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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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[blindknight]

[ It's not like he can see her coming anyway, so they both go sprawling. Lindsey loses his cane and his sunglasses somewhere in there, and also swears rather loudly ]

What the fuck?

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[selene]

A.. ah, sorry!

[ She's trying to get up herself, really, but.. she spots something her hand suddenly touches, and it's.. a pair of sunglasses? ]

Um.. Do these maybe belong to you? [ She isn't putting two and two together just yet. ]

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[blindknight]

Depends on what these are. [ He's being rather short with her, and doesn't seem to feel bad about it. His gaze snaps in her direction, but his light blue eyes never seem to look at her. ]

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[selene]

These sunglasses! They're--

[ ... now it connects, maybe when she can see the way he looks at her. oops. ]

... They're yours.. right?

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[blindknight]

Probably. [ He holds out a hand. Hand 'em over. :| ]

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[selene]

[ At least she already got up, so she can walk over to him, giving them to him. ]

Ah, here.

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[blindknight]

Thanks.

You haven't seen a cane anywhere, have you? I dropped that too.

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[selene]

Hmm, just give me a moment! [ see, being helpful is already making this a lot less awkward, so she just looks around for a moment or two until she spots it, handing it over to him with a smile even if.. there's still the realisation that he's blind and all. ]

There. Was that all, or do you think you lost more?

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[blindknight]

[ He takes the cane, and hauls himself to his feet, free hand running through his hair ]

Nah. Just my pride.

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[selene]

Really? I'll see if I can-- [ ... oh, wait, pride, figuratively, she gets it. ] ... find it.

[ okay, let's try to regain some dignity here.. ]

I'm sorry for bumping into you! You see, I was sort of in a panic, so I didn't watch where I was going..

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[blindknight]

Good fucking luck. [ He scoffs ] If you do find it, let me know.

The fuck were you running from, anyway?

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[selene]

Ehehehe.. [ just a little awkward at the first part. ]

Oh, I was running to school! You see, I have no clue where I am right now, but I'm probably going to be late if I don't find school soon!

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[blindknight]

... Give me some context here. You don't know where you are in town, or you don't know where you are at all?

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[selene]

Um.. [ she scratches the back of her head lightly, thinking about it. ]

It depends! If this is Tokyo, then I don't know where I am in town, and otherwise.. then I just have no clue! [ shameless. ]

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[blindknight]

Jesus H. Christ. [ FACEPALM ] This isn't Tokyo- this isn't even fucking close. This is Prospero, it's an island off the east coast of America, and school is the last of your worries.

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[selene]

... E-- eeeh?! America?!

But that isn't even possible! I went to sleep in Tokyo last night, Tokyo..!

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[blindknight]

Word is we've all been kidnapped, but nobody knows why.

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[selene]

But it's not possible to kidnap people like that, right? Unless.. [ new enemies? ] Well, unless they used magic or something like that.

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[blindknight]

At this point? I'm willing to believe anything.

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[selene]

Ah, this is all so confusing..

Either way, um--! I'm still sorry for running into you! Let me at least introduce myself.. my name is Usagi! Usagi Tsukino, nice to meet you.

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[blindknight]

Eh, I've had worse.

Name's Lindsey, and welcome to Prospero, for whatever that's fucking worth.

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[selene]

Nice to meet you, Lindsey! And.. hehe, thanks for the welcome, I guess..? If we can't get out of here easily, then I guess we'll just have to make the best of it while we're here.

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[blindknight]

I... uh. Yeah. There's some things you should know about this place, and it's gonna sound fucking insane, so just... bear with me here.

But at midnight, everything... uh. Changes, and these monsters called Shadows show up.

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[selene]

[ She frowns a little when he starts explaining, but hey, at least she's open to pretty much believing everything about this now. ]

Monsters? So they're.. hurting people around midnight?

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[blindknight]

If you're caught outside they'll try to fucking kill you, yeah. Most of the people around town turn into coffins when this happens, but those of us who've been dumped here don't.

I guess the deal is we're supposed to fight them.