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[losthere]

[The screen flicks on to reveal a serious faced young man with hair that has little interest in the laws of gravity and eyes that glow a faint, eerie green. The background behind him appears to be a fuzzy lime green.

Except for the velociraptor sitting at the table wearing a top hat and monocle and delicately sipping tea from a very fragile looking cup, one claw carefully extended.

Cloud seems to be ignoring everything but the screen.]

I need a motorcycle. If anyone can help me find one, I'd appreciate it.

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[tomboytendo]

[ ... she never knew dinosaurs ate cookies. . .with tea. Very weird. ]

No luck here - I'm over in Highcrest. It's pretty low tech - I mean, I'm talking horses and carriages and things.

[losthere]

[Cloud's learning a lot he didn't know about dinosaurs as well. Whether he wants to or not. At least Fred's fairly quiet. Most of the time.

Cloud's distracted though. He's been studying up on the surrounding areas more than he'd admit. Highcrest. That's - ]

The knights. Good guys or bad guys?

[tomboytendo]

[ There are worse roommates at least, right? ]

A little of both, I guess. I haven't had much dealings with them, to be honest - but the people here seem to think they're all right for the most part.

[losthere]

[Prancing, giggling, insane clowns come to mind so - yes. Yes, there are worse roommates.]

Hn. [Cloud hasn't been out of Astralfield yet himself but he's familiar with knights. At least, he thinks he is. He's still waiting for the actual residents of this world to react in some way other than indifference though and he's not generally expecting it to be friendly. He's willing to admit it could be an unfounded suspicion... but that doesn't mean he's willing to discard it. If trouble starts, it makes sense it would be in the armored warrior section of the country.]

Have you been to any of the other sectors yet?

[tomboytendo]

Yeah, but I haven't really looked around too much there. I've been helping someone gather wood for the signs in each of these districts. Crystalden is kinda pretty but the fairies there are a nasty bunch. And Astralfield is just... weird.

[losthere]

I'm in Astralfield.

[It's a flat statement of the obvious considering the dinosaur behind him and he's not disagreeing with her assessment of the place. He hasn't been to Crystalden yet so he files away her information about the fairies for later. People being proactive perks his ears up.]

What signs?

[tomboytendo]

You are...? [ Ahah, she's... she kind of figured, given that ...dinosaur. At the question, she hrms. ]

Basically notice boards, so that if the queen kidnaps more people, they'll be able to check the boards in each district and see if someone they know is here, among other things.

[losthere]

...

What if someone doesn't want their name put on the boards?

[tomboytendo]

You don't have to put your name on it. It's up to each person to note that they're here if they want to - we're not exactly going door to door.

[losthere]

Hn.

Are you looking for someone?

[tomboytendo]

Kind of... I had hoped my family would be here, but it seems that the ones that do show up are the ones I'd rather hadn't. Except for Ranma, anyway.

[losthere]

[Sounds familiar. Cloud couldn't say the last place he'd been stuck in had been filled with people he'd wanted to hang around with for the most part. Have a slight head lift from where his chin had been sinking toward his chest, distracted from his own thoughts.]

Ranma?

[tomboytendo]

A friend from home - he and his father moved in with my family some time ago.

[losthere]

Hn. And he's here?

[tomboytendo]

Yeah. [ THough she doesn't see him much so ... she's not sure he's still around. He's probably off training or something. ]

He showed up about a week after Kodachi and I did.

[losthere]

Hm. [a short nod.] So you're - not alone.

[tomboytendo]

No ... but I might as well be. I haven't seen Ranma in days aaas apparently he dropped, le sigh and Kodachi isn't exactly a friend. Far from it, actually.

[losthere]

[Cloud considers himself a loner. In fact, it's something he works hard to keep the impression of being for others.

It doesn't mean he doesn't understand.]

Sorry.

[tomboytendo]

[ Akane waves a hand, shaking her head. ]

Oh - no no, it's not something you should feel you should apologize for. If anyone owes an apology it's Ranma - but it's fine, it's fine. Anyway, I shouldn't complain - without him hanging around it's like a normal life again. [ Before he came and turned her home upside down. ... though she still missed it. ]

[losthere]

Is that what you want? A - normal life?

[tomboytendo]

I think so. ... well, to be completely honest, I'm not sure anymore. My life hasn't been even remotely normal for so long... I probably wouldn't even be able to go back to that.

[losthere]

Hn.

[somehow, even without his memories past a war of the gods, he recognizing the feeling she's voicing.]

Guess we'll just find out when we get home.