[She pulls out an Alliance ID and holds it out to her.]
["I know this is going to be hard to believe, but we're currently dealing with a nationwide unreality event. It's affecting people's memories, making them forget things from their real lives. Important details. I need you both to come back to Alliance Headquarters with me, outside the zones affected. We can explain more there."]
[As the heroine hands Eda her ID, Hunter's gaze becomes fixed on something behind her. Standing near the road is a cloaked figure.]
[He whispers to his aunt.]
We need to go.
[The figure doesn't have an antler mask. It's the one that's Hunter's height. The one with the golden mask that has narrow slits for eyes. Only Hunter can see them. After all, this is just a product of his mind.]
["I'm sorry," the figure says in a voice that's...it's too familiar, and shouldn't be coming out of another person's mouth. Then they pull down his hood, pull off the mask, and...]
[And reveals that he also has Hunter's face.]
["I'm so sorry. But the only way to fix this is to let him in."]
[Hunter tugs on his aunt's sleeve, horrified.]
We need to go!
["Crap," says Penumbra, at his reaction, realizing she can't talk them into it now, and she grabs them both. There's a crackle of ozone, and a rush of compressing air and then... blip. They're somewhere else. A busy area of Alliance HQ, filled with a crowd of people, many of them looking troubled. Some have shock blankets around their shoulders. Penumbra backs off before Eda can lash out and calls out to some other heroes. "I've got two more unreality victims!"]
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["I know this is going to be hard to believe, but we're currently dealing with a nationwide unreality event. It's affecting people's memories, making them forget things from their real lives. Important details. I need you both to come back to Alliance Headquarters with me, outside the zones affected. We can explain more there."]
[As the heroine hands Eda her ID, Hunter's gaze becomes fixed on something behind her. Standing near the road is a cloaked figure.]
[He whispers to his aunt.]
We need to go.
[The figure doesn't have an antler mask. It's the one that's Hunter's height. The one with the golden mask that has narrow slits for eyes. Only Hunter can see them. After all, this is just a product of his mind.]
["I'm sorry," the figure says in a voice that's...it's too familiar, and shouldn't be coming out of another person's mouth. Then they pull down his hood, pull off the mask, and...]
[And reveals that he also has Hunter's face.]
["I'm so sorry. But the only way to fix this is to let him in."]
[Hunter tugs on his aunt's sleeve, horrified.]
We need to go!
["Crap," says Penumbra, at his reaction, realizing she can't talk them into it now, and she grabs them both. There's a crackle of ozone, and a rush of compressing air and then... blip. They're somewhere else. A busy area of Alliance HQ, filled with a crowd of people, many of them looking troubled. Some have shock blankets around their shoulders. Penumbra backs off before Eda can lash out and calls out to some other heroes. "I've got two more unreality victims!"]