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[ . . . 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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[ . . . She wont even argue the fact that she genuinely would have needed one. Miming everything just doesn't sound appealing. For a couple moments she watches him silently.]

. . . Do you...think it is the communicator that translated it all for us?

Occam's razor.

[ is that enough of an answer? he runs his thumb over the side of it, considering ]

Are you speaking a foreign language again?

Heh. Apparently.

Aren't you in high school? What do they teach you?

[ almost a genuine question. his high school experience was not typical. ]

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[Wait, he's not insulting her is he?]

We learn plenty! Math, Science, Language Arts... we have a really good P.E. program. [But it's probably the only class she excels at.] History and English-- I'm still working on that, though.

Right, those are categories. Like on Jeopardy. That doesn't tell me what you're actually learning.

[ it's sometimes hard to tell with him ]

[She doesn't even know what Jeopardy is, give her a break!!]

Well you could have been more clear...

[Mumbled. Right, anyway-]

Currently I'm learning Algabra, Chemistry, Biology-- [Her weakest subjects] as well as Geography and World Cultures, English, Literature, and... focusing on archery in P.E. at the moment.

Right. No -- philosophy. No logic. Why teach that to kids until they're in college. Who cares if they know how to think, we'll just cram everything else in there first.

[ but he mostly sounds amused, and then he adds ] Occam's razor is just a way of saying: don't overcomplicate things.

They gave us a weird little piece of tech, it lets us contact each other, and it turns out we're not all speaking the same language, but we understand each other just fine.

Sure, they could've microchipped us, or -- cast a spell. [ he's so distasteful as he says those words ] But why give us something this bulky if they could do that?

[ it's not really bulky. but compared to a spell or a microchip under their skin? yeah. ]

Hey! Just so you are aware, my father's school is also an elite university! Who's to say that philosophy isn't in the agenda for next semester!?

[HUFF HUFF! Her father's school is great, okay!?]

. . . As for the rest of that, I don't know.

[Frowning, she turns her device over a couple times, examining it.]

I thought it was really small and advanced. It's like a television and telephone all in one.

Nepotism just isn't what it used to be, huh?

[ he said, before continuing smoothly, like Yuuki wasn't going to have any response to that. this is why you have a -2 social, Tony. ]

Yeah, in about -- twenty years? You're going to call them 'smartphones'.

[ because she recognizes it as a phone, so probably she's at least far enough along to have cordless ones, right? ]

[E-Excuse you, Tony!? Whatever...! You only wish you could attend school with vampires. Hmph.

. . . Or maybe not. Since people don't often react well to their existence, but that's only because they don't know how kind they can be. She knows the academy is great, so there.]

What a clever name.

[ actually, that was a more personal shot at you! he takes your word for it that you're going to an elite school, but your dad runs it, so maybe that's why you get to go there despite not being any good at at least one of your classes :|a ]

Didn't coin it, but thanks anyway. My phones are a little more advanced than the average. [ still fiddling with his communicator ] Maybe more advanced than these, except for the translation service. Our software's not on the public market yet.

[ should probably do something about that. more he can offer the world than just clean energy... ]

[Hush, hush, we wont mention the fact that because her father is the chairman, that is exactly why she gets to go. Because her grades really aren't all that great.

. . . That said, part of the reason is due to the late hours she works every night, and the fact that she can't help but to fall asleep in class.]

Are you a CEO?

[ well, if you ever tell him, he will be the least surprised. might recommend staying awake, though. caffeine pills! etc! ]

Me? No. Not anymore. And to be honest, I wasn't great at it when I was. But it's still my name up in lights. My tech. My company.

[ amending ] Our company.

[Dubious...]

What do you make?

A lot of stuff you've never heard of. [ breezily ] I'm in clean energy now, which is a thing people will start pretending to worry about where you're from in... thirty years, probably.

We make electronics, too. But small domestic potatoes don't really pay the bills.

You make it sound like I'm living under a rock.

[She knows plenty about technology okay! Like if you can't get your favorite television show and you hit the TV a couple times, it will usually work. Take that for technology and ingenuity.]

I'm sure it's a very nice rock.

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