Four.

>Well, It's been a while since we've seen the outside world, but I don't think the floor was newspaper...

>Right then. Could you inspect that blurry gate/fence over there? I don't see anything else to do here.

AUBREY
"I remember these."
"It's a one-way gate. From this side, you
can't leave, but someone else can come in."

AUBREY
"That's not suspicious at all."

I Would Recommend Staying and Reveling in the Glorious Auditory Fuzz Escarpering in a --->wise direction A Feeling of being watched bodes well ill. Perhaps the Symbol of the Council's Unrelenting disdain Favour Might prove useful in unbarring the Blurred gate?"

AUBREY
"Done. Thanks again."

We could always take a look at the newspapers. Who knows, maybe there's some kind of cryptic clue in the articles.

" Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌｏｒ Ｄｒａｇｏｎ Ｆｏｇｅｌ ｈａｓ ａ ｇｏｏｄ ｉｄｅａ. Ｒｅｑｕｅｓｔｉｎｇ ＳＷＩＴＣＨ ＣＡＭＥＲＡ ａｎｄ ＩＮＳＰＥＣＴ [Ｎｅｗｓｐａｐｅｒ Ｐｌａｔｆｏｒｍ]. "

Camera switched to POV mode. Request SWITCH CAMERA again to change back.



Aubrey inspects the ground.

AUBREY
"Old-timey advertisements and news clippings."
"Whoever's in charge must like vintage things,
for whatever it matters..."

>Oh, this looks like a good vacation spot. Don't fret. This place is assuredly on the up and up. Just watch out for journalists. They're like piranha in groups.

> Er, where did you expect to end up? Or where you wanted to be, rather?

AUBREY
"...I don't know. Not exactly."

AUBREY
"When I was little, my best friend and I were brought to the In-Between against our will."
"The 'person' who took us wanted to trap us in their own piece of this world..."
"I escaped with the help of a guide, but my friend—Jackie—she wasn't so lucky."

AUBREY
"So, here I am."

" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: . . . Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｗｉｌｌ ｈａｖｅ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｒｅｍｉｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ ｖｉａ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌｏｒ Ｌｏｒｄｌｙｈｏｕｒ ｔｈａｔ ｉｔ'ｓ ｓｔａｎｃｅ ｒｅｍａｉｎｓ ｔｈｅ ｓａｍｅ. Ｔｈｅ ｊｏｂ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｉｓ ｔｏ Ｇｕｉｄｅ. Ｗｈｅｎ Ｖｉｓｉｔｏｒ Ａｕｂｒｅｙ'ｓ ｑｕｅｓｔ ｉｓ ｃｏｍｐｌｅｔｅ, ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ ｅｌｓｅ ｔｈａｔ ｈａｐｐｅｎｓ ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｃｏｎｃｅｒｎ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ.) "
" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: Ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｌｉｋｅ ｔｏ ｐｕｔ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄ ｔｈｅ ｍｏｔｉｏｎ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ, ｂｅｉｎｇ ｏｌｄ, ｉｓ ｕｎｃｏｏｌ. Ｔｈｅ Ｍｉｎｄ Ｍａｓｓ ｄｏｅｓ ｎｏｔ ｋｎｏｗ ｈｏｗ ｔｏ ｄｏ ｔｈｅ Ｘ-ＴＲＥＥＭ ＳＰＯＲＴＳ, ｗｅａｒｓ ｔｈｅｉｒ ｈａｔｓ ｆｏｒｗａｒｄｓ, ａｎｄ ｅａｔｓ ｙｏｇｕｒｔ ｆｒｏｍ ａ ｂｏｗｌ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ａ ｔｕｂｅ.) "
" (ＩＮＴＥＲＮＡＬ ＭＥＭＯ: . . . Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｈａｓ ａｄｖｉｓｅｄ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ ｔｏ ａｐｏｌｏｇｉｚｅ, ａｎｄ ｃｌａｒｉｆｙ ｔｈａｔ ｔｈｉｓ Ｕｎｉｔ'ｓ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎｓ ｄｏ ｎｏｔ ｒｅｆｌｅｃｔ ｔｈｅ ｏｐｉｎｉｏｎ ｏｆ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ, ａｎｄ Ｔｈｅ Ｔｅｃｈｍｉｎｄ ｓｔｉｌｌ ｉｎｔｅｎｄｓ ｔｏ ｐｕｒｓｕｅ ａ ｐｅａｃｅｆｕｌ ｓｙｍｂｉｏｓｉｓ ｗｉｔｈ ａｌｌ Ｃｏｕｎｃｉｌ ｍｅｍｂｅｒｓ.) "

(re: The Techmind: Noted and Summarily discarded taken under advisement The True Old Management Will rend you into your constituent parts Is making the changeover more difficult than it needs to be and should be Aided in its inevitable return Ignored The Management Thanks you for your Understanding)

AUBREY
"Is... everything alright up there?"
"I'm sensing some tension..."