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[lazygatekeeper]

[Not surprisingly, Meiling is once again fast asleep. But this time, something feels off. In the almost three weeks she's been at Mayfield, she's only spent one night in an actual bed. The rest of the time, she's been sleeping outside the Kishin house. So the feeling of being in an actual bed instead of sprawled out on the front porch of a house is

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[emperorziodyne]

[Oooh, for some reason, this bed feels so much more comfortable than the one Akihiko has at home. In fact, it's so comfortable, he hasn't quite woken up yet.

He's laying on his stomach and hugging the pillow, dressed in his usual pajamas and muttering something to himself as he sleeps. Peacefully, it seems like.

... but probably not for long]

[lazygatekeeper]

[She stands with Akihiko's help, rubbing her leg a little. She's also still completely unaware that her clothes have been changed again, this time into a typical 1950's-style nightgown.]

Maybe whoever brought us to this town in the first place? Maybe it's some sick sense of humor or something.

[emperorziodyne]

Tch. It wouldn't surprise me if it was this town's doing.

[He's running his hands over the walls now, looking for a weak spot or an exit or something. The door didn't work, but maybe they could try something non conventional...]

[lazygatekeeper]

Kinda makes you wonder what kind of powers the people running this place must have if they can do stuff like this and dragging us here and taking all our powers away.

[She watches him for a moment, curious.] What're you doing?

[emperorziodyne]

And apparently brainwashing us too. [glances over his shoulder] Looking for any structural weaknesses we can take advantage of. That kick was pretty impressive.

[lazygatekeeper]

[Meiling walks over to the opposite wall, tapping around and smiling.] Oh, that was nothing! Just wait 'till I get my full strength back. I'm way stronger than this!

[emperorziodyne]

The form wasn't that bad either. What do you study? [oh ho hum, casual conversation while they're trapped in a strange bedroom together-- why so clueless, Aki?]

[lazygatekeeper]

[Hey, it's better than sulking in opposite corners trying to ignore each other for who knows how long.] A few styles, actually! Mostly diffrent chinese-style martial arts.

[emperorziodyne]

[Trufax] Really? I'm a boxer myself.

[lazygatekeeper]

Really? How good are you?

[emperorziodyne]

I don't wanna sound overconfident, but I'm pretty damn good.

[lazygatekeeper]

Hey hey, maybe we can spar one day! I don't think I've fought a boxer before.

[emperorziodyne]

Heh. I need to keep up my training, or Ken might get ahead of me when I'm not looking.

[a frown] Though I can't feel any weaknesses in these walls.

[lazygatekeeper]

I can't find anything over here either...

Who's Ken?

[emperorziodyne]

Ken's a friend of mine, from back home. He stayed in the same dorm as us for a while.

[lazygatekeeper]

Oooh, you have friends from back home here too?