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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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[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]

[cocooned]

Yeah, he's a great guy.

[She might not call him 'Father' to his face or anything, but he's got to know by know that she loves and appreciates everything that he has done for her, right? He took in a little girl that he had never even met before. That kind of person is beyond rare.]

I don't know that Artemis will make much of a difference here, though.

[She only had it out because she didn't know who was responsible for kidnapping her.]

[everwalking]

Better safe than sorry. [he's about to add, "WHO KNOWS, THERE COULD BE DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLE, LIKE LIONS AND TIGERS AND BEARS OH MY," but she's... in the jungle right now so he stops from saying it]

[cocooned]

That's what I like to think too.

[It's kind of like a security blanket.]