hello?

[At least the voice comes out loud and clear. To tell the truth, Bazett is not familiar with this technology. The computer she is using belongs to her partner, and she is doing her best to be careful with it lest it blows up in her face.]

This is...the right network, correct? The one that connects different worlds?

[Supposedly, this would be a good tool for gathering information. By cross-checking the various different worlds and their versions of the current events, she could better prepare herself for her current information.]

If that is the case, then how many of you have heard of Heroic Spirits?

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[lil_tanuki]

[The feed opens up to a girl in a bed, who seems to be coming out of some sort of flu or cold.]

Yep. It's the right network. Welcome to the community, often known as the Duck.

Can't say I've heard of Heroic Spirits though.

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[p_a_r_a_d_o_x]

Yes, that's correct. We don't bite. [You look like you are going to pass out, lady.]

I never heard of them, sorry.

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[answerer_sword]

I see. Thank you.

[She frowns a little bit when she sees the girl's signs of illness.]

Are you alright?

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[answerer_sword]

Thank you. Forgive me for bothering you then.

[It is the first time she has talked to people from other universes. Of course she happens to be nervous.]

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[lil_tanuki]

I'm fine, I'm just recovering from a flu. [She reaches out to adjust the camera at her bedside and a glimpse of a wheelchair is there. Clearly there's more to her sickness.]

I'm Hayate Yagami, nice to meet you.

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[answerer_sword]

[Hayate's condition does not look good to her, but she decides not to pry.]

A pleasure to meet you as well.

[Her unemotional tone does not change. She is saying this mostly as a formality.]

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[lil_tanuki]

So you were able to find the community? I heard it usually picks out people at random.

[Probably the clammy looking skin and the tired expression was a dead giveaway.]

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[p_a_r_a_d_o_x]

You are welcome. You didn't bother me either.

[It's normal, yes.]

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[answerer_sword]

A coworker of mine found it. They in turn informed me.

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[answerer_sword]

If so, then can you answer a couple more questions for me. About this...Duck's workings, at least?

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[lil_tanuki]

Oh that's cool! I discovered it on the day it snowed in July. It's the middle of August now.

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[answerer_sword]

...Excuse me?

[She pulls away from the webcam just a little. Coincidentally, it shows more of her face.]

Did you just say that it snowed in July?

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[lil_tanuki]

Yeah, it was the community that caused it! There was also scary snow goons everywhere, but I hid in my house, so I was safe.

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[answerer_sword]

This community can reach out and interfere with the worlds it touches? Thank you for the information. I will be sure to take precautions for such matters in the future.

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[p_a_r_a_d_o_x]

Of course. My name is Arthur, by the way.

And I think this guide might be helpful.

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[lil_tanuki]

I heard that sometimes people can't fully prepare for any event it throws at us. I dunno if there's a guide or something.

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[answerer_sword]

Bazett Fraga McRemitz.

[She is silent for a while as she reads the guide.]

This community is more amazing than I thought. Is crossing the barrier between two worlds so easily done?

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[answerer_sword]

I believe my skills will be adequate.

[She is a fighter, and she knows a healer.]

As for the guide, I have received one from another user.

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[lil_tanuki]

Really? [Hayate flips back a few pages in the community and links a couple of posts.] Are you ready for people suddenly attending college for example?

Ah good then.

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[answerer_sword]

Why would there be any need for any of us to attend college besides the ones already enrolled? We are all of different ages. For you and me, for example, it would be impossible for us to attend the same three-year university at the same time. Nor would it be possible for us to attend pre-university college together,

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[lil_tanuki]

That's the thing! It made almost everyone attend college, and many people were apparently magically aged to college level!

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[p_a_r_a_d_o_x]

It's a pleasure to meet you miss Fraga.

Amazing is a word for it. [Crazy is the one he uses more often.] If you have a worldhop or ask for one, yes it is.

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[answerer_sword]

In my world, such a thing can only be accomplished by one person.

[And that was Zelretch, holder of the Second Magic.]

But...I suppose given that there are a multitude of universes here, if every universe had just one person capable of travelling to parallel worlds, that would make for a bigger number of a people.

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[answerer_sword]

Did they revert back to their own ages when it was over?

[Whoever ran this network was clearly performing high level magicks.]

Is this the only time when people were forced into a similar situations? Or are there other incidences that you can remember?

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[lil_tanuki]

Yeah they did, which was pretty cool.

Apparently it happens all the time, but the changes are different. Just recently, it snowed everywhere and then snowmen came to life to attack people.