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[traineeassistantdirector]

[The camera points at a man in his mid twenties who'd be utterly unremarkable if he weren't so thin and tired-looking. He's dressed like your average slacker from the early 'oughts on Earth in jeans and a hooded sweatshirt and seems mildly annoyed and a bit nervous.]

So. Uh. Hello, fellow strangers from elsewhere. I hope you're all settling in well to the dulcet tones of unidentifiable women declaring that they aren't going to be helpful. This strikes me as a great way to wind up with a bad situation turning much worse in easily avoidable ways, but we'll just assume certain people are playing dumb.

Anyway. I've explained this individually a few times, but I figured I'd put the record out there. I've run into gates that open into different realities before. I don't know much about them, I don't really know what defines a world, and I haven't totally ruled out some kind of time travel instead, because why would I? But this is a thing that happens. What I've never heard of it it happening on this scale or to no purpose. Even opening a gate the regular way, in a specific time and place, takes a lot of power. So that's weird.

And, uh, don't worry if this sounds nuts. It is. And I don't know about you guys, but where I come from I'm one of three practicing wizards in the world. There's a good chance it's not common knowledge that you missed out on.

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[chose]

So...are you telling us this to help people to adjust to the idea, or because you think maybe one could be found here?

[traineeassistantdirector]

Mostly the first one. People usually do better when they have an idea to base their coping around. But if I could figure out a gate to get anyone home, that'd obviously be great. I don't know as much about it as I'd like.

[chose]

You know more than the rest of us, and I'd say that's better than nothing. Something to hope for, anyway. These "gates" might not be something usually found here, but this "here" isn't exactly normal, so.