Vanaheim had been the last gate Riku hadn't visited. Sure enough, just like the others, baffled-looking people were being ushered in. But it was just like the other gates. Different look, but nothing else. He checked his watch under the cloth on his wrist and decided it would be more fun to eat somewhere in the area rather than raid his own pantry. He had just enough time to wonder what he wanted for lunch when someone asked him a question.
Riku blinked a second before sticking his thumb in his pocket. Doesn't matter what I do, if I go to a gate, I'm not getting away without talking to someone. "No, sorry. ...Might've seen someone by that name on the network, though." With that, he pulled out his own blue journal. "You're new, right? You get one of these?"
Suki waited patiently for an answer, frowning slightly when she was asked two in return. "Yeah, they gave me one when I walked through the gate." Sounded like whoever this was knew something about this place and that was valuable. Suki knew better than to turn down good intel.
"You can use the journal to find your friend. Or you can write in it yourself and maybe he'll find you." Riku began to turn when she offered up another question. So much for making this quick.
"More than I want and less than I need." He leaned up against a lamppost and crossed his arms. "What do want to know?"
Suki frowned in concentration. "So it's like a communication device?" she asked for clarification. "All right. I'll have to do that." At least it would give her something to do right away.
Somehow she understood what he meant. That always seemed to be the case with imprisonments and this was starting to feel like an advanced one. Suki hated false security.
"Um, yeah. You can use that to communicate with." Riku raised a brow. "I'm guessing your world doesn't have anything like that."
The teen heaved a rather heavy sigh. "Fine. Follow me." If I'm giving someone the basics I'm going to have lunch, too. From where they were, it was going to be another 40 minutes walk at least before he'd get something to eat, unless they took the train elsewhere. He re-checked his watch, noting a train would be leaving soon and headed toward the nearby Vanaheim Station.
Riku grabbed a fist full of leaves as he walked and handed them to the girl. "You'll need these," he said before snatching up a bunch from a different tree and pocketing them. "There's a lot you got to know. Like no one's found a way home. At least no easy way."
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Riku blinked a second before sticking his thumb in his pocket. Doesn't matter what I do, if I go to a gate, I'm not getting away without talking to someone. "No, sorry. ...Might've seen someone by that name on the network, though." With that, he pulled out his own blue journal. "You're new, right? You get one of these?"
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"So, do you know a lot about this place, then?"
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"More than I want and less than I need." He leaned up against a lamppost and crossed his arms. "What do want to know?"
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Somehow she understood what he meant. That always seemed to be the case with imprisonments and this was starting to feel like an advanced one. Suki hated false security.
"Anything, but mostly how to get back home."
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The teen heaved a rather heavy sigh. "Fine. Follow me." If I'm giving someone the basics I'm going to have lunch, too. From where they were, it was going to be another 40 minutes walk at least before he'd get something to eat, unless they took the train elsewhere. He re-checked his watch, noting a train would be leaving soon and headed toward the nearby Vanaheim Station.
Riku grabbed a fist full of leaves as he walked and handed them to the girl. "You'll need these," he said before snatching up a bunch from a different tree and pocketing them. "There's a lot you got to know. Like no one's found a way home. At least no easy way."
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