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[alwaysdolledup]

Who: Alice! And you! That is, very open. ♥
What: Her arrival and annoyance.
Where: The train station and beyond.
When: Afternoon-ish, I guess?

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[invisible_fail]

Espio was, as per usual, on a random residential zone rooftop with one of his large improvised fishing nets, waiting for lunch to come somewhere near. The movement over the lake caught his attention - even though it was a bit too far for fishing, he couldn't help but look anyway, fully expecting to see nothing more than a fish or a zubat.

When he realised it was not a fish or a zubat but a newcomer, he turned back to what he was doing - waiting. That didn't last too long though, and curiosity won. "This is boring." Well, he had been at it for hours without a single fish so far!

Leaving the net on that rooftop, he leapt across two others to get a bit closer to the lake. He hadn't seen a human floating before, but that didn't really matter much - it was probably magic or superpowers, same as from his homeworld. Nothing too special. "Hey!" he shouted, trying to make sure his voice carried. "Are you just gonna float there or actually do something?"

[alwaysdolledup]

So there was life here after all. Life and sarcasm, apparently.

Alice flew closer to the native, eyeing him appraisingly. No type of youkai she recognized, which was not actually surprising between the sheer variety of things called youkai and the fact that she obviously wasn't in Gensokyo, or anywhere else she knew. In any case, he didn't seem especially hostile or especially -- well, no. She had realized by now that even standing around being a smartass didn't mean someone wasn't helpful, only that she wouldn't like the help. It wasn't much better for her current mood.

"Were you hoping for something in particular?" Alice asked drily once she was close enough; she had, however, stopped short of the rooftop. Her dolls took position around her again. "You'll understand if I didn't realize I'd be putting on a show today."

[invisible_fail]

"Well if you want to show off, be my guest," Espio answered. "A 'show' would probably do people a bit of good - a bit of fun and all. But see, just floating around isn't gonna accomplish anything. It's not like there's much to see."

She definitely seemed a bit different, but then the Void had several 'unique' captives. Those dolls were pretty interesting, too - he assumed it was whatever her power was that made them move like that, but couldn't help but wonder if they had special powers of their own.

"Not yet, anyway," he added, after a moment. "Just wait, we'll get something stupid happening again soon."

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"That's not what I meant." She sighed, pushing her annoyance down for the moment. This person certainly could have been less civil, at least, and, as Alice had to remind herself, speaking to someone who knew more about her current mess was in fact a good idea. "As far as I'm concerned, 'something stupid' is already happening, but I doubt that's what you have in mind. In the meantime, if you have any ideas that would accomplish something, I'm listening."

A little sharper, but almost as an afterthought, she added, "Like more about what's actually going on, for example."