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[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[And here's a Tohru, looking both extremely nervous and determined.]

Uh... Um... T-Twins...san? Um... what are your names? And, um... I need to ask you a question, please. A... a different question. Please.

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[contract_star]

Miss Honda? ...What do you want to ask the Twins?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

L-L-Li-san! Y-you startled me!

[contract_star]

Ah, sorry! I didn't mean to...

Miss Honda, you're not missing someone too, are you?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Eh? M-missing someone? So... so, lots of people are? N-no, I just... [Looks around, worried.] Th-there was... a question... I had.

[contract_star]

A lot of us, yeah. There's got to be ten or eleven people here who are missing someone.

...For the Twins? [Doesn't look particularly happy.]

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

R...really? [Wide eyes and wringing of hands go here.] That... th-that's awful! This place... [She is NOT HAVING A GOOD FIRST WEEK.]

Th-they are the ones in charge, yes? Th-they can... help... with things?

[contract_star]

It's...it's not usually like this. Most of the time it's peaceful. Every once in awhile something like this happens, though.

They may be in charge, but they're anything but helpful. Miss Honda, the Twins are very dangerous. They'll try to make deals with you; they're very shrewd, very manipulative. If you have to ask them something, that's fine, but don't let them rope you into doing something you don't want to do, okay?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Still wringing her hands a bit.] But I... but it's... important. For a friend. And, and, this place... just being here... s-seems... just being here is dangerous, is it not? So... so... asking them for something... isn't any more dangerous... than just being part of all this...

[contract_star]

[Gently,] Miss Honda, you don't understand. The way they work, they could make you do things that...

[Long pause and then he just sighs.] Just...just be careful around them, alright? Make sure you know what you're getting into.

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[She bows, and then smiles at Hei with that Tohru-style warmth that seems to make the world go fuzzy and cuddly.] Th-thank you, Shengshun-san. You... are a very kind person.

[contract_star]

[OMFG.] I...you're welcome. It was nothing, really...[Blushing a little bit now.]

[realitymods]

[peeking in] You don't want to yell at us like everyone else?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Eh? N...no, I just... um... had a question. Um. M-may I ask your names?

[realitymods]

Ah~

[girl Twin] I'm Lapis!

[boy Twin] I'm Lazuli!

It's nice to meet you~

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Bows] Ah, y-yes, very nice to meet you too, Lapis-san, Lazuli-san. Um... Um... The question. It's sort of... a favor? Or, or I can do something, I don't know how this works.

[realitymods]

Ah~ What is it and then we'll tell you?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Uh... um... W-well... It's for Diva-san. There's someone... someone in her world who tried to hurt her. I wanted to make sure she was safe. Can... you do that kind of thing?

[realitymods]

We don't know. What sort of danger is she in?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Uh... um... w-well... One of her friends tried to kill her. She thinks he'll try again. Would you... could you... I don't know. I-I just... can't believe he would try to hurt her like that.

[realitymods]

It'd be easiiiier if the person trying to kill her were here. But they aren't! They roam free. There's not much we can do then. Unless she wants us to arm her so she can kill them.

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Um.... um... [Does not like this idea at all, but can't really think of anything else.] Could you... could you... make them forget that they want to kill her? J-just until... until I can think of another way?

[realitymods]

Hmmm! We don't know~ It's not really our department. We can help the people we can access!

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Thinks hard. >.<] Um... um... w-well... could you... give Diva-san something to protect her? S-since she's here? You can do that, right?

[realitymods]

We could! Hm, do you have any skills?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

W...well... n-not really.

I can cook. A-and clean... I'm not afraid of work. B-but... I am not much use otherwise.

[realitymods]

[tilt their heads at her]

Hm...Okay. We want you to cook for everyone on the plane~! Next come by the shop every other day starting this weekend and clean for a few hours. And lastly if this person - [pull out a picture of Hei and gives it to her] - needs anything, then help him. Do you think you can do that?

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

[Looks at the picture.] Ah! Shengshun-san! Y-yes, of course! And, um, i-is there... perhaps... a kitchen in the shop I could use? But of course, I can figure something else out, s-so, that is all right!

B-but thank you! Thank you so much. [Bows again. And then something else occurs to her.] Um... I-is there... possibly... a way I could learn more? About the people here? S-so... so I'll know what they like to eat, and... that kind of thing?

[realitymods]

A kitchen~? Don't worry, that will be arranged!

Hmmm. Hang on! [leaves the plane and return with a thin folder] This is a list of food preferences. Nothing extensive, sorry~

But here. [take out a fancy and rather beautiful pocket mirror and hand it to her] Give Diva this mirror. She'll find people a lot more agreeable! It probably won't work as well on people around here. But it should be fine for her purposes~ Just tell her to let them see themselves!

[sweetumeboshi.livejournal.com]

Ah! Thank you! [Bows again. When she takes the mirror, it is very carefully.] Thank you, so much. I-I am very grateful.

[realitymods]

[give her a smile] You're welcome~ Have fun~!