1st page; video/action for new bark town

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{Hello Route. Nanao's sitting at a picnic table in New Bark Town, hands folded neatly on the table. One hand's knuckles are wrapped in a handkerchief, but she stares levelly at the camera, eyes utterly serious.}

Hello. I would be grateful if someone out there was able to provide an answer to my questions. Don't worry, I only have two. {She looks away for a moment, swallowing.}

How were we brought here, and does anyone know why? I think I understand where we are, even if the premise is absurd, but it is the how and why that yet eludes me.

{A Pidgey chirps somewhere off camera, and Nanao's fingers clench and uncurl.}

A precis on what happened might be nice as well, considering that this town looks like it's been ravaged by a storm.

{That said, she reaches out and clicks off the feed. She'll be wandering around New Bark for a while at least, so feel free to approach her if you see her!}

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[Hey, she's ba-- ... Oh, she doesn't remember anything. Typical. That doesn't mean Winry would hang up, no. Just means they're going to start from square one again.]

Please don't think about the how or why too much, okay? It's like an eternal mystery at the moment, and all kinds of people wake up here from all kind of circumstances, so at least there's no common ... pattern to it!

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{There is a huge range of people here, clearly.}

I'd be far more reassured if there was some kind of discernable pattern to it, but I at least made it from home to here in one piece.

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That would be nice, yes, but it's just one of the weird things in this world. That's good, I've also heard this place heals whatever huge injuries you might have before you wake up...

[Yes, she can see that hand. But there was Ed's huge injury and everything else before...]

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...does it. {The wheels are turning in her mind, now - maybe, if he came here, somehow Kyouraku's eye could be healed...}

{But perhaps the young woman was referring to her hand, and she makes herself smiles reassuringly. She waves her hand at the camera.}

This happened after I arrived, don't worry. It's just a graze.

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Yeah, I've seen some life threatening injuries get healed before they even wake up, so...

[Technically seen is probably not the right word there, but pay no attention to such details.]

If you say so~. [Child of two doctors is allowed to worry a little anyway, isn't she? It's in her nature!] Injuries, that happen here, take their time to heal though, so I'm glad it's just a graze then. [If it's just a graze... she won't question it. Not right now anyway.]

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{Huh. That's certainly food for thought.}

I suppose it will do me good to slow down a fraction. It wouldn't be good if I, say, broke an arm.

{or got concussed}

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[She shakes her head.]

No, that... definitely wouldn't be good. But it should be calm on the first routes anyway, so at least there shouldn't be any too big troubles there.

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{barring a horde of rabid sentrets}

Any other advice, oh wise one? {Nanao smiles at Winry. She likes her.}