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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, AMANDA. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 102.92.004.06 *** gameover has joined 102.92.004.06 <gameover> This is Amanda. <gameover> If you need to contact me, do so here. <gameover> DO NOT waste my time with stupid shit.

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<SageOfHope>

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I don't want to go back either. He told me that, if he won, I wouldn't have to go back if I didn't want to but...if he's just going to to maintain the status quo between adults and children, then I don't want to stay here either.

I can't blame a child for stealing power from an adult, that's really the only way that we can. But I don't think I like what he intends to do with that power. I don't want to go back to living in a "normal" society.
At least once I start changing, I can protect myself. And I can protect other children too.

I want a paradise where children can live without fear of adults. A safe place where they can't hurt us.
Will the Fog God allow such a place to exist here?

<gameover>

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I don't know everything, but I know this much: She's nothing like the parents I had as a kid, and I would never align myself with someone who was. When she says "children" she doesn't mean "people to smack around."

<SageOfHope>

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And her followers? They're the same?

<gameover>

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My boss at the labs is another one of her followers. He's also a child, and as far as I know none of the others have ever tried to start shit with him.

[Yes, Nagisa, you read that right: she literally works under the supervision of a child. They also rival one another in terms of Fog-crazy, so they get along pretty damn well.]

<SageOfHope>

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[Incredible. Adults working under children. Now that's the kind of shit he wants to hear.]

I see. I need to speak with Jataro first, and tell him everything I have learned but...if we wished to join her ranks, how would we do that?

[He may be the leader but this is an important decision. He's not going to force Jataro into anything if he doesn't want to do it. That's being a tyrant, not a leader.]

<gameover>

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You'll need to go to Her version of Dyster. Each of Her followers has a special key to unlock the door.

<SageOfHope>

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So...we would have to go with you? I'm assuming it's not the same Dyster as the one I saw on a map in the library.

<gameover>

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The one you saw on the map is dead and abandoned. Hers isn't.

I'll take the two of you there if Jataro agrees to it.

<SageOfHope>

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Where's her Dyster then? There wa snly one on the map.

Alright. I will contact you again once we've had a chance to talk it over. He wrote a letter to the Fog God today, and I'm sure he'll want to hear her answer before making a decision.
Admittedly, I am also curious as to what she has to say to him.

Thank you, Amanda.

<gameover>

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Hard to say where it is. No matter which door you use the key on, they all lead to the same place. I've taken to thinking of it as a parallel reality, but how true that is I have no goddamn idea.

No problem. I'm glad you came to me with this.

<SageOfHope>

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I see. Maybe it's another dimension. But if it's somewhere safe, where most people can't get to...that's all that really matters.

You're the only adult I've met here that I can trust even a little bit.
And judging by your conversation with Jataro, I had a feeling you must know something about the Fog God. You wouldn't have capitalized Her if you didn't find her important.

<gameover>

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She saved my life. I owe Her everything.