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Where in the world…?
Just as she utters her first words and sits up, she feels her clothes clinging slightly to her skin, the way they often do when they are wet or damp. She feels it everywhere, in fact, and, though she is mildly disgusted, she tugs at her pink cardigan with both of her hands, just to feel the moisture for herself. It takes a ( Read more... )
Just as she utters her first words and sits up, she feels her clothes clinging slightly to her skin, the way they often do when they are wet or damp. She feels it everywhere, in fact, and, though she is mildly disgusted, she tugs at her pink cardigan with both of her hands, just to feel the moisture for herself. It takes a ( Read more... )
Okay, that was Yukari.
He walks over to her, looking rather ... concerned.]
Yukari? You're here too?
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Yukari stops, realizing she's only about to repeat what he just said. She feels slightly calmer, at least, seeing a familiar face. Whatever happened to her in that Abyss of Time, it seems, happened to him too. And maybe other members of SEES.
I mean... you... so it happened to you too? W-what are we doing here?
She looks up again. She can't seem to keep her eyes off all that water.
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[He looks around, sighing.]
We can't leave.
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Yukari stares at him. Studies him. Unfortunately, she's been around him long enough to realize that he's being serious...and right now, he definitely was. She runs a hand through her wet hair and sighs as well.
Figures. First trapped at the dorm, and now here. Is this nightmare ever going to end?
Yukari looks away, and she's not even sure if she's talking to him at this point, or herself.
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[He looks her over, noting that yes, she is soaked to the bone. Luckily, he has a clean and dry towel with him, so he hands it to her.]
Vatheon doesn't -- wait, what do you mean trapped at the dorm?
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She snatches the towel, and though she was just about to thank him for it, his little act was making her just a little less than grateful.
...you were there. Don't... don't play dumb.
For some reason, however, she can't shake this feeling that...he's still being serious. She's unsure of herself suddenly, and her voice shakes.
But she is at least able to dry off now. She starts with her hair.
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No, I'm completely serious. What are you talking about?
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I...
She pauses and sighs. Where was she even going to begin?
Before I woke up ... here, we were all trapped in the dorm. All of us. Some really weird stuff started happening... it was about a month, after you graduated.
She sighs again.
But I guess it doesn't matter much now. Um...
After drying off the best she could, she realizes she's really not going to get any drier without a change in clothes. Obviously, she wouldn't have access to Paulownia Mall anytime soon, but...well, Akihiko had clean, dry clothes so there had to be something in this weird place. She holds out the towel to him, in case he wants it back.
...thanks. For the towel.
She wants to ask him a million things. Where were the others? Where could she get some clean clothes? But she bites her tongue, for fear of confusing him...and herself further.
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[He gives her a look of sympathy.]
Do you want dry clothes?
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She repeats the name, and surprisingly, though she's never known a Haruka in her life, it seems familiar somehow. Familiar, yet distant. She sighs and decides not to push it though, as there would be time for explanations later. After all, it's not as if she'll be going anywhere any time soon.
Now that she is slightly calmer, she suspects that maybe this all has to do with the Abyss of Time; that maybe its appearance somehow tossed her into some alternate world. But regardless, she is glad to hear about the familiar faces, even if they may not quite be the same as the ones she remembers. If she was going to be stuck here, they would at least make her stay tolerable.
She looks down at her wet clothes, making a face.
Yeah, I think I'd like that. Uhm... h-how exactly are the dorms here, again?
She looks up at all the water above, yet again. So many questions...
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So, what, we're just... stuck here then? How the heck am I even supposed to live here?
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Still the same, Yukari. C'mon, let's get you some dry clothes.
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She really hadn't been joking, but his laugh made her feel a bit better. She stands ready to follow him, since he evidently knows this place far better than she does. Where he's going to take her to get these magical dry clothes, she would never guess.
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[And here he is, leading the way to the ~*free*~ clothing store.]
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Sick. Well, that was certainly the last thing she needed. He'd certainly had a point there, and she wasn't surprised someone like Akihiko-senpai was thinking so level-headedly. How long had he been here, anyway? Was he so used to it here already?
She follows, trying not to say a variation of 'are we there yet' every few seconds.
Is... that it?
Although she was still worried about getting out of there, she had to admit, a part of her was becoming sort of sucked into the mystery of the new place...
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