[ There was another Vocaloid arriving in Ruby City, except this one needed a little extra help. The same unknown force that put Kaito on the train had to carry the inactive unit from the train and set him down on the platform, leaning him against a pillar on the platform and setting a golden watch down some feet away, connecting the Vocaloid and
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Excuse me, you shouldn't sleep here.
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Aa, gomen nasai, I didn't realize I was in your way. [ He stood to move, brushing his coat off again. ] Will this train be coming back soon?
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[[Even if she does think he's weird for the way he speaks, she's determined to make a good impression on the new arrivals to combat her bad reputation. Perhaps her reputation is more in her mind than she realises.]]
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A--aa, I shouldn't go with you, the police will be looking for me. [ He smiled a nervous smile, rubbing the back of his head with a hand. ] You would be blamed for my theft when you were only trying to help...
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[[Delayed reaction:]]
Theft? You're a person, not an item. ...Aren't you?
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Well..Aha.. [ There was a nervous laugh to accompany that smile. ] I-iie, I'm a Vocaloid. I'm an android made to help people make music..
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But...what's an android?
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An android? Aa, it's a machine, or a robot.
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Please, come with me. I'll explain about this place to you. You can stay with me, as well...
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N-ne, alright. I'm Shion Kaito. [ He was still apprehensive, looking either way as though he needed some kind of confirmation that the police or an escort wouldn't show up to take him elsewhere...he didn't want to get this nice lady in trouble, after all, but. Well. He had been told by Miku and others that this was a whole different world..somehow. And a bunch of different random strangers wouldn't all have the same explanation if it wasn't true, right?
So...he followed her. ] Arigatou, but I wouldn't want to impose..
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[ Another dimension..that phrase was boggling to him. There were no known ways to jump dimensions, his presence made no logical sense, nor did the stories he was told, but..so many different people told him the same thing--!! It would take a while for him to come to terms with this concept. ]
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[[She reaches into her pocket and pulls out what looks like another communicator. She opens it up, though, and a pair of hands and feet fold out. It waves at him.]]
Are there such machines in your world?
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Hai. They're novelty items, though, for collection. They're not as sophisticated as me. Can it do anything else?
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Hmm...you make music... Fetch-It, why don't you clap a rhythm for Mr. Kaito?
[[It thinks for a minute, then starts clapping a complex rhythm in 3/4 time.]]
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Oh, it could even recognize vocal orders and act on them? He smiled though, letting the rhythm repeat a few times before mimicking it. From the speakers on him came the sound of a harpsichord playing the clapped melody. ]
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