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[sakuya_izayoi]

[It was just past noon in Germany when a call went out, the video revealing a young woman with black hair and uniform shifting uncomfortably in her seat. She looked to be in a break room of sorts. When she spoke she had a moderate French accent with a touch of German. It seemed English wasn't that strong.]

"Hello everyone... Um... My name is Celine Blanchefleur. I was advised to make this broadcast in English but I can speak French and German as well. I've been numbered for a short while now and I really don't know... anything. At all. Well much."

[She was extremely nervous, though not really distressed. Perhaps she just wasn't used to asking for help, or maybe it was simply the nature of the help she was requesting.] "I thought I might see if anyone can tell me anything. Or be willing to answer some of my questions. Honestly though I do not know what questions I'm supposed to ask. Or where to even start. This is all very new to me."

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[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

Celine obeyed without another word, taking another deep breath to steady herself, following Emilia into the cave... And just as quickly something bright lit up behind the vampire. Celine was using the LED flashlight on her phone and it was rather bright. Even for a human.

"I need to see where I'm stepping..."

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[scarlet_devil]

The unfortunate vampire made the mistake of looking back at Celine, with the predictable results of her getting blinded by the obscenely bright light and stumbling backwards. "Ahh!"

She trips, and looks set to fall right on her backside.

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

Celine blinked, raising a hand rather pointlessly as Emilia fell. The fearsome vampire, ladies and gentlemen. Apparently realizing what had happened, she quickly directed the light downward, offering the startled woman a helping hand. "Sorry. I can't really see in the dark."

[Action]

[scarlet_devil]

And Emi proceeds to turn the air blue with a few colourful phrases in her native language. Mostly directed at the light.

The disgruntled vampire soon pulls herself up off the ground, rubbing her butt and grumbling in Romanian.

"...Look, the teleporter isn't far. Just step on it and you'll be sent off to Locke."

A pause.

"Wait... This isn't the right place at all! Dracu!"

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"Isn't far?" She turned that damn light up again and cast it ahead, looking around for some sort of sign of machinery or... well, anything really. "Wait... Not here? What?" She turned to the vampire, looking extremely confused. "I thought you knew where it was... Unless you're lying. You're not lying right?"

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[scarlet_devil]

Her vision had adjusted by now, so she could at last see easily.

"I was... distracted. This is actually where Tupai lives." And the little horned bat with swan wings in question comes out of the darkness and lands on Emi's shoulder.

She moves quickly and moves to pick up Celine before she can react, dislodging her pet, who squeaks and follows her.

Further down from the cave, into the gorge, there was the sigil...

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

Celine just stared at the creature as it landed on Emilia's shoulder. She might have said something more but she was quickly scooped up, the woman shouting an objection as they took off once more, that unpleasant death grip returning as she hollered various expletives in French. She could get rather creative with them too when panicked enough.

Unfortunately she was squeezing Emilia's skull as much as her ribs this time. Tupai should probably stay back or it might get swatted out of the air.

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[scarlet_devil]

Grabbing her head like that just made Emi try to go even faster, but on the bright side they will reach the sigil quickly, right? The little creature had some intelligence, or enough to stay back throughout the trip.

The first thing she'll do on landing is try to peel Celine off of her... again. But at least they are at the right place.

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

It was just as hard, if not harder to get the human off this time. She looked a lot more shaken than before, running a hand through her tousled black hair.

"Don't DO that!"

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[scarlet_devil]

Next time, maybe turning into mist would be a better idea to get Celine off of her next time.

"Well, we're here. See that sigil?"

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"Ah... Yes." A pause, looking around. "I expected machinery or something. Not just... Yeah..." She scratched her head, having calmed down a bit faster this time. "So how exactly does it work?"

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[scarlet_devil]

"You just step onto it," Emi replied, taking Celine's hand and guiding her towards it. Basically, Emi wants her to go first, after which the vampire will follow.

"It's always kind of disorientating..."

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"Alright..." Swallowing, Celine took a step forward onto the sigil, her entire body tensing in anticipation.

In an instant she was transported to another place, her mind filling with a strange sensation as she became more aware of the things around her... or aware in a new way? It was odd. Like a new layer of depth perception... Or, rather, a new understanding of something she wasn't even aware of before.

She stumbled forward and out, slipping to the floor. Her power was acting up again, chilly arcs of time's void shivering through the room, chewing on the corners of her mind. If Emilia stepped through quickly then she would feel them too.

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[scarlet_devil]

From Emi's perspective, Celine had vanished with a flash of pink light. And naturally she anticipated that the waitress would get an echo from stepping through the teleporter for the first time...

Soon after Celine went through, Emilia, with her pet riding on her shoulder, followed Celine through.

"Ah!" And the vampire was immediately hit with the cold pulses of Celine's power...

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

It took a few moments for the waitress to reign her power in, the red tinge fading from her eyes. "S-sorry." That ability was a lot of trouble. "I think I got an... Echo, right? From stepping through. I feel really strange. Like stepping off a boat."

[Action]

[scarlet_devil]

"Yeah, I'd say you just did. That felt... very cuidat." Of course, she hadn't switched from French in all this time, apart from that accidental slip into Romanian. Celine has an easier time communicating with her in French anyway.

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

Celine rose to her feet after another moment, looking a bit shaky but unharmed, though she seemed a little bit ill. "I can barely control it half the time."

Celine looked around, licking her lips and rubbing her forearms to banish the lingering otherworldly chill. "Where are we exactly?"

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[scarlet_devil]

"We're in the basement of a former school turned Numbered safehouse. Willow Ridge Boarding Academy in Locke City."

Emilia seemed to be able to shake off the feeling after a few moments, looking seemingly restless.

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"It disturbs me a little that we would need something like a safehouse..."

She was staring intently around her, reaching out to touch the nearest surface, slowly pulling her hand back. Probably something caused by her echo.

"Wait... Locke City? Isn't that in America?"

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[scarlet_devil]

"Things were rather bad for the Numbered here in Locke in the latter half of last year. Those aliens I told you about? They infiltrated the Mafia here and went after us." The vampire's eyes glow dully, some of her anger and hatred of Locke's local goons surfacing.

"In the end, we destroyed them."

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"That... sounds very dangerous." Celine looked a little shaken. "I'm not sure I want to get involved with something that dangerous. I mean... I'm pretty much a normal person." A pause. "Well... Besides the world stuttering and my knives..."

[Action]

[scarlet_devil]

"It's not so bad there any more... Besides, you could go to Vegas with me, there's not been any trouble there since the giant monster."

"You're not exactly normal any more now. What was that about your knives, though?"

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

"Ah. That's the first thing I echoed back. I was watching knives being juggled. Ever since then I've been walking differently and all my fidgeting habits have changed. And I really feel defenseless without a weight on my right hip." She touched her watch.

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[scarlet_devil]

"Oh? How good are you with them? Show me!"

Someone is suddenly very interested in Celine's skills now. But she leads her out of the room the teleporter resides in first. Some more room is going to be needed here.

[Action]

[sakuya_izayoi]

Celine let herself be led, looking a bit flustered as the pushy vampire dragged her into another room. "Show you? I didn't exactly bring any of my knives with me... I'm not THAT good I'm decent but I need a lot more practice..."