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[fussing]

[Aizawa ditched her Tokkei uniform almost immediately after she made it to her home within her designated district. She made that decision as soon as she got her hands on the communications device - one that would immediately put her name and face together for anyone possessing one. Knowing little, and with everyone being so vague thus far - to be safe, she stashed her hat, gloves and coat. Until she knew who she was dealing with, she didn't want to risk the chance that her uniform would be recognized; and her identity compromised.

That said, the next step would be to ask some questions. Still dressed in her crisp white button-up shirt, tie and skirt, she flipped on the device.]

No one else seems to want to answer my questions - maybe someone on here will. [She huffs, pushing down her irritation.]

I want information about this place - who the people are who brought me here and where this is exactly. And I also want to know just how many of you - of all the people in this weird place - were taken away like I was.

[She wants to understand. And she wants to know who to direct her anger at. The people who were kidnapped like her - weren't her targets. If anything, they could be helpful allies. And those who were just as confused as her - well those were the kind of people she'd want to help herself if she could.]

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[nightraysewerat]

[He can't help but be amused by this reaction. Even women who are of some status, even women who can be so defensive about being called 'lady', well, they just fall to pieces when you call them beautiful. Lose all their composure, let their walls fall.

It's just too easy.]

But of course, Miss Aikawa. As I said, I don't have enough information about your world to make a proper guess beyond using what I can see. But... the point stands that you are not someone to underestimate, which points to a certain amount of power in those who kidnapped you.

[fussing]

[ How irritated she'd be if only she knew you thought that way. But not knowing that, rather, she thought about it. She'd never had to wonder how to describe the world she knew... to those who'd have no way of knowing. ]

It's... we don't really have nobility. Instead of lords or ladies, we have a Prime Minister, and government... politicians. Other than that, you have the police force...

[ She simply leaves out the Tokkei. ]

...it has a lot of twisted people, but also a lot of good ones. People aren't allowed to do what they please. If great criminals are proven guilty, they may never even see their day in court.

[ It was her way off saying sorry - to describe it to him. ]

[nightraysewerat]

Ahh, I see.

[Vincent pauses to consider it for a moment, and then nods slowly.]

That sounds quite different from my own country, which is very dependent upon social class. We have a law system as well, but... I have to admit that it's very corrupt. I find it quite distasteful the terrible things that are done by certain people to stay in power.

[Have a little shudder here.]

Such matters aside, the fact that we're from such farflung places says something about the vast power wielded by our captors, does it not?