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Hello?

[ The screen fades in slowly and the first thing that comes to clarity is a gray-haired teenager. Behind him is the recognizable almost gaudy style of the hotel. The teenager stares for several moments before speaking: ]

Ah. There it is.

[ And that's that. Now he's staring again, with his light gray eyes, almost waiting as if you will answer him immediately--at least for a few more moments. ]

The travel brochure says we're in Prospero Island in America. How did we get here? This doesn't seem like a school trip.

[ He is almost emotionless--stoic--his words lacking any trace of what he's feeling or thinking. ]

I don't remember boarding a plane.

[ Something stirs behind him, in the bed. Rather, someone. The teenager hears it and turns around, watching as a black-haired girl slowly sits up from the bed. She looks at the boy, looking rather surprised. ]

Huh? Wha-? ... Where am I? Who are yo--oh, I remember you. What are you doing here?

Ah. [ Souji looks back to the phone then to the girl. ]

We're on Prospero Island. I woke up earlier and was in this room with you.

[ The girl however is staring at the phone--at the feed, realizing something unscrupulous may have just occurred. While she was asleep. She cuts him a sharp glance. ]

What do you mean by that? You just happened to wake up here with me?

[ The boy, unabashed: ] Yeah. [ A very minor pause before continuing: ] If you want to use the shower, the bathroom is behind this table...

I think someone must have kidnapped us.

[ The feed cuts off. ]

[ OOC: Dual intro! Both Souji Seta and/or Yukiko Amagi will respond accordingly. ]

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I would assume so. [ don't ask him about it or he'll say something like God probably knows, bluh bluh. ] What brought us here should surely know the purpose for it too, or so I would think.

I am sorry to hear that, but unfortunately there is nothing to be done about it. Perhaps someone else will be found to fill in during your own absence.

I can't let anyone else fill in for me. The inn is my responsibility.. [ She doesn't sound too thrilled about it. ] I can't just abandon it and hope someone else picks up the slack.

It is good to think of your responsibilities, admirable even. But in this situation it just can't be helped.

It has to be helped though. Even if I'm not eager for it, it's rotten to just dump it on another.

The only way to go back instantly would be to bargain with the ones who brought you into this place, would it not?

But the problem with that is that we do not know how we ended up in this city to start with.

Huh? So no one knows at all who's brought us here? How many... how many others are there like us?

I am afraid so.

[ there's a pause where he has to ponder the next part though. ] I am not sure of the exact amount, but it is a pretty sizable population as far as I have been able to tell. So at least you will not have to worry about being alone.

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