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[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

[Sora appears on the astral plane, looking confused and quite curious about the surroundings...er, or lack thereof]

Whoa, this is weird! Hello? Anyone here? Helloooo?

[pause; there's a sudden excited sparkle in his eyes]

Echo!! -echo -cho -cho -o -o

[another pause; a pleased look on his face, Sora puts his hands behind his head]

Heh! Always wanted to try that.

...Hey, what'm I doing? This is no time for distractions! This is the weirdest store I've ever seen, though...there's no floor! Or walls, for that matter. And...it's not selling anything. I got all excited, we never get new stuff on the Islands except for Kairi, but that was a long time ago, huh? Oh, maybe it's some kind of funhouse with the weird mirrors! It's kind of big, though...

[Sora begins walking, thinking out loud as he goes]

I hope it's not the Heartless acting up again...but this doesn't look like that End of the World place or anything. Hmm. [perplexed look]

Hey, is anyone here?

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[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

[Insert big grin and wave here.] Hi there! My name's Sora, what's yours?

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

[ Yuyuko floats about him, smiling pleasantly ]

Yuyuko. Saigyouji Yuyuko. Pleased to meet you, Sora~.

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Wow, hey, you can fly? [Sora watches this floating, rather fascinated.]

It's nice to meet you too Yuyuko!

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

Of course, I am a ghost. I can pass through walls as well~.

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah! [Sheepish grin] Sorry, I haven't met a lot of ghosts. I bet that'd be pretty useful though...except it doesn't look like there are any walls here.

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

There are many walls in my palace at home, it makes getting from one room to the next quite nice~. My gardener has to walk through the hallways, as she cannot pass through things.

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Wow, you've got your own palace? You must be pretty important, huh? I guess that'd be pretty convenient, though!

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

I am the princess of the netherworld in Gensokyo. I handle all the souls with unfinished business~.

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I'd say that's a pretty important job. D'you have to do it all by yourself?

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

My friend Youmu is there, she acts as my companion and bodyguard. There aren't many souls I need to keep track of, most of them are willingly reincarnated.

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Well that's good at least, important jobs get pretty hard when you're all alone.

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

What kind of job do you have~?

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

I keep the different worlds safe when the Heartless start causing trouble!

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

Heartless~?

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Oh! Yeah, they're, uh... [Thoughtfully rubs the back of his neck, trying to figure out how to explain] They're created from the darkness in peoples' hearts. They like to go around and steal peoples' hearts, I guess since they don't have their own.

[papillon-hante.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that makes sense. They collect what they can not have.

[ She looks thoughtful for a moment ]

[bouncyhair.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And some people used them a lot to do their dirty work in the past.

[Sora pauses a moment, then offers a grin and a shrug.]

So this is just a big empty space, huh? Do people come here a lot anyway?