ichika voicetesting... help

[helpinghands]

i don't know what i'm doing aaaaa

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[helpinghands]

Well, it...

[she hesitates, because it sounds a little ridiculous even when she just thinks it, but...]

...it looks like something you'd see in illustrations in fairy tales.

[dotcom]

Or European.

[ immediately kills the romanticism of it all. die. ]

... if this isn't Adonis, do you have any other ideas?

[helpinghands]

Adonis seems like the most likely culprit. Who else would want us both out of the way?

[her hand comes up to her collar, though.]

...except for the part that they haven't said a word. Truthfully... I have no idea.

[dotcom]

The other thing is...

[ he goes to peek out of the room they're in... mostly just to look at whoever is hanging around. ]

There are a lot of foreigners here.

[helpinghands]

[she leans to the side to peek around him. wow... white people.]

...yes. There are. But if this isn't Shinjuku, then where is it? How did they bring us outside of the quarantine?

[dotcom]

That's the question for the ages. Especially since how long would we have had to been knocked out for that? Do you remember waking up at all?

[ he doesn't, so. did they stay knocked out the entire time? were they put on a plane? a ship?? ]

[helpinghands]

I don't...

[which, frankly, is pretty worrisome in and of itself. either they were drugged into a very deep sleep, or otherwise forcibly made unconscious - and either option could have not-so-great medical implications, since it's not the same as falling asleep naturally.]

But it's odd... I feel perfectly normal right now. Physically, anyway. If we were drugged or knocked out, I'd expect to feel at least a little sluggish.

[dotcom]

[ he is impressed that she would point this out... he does not say this though...

he does nod though. ]

True. We can see if there's any sort of delayed reaction, but I also feel normal.

[ ... ]

Shall we go talk to the others? We can split up and regroup.

[helpinghands]

We probably should.

[her brow furrows a little and she glances at the door; the others seem to have woken up in the same circumstances as them, so perhaps they won't have any additional information, but...]

...you never know. Someone may have noticed something, or perhaps we'll find some kind of common thread between us to explain why we're all here.

[dotcom]

Mm. If you can, ask them where they're from and what they were doing before this. See if anyone mentions Adonis on their own, because if they're a concern for these people, they should naturally leap to that conclusion as well.

[ he pauses, looking her over. ]

We can meet back here in two hours?

[helpinghands]

[ichika nods. talking to people and hearing out their concerns is something she's familiar with; in that regard, it shouldn't be difficult for her to make conversation with the other people who have ended up here. this situation in general may have her a bit out of her depth, but this she can manage.

so she smiles.]

Two hours it is. I will see you then.

[onward! to go make smalltalk with whoever else is here in the castle... good luck sasazuka.]

[dotcom]

[ OFF THEY GO

they are likely going to have two completely fuckin different experiences here. it's fine... it's all good...

sasazuka, to the surprise of no one, does not make many friends in this two hours. it's hard being a bitch out there... ]

[helpinghands]

[it's so hard being a bitch out there...

ichika, for her part, has managed to have some very pleasant conversations but unfortunately everyone else here is just as confused as they are, because it is still intro weekend and no one has shown up to explain what the fuck is going on. so.

when they return to their meeting spot, she looks a little discouraged, but also a little perplexed.]

...nobody I spoke with mentioned Adonis at all.

[WHICH IS VERY WEIRD.]

[dotcom]

Same.

Even more, when I mentioned Shinjuku to a few, they had no idea what I was talking about. Which isn't odd in itself, until I brought up it's in Japan–still no recognition.

[ what is... going on? the concept of different worlds is out there. ]

[helpinghands]

Really? To not have head of Japan at all is a little...

[uh. really fucking weird? shinjuku might be under quarantine, but the rest of the country isn't.]

I wonder why that would be? If it was one person perhaps they were simply very sheltered, but if it happened to more than one...

[dotcom]

It's definitely strange, and it makes me wonder if our situation is somehow worse than we thought.

[ being kidnapped by adonis is bad, but they at least know what adonis wants and how they work.

this seems to be a completely unknown situation. ]

[helpinghands]

[it could be worse. they could have both gone to 7r.]

...if Adonis didn't do this, then...

[who the hell did?

but also - her hand comes up to rest on her neck again. if they've somehow been spirited away without adonis's involvement, what's happening back in shinjuku now? how will the investigations proceed if they've both gone missing? have the others also been spirited away somewhere else? and what will adonis do if they can't get in contact with her over the collar anymore?

she bites her lip, deeply concerned.]