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[a startled thump of feet on the floor, close to the journal] Sosuke? [She's investigating-- there are doors opening, closing, even calling into the hall. She's quite panicked.] Sosuke! Sosuke, where are you? I-I... where am I? Is anyone there?

I need to... I need to get back, before...

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You are in Cair Paradisa, child.

[a light gasp; where's that ~~sexy~~ strange accent coming from?]

Cair Paradisa?... [Some shifting, as of curtains.] S-sorry... I can't seem to find you...?

You will find a journal; it is as a radio.

[She looks around quickly, then the shuffling noises get closer to the journal.]

This...

[She's never seen anything like this before.]

It's writing down what I say! Like some kind of computer... but it's still a paper journal... a-ah! I'm so careless! Um, miss, where is the nearest train station? I need to go home right away. It's important.

You will find no trains here.

[a small, frightened pause] ... I have enough money for a taxi.

It seems I must be the bearer of sorrows. You may not leave Cair Paradisa; it holds us until it is content to free us.

[... wat. She swallows hard.] W-what...? I have to. [And the panic is back.]

Sosuke... Sosuke needs me. If I'm not there, i-if I'm outside too long, he'll get mad, and then... I still have to start dinner, and the laundry isn't done yet. He won't want to eat if I'm not there to eat with him. He needs me. He needs me. [Yeah, she's not all there.]

Time stands still while you are here. Do not worry; he will not miss you.

... What? A-are you sure?

This doesn't feel like a dream...

Oh umm.. [cue worry of worry-ness]

Are you alright?

I-I'm... I'm all right, but I... I can't stay here. It's very important that I... that I go home before Sosuke calls. If I don't answer the phone, he'll worry... I don't want to disappoint him again...

Need to get back before what?

[A child?]

Mm... I need to get back home before Sosuke realizes I'm gone.

... Oh. Then it should be okay! Time doesn't work like normal here. I have some friends from back home... but they're all from a long time after I last saw them, I think.

[a heavy pause]

I... I see...

This is all so strange... I don't know what to do.

... Are you okay? I know it's kind of weird, but it's kind of cool, too, isn't it? Like... an adventure.

[blink, and then -- guilty backlash]

I-I'm fine, just... outside of what Sosuke has me do, I don't really... do anything, or go anywhere. I don't really have adventures.

Is Sosuke-san... your brother? And now is as good of a time to start as any, right?

... My boyfriend, actually... We live together, and I take care of everything at home for him. He watches over me closely because he loves me...

I don't want to be a burden on anyone.

Oh.

... Why would you be a burden on anyone?

Because... people worry about me too much if I'm with them.

Why?

I'm really sort of weak...

Like... your health? I don't think that's a good excuse not to do anything, though. I'm not very strong, either, but I don't let that stop me.

I'm sort of normal, physically... [Minus all the bumps and bruises and the black eye, of course.] I guess you could say... I don't have much willpower. If I walk slowly and carefully, with my head down, then the things that I keep close to me won't be swept away by the wind.

But then... how would you ever get anything new that you want to keep close if you don't look?

I already have everything. It's just... at home. [She's still coming to terms with it.]

Oh... I'm sorry. Maybe your friends will be able to come here? Or you could go home soon, too!

It's okay...

Mm... it's been some time since I saw my friends, come to think of it. Maybe when I get home, I'll send them a card.

I bet they'd like that.

... Oh! I'm so rude, I haven't introduced myself yet. [She's waking up, it seems.] I'm sorry... My name is Aida Michiru.

It's okay! It's nice to meet you, Michiru-san. You can call me Kotarou.

Ah-- it's nice to meet you too, Kotarou-kun.

Um... how long are people usually... kept here?

I... don't know, really. It could be really long or really short, I guess...

How long have you been here, then...?

About a week and a half. I was here, before, but it was me from the future, so I don't remember it.

[blink]

That sounds... confusing.

It is... but it's also kind of cool.

How far ahead in the future?

Umm... I don't know. I'm thinking about a decade, though. [Shhh, he's close enough.]

Ahhh... that would make you grown up, wouldn't it?

It would. I'd be... twenty-one, then.

I'm only a little older than that.

Really?

Mhmm.

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