First Performance

[magique_bonbon]

[Okay, so Coquelicot thought she'd be waking up in the circus. Or the Chattes Noires. Or in any other location that she was even remotely familiar with. For that matter, she also would've preferred waking up in clothes that she 1) actually owned and/or 2) remembered wearing

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[demon_of_paris]

C-Coquelicot?!

You're...

2/2

[demon_of_paris]

...Great. Why'd they have to drag you here too? Better than Glycine I guess, but still.

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[magique_bonbon]

Lobelia! You were kidnapped, too!?

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[magique_bonbon]

... hey! It's not like I wanted to get stuck here with a thief!

N-Nevermind that. Who's "they"?

[demon_of_paris]

Believe me, what you and I want doesn't make a damn bit of difference in this place.

As for who "they" are, don't know. At least I'm not sure. Someone's taken us out of our world, stripped away our spiritual power, and stuck us in some dull American down full of other captured people and weird fakes called drones.

And before you ask, no, I haven't found a way out yet.

[magique_bonbon]

[WOW that's a lot of information to absorb.] Eh? We're not in our own world anymore!? And... our spiritual power...?

[Rustlerustlerustle- pause. When she speaks up again, her voice is noticeably quieter.]

I can't do any of my tricks...

[demon_of_paris]

Right, and I can't make any fire either. We're stuck that way until we "earn" it back by playing along with the crap that goes on here. Terrible, isn't it?

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[magique_bonbon]

It's beyond terrible! I mean, if we can't get out, everyone at the Chattes Noires- they're probably worried about us, and if something attacks Paris while we're gone...

And some of the circus's animals weren't feeling well, either, and I'm the only one who can really get close to them...

...

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[magique_bonbon]

... nothing bad's happened to you, right, Lobelia? Besides having your powers taken away?

[demon_of_paris]

Ugh, calm down. I was told time here doesn't work the same as in our own world so we're probably not missing anything. I can't deal with you crying about animals the whole time we're here.

I've been fine, except for boredom, the lack of any good booze, and getting locked in a room to eat turkey.

[magique_bonbon]

I-I'm perfectly calm! And of course I'd be worried about the animals! Um, if time works differently here, though, it-

... is eating turkey one of the things we have to do to earn our powers back?

[demon_of_paris]

Beats the hell out of me. Haven't gotten anything out of it except a decent meal yet.

[magique_bonbon]

Still, that doesn't sound like it'd be THAT bad! If that's the worst that could happen before Erica and the others come and get us out of here...

Ah- what about those drones you were talking about?

[demon_of_paris]

Unfortunately compared to some other stuff I've heard mentioned, having to eat food is pretty lame. Murders and stuff seem more likely.

As for the drones, they're...well, they're nothing. They look like people but they're fakes. They act like nothing's wrong and they have these glossy, dumb looks on their faces. Oh, and apparently the boss ones can brainwash you for being bad.

Not that you'd have to worry about that normally, but being bad means "doing whatever they don't want you to." Geez, why do I have to explain all of this...

1/2 - WAY TO CRUSH HER HOPES AND DREAMS WITH REALITY

[magique_bonbon]

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[magique_bonbon]

[Kind of just]

[Stares at the picture showing her drone mother and brother for a moment]

[... and their dead, empty eyes]

Whatever they don't want us to do... so if we don't play along with them to get our powers back, they brainwash us?