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[atlantispilot]

[ Sheppard is sitting in one of the living rooms, flicking through the booklet the house has given him. He looks a little unhappy, but hey -- can you blame him? ]

Well this is ... cosy. I'd say homey, but the whole kidnapping routine tends to make me feel a little uneasy. Just a personal thing.

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[nomafiaplz]

[walking by and overhears -- ]

You -- you were kidnapped, too? Were we all --

[nomafiaplz]

[.................... NOTICES SHEP HAS A SUBMACHINE GUN ON HIM]

[SUBMACHINE GUN]

[nomafiaplz]

[oh god oh god oh god maybe he's one of the KIDNAPPERS, not one of the hostages]

[nomafiaplz]

I -- I mean. The -- house is very nice...

[atlantispilot]

Little lacking in exits for my taste...

[ Flicks a page and glances up and sees Tsuna freaking out ]

Hey, take it easy.

[nomafiaplz]

E-easy! Um. Yes! Sir? R-right! I'm --

[nomafiaplz]

-- exits?

[nomafiaplz]

You mean -- you mean you can't get out either? But -- didn't you bring us here...?

[atlantispilot]

The company'd be a little closer to my age if this was my doing.

[nomafiaplz]

S-So you're not -- ?

[nomafiaplz]

...but then -- why did they let you bring -- a gun?

[nomafiaplz]

I-It's a very nice! Gun! I mean!

[atlantispilot]

I must have won them over with my natural charm and ... trustworthy... ness, which I can see are working on you.

[nomafiaplz]

[THAT IS NOT A PARTICULARLY REASSURING THING TO SAY]

[nomafiaplz]

Them? It's a -- "they?" Have you -- seen -- talked to them?

[atlantispilot]

[ Closes his booklet and sits back, glancing around the mansion thoughtfully. ]

No, but something on this scale? Nobody I've spoken to knows how they got here, nobody knows who's running this thing -- the place is practically airtight. I can't see one person pulling this off on their own.