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[mist96.livejournal.com]

[The feed focuses in on Chrome. She looks much younger, perhaps nine or ten. Her hair is about to her shoulders and notice that she has two violet hued eyes instead of her normal one with an eyepatch over her right eye.]

W-Where am I?

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[lovestartsat0.livejournal.com]

[Why are there so many children in this mansion? And why are they without parents?]

You're in a mansion. Don't worry, it's safe from what I've seen. Are you lost?

[mist96.livejournal.com]

U-Um, y-yes.

[lovestartsat0.livejournal.com]

[Poor girl! She must be terrified.]

Are you in a room right now, or outside somewhere? I can at least show you around a bit.

Maybe if you're lucky you'll find people you know? There are a few people here I recognize, and if not, we're all on the same boat you are.

[mist96.livejournal.com]

A-A room.

[lovestartsat0.livejournal.com]

[Poor thing, she must be terrified.]

Want me to come show you around a bit? Maybe bring something to eat? Are you hungry at all?

[Whoa, Ran. Take a breath and let the girl process it all.]

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[stalking_horse]

[Chrome! ... bitty Chrome. He's pretty sure "Chrome Dokuro" is an alias. Crap. And from what he'd overheard during Fears week - ]

You're in a place called the Manor - it's ... isolated, I'm afraid. Are you alright?

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[mist96.livejournal.com]

I-I'm fine I think.

[Isolated? Oh boy.]

I-Is my mother here?

[Oh yes, she is worrying about that devil of a woman.

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[stalking_horse]

[He's doing a remarkable job of hiding suddenly finding a lump in the back of his throat; it's a scenario he's more than familiar with - abused children don't realize that their situation isn't normal, the abuser capitalizes on the childhood tendency to assume things must root in THEM to reinforce the idea that they deserve it...]

No... she isn't - most of us are here without our families, so we've been helping each other.

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[mist96.livejournal.com]

[A half-relieved, half-scared look crosses the girl's face.]

S-She won't be happy that I'm gone...

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[stalking_horse]

[YOu know, it's a good thing his revolver was missing around that week. This only added to that ... urge that if the Manor ever makes another phantasm of the woman, to go and empty the revolver into it KNOWING it'd be a waste of bullets.]

As near as I can tell, time doesn't work right here - you should be returned to about exactly when you'd left. [Adklfjghf.]

Do you need anything, or want anything? There's tea downstairs...

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[mist96.livejournal.com]

...She won't be that mad then.

[Someone showing a form of kindness to her? Does not compute.]

U-Um....I-I'm fine.

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[stalking_horse]

[...can they just ... kidnap you?]

....It's alright ... No-one here's going to be mad at you - it's safe here. [For a given value of 'safe', at least, but.]

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[mist96.livejournal.com]

[You can try...]

But if s-she notices that I'm gone...

[She trails off, not wanting to think of the punishment ahead of her.]

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[stalking_horse]

It'll be okay - she's not going to know, and you're safe while you're here.

[He does know where your room is - and he's this close to just wandering over with blankets and tea.]

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[mist96.livejournal.com]

She....won't?