----→ Twenty-Two [Video// Moments before the Animus' post] ←----

[fallenapple]

[Kyoko is running, running too fast to see her surroundings. She's panting, and the PCD screen shakes as she strides.]

Mami! Yuma! We have to get ready, if that dream-seeing guy is right!

[She stops. What is she running for? She looks panicked, regardless. She doesn't know why she's so anxious, but suddenly a wave of panic just hit her, and it shows

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[fallenapple]

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[kill_joo_ded]

[He can't understand a word of it. Something is clearly dead wrong. When that kid who hangs around with Kyoko does the same thing, this is proven in the worst of ways.

It's time to start hacking PCD locations.]

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[checkmychainyo]

[It's at this point that Kurapica rushes outside the gundam building to join him.]

Killua, have you--?

[Wait, he doesn't need to finish that question. He can tell by the way Killua's acting that he has seen the new network posts. It may as well be chaos.]

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[kill_joo_ded]

[He doesn't reply for a moment, rushing through whatever he's doing on his PCD. Several complicated maneuvers later, he looks up to Kurapica. A hint of hesitance wavers in his eyes, but then he narrows them. Action is definitely necessary. No way around it.]

I know where those girls are.

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[freecssofnature]

-- She's a friend of yours, right, Killua?

[He looks worried, and whatever happened, that scream gives Gon a bad feeling about her safety.]

Let's help her.

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[checkmychainyo]

[Something about this situation just isn't right. He doesn't know what those symbols or what those blood-curling screams mean, but it's obvious that those girls are in danger. Or...perhaps they themselves are dangerous. He looks to Gon and nods before directing his next question at both of them.]

Do you know anything at all of what's happened to those girls?

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[kill_joo_ded]

[He shakes his head.] I've never seen them do it before. I think it has something to do with those jewels they all have though.

Kyoko's... helped me out. Once or twice.

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[freecssofnature]

[So they owe her one: Gon nods at once. And something to do with the jewels - what did that snake lady say--]

-- Didn't she say something about magicians?

[Mature. He isn't sure what that means, but - ] Do you think she's doing something to them? Controlling them?

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[checkmychainyo]

[Kurapica holds a chain to his chin in thought.] It's possible they are being controlled by the Animus, and given how those girls could swap bodies using some ability outside of Nen, they probably have powers the Animus can utilize.

[His hand returns to his side. It's evident that Killua has some kind of relationship to Kyoko, and that he's concerned--not surprisingly, given those painful-sounding screams.]

We could be walking into a dangerous situation, but depending on what is occurring to her, we may not have much time.

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[kill_joo_ded]

They're magical girls. Like the lame cartoons Milluki always watches. Say some incantation using some mystical item, and they magically change clothes and summon weapons to fight. So... [Magicians. He tenses even further.] Whatever's happened already happened, but it's definitely the animus, not her. Which means it's definitely dangerous.

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[freecssofnature]

Anyway, we need to hurry up, right?

Don't worry, Killua! We'll save her.