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[Around sundown, somewhere out in the forest, one Litchi Faye-Ling is waking up in a bath tub.

The first thing she notices is that the Boundary is much more quiet than it was the last she knew. The strain is still there, and everything hurts, but the buzz of memories is quieter. At least, it is until she cracks one eye open and sees that she's in a tub. In the middle of a forest. Then the wave of memories from clashing timelines and realities is a roar, and it's all she can do to curl into a ball and wait for it to stop.]

N-no... please, not now...

[This isn't Kagutsuchi. This place, she's been here before, and nearly every time it's had something to do with a tub, and--

--Luceti. This is Luceti. She thinks. Or something along those lines. People were always appearing in tubs... or at least in her tub... although she woke up in one once too, didn't she? No, that can't be...

It isn't until Lao Jiu crawls back up onto her head that the roar starts to die down. And then the memories start to unfold a little less chaotically, and she peers over the edge of the tub to see the inevitable journal, lying open on the ground. She gives a weak laugh.]

My goodness, this is all so familiar... Hello? Is anyone-- [Luceti Valley. Mu. Raining trees. She stammers to a stop for a moment before trying again.] --Is anyone there? I think...

[This is the headache of the century. Litchi stops again, leaning her forehead against the cool side of the tub until the Boundary quiets down again. That doesn't seem right. It wasn't this loud before, was it? ...Wait, it was, wasn't it...]

I think I may need some help. This is... Luceti, yes...? I'm afraid I woke up in the forest and I... seem to be missing a few things. [Her usual clothes. Memories. Mantenbou. A ring. Although the last one she has an itching suspicion was both very important and has a very low chance of being here.

And there's one other thing...]

Also, could anyone tell me if Tsubaki Yayoi or Kazuma Kval are still here? It would be a tremendous help.

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It... was actually the same day, I think. [Good heavens why is it so hard to remember exactly? The continuum shift...?]

If I'm remembering right, it was only a few hours. But I... I honestly can't be sure.

[Headache. Rising. She shakes her head.]

How long has it been here...?

Only a few hours? Wow... most of the time when people go back, it's for weeks, or even months. It's been a few months here, at least. But, um... at least you missed Valentine's Day?

[Valentine's Day. Yes, it's a small mercy that she missed that. What a tangled mess that would've been.]

Y-yes, it certainly seems a little odd, doesn't it? I'm afraid it's not all that clear. [Small cough.] I suppose I should just be grateful I've arrived in time for spring, hm?

Yeah, that's right. It's starting to get much warmer now, and all of the flowers should be out soon. It's the perfect time to come back.

That's great! I hate to say it, but I think I've had more than my fair share of arriving here during the winter. This is much better.

At least you didn't arrive in the middle of the lake or something either.

[Litchi laughs.] Yes, I have to say, I'm glad that didn't happen either.

I once ended up in the lake when I came back from a kidnapping and that was bad enough. I can't even imagine what it would be like to arrive that way.

Did you? I'm sure that must have been enough of a shock as it was.

Yeah. It's pretty funny when I look back on it now, though. Then again, I guess that's true for a lot of the things that happen here.

[She laughs.] Yes, I'm sure that's true for several things here. But it's always nice when you can at least look back and laugh.

It makes things like the experiments not as bad when you realize you'll probably end up laughing at them later.

It does, doesn't it? Some of them really are ridiculous when you look back on them.

[Except for that Halloween one with the hallucinations. Still not funny.]

I'm really glad you're back, Litchi.

Thank you. I'm glad to be back, Emil.

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