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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

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[braavado]

Oh... so this place has been around for a while.

Was it someone's power that let you see it?

[flaredo]

We saw it on our first and only tour of CERES, actually! One big interactive diary.

[braavado]

[Recognition zips through her, making her straighten up.]

The tour! I heard about that. Did everyone get split into smaller groups?

[flaredo]

Yep! I still don't know what everyone went through, but apparently, all of it was memorable.

[braavado]

[Huh. That's surprising. Korra would have expected the word to have spread easily.]

The other groups aren't willing to talk about it?

[flaredo]

Most of them were, but I'm still not sure who all went, so it's tough to say. I remember Mr. Edgeworth asking around about it, so he might have more info.

[braavado]

I'll ask him later. [Since it sounds like everyone saw something different...]

So your group got to see the way this world was before CERES was here. [Adopting a thoughtful pose, her thumb rubbing at her chin.] Did anything else happen?

[flaredo]

There was that giant earthquake at some point, when the buildings were just going up, but that's all the excitement on my end.

[ IT WASN'T FUN. ]

[braavado]

[Remembering what Hinata had said about being ditched in the building, Korra pipes up again.]

Was that diary supposed to be part of the tour at all?

[flaredo]

Actually... no. Our guide got sick and got carted off, so we did some exploring of our own.

[braavado]

That's kind of what happened with one of the other groups, too. Their guide left them somewhere in the building and they went wandering on their own.

[She frowns.] I'm definitely asking Edgeworth what he knows. If a lot of the tour guides ditched their tour groups, it can't be a coincidence.

[flaredo]

Nah... I figured there was more to it than just dumb luck.

[ Or unluck, for that guy. ]

[braavado]

Maybe someone inside CERES is trying to help us.

[That would make a nice change...]

[flaredo]

Or outside.

... Well, who knows for certain?

[braavado]

Whoever it is, I'm not complaining if they want to help us.

[Finally, Korra steps away from the wall with a sigh.]

It really is all sealed up, just like you said. Sorry for dragging you all the way out here.

[flaredo]

It's okay! Sooner or later, we'll find a way out.

[ BRIMMING WITH UNFOUNDED CONFIDENCE. ]

[braavado]

You bet we will. [ALSO BRIMMING WITH UNFOUNDED CONFIDENCE.]

Wanna start heading back to the apartments now?

[flaredo]

Yep! Back to it!

[ TALLYHO. ]