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[uzuki]

We've got to hurry! We have to find Shion!

[It might have seemed strange to someone else, Shion speaking about herself in the third person, but Shion had already grown accustomed to it. Her past self was outside somewhere, in the warzone that Miltia had become over the last few hours. Shion knew she had precious little time to find herself, and rescue her parents, but she had resolved to do it.

She sprinted ahead of the group, and raced out of the large glass doors of the Labyrinthos lobby, and into... Another lobby? this is where she enters Prospero. She staggers to a stop, and takes a moment to stare at the interior of the hotel lobby she now occupies.]

No... This can't be right...

[She hurries outside again, and this time makes it. But it's very obvious that she isn't on Miltia anymore.]

I don't understand... What's going on?!

[Feel free to welcome this confused and frantic woman who is now trying to figure out how she has time or spaced jumped yet again.]

Comments

[uzuki]

Like what?

Strikes muttered and probably audible to anyone but Shion :D

[want_a_vacation]

*Facepalm.*

I should have known you would ask that...

There's an extra hour in the day here, right before midnight. It's called the Dark Hour, and the natives and everything electronic except for our phones freeze. That's also when monsters we call Shadows appear and overrun the town.

This week's been a little unusual, but normally we can't use our unnatural or superhuman abilities from home, so instead we usually fight either with the weaponry available in this time or an entity called a Persona that's apparently part of its owner.

xD

[uzuki]

[She stares at him flatly. He was right.]

Allen, none of that makes any sense.

[want_a_vacation]

I knew you were going to say that...but I can't prove anything about the Shadows or Dark Hour to you until midnight. And while I can technically summon my Persona at any time, it leaves me exhausted if I do it outside of Dark Hour.

[uzuki]

Fine. I'll go look for the others until this... Dark Hour starts. You can show me then.

[want_a_vacation]

You'd probably be best off looking back at the hotel for Gaignun. He tends to spend most of his free time either in his room or at the Elysium cafe.

[uzuki]

That's not what I meant, Allen.

[She's gonna try to find the Elsa, so she can really cement her disappointment.]

[want_a_vacation]

*...Yeah, another facepalm.*

If they were here, they'd be on the phone network.

[uzuki]

You can't know that for sure!

[Maybe they didn't get phones... Or they're unconscious... Or they're being themselves and not thinking to contact Shion...]

[want_a_vacation]

The phones have a listing of every captive here. And I've never heard of a case of someone not getting one.

[uzuki]

Well I've never heard of a place that kidnaps people and gives them phones to use.

[want_a_vacation]

Well, you have now. They want something from us, and apparently they think it's in their best interests if we can communicate.

[uzuki]

[She sighs, and rubs her temple. Now she's getting the headache.]

We're not getting anywhere like this.

[want_a_vacation]

*Welcome to his world.*

You're just now noticing?

*Sigh.*

Look, if the Elsa was here, I doubt they would have gone a year without finding me. We're just going to have to accept that there are only a small handful of people here from our world and work with what we have.

[uzuki]

Then what are you saying we should do?

[She almost continues on to say something mean, but she manages to stop herself. She's calming down a bit anyway. Not that she's any happier.]

[want_a_vacation]

There are people here we can get help from even if they aren't from our world. They don't really know anything more than I do, but it still means we're not alone.

[uzuki]

[She doesn't have much to say about that... She still feels pretty alone, since Allen doesn't agree with her.]

[want_a_vacation]

*One more attempt at resting his hand on her shoulder.* Why don't you go check out your hotel room and get some rest? You'll need it if you're going to come out with me for Dark Hour.

[uzuki]

Hotel room? I didn't check into a hotel...

[And she doesn't need rest, but by now, she's learned to go along with it until she's out of their sight~]

[want_a_vacation]

*Shion, you're as bad as...well, him.*

You don't have to. "Conveniently," we all get free room and board here. We're pretty sure the hotel is under the control of whoever's keeping us here, though, so be careful what you talk about there.

[uzuki]

I see...

[She'll give in to the idea of going to her hotel room, but only to have somewhere quiet to look at her console. And also to appease Allen... Until he leaves, so she can go look on her own like she wanted.]

[want_a_vacation]

I was headed back there anyway, so I can walk you back there now.

And that way you won't get lost.

[uzuki]

Alright...

[As soon as he starts to lead the way, she'll go along quietly.]

[want_a_vacation]

*He turns and starts walking back to the hotel with a relieved sigh.*

I'll come pick you up around quarter of midnight so we can be ready for the Dark Hour.

Oh, since you probably don't have your MWS and I doubt relying entirely on Ethers you shouldn't even be able to use is a good idea, do you want me to bring you some kind of weapon? There's a store here that specializes in them, although we're still stuck with Lost Jerusalem era technology.

[uzuki]

[She was confused for a moment, then she begins to summon her weapon, and realized she can't... And why. This is really turning out to be pretty awful. Especially because one of the only other weapons she has trained with has been a swords and ehhh...]

I should be fine fighting on my own.

[She wouldn't be quite as strong without her MWS, but she could still usually protect herself.]