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[cocooned]

[ . . . This is not where she last was. Although she's having trouble remembering what she was last doing (it's a blank slate). So when she comes to somewhere down the beach a ways, she's disorientated enough all ready. Not to mention waking up with a strange note and in a place like this! She was at the academy, wasn't she? Walking farther and farther into the depths of the jungle, she fiddles with her communicator.

This is a phone, isn't it? Or something like it, she thinks. So even if she doesn't know how to. When it flickers on, she's got a long, metal, staff like rod in one hand, hanging, for the moment, casually at her side. Otherwise her brows knit in concern as she stares into the feed.]

This is on, right?

[She clears her throat.]

Headmaster? Zero...?

[Although she doesn't know if she should expect to hear them. If she's been captured somehow, then she doesn't expect them to be around. Which is-- a troubling thought, too. Even if she'll deny it to Zero, she can't help but to feel anxious when on her own. And now she's lost and can't remember anything, try as hard as she might. The grip on her weapon tightens lightly.]

Um... excuse me! Can anyone else see or hear this? _{Can anyone here understand Japanese?} [ . . . This certainly isn't anywhere near to home, after all. M-Maybe she needs to try another language. Her English is abysmal though, and she doesn't know any other languages.]

H...elp.

[Er... 'Help' is the right word, isn't it? But she's not sure how to communicate anything past saying hello and her name. Or if anyone where speaks English to begin with. Instead she falls back on what she knows.]

I've been kidnapped and given a strange note. I need the authorities... or a...ranger? I don't know where I'm at, but it's no where near home. If anyone at all can please help, let me know.

[A pause, before her face darkens.]

And if this is only connected to the people responsible... you have a lot of explaining to do! Kidnapping high school girls is the worst! Believe me, you've made a BIG mistake!

Comments

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[waytobreakithero]

[ Some small girl is shouting... ? ]

What's so special about "high school girls"?

[ Chops at a low hanging vine with one of her daggers. Maker, they're going to need a whetstone after all this. ]

[action]

[cocooned]

[Oh good...! Someone else. She pocket her communicator and scratches one of her cheeks while approaching cautiously.]

Ehh... well, that is--

[It's somehow weird to explain]

Generally, only bad intention perverts would kidnap a young girl.

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[waytobreakithero]

Don't forget slavers. I'm sure it would hurt their feelings not to be included.

[ Wipes a bit of sweat off her face and lowers her dagger as she sizes up the girl. Interesting weapon she has, there. ]

Is high school different from low school?

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[cocooned]

[S-Slavers!? She glances around as though wondering if a bunch of such people might just step out of the trees.]

That's not really a thing here, is it...

[Yet her question draws her attention once more. Is that a joke? She can't tell.]

I mean high school, as in-- school for teenagers. Technically I go to an academy, but... it's the same thing.

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[everwalking]

[another innocent young girl. who is choosing these people? it makes him feel terrible]

I'm afraid that it's the third option -- the communication device is only connected to other people who have been kidnapped.

[video]

[cocooned]

[Well... you aren't that much older, either, Allen. Doesn't it make you, too, an innocent kid?]

Oh- [It's good to be connected to someone. But the fact that there are others in the same position isn't, of course.] . . . Some kind of game to whoever did this, then. Did you get a message? To complete a mission, I mean, on this... video phone?

[everwalking]

[lies! he's never been innocent]

Yes -- instructions to form a settlement on the beach. It seems so arbitrary. Why would anyone kidnap people, and take them to a place where there's no civilization, and then tell them to create one? [a shrug -- he can't guess]

1/2

[cocooned]

I can't begin to guess.

[It's all making less and less sense.]

[cocooned]

[Her stomach growls. Loudly. At that, she blushes a bit]

. . . But as it is, I guess there's no choice but to find some food and supplies.

[video]

[benriyas]

[geez there are some young people here!! Worick casually waves at the camera]

Hey there, I can see ya.

[video]

[cocooned]

[She waves back a little shyly. At least she knows she's not alone.]

I'm glad it's working, then. [And she's understood, too!] I don't suppose you know where this place is, huh?

[video]

[benriyas]

I have a couple of ideas, but to be honest, I'm as lost as the rest of us.

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[cleanedslate]

So, objectively worse than kidnapping high school boys, you're saying.

What's the full hierarchy? Where do little old ladies fall? Dogs with waggly tails?

[ he's considering the Japanese question. he knows a little. ]

[ video ] 1/2

[cocooned]

[Oh great, a smart alec. Some adults...]

Sorry, I didn't think to add them.

[ video ] 2/2

[cocooned]

Well, I guess I could add in 'old men'!

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[cleanedslate]

[ ouch, but he just looks amused ] You're forgiven. As long as we're at the top of the chain. Old white men are definitely the most valuable members of society.

What level of Japanese were you looking for? [ because he can be useful, between trolling ]

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[corvis]

[ oh...she's—! ]

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[corvis]

[ . . . definitely not alice, he's not even sure why he thought she could be. maybe it was the quick glance. or he was losing his mind. or because of the sun, even.

...yeah, he'll blame it on the sun. ]

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[corvis]

[ then again, she is kind of loud like alice... ]

} video.

[corvis]

[ nevermind. he needs to focus on the important part of what she's said.

and that's high school.

classmate of ada, then? or, an underclassman.

—wait a minute. ]

...Isn't your uniform supposed to be white?

[ to be honest, he still doesn't want to admit that he's the only person that could have gotten pulled into this weird thing. ]

video. 1/2

[cocooned]

Is my...?

[She blinks rapidly at the screen. Wait-- wait, is he... attend the academy?

... But he's too old for that. An assistant teacher? Ehh, but she doessn't remember seeing him at all.]

You... think I'm in the night class?

video. 2/2

[cocooned]

[She blushes! All of the individuals within the night class are incredibly beautiful and smart. It's flattering to be mixed up somehow but maybe too much!]

O-Oh no, I'm only in the Day Class! I mean... I'm nowhere near the same level as everyone in the Night Class. I'm just a prefect.

[Maybe that's how he's mistaken her. Clearly!]

[subdueme]

[He recognizes the voice before his name is called. He's hot and tired, his body worn from all the walking he'd been doing since arriving here. He doesn't handle the heat very well and has been staying in the trees as best as he can beneath the shade.]

Yuuki. Where are you?

[cocooned]

Z-Zero...!?

[Oh gosh. She exhales, covering her face with a hand in relief for a moment.]

You're here after all.

[There's a weight in her chest that disappears. At least partially. She's not out of the woods yet. Literally. But it's good to see a familiar face. She glances back up.]

Boy, am I glad to see you! What in the world is going on, Zero? Who would have done this?

[Because they've been kidnapped, right? Ah... in regards to his question, though, she hesitates.]

I... um, I'm not sure where I am. When I woke up on the beach I got a little anxious, so I took off into the trees.

[She glances around her.]

I mean... I'm in the jungle...somewhere.

[subdueme]

[After all...]

Glad to see me? Only you would be glad to find out someone had been kidnapped with you.

[Though he's not surprised she feels that way. To be honest, until he heard her voice he was furious at the situation he'd found himself in. But he'd much rather be here than not, if the alternative meant that Yuuki would be here alone.

He's on the edge of the jungle as well...since the straight sun quickly destroyed all energy he possessed and rendered him completely useless. But he hasn't moved too far into it yet because it was so hot and sunny out still.]

Can you find the beach from where you are?