[Puzzle 001]

[hisapprentice]

[In the plaza, near its southern edge, there is something strange. It is most noticeable now that snow is falling in earnest - a shape, smallish and curled up on itself. There is a boy in the snow. Asleep, dressed only in new feather pants, shivering. When he finally shivers himself awake, it's a groggy half-there voice that broadcasts. Seems the journal's open.] Just...a few m-more...minutes, Prof-ffessor...

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[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

It doesn't sound like I grew them. It sounds like...u-uh, never mind what it sounds like.

[That's just a bit frightening to think of, right? Besides, Luke's seen some impossible things happen anyway so...only most of it makes no sense.]

Someone's got to be behind all of this, really.

[emp3thy]

Or something. [Minato knows better than to assume a 'human' origin for everything.] But we don't know what yet.

[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

But it's been...years! You haven't found out enough?

[emp3thy]

Information's hard to come by.

[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

[Is this another of those places where the people just can't be bothered to figure anything out? Or they don't even notice that things just aren't right? Luke looks frustrated.]

...So what am I supposed to do now?

[emp3thy]

Look for someone you know. [....] If you can't, then find a place to stay. The Welcome Center can help.

[his-apprentice.livejournal.com]

Someone I know... [Maybe someone will be here. Right now, he doubts it.]

All right. So where is the Welcome Center from here, then?

[emp3thy]

It's across the road.