Bat - 001

[shitcrazy]

Who: Bat and anyone who comes across him
Where: Espoir
Style: Third
Status: open

Nirvana was nothing like he'd expected.

Everything was so dry, for one thing. Bits of leaves crackled underfoot, dried up from the lack of constant rain, no doubt. Bat was still rubbing at his eyes, unused to the overall brightness of his surroundings

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OH GOD RUN YUKIKO

[snowsprincess]

She saw him - a man she'd never recognized... he looked out of place, lost, even. Though something about his strange appearance initially put her off, Yukiko had long learned to not trust looks.

So, she decided to be friendly, as others had been friendly to her when she'd first appeared, and crossed the street over to him. Yukiko smiled politely. "Can I help you?"

[shitcrazy]

Bat's gaze shot to her immediately, and he found himself blinking in surprise despite himself. This girl was like Sera - small, with dark hair and eyes. But her hair was longer, and her clothing... what was that she was wearing?

He had plenty of questions for her (and the beast within was anxious to see how well such soft flesh melted on his tongue), but the first thing he found himself doing was holding out the device. "What's this? Who are you?"

[snowsprincess]

Yukiko almost took a step backwards reflexively at the man's aggressive behavior - and something inside of her flinched at the thought of not having Amaterasu - but she tried to answer as best as she could, as politely as she could.

"I'm Yukiko Amagi. ...that's a Dreamberry. It's sort of like a phone. You can use it to call people, or to record messages."

[shitcrazy]

...Well. That was an unnecessarily long name, wasn't it? He was going to have forgotten it in a few minutes, he was sure. And what sort of name was a Dreamberry? He turned it around in his hands again, frowning at all the buttons with letters and numbers on one side. He pressed one, and the screen lit up, causing him to nearly drop the device in surprise.

"How do I work it?" He frowned at her. Speaking of girls looking like Sera... "And is this Nirvana?"

[snowsprincess]

Yukiko blinked, smiling again - maybe he was just someone who came on too strong, after all. "Nirvana? I'm afraid not. This place is called Somarium... it's a dream world." She winced. "As strange as that sounds, it's true."

She held up her own Dreamberry - of course, it looked like a cell phone, so the two weren't exactly identical... but the function was largely the same. "I can show you how to work it, if you'd like."

[shitcrazy]

Somarium? That didn't make any sense. "What do you mean...? Dream? What's that?"

Bat didn't like being at the mercy of this woman, but he had to get some answers and she was currently the only one that could offer them. He held the device out to her with a curt "Show me." One hand gripped the handle of one of the daggers slung on his lower back, telling her without words that he expected to get it back.

[snowsprincess]

"You... don't know what a dream is? You know, when you sleep...?" Was this not ringing a bell? That... didn't make sense. Who didn't dream?

Of course, when he went to grab the handle of what was unmistakably a dagger, Yukiko started to really, really wish that she had Amaterasu. This... was not the best situation she'd ever been in. She didn't even have her fans...

She took a half-step backwards, but otherwise stood her ground. "N-not until you... let go of that." She held up her own Dreamberry cellphone, trying to show him it. "I...I can show you on mine just fine, okay...?"

[shitcrazy]

A slow smirk turned up the corner of Bat's mouth. He loved it when they squirmed. He could smell the beginnings of fear in the air, could hear the shift in her pulse rate...

But he still had to rely on her for questions, so he shoved the demon back again. His hand fell away from his dagger and he pulled the Dreamberry back. It didn't look exactly like hers. Would her instructions still work?

"The word sounds familiar," he admitted, "but I can't say I really know what you're talking about." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Just get on with it."

[snowsprincess]

Yukiko proceeded to explain the various functions of the Dreamberry - how it could call people, how it could deliver a voice or video broadcast, how you scrolled through the list of names... even the map settings. The buttons should be ROUGHLY the same, after all.

Of course, all the while, she kept sneaking looks at the daggers on the man's back. If he was so obviously unstable... she didn't want to provoke him, or threaten him, or anything that would set him off, so she just kept speaking as calmly as possible, hoping it would soothe whatever temper he had.

She'd have to excuse herself as soon as possible.

[shitcrazy]

Bat bent a little closer, squinting at the small screen. It was all a bit complicated. One little device could do all that? She had to be joking with him. He'd have to ask for a straight out demonstration.

"Show me." He smirked again. "Call someone up on it. Call your leader. I'd like to speak with him or her."

[snowsprincess]

She frowned, her immediate reaction... well, suspicion. Why would this man want to speak to Souji...? And the way he emphasized "Leader," it was odd.

"...I don't have a Leader." It was true, technically. "You can try yours out for yourself if you want to."

[shitcrazy]

She was a rookie? There went that smirk again. If she was leaderless then no one would miss her if he decided he needed a snack at the end of this lesson.

"I don't trust you," he said simply. "You're too much like her." All the same, he began testing some of the options on his Dreamberry, keeping an eye on her the whole time he did so.

There was a list of names. He didn't recognize most. (There was someone named "Hungry?") A few made him pause, though. He knew the names of a few of the Embryon, though he rarely called them by them. To have them on this list as well...

"Am I listed on this?" he asked suddenly.

[snowsprincess]

Okay. That was it. That smirk meant that her instincts of self-preservation were rapidly overriding her instinct to be polite and help. That he could easily compare her to ... some girl he'd never met but obviously held a grudge against?

"I... don't know," she said reflexively, looking at her Dreamberry and thumbing through it, looking for a name she didn't recognize - there were several. "What's your name? Maybe I can find it?"

Or... maybe it would be best if she just got going.

Like, now-ish.

[shitcrazy]

"Bat." The response was given with a completely serious expression. "Like the animal." And he knew what the animal looked like, because he could turn others into them. If she asked, he'd be more than willing to give a demonstration.

"Do I automatically show up in that and are others able to find me?" Because that would be a problem, if the Embryon noticed first.

[snowsprincess]

She nodded. "Yes, you do..." she trailed off, scrolling through the list - what kind of a name was 'Bat,' anyway? - until she found his name: 'Batshitcrazy,' and turned the Dreamberry to display it. "See, right here. As long as you're in this world, you'll show up on one of these. So... you can see everybody, but everybody can see you, too."

[shitcrazy]

"Is there any way to hide it?" Bat snapped. He didn't like for anyone to just be able to know he was there. Worse yet, that meant they might be able to contact him. Maybe if he destroyed the device... but then he wouldn't have any means of taking advantage of its functions either.

What type of place was this?