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[headthataway]

[Jim is waking up, finally. He'd gone up as the night wore on, and was laying out on a ledge just wide enough to hold him, and a good distance off the ground. He lifts his head groggily and starts to roll over before realizing where he is and clutching back on the wall.]

So. Not a dream. Good to know.

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[magic_sidekick]

[wandering a bit from the store to check out the area, hoping the sun meant they were safe. She hears something above and looks up, panic stricken. Sees the body above her and almost panics, but instead tries the smart thing.]

Is there somebody up there that's not going to try and eat me?

[headthataway]

[Erk. Jim hadn't meant to scare anybody. He fumbles with his mask, still on his face, pulling it up and peeking over the side.]

I'm not gonna eat anybody. Just woke up, sorry.

[magic_sidekick]

[Trucy sighs in relief.]

Oh thank goodness. I hope I didn't startle you. Did you sleep up there?

[headthataway]

[He grabs onto the ledge and swings down, making the relatively short drop from hanging there to standing easily.]

Yeah. Seemed like a safe place.

[He looks her over. Well, at least he can see her face-- None of them had taken the masks off last night, for whatever reason.]

[magic_sidekick]

[She flashes him a big smile.]

My name is Trucy Wright, Magician Extraordinaire, what's yours?

[He seems nice enough. She does a little twirl with her introduction.]

[headthataway]

Jim. [He smiles at her. The twirl is cute, and so is the Magician thing. He's wondering what the hell is going on again -- This place is picking up Starfleet Captains, nuns, and kids. What's the point?]

Do you know what's going on here?

[magic_sidekick]

[Trucy winks. At least she's been able to meet lots of new people. Despite last night.]

Just that things out there want to eat us and that we all wore masks last night and that everyone just seemed to wake up here.

[It sounded matter of fact, but Trucy still shuddered at the thought of that... thing.]

[headthataway]

Yeah, I ran into the big hungry guys too.

[He stretches, and looks around.]

I don't see any sign of 'em now. I wonder if they're nocturnal or just hiding.

[magic_sidekick]

[She glances around as well.]

I hope they're nocturnal. In fact, I hope last night was the last night we see those things. I... don't particularly like fearing for my life, especially in such a foreign and forlorn place as this.

[Trucy sighs and kicks at the ground.]

So Jim, you ever seen a place like this?

[headthataway]

Things like that aren't usually a one-time occurrence, I'd bet. But...I hope you don't run into 'em.

[He pauses, awkwardly.]

Not like this, no.

[magic_sidekick]

Yes, but wishful thinking keeps your spirits up while that's possible. At least, that's what Pops always taught me. I hope none of us do. There has to be somewhere safe here...

[She really believes that with all her heart, because if she stops, she'll lose all hope.]

Well... neither have I and it's most strange since it seems to have shrunk overnight... Did you notice this as well Jim?

[She looks around again.]

[headthataway]

There's probably places we could stake out inside buildings, if we can get in. We'll be safe enough, if they do come back.

[He can understand that. Hope's an important thing to have.]

Yeah. It's a hell of a lot smaller.

[He's pretty sure there's something stranger and more sinister going on here than a few hungry monsters.]

[magic_sidekick]

[Trucy nods in agreement.]

Well... did you want to go looking for one, and maybe some food? I bet you haven't eaten anything yet.

[headthataway]

--Yeah, food'd be good. Food, shelter, water. Weapons.

[Jim hadn't realized he was hungry, but if he wanted to keep going, he needed to eat while whatever supplies were here still existed.]

Water's most important.

[magic_sidekick]

[Trucy points down the alley.]

There wasn't anything resembling a store with food down that way. I was hoping to find something down this way. We'll probably have to break into wherever we find, since it seems like almost all the doors are locked. I also found this pipe, so maybe we could break something with it?

[Trucy picks up the pipe laying at her feet that she set down before she had seen Jim.]

[headthataway]

[Well, the kid's got a pipe. That's something, at least. It should be a good way into places, and it ought to keep them alive.]

Let's start checkin' down this street. If we don't find anything, we'll come up with another plan.