Suddenly caught in the light of the torch, Ran freezes, his hands coming up in an instinctive 'I'm unarmed' gesture. He hadn't meant to sneak up on the newcomer, but he'd been heading back to his room after a late night of study (one of the advantages of the mansion was that it gave him a chance to jump ahead on his schoolwork), and the flickering flame had grabbed his attention.
That attention quickly changes to the new person's mode of dress. Blinking, Ran takes in the haori and the hakama, the straw hat and the swords, and wonders just what world -- and time period -- this particular person has come from.
It might make explaining the Mansion a bit trickier than usual.
"Sorry -- didn't mean to startle you," he apologizes, slowly lowering his hands. He can't make out the newcomer's face below the hat and the shifting shadows, and while he isn't about to be hostile, he isn't going to completely let his guard down, either.
Ran is still a long moment. The sudden appearance of someone clad in unearthly clothes and strangely familiar is enough to give her pause -- as are his words and the gesture of peace.
His words are concilatory at least, and Ran remembers the stories she has heard. Better not to anger the spirit-folk. "It is I who must apologise," she says. "I have entered your house without leave and lost myself in your maze. I must humbly entreat you to allow me to leave. I erred not from malice, but from need."
A different time period is beginning to look more and more likely -- unless it's one of the Kurobas playing an elaborate trick on him, but Ran's pretty sure that even Kaito wouldn't think to do something like this.
"It isn't my house," he admits, rubbing the back of his neck. "I got brought here the same way you did. This place--" Jeez, how to describe the Mansion to someone who looks like they're from the Edo period? "--it's... between worlds. It just draws us in at random."
"Not your --?" That was not the answer Ran wanted to hear. She reminded herself that if she was to be trapped, it was better to have company. "The enchantment brought you here as well, then?"
Knowing already what the answer would be -- she'd heard the stories -- Ran asked, "Do you know the means to leave this place?"
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That attention quickly changes to the new person's mode of dress. Blinking, Ran takes in the haori and the hakama, the straw hat and the swords, and wonders just what world -- and time period -- this particular person has come from.
It might make explaining the Mansion a bit trickier than usual.
"Sorry -- didn't mean to startle you," he apologizes, slowly lowering his hands. He can't make out the newcomer's face below the hat and the shifting shadows, and while he isn't about to be hostile, he isn't going to completely let his guard down, either.
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His words are concilatory at least, and Ran remembers the stories she has heard. Better not to anger the spirit-folk. "It is I who must apologise," she says. "I have entered your house without leave and lost myself in your maze. I must humbly entreat you to allow me to leave. I erred not from malice, but from need."
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A different time period is beginning to look more and more likely -- unless it's one of the Kurobas playing an elaborate trick on him, but Ran's pretty sure that even Kaito wouldn't think to do something like this.
"It isn't my house," he admits, rubbing the back of his neck. "I got brought here the same way you did. This place--" Jeez, how to describe the Mansion to someone who looks like they're from the Edo period? "--it's... between worlds. It just draws us in at random."
Right, Mouri, like that explains everything.
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Knowing already what the answer would be -- she'd heard the stories -- Ran asked, "Do you know the means to leave this place?"
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