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[hey droot flooters! how are those new augment glitches going? how's your crew? what fresh trouble have you been getting into? how are those jobs paying off? whether you're in your ship, on one of the moons, stuck on Marsiva, or hiding out on one of the waystations in-between, your audience wants to know what you're up to!

note: there are an unusual number of shoes on sale in the shops today. the ones on Abeo are pretty ugly.]

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[Crowley chuckles. ]

If you did, people would have called you crazy.

Good point.

[Adachi returns the chuckle.]

What about you Crowley-san? Did you ever think you'd see yourself in a place like this?

I'm not surprised if that's what you're asking. After spending five years in a magical castle, you learn to expect anything.

Magic castle? Was that the "Paradisa" place you mentioned? The place where we "met" before?

I can hear the quotation marks, you know. And yes, it's where we met before.

I, uh- Ah heh, sorry.

[Adachi pauses while considering how to proceed. Might as well just ask about what he's been wondering. A direct question might be what's necessary to get Crowley to open up about his experience in Paradisa. It's not like Adachi has done anything to make Crowley believe he has sinister intentions, right?]

I guess I'm still curious about it. I mean, it seems odd to me that I don't remember any of it, but you do.

[The demon gives a lazy shrug of his shoulders. ]

If you have questions, all you need to do is ask, y'know.

[Well, when you open a window like that...]

How long was I there? In that Paradisa place?

A few years, I think? I didn't keep track.

A few years?!

[Adachi pauses for a few seconds to mentally process what Crowley has just said before he continues. His tone a little more incredulous.]

How could I not remember something like that? Especially if I was there for so long. Also, wouldn't someone back home have noticed if I just suddenly disappeared?

Apparently time stopped, back home, so when you returned, it was like you never left. Some people remembered stuff, some didn't. It seemed a bit of a lottery.

So, you're saying that... the reason no one noticed I was gone... was because they couldn't?

[The whole thing sounded outlandish, but the alternative would be that Crowley's lying. In which case, what would be the point of him lying? And why make up such crazy story?]

Wait- "some people?" Who do you mean?

Pretty much, yep.

Some people remembered stuff. I don't know how it works, I never went home and came back to the place.

"Some people remembered stuff."

[Adachi repeats as he ponders over the words.]

So there were visitors to Paradisa who went home, came back, and remembered what happened during their first visit... but there were others who came back and didn't remember their first visit at all. Am I getting this right?

That's exactly right. I don't know how it worked, or even how the castle decided who would remember and who wouldn't. It seemed pretty random, to be honest.

[It was a little comforting to know that he apparently wasn't the only one who had memory problems when it came to this Paradisa place. Still... he wanted to know more about what he may have shared there that could affect him here.]

Do you think there's a connection between here and Paradisa? I mean, the fact that both places are apparent gathering points for random individuals... I don't know. I guess it could just be coincidence, but the idea that there are multiple places like that... Hmmm...

Maybe? There are other people from similar places. This place could just be very good at hooking anyone in.

Other people from similar places, huh... How many do you think are out there? I mean... what are the odds that you'd wind up in back to back- [Adachi paused briefly trying to think of an adequate word to describe this fleet and Paradisa.] prisons...

[It just kind of spilled out of his mouth. He regretted it the moment he said it, but he couldn't really think of another word. It was too early to tell if there was a specific relationship between here and the other "prisons," but the possible similarities bothered him.]

I wouldn't even want to start to guess. It's all out of my level of expertise.

[He doesn't seem to notice the use of the word. Plenty of people in Paradisa called the castle a prison. For some, it really was. ]

It's kind of scary isn't it? I mean, it's hard to feel comfortable when you know that you could just be sucked away and then trapped in some far off place.

After years, you get used to it. It's better not to be expecting it all the time, or you'll never relax.

[Well, he was certainly right about that.]

So... how long have you been here? As part of the fleet, I mean.

Five months, now. Not much in the grand scheme of things, but there you go.

Well, it's longer than I've been here. What's it been like so far?

Compared to the castle, it's been a cakewalk. Nothing has tried to kill us or torture us anything.