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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!

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[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?

[cocooned]

[ . . . ]

E-Err...

[Okay maybe that didn't sound like it should have.]

Sorry. It's not that I want you caught or anything. Of course I would prefer that Zero be safe at home.

[Of course]

But I didn't know if I was the only one... [Although she does take relief in the fact. It's complicated.]

2/2

[cocooned]

[Glancing around, she nibbles her bottom lip.]

Um... well, I can probably find the beach.

[If she turns around and walks long enough in the opposite direction it will lead her there, right?]

Maybe I should have marked the trail...

[subdueme]

[...She probably has terrible sense of direction. It isn't like she has much experience doing something like this alone.]

Stop where you are standing. Don't move.

Where is the sun?

[cocooned]

E-Eh... like which direction?

[...How should she know?]

It's behind me? And... to the right?

[subdueme]

[He frowns, looking up at the sky to find the sun behind the trees.]

Is the mountain on your left?

[cocooned]

[At that she frowns.]

Umm... hold on.

[Finding a pocket, she deposits the phone-like-thing inside. She can't really climb a tree while holding onto it. Though some of the trees here are a bit different from the ones at home. She grunts as she pulls herself up a notch, looking for some better footing.]

Just wait a minute, 'kay, Zero?

[subdueme]

[Apparently she can't see the mountain from where she is?]

Are you that short that a giant mountain gets lost at your height?

[No answer but the sound of movement against the communicator.]

Yuuki?

Yuuki...

Oi. Yuuki. You're doing something stupid again, aren't you?

[cocooned]

[ U-Urk. You know, even if she can't see him right now, she can still hear him through her pocket. Her response is delayed while finding the next notch in the tree. ]

I'm in the middle of a jungle!

[JEEZ. Don't make fun of her.]

Of course I can't see the mountain through the trees!

[HUFF HUFF HUFF!]

Shut up and let me concentrate. I'll be able to see better once I climb to the top.

[subdueme]

It's a mountain. How can you not see it?

[Seriously...]

You aren't that short that climbing a tree is your only option to see.

[cocooned]

The branches and leaves are blocking it!

[Hmph. He must not be that far into the jungle if he is able to see it from the ground.]

[subdueme]

[Okay fine. She can't see.]

Look to your right. You should be able to see them. Unless you climbed the tree behind you...and have turned around. If that's the case look left.

[cocooned]

Ah... all right, I see it.

[Whoa... she had to climb pretty high this time, though.]

Which direction is Zero in, then?