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[implying]

[ Somewhere out in the rain — rain, not snow! It's almost delightful after the months of snow — there's a beaming face staring down into a camera. He talks quickly, excitedly. ]

You've heard, surely you've heard, that we're going home. Or, well, I suppose some of you lot might opt to stay, but — I've a proposal!

If you haven't anything absolutely pressing at home, even if I've never properly spoken with you before, come with me! Come with me, I'm going to Cittàgazze. It's this — a hub of worlds, you see, you can get anywhere from there, it seems. Voluntarily! All it takes is finding the right window to lead you into the world you'd like to visit.

Why, you might come with me even if you do have business at home to attend! You could find home, take care of it, and then spend the rest of your time seeing how many pleasurable worlds one can attend in a single month. Hmm? We'll make a contest of it, a corkboard up in a central world for tallies.

[ WIDEST SMILE EVER. ]

Come with me. Rin, Marduk, Collette? All of you!

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[have_hat_will_travel]

Do we have good reason to believe it would connect to, well, our respective worlds?

Since there's a lot of Earths, for example.

[implying]

Ah... mm. Well, it very well could. I can safely say it connects to a great deal of Earths, to use the same example.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Hrm. I guess if Rise's going for it, I might join in.

[oversleeps]

Is that really a good idea.

[implying]

I think you'll find it's an excellent idea.

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[fintastic]

You're going too? It sure is going to be lonely around here!

[implying]

If you don't mind my saying, this world, ah... isn't quite to my taste.

You'll be staying, then?

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[irritating]

Wait shit so, how d'you go from one world back to Citawhatever, then? Does it only work if you've been there first or what?

[implying]

You simply find a window, my dear! There are new ones opening all the time, and while they're rather difficult to predict, there's quite a variety to poke about in.

[doubleoohbaby]

Are you inviting us back to your home? Rather forward. I at least expected a meal first.

[implying]

I like to think I play forward as a lifestyle. And that said, if you're coming along, I can promise quite a few decadent meals in your future!

[payback]

[There's a pause. She's trying to think of a good response to this - reflexively inclined to protest. Yet... what reason is there to?

Well, maybe one.]

You're sure? They could find the world we're from?

[implying]

Ah... I am sure of its likelihood, yes. I can't say where your window would be, or how long it might take us to find it, but the odds are really in your favor! Especially with them able to manipulate the windows as they do.

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[biwinning]

Good riddance.

[implying]

And you're welcome, at that.

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[commentboxtroll]

And just what is this Cittàgazze like, aside from the hub of worlds thing?

[implying]

Ah, let's see... it's an old town, and uninhabited, with windows glittering all throughout it, each to a different world. Then there's the Company, who has set up residence a short distance away. They're the ones that maintain these windows, and they've always been more than happy to send anyone where ever they'd like to be.

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[onehundredswords]

Asano's a real handful. You sure you're up for that?

[Though he's kidding, really.]

[implying]

Oh, certainly! More than ready.

Will you be coming with us?

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[controlledvariable]

I'm glad you get to go back there.

[She's smiling, even if it's sad, because she can't go with him, not if she can't be one hudnred percent sure that she'll be able to find a window home.]

[implying]

Me too. [ He smiles back, though it fades after a moment. ] You're... needed at home, I assume.

[crocodilesmiles]

Now that's just being greedy! You told me I was already there.

[implying]

Well, and why shouldn't I want both of you? If one Collette is charming and delightful, can you imagine two? Why, and you'd have the unique opportunity to see what it's like to kiss yourself! How many can claim that, hmm?

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[hornedomen]

If I go there, could I travel between my home and Exsilium?

[implying]

Well, presumably! Sometimes windows close, but they're rather good with reopening them when needed.