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[selene]

[ It doesn't matter where you are in the city. Just as long as you're not only inside today, you might find yourself meeting a new person rather abruptly. Or rather, by them bumping into you.

If you're standing somewhere on the streets or the sidewalks or maybe even inside some shops, you might notice a blonde-haired girl in the distance running towards you.. except she doesn't seem to notice you in return, so she ends up running right into you at full speed, with enough force that knocks her back to land on the ground on her butt with a slight whine.

What do. ]

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[Action]

[selene]

So there's no reason to it?

[ wondering if there's an enemy she has to fight then, maybe.. ]

I've.. never heard of Prospero though, ahaha! I bet I can't even phone home to Mama to tell her I'll be late from here.

[Action]

[princesszero]

Not that I know of.

I had never even heard of a Region like this before arriving here. I don't think the phone will help on that at all.

[Action]

[selene]

So we're just completely lost, huh..?

[ sigh, but then she seems to make herself try to perk up. ]

Well, at least we're not alone! That's good!

[Action]

[princesszero]

You'll find there are quite a few others here. It's not as terrible as it could be, as long as you are mindful of the nights.

[Action]

[selene]

Hehe, don't worry! Usagi Tsukino here can practically handle anything at all that's thrown my way except homework! [ the arch nemesis of all teenage girls. ]

... What's so bad about the nights, though? Are there a lot of gangs around here?

[Action]

[princesszero]

[Homework. Well, that's a word she hasn't heard for a long time...]

The nights in Prospero are not normal. An hour a day, the sky changes colors, and monsters named Shadows come out.

The best way to avoid them is to stay inside, so if you aren't interested, or cannot fight, I would recommend that.

[Action]

[selene]

[ Well, of course shadows would come out at night, but.. Shadow monsters..? ]

Are they dangerous to the people here..? I mean.. then I definitely can't leave it alone.

[Action]

[princesszero]

Normal people get turned into coffins during that hour, and the Shadows ignore them. Only the ones that were brought here like us remain awake and in their true forms during this time.

[Action]

[selene]

Huh, how strange.. Then it's almost like they want us to fight them, right? If we were allowed to just ignore them, we could be made into those.. coffins too. [ there's a shudder down her spine - the idea of a coffin sounds very.. awkward. ]

[Action]

[princesszero]

That's what many think, that they bring us here to fight the Shadows. Still it is nothing but a theory.

[Action]

[selene]

Well, I'll fight them either way. I can't let them threaten this city, or anyone at all, even if we're the only ones who can see them at night..! [ pretty suited soldier of love and justice yadda yadda yadda. ]

[Action]

[princesszero]

Hopefully you aren't planning on doing this using any kind of magic, because it doesn't work here.

[She still resents this ok. Give her magic back, hellhole.]

[Action]

[selene]

... Wait.. No magic power at all?

[ so she can't transform..? ]

[Action]

[princesszero]

None you had before coming here.

You will probably have new powers, however, in the form of a Persona.

[Action]

[selene]

But how can they take away our powers?! It's important, you know, and--

[ ... distracted. ]

Persona..?

[Action]

[princesszero]

Yes. As far as I know they appear randomly for the first time, and after that you can call yours out whenever you want.

They can use magic and fight Shadows. So you'd probably could find yours really useful.

[Action]

[selene]

Yeah, I'll need to find out more about this Persona deal then, if I want to help the people here..

Um, thanks! You've been really helpful! I'm Usagi, by the way, Usagi Tsukino.

[Action]

[princesszero]

That's a nice name.

I'm Rei.

[Action]

[selene]

Rei.. -chan..?

[ just blinking here since.. saying that sounds awkward, it's too familiar..!! ]

[Action]

[princesszero]

[A pause.

A pause...?

A pause I guess.]

Is anything wrong?

[Action]

[selene]

[ NOPE, THAT WASN'T A PAUSE. ]

N-- no, nothing, nothing at all! It's just that a friend from home is also called Rei, so it's a little strange to call someone else Rei-chan too, ehehehe!

[Action]

[princesszero]

It makes sense if you were close with that person.

[Action]

[selene]

Well, of course we were close! We were friends and all!

[Action]

[princesszero]

I've seen a few different kind of friends in my life.

[Action]

[selene]

Huh? [ blink.. ] Different kind of friends?