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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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[video]

[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.

1/2

[everwalking]

[smiling at her, warm] It does happen to be a goal that coincides with ours, this time. Miss Sif suggested fishing or foraging for food, but I don't know if we have any available just yet, if you're--

[everwalking]

[his stomach grumbles]

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[cocooned]

A-Ah... [They're in the same predicament, aren't they. She laughs a bit.] I understand that feeling.

[cocooned]

[With a touch of uncertainty]

If everything is how it is... It's all right if I join everyone, right?

[everwalking]

Of course! I expect they'll want us to contribute, but if we have something useful we can do, who would object? [he's very definitely including himself in this statement! we live or die together! preferably live]

1/2

[cocooned]

[At that she gives a bit of a warm, relieved smile.]

Mm! I don't like sitting around doing nothing, anyway. If I can help, I want to. At the very least I can take good directions.

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[cocooned]

[Glancing around. Now what direction was the beach again...]

[everwalking]

[yeah, he's noticing that tiny hitch] --Where are you, exactly? I haven't been far inside the jungle, and I woke on the beach...

[cocooned]

I woke up far down on the beach earlier, but I had worried that if I stayed there, the kidnappers might come back.

[So she had wandered off into the trees and brush. She glances up.]

. . . E-Eh, I'm not sure how to describe the trees or location.

[Maybe she should have thought about marking the trail.]

Oh well... if I just turn around it's... probably in the right direction, right?

[Aha... she hasn't veered.... has she.]

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[everwalking]

Ah, well, the sun is in-- [how does he do this] [he turns around to look for the sun, and squints]

[everwalking]

Okay, the sun is to the left of the beach. That means that you should head-- right of the sun.

[is that correct? it doesn't matter, because he has forgotten that left and right depend on which direction you happen to be facing]

[Allen is not the best at directions]

[cocooned]

[WELP. Neither is she, but he sounds like he knows what he's talking about. Yuuki... this blind faith isn't always a good thing.]

Ah--! That's great, I hadn't thought about using the sun. What a good idea!

[everwalking]

But I don't think we're going to have to worry about them coming back. Not for-- [he glances down at his] One-hundred thirty-nine hours and forty-six minutes, probably.

[cocooned]

That's... true.

[If there's a time limit they'd show back up, assuredly.]

Hopefully by then we'll be prepared to deal with them, too.

1/2

[everwalking]

Yes... There's a lot we can do in six days to get ready to meet up with whoever brought us here. We don't have enough information about them to do it effectively, but we can still do something. [more than in that confined office building, at any rate]

About that staff, Miss--

[everwalking]

[whoops] Oh! I haven't introduced myself. My name is Allen Walker.

[cocooned]

Oh-- um... [She glances back up to her weapon, a touch uneasy. Usually, no one realizes she has one to begin with. At least... none of her classmates (and she's rarely off campus).

The question regarding her name distracts the conversation a moment, though.]

It...! It's nice to meet you, Walker-san.

[Polite dip of her head as a bow]

My name is Yuuki Kurosu. You can just call me Yuuki, though.

[everwalking]

The pleasure is all mine -- Yuuki. But you must call me Allen in return! [not that he makes any promises he won't slip up and Miss Yuuki her some more]

I was just going to ask what it's for. It looks very strong. [solid metal? definitely sturdy] Is it a weapon? [she seems so cute and non-threatening but he's seen cute girls kick intense ass before, so he won't rule out the possibility]

[cocooned]

Mm. Allen, then.

[She tests it out. The name isn't Japanese, so she'll try leaving off the honorifics, too. With a glance to her staff, she twirls it between her fingers.]

This is Artemis. I've had it a long time.

[With a third swing, it abruptly collapses into a much smaller, more portable version of itself.]

My adoptive father thought it was important that I know how to defend myself, so-- I like it keep it with me at all times.

[everwalking]

[he laughs a little as it collapses] That's a neat trick! [and then, smiling softer] It sounds like he was really looking out for you. That's wonderful. [the only thing Allen that makes Allen fluffier than family is adopted family]