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[Naoki probably could push the current limits of the network, but he's not going to, so it's a text stream that pushes through to the ghostvestigators.]

This is Naoki. Which side of things did I get a hold of? I have... maybe fifteen minutes to talk to you guys.

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The dead side. This is Jason Scott.

Did Armin-san know anything about where we are before he contacted you guys?

He was checking in on us. Didn't get around to sharing details.

Desert planet - definitely not Earth, the solar rotation's about 84 Earth hours - bunch of baby dragons, I'm just glad they're not as inclined to set everything on fire as the last dragons we had to deal with.

If we're in text-only mode over here, I can only assume you guys got shut down as well.

Yeah. Probably by something spooky and unnatural. We don't know.

Or to keep something spooky and unnatural out. I don't think something happening over there would have affected both sides the same way if it was external.

Nobody gave me the owner's manual to the Network, so I'm not sure how I'd tell.

Usually a jaunt and walkabout don't even have the same things happening in Liminal Space.

Hi, Naoki! You're talking to the ghosts! Raidou's with us now! He got hit by a train! I possessed a puppy and got on the internet, which is almost as good as TV! But Uncle Matthew is mad.

...I see. [Poor Raidou, really.] Why's he mad?

We're on a desert planet with a bunch of baby dragons. You'd probably like it, but knowing you you're enjoying being a ghost.

Because I told people how I died.

[And then what Naoki says really registers and back in ghostland, her eyes grow wide.]

Baby dragons!!! Really??? Can you bring one back for me?!?!?!

...well, to be fair, you probably could have handled it better, but unless someone turns up what's being billed as a fictional account you should be okay. [Neither of them's wrong, exactly.]

I don't know, Maria-chan. These dragons latch onto certain people that they like, and there's no way to make that happen. I also don't think it can be transferred to someone else later.

Uu. It already is. People wrote a bunch of stories about what they think happened during the last family conference.

... what if you brought me an egg?

Maybe they'll just assume you're a big fan, then.

I don't know if I'll have a chance. They hatch pretty quickly. And what happens if it hatches and doesn't like you and doesn't have anywhere else to go?

Oh no.

[Poor baby dragon. Maybe Maria should go to the walkabout? Only she was needed here. But she really wanted to play with baby dragons.]

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people do come back with dragons, so you'll probably still get to meet some no matter what.

Good. I wanna make dragon friends.

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The one where we don't have proper bodies and have to possess them if we want one and it's stupid.

[She's not very happy about any of this.]

That does sound pretty inconvenient.

It is the worst!

And Jules and Gil are infiltrating on the other side so it's even more stupid.

Even if you could talk to them, you can't talk to them?

Yes.

[Oh, but! ~~What is not getting distracted~~]

What do you have over there? I bet it's better and you have bodies!

Desert planet with baby dragons. It's not so bad, give or take the weather.

[Even then he wouldn't claim it was worse than Harrogate.]

...No big dragons?

[Look, she's used to dragons who control international corporations.]

I want to say the biggest adults are about small-horse-sized? But the main focus is on the babies, and they take a long time to mature.