the sky was never blue again

[nightsdespair]

[ the feed clicks on, showing a young boy from an angle in the ground. blue eyes darted across the horizon - they are serious, worried, and alert. ]

How queer... This place is unlike anything I've seen before... Not even that damned kingdom can possibly know about this area.

[ yep, he really hates that 'kingdom', whatever that is. you can hear it in

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[video]

[schoolboysmile]

[A silvery-haired boy smiles at him, after pressing his large glasses up the bridge of his nose, and then begins to speak, amusement plain on his features.]

Don't worry, your comrades probably haven't abandoned you, not intentionally anyway.

Welcome to Adstringendum, a sort of merger of worlds.

[video]

[nightsdespair]

Not intentionally...?

[ his eyes widen in a possible speculation, and his features change to that of anger. congratulations, you are the first person to see him with red eyes. ...well, partially on the left eye, to be exact. ]

Who took them?!

[video]

[schoolboysmile]

[Well, that certainly surprised Kabuto and his features still betrayed traces of that surprise as he made the recording. A wide smirk tried to hide the nervousness as he spoke.]

Some form of Doujutsu...?

[He muttered that, more to himself, than to the boy, then he tilted his head to a side, fringe cutting in and the glare of light reflecting off of his glasses hiding his eyes.]

They were not taken, or at least, not yet.

You could even say you were the one taken.

Adstringendum takes people from wherever- or whenever- they might be and brings them here. Nobody's sure why or how, yet... so don't lash out at me.

Calm down. Do something productive.

[He straightens again, the glare slipping away, and looks straight at the screen, gaze fixed and serious.]

You'll be here for a while.

[video]

[nightsdespair]

[ nox's frown deepened. he didn't like that smirk at all - this man was suspicious. and that term... what did that mean? ]

...doujutsu?

[ and then the man continues to a small lecture. that was enough to calm nox down (for now), reverting his eyes back to blue. ]

A...Ah. I apologize.

[ he had to stop those sudden bursts somehow. ]

So, I was taken? By whom?

[video]

[schoolboysmile]

An eye techinque.

[He did not resume smiling, but continued to observe him quietly.]

Apology accepted. [At least the boy was polite; that was enough to earn at least some of Kabuto's respect.]

I'm not sure. It could be the place itself, or the Animus, or someone else.

[ video ]

[nightsdespair]

...Perhaps my eyes turned into red?

[ killua already told him about it. it was really starting to get a little bit strange... ]

The Animus. I keep hearing that name? Who are they, exactly?

[video]

[schoolboysmile]

They did. [Kabuto reacts with a quick blink, a look of confusion passing across his features. Was the boy not aware of how his own eyes looked?]

They're mysterious; I don't know much about them either. Strange, mischievous creatures. They're usually behind these strange occurences.