one.

[brightfuture]

[ Venturing right into the middle of the town square might have not been the brightest idea. With all those crowds, you really need to watch your ste--

Bump.

Wait, did somebody just punch you? If you gather enough courage to turn around and face your attacker, you will only find a short, distressed-looking Harvest Cleric who shoots you an apologetic glance. ]

Uh, sorry for that...

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[brightfuture]

Artificial Intelligence. [ paaause. ] Er, come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I brushed against someone when I fell, but when I looked up, they were... gone. As if nothing ever happened. Kinda scary.

[revealed]

[ ................................ actually, that's pretty creepy-- ]

Like a ghost? Or that A-I thing that you were talking about before?

[brightfuture]

No, I don't think we have to worry about ghosts flying around. Well, not here, at least.

So... yeah, something like that, though I can't be sure.

[revealed]

[ ... it makes him think. it wasn't... him... was it? ]

... er, say, it didn't feel anything like someone pushing you down, right?

[brightfuture]

[ He shrugs, surprised at the weird question. ]

Dunno. They just didn't respond, that's all.

[revealed]

Is... that so? Haha, well, I guess this place has a few mysteries that might need some investigation.

[brightfuture]

Like the reason for us being here. [ watch his expression darken for a second before he glances back at Ivan. ] Any ideas where to start?

[revealed]

[ ... yeah, he noticed that. there's a part of him that's really curious, and so he... kind of discreetly puts a hand on the bench as he's thinking this over. ]

I'm not too sure, actually. Normally, I'd look for friendly-looking people to get information from, but... the people around here don't seem to know more than we do, and the ones who do are the ones who aren't talking.

It's a weird situation. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before.