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[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

[Nanako may be the most technologically out-of-touch person she knows, but she's sure plantlife and technology do not go together, and neither do cats giving her mysterious letters. It's too surreal to be true; even after she's read the paper multiple times and pinched her arm in an attempt to wake up, she's convinced she must be dreaming. Even she isn't so whimsical as to believe this can be real. 

The feed opens to an ordinary-looking young girl, her expression more confused than anything.]

Hello? This is Nanako Misonoo, first year, newest entree to the Seiran School Sorority. I think there's been a mistake; I never heard of a trip to any gardens being scheduled. Today there's the annual poetry reading meeting, and the Flower-Arrangement Club after classes as well, so I can't stay here.

Does anyone know where I can arrange for a ride home?

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[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

Magic? Abduction? Don't be ridiculous, this isn't a time to joke! I've gotten lost, that's all.

I have to get back soon, I've been assigned clean-up duty today. Even if I can't find a way to get back immediately, I should find an exit soon enough.

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

Really, I'm not joking. If I could tell you where an exit was, I would, but... there's really nothing.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

...Do you have a telephone? A cellphone? I'm not sure I can dial anywhere using this vine.

We should be able to call the police, if you really are lost. Ah, where are your parents?

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

The closest thing I have is the thing we're using right now.

... I'm not lost, and I don't think there are any real police here.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

...There isn't any police? But, if this is a garden―is there a groundskeeper?

Surely, there must be someone who knows a way out. After all, we've arrived here, so there must be an entrance!

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

It's not the kind of garden you're thinking of...

Well, I guess the Queen herself might.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

Queen...? But, Queens don't exist anymore―and there certainly can't be a queen of a garden...

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

... Okay, we're probably from vastly different places, but I'd think there would be a queen in some place of the world.

But as I said, this isn't the kind of garden you're thinking of.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

I meant―queens in power! None of them exist anymore, I thought...

If this isn't a regular garden, then what kind of garden is it? The plants, the animals―it's all too orderly to just be growing wild...

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

Well... isn't there one in that England place?

A place called the gardens.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

I think there is one there, but she doesn't have any ruling power... There hasn't been any ruling royalty in decades.

And, yet...this place has a queen? Is there a way I can speak to her?

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

... Then I don't know what makes a queen a queen.

I don't exactly know how to contact her...

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

But if there's no one responsible for this to talk to, and you haven't found an exit...

...How long have you been here?

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

... Several months?

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

S-several months? But, that's... Where can you possibly live here?

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

I was at an onsen until I made my own house recently.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

There's an onsen, and houses... It sounds as if there's an entire town here.

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

Not quite... especially with what is around.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

'What is around'? But this place looks large enough... I've never seen such a wide, open space.

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

Don't go too far out, you could get lost for a week.

[poupeechan.livejournal.com]

Some of it is wild, then. The animals are all trained, aren't they? What happens if you venture far out enough?

[tookupthesword.livejournal.com]

Well, they all sure seem to be. I've never been so close to wolves and bears before. And I don't really know what happens if you keep going.