01 ; down the rabbit hole

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[and just like that with the blink of an unsuspecting eye, Isako appears onto the Plane, still in mid-stride before she stops completely and stares at her surroundings with wide eyes.]

...I don't remember there being an Obsolete space in this area--unless..

[out come the digital screens that immediately surround her, small panels of bright monitors as thin as paper, seemingly levitating before her as her eyeglasses make light clicking noises.]

There's no way those stupid runts are capable of anything like this.

[she squints at the screen, staring at the small beep that signals the presence of a network designed for eyeglass users.]

..an open network?

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[cyfor.livejournal.com]

...hi.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[Fumie sees you there and she stops dead in her tracks, pointing obviously at Isako.]

You!! Why are you here?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Lurking like a lurking thing]

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[..a talking cat. there's no way this is normal, it's not possible for Megamass to have started creating cyberpets that could speak this quickly yet.]

....

[she stares at it for a moment longer before turning back to the screen. whatever this place was, she didn't like the sound of it. this was already beginning to feel like some sort of big experiment.]

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[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[as if the cat wasn't enough, at the sound of a voice (hopefully human this time) she spins around, ready to get some answers to her questions.]

You?!

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[except. maybe she wasn't really expecting to see Fumie of all people standing before her. still, there's no way that little witch could have made this space all by herself, there's got to be a better explanation.]

What's going on here?!

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[consider yourself lucky she hasn't noticed you yet. brb, staring very intently and srsly at these screens of data. something isn't lining up..]

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[Just staring in wonder at all the shiny stuff that's appearing out of thin air.]

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

[Fumie crosses her arms but there's an air of superiority, because she knows something you don't.]

Maa, I guess you would get picked eventually, so someone has to teach you. This is called the Astral Plane. It's not a Space. It's an area between worlds and times. It sounds unbelievable but it's true. Yasako and Daichi are here too.

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

...who are you?

[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

Heeeh, neechan talks funny. [Ryuuta is incredibly interested in those shiny shiny monitors you've got there, Isako.] Nee nee, what're these?

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[she already dislikes that tone of voice, expressing her displeasure and disbelief with her very own scowl.]

...the Astral Plane? An area between worlds and times?

Do you really expect me to believe that?

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[quick, intruder alert, intruder alert! and just like that those shiny shiny monitors he was admiring disappear and she's grilling him down like pieces of barbecue in the middle of summer.]

None of your business.

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

I know what it sounds like! I thought it was crazy, too. But there are time travellers and people from twenty years ago. And foreigners, too. [she thinks.] Ah and some talking animals and this virus program... None of them have heard of glasses, either.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Ah! I'm Isaac.

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

What is this place.

[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

[Sad Ryuuta is sad. But, unfortunately, not derailed. In fact, the sudden disappearance of the shiny shiny monitors is about as cool as the monitors themselves.]

Ah! Nee nee, how'd you do that? [He looks around in an attempt to figure out where she could have hidden them.] Where'd they go?

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

....fine then, I don't care about that.

I just want to get out of this place. I don't have time for this.

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

[Isako stares at him, just now realizing the..

..absurd...costume he's wearing. what is this guy, an idiot?! she stares at him with contempt, already regretting the fact that she caught his attention.]

...you.

Where are we?

[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

A fun place! There's lots of neat stuff and people and nothing changes back home until you go back~

[seventhcoil.livejournal.com]

That's fine, this is my territory anyway! I've invested a lot into it. [She puts her hands on her hips.] You just go back. You go back by deciding to and going. You come back here the same way.

[Somewhat grudgingly.] Ah, Isako. Come back for a minute after you figure it out.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

It's called the Astral Plane.

[binary-ballad.livejournal.com]

More of those glasses. Are you from Fumie and Yasako's world?

[cybercentric.livejournal.com]

[disbelieving Daich is disbelieving.]

Whu--

[durch-feuer.livejournal.com]

Not a network, I'm afraid. Something a bit more troublesome.