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[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

[Action; early afternoon]

[Jin had no clue what was going on as he wandered around. A million questions raced through his mind. Where was he? Where did Jubei go? What happened to Yukianesa? Why couldn't he feel the presence of any seithr? Why was he at sea level?

Those last two weighed most heavily on Jin's mind. The level of seithr at sea level made it inhospitable for anything save maybe the Kaka clan, let alone humans. In fact, Jin had never even seen the sea before except through the windows of airships. So for the seithr to suddenly have all disappeared...

Much as he was loathe to do it, Jin approached a random passerby. It may even be you.]

You. I have some questions I need to ask you.

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

[Jin, you've pulled aside a 14 year old.]

Yes?

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

[Age? That means nothing when a prepubescent boy can be a vigilante in Jin's world.]

Let's start with this: how long have you been here?

[witchless.livejournal.com]

Almost three months.

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

[Not a native. Good.]

How do people show up here?

[witchless.livejournal.com]

No one's sure.

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

...Figures.

Do you at least know why we're here?

[witchless.livejournal.com]

Did you just arrive?

At midnight the city shifts and monsters appear. A theory is that we're here to fight them.

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

...Monsters.

[There's a touch of disbelief in Jin's otherwise icy voice. Oh, well, it won't be that difficult to stay up past midnight.]

At least that leads into my next question well enough. How can I get a weapon?

[He'll never admit it aloud, but he's feeling insecure without Yukianesa by his side.]

[witchless.livejournal.com]

There's a store that sells them. It's called Felix's Finds.

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

Does this store include swords in its inventory? Katana, in particular?

[witchless.livejournal.com]

I've seen them there. [Not that they particularly interested her. She was more of a long range fighter.]

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

Good. Then at least one thing works in my favor.

...That's all. You can go back to your business now.

[witchless.livejournal.com]

[Then she will.

Back to researching, back to the library.]

[the-cold-steel.livejournal.com]

[Jin likewise walks off. He still needs to figure out things for himself.]