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[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[Stars. Tons of them. Marta stares at her surroundings, wide-eyed, and almost afraid to look down when she realizes that there just might not be a floor there... But she does anyway.]

Aaaaaah!! [She squeezes her eyes shut and grips her head in her hands, but seeing nothing below her causes her to become dizzy and she falls.] What... what's going on here? What is this place?! I was just in--...

[She dares to open her eyes and look around.] This... how does something like this exist anywhere? Where am I? And...

[Her eyes go wide and she gasps. She quickly stands.] Oh no...! Emil! Emil, where are you? ...Tenebrae? Emil?! Hello?! Oh, what if he's hurt...?

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[pactum.livejournal.com]

... Mm...

It's okay. R-really.

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[She smiles - it's a little small, a little pathetic, but it's a smile. She was afraid they would fight again. That's the last thing she wants right now...]

So... what are we doing here? [She takes a few steps in a circle, looking all around her.]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't want to go into Ratatosk Mode again like he did before just because he was angry. Not only did he almost kill a friend in it, but the consequences have been following him for a while. Particularly the Master's curiosity.]

Well... someone told me that strange things happen to the people who come here for no reason. They said they're called 'experiments'. I really don't like the sound of that, but stopping the people who do it is - they say it's impossible.

... That doesn't mean we should give up, but I don't know what to do. The weird twins in the shop are the ones who brought us here. What if they can kill us?

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

I don't like the sound of that, either. At all. What if they do something terrible to us?

[She shakes her head.] No, you're right. We shouldn't give up. And if they think they can kill us, we'll give them a fight! Right? Besides, they looked pretty puny. I bet we could take them!

[pactum.livejournal.com]

I-I don't know, Marta. There's a lot about this place I don't know. But the people here are nice... for the most part... and they're really strong. Why haven't they tried anything before?

It doesn't make any sense.

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

I don't know... maybe they never tried working together. What if we could help them? You said time doesn't move if we're here, right? We could do something!

[pactum.livejournal.com]

I guess...

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[She frowns. As much as she'd like to tell him to be a man and speak up, as usual, that doesn't seem like a good idea at the moment...]

I guess... if we can really go back, and come back here whenever, maybe we should help Paul first. And find the cores. Either way... if those twins mess with us, we still have each other, and we can stand up to them together.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Marta...

[He frowns, but then bites his bottom lip and nods.] You're right. We need to fix things at home before we take on something we don't know about.

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

[Firm nod! She takes a few steps closer, looking up at him with a smile that's mean to be at least a little bit reassuring.]

Who knows? Maybe we'll learn more as we go.

[pactum.livejournal.com]

[He attempts to smile in return, though it's a little fragile. He has a bad feeling and he can't quite place it. Maybe he's worrying too much.]

Maybe.

[a beat]

Oh, um... I guess I should show you around, huh.

[formervanguard.livejournal.com]

Heh, yeah. I'd like that!

[She moves to stand beside him, nodding for him to lead the way~]

[pactum.livejournal.com]

Okay!

[She's not clinging to his arm? Awesome. He leads the way!]

Well um... first off, this is the kitchen. I think it restocks itself. I haven't figured out how, but it's for everyone to use.