[COSETTE MARINO] – [NICHOLAS A. OSTHEIMER]

‘Shall we begin? No. I am not surprised by your sudden appearance.

I was half-expecting this far earlier in truth.

Nor the fact that we are inside an impossible room that does not exist.

I am an Investigative Journalist. I seek The Truth and learn many things.

Do you want me to say who you are? No? Your loss…

[Investigative Journalist. All traces of interview were removed by individual TBIA Entertainment pending investigation.]

To begin. I accept this is being recorded. Your…Mistress works for another. She builds interviews for someone more. I know this. I researched and dug and found truths.

A formal introduction. My name is Cosette Marino. I am engaged to my present boyfriend Nishi who is a wonderful but forgetful man. We were offered invites to the main Park of Gaia…but I do not want to discuss that. Or him.

He will not be here, I do not want him to learn more than needed. My poor fiance is scared of the unknown but loves me for my desire to Learn Truth. Enough. He is a good man and you will never approach him directly. Because I learned Truths.

This is why I say this is an impossible room. Here but not here. Always here but never here. A trap of sorts. I do not mind. I love the unknown and mysterious.

I am…an Investigative Journalist. On a planet where all content is generated, controlled and regulated by a single corporation, I offer my own brand of content. Dangerous work at times.

My followers appreciate the risks I take. My boyfriend Nishi…he worries so much but I love him for his good heart and closed mind. He is my world and I would end this one to keep his safe.

My cousin is called Carissa Acqua. Yes, from your expression you have heard of her. She was a good woman once before she made bad decisions.

I have found traces of her but no direct proof and her ex-husband has restricted information for my personal safety. This I do not like. She is family to me, estranged but family.

He is also a good man but his mind is a little more open. To danger that is, his heart is full of love for my cousin. I like his honesty.

Ah, we are arriving for our bus to take us to the main Park of Gaia. So strange how flights and no other forms of transport are allowed. I have heard first hand that if you walk across the grasses surrounding the Park you will return to where you entered.

You see there are so many mysteries regarding our planet of Belphus. The unspoken disappearences of so many, the anomalous events which no do exist in any recorded form.

None of that interests me. I want to explore this world, the hidden secrets that are locked away. The Park of Gaia has been on my wish list for a long time. A group of people turn an irradiated nuclear desert testing site into a green paradise and…then they all die in a plane crash?

Something doesn’t add up. You can return me to my bus with Nishi now. He thinks I’m taking a nap. I told you. I know who you work for and what your name is. Hit me up if you want to know more.

My name is Cosette. Wish me luck! If you see Carissa tell her I say hi!