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[offallingsnow]

[An experiment is going on. Nephry knows this and has known for days. She's been in the jungle again, in the desert, and trapped in the same room, going through the exit only to come in through the entrance again. It makes almost no sense at all, and that made it so easy to remember that it wasn't anything real.

This morning she wakes up in her room

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[soreplaceable]

[It was strange enough that his room had been transformed for the past few days, forcing him to exit the window whenever he wanted to go outside. But to jump out the window on a warm, sunny day only for it to spontaneously turn into a wintery morning is... odd, to say the least. Especially when that winter landscape is as vast as an entire city, yet still only occupies the space surrounding House 1. Luceti was curious like that sometimes.]

[He'll wander about for a little while, searching for the "exit" back into normal land, before spotting Nephry. Though she's clearly much more prepared for the change in weather than he is. He'll just be running over now, taking care not to slip on the snow.]

[With a shiver:] H-Hello, Nephry.

[offallingsnow]

[The voice just proves it, even more. This can't be her real home.]

Ion. What are you doing out here dressed like that? You're going to freeze.

[If only that weren't a legitimate concern for him. She doesn't even have to think about it, pulling off her coat and wrapping it around his shoulders.]

[soreplaceable]

The area hadn't changed until I was already outside. By then, the house had disappeared behind me.

[Ion's already not too fond of the cold, so the coat is more than welcome. But now she doesn't have one...] What about you?

[offallingsnow]

[She is wearing winter clothing and is far less fragile.]

I will be fine. ...I thought I... [No. Don't say it. Think of something else.] I thought I was the only one who could see this.

[Action]

[its_rose_damnit]

[Dist had come across quite a few monsters and odd scenarios over these past few days. Most of them were relatively harmless, but today, he came across something or...someone he's have rather not come across on any day. He never, ever wanted to see her--it ever again. Thankfully, the simulation ended once he stumbled out of the library, but still.

He was on his way home, pale and shaken and ready to lock himself in his room and pray this entire ordeal ended without him having to relive that again in his own home. Dist stopped the moment he heard the all too familiar crunch of snow under his shoes and looked around curiously, wondering what this new scene would be. Seeing Keterburg, the snow, the buildings and people he knew...it was strange. He was back, right

[Action]

[offallingsnow]

[The office is certainly there, along with the rest of her spacious home. She will stand from her chair when he opens the door, almost expecting - but no. Of course he isn't here. It's Saphir, instead,, and once she gets a good look at him...]

Forgive me for saying so, Saphir, but you look as though you're being haunted.

[It takes her no time and no hesitation to cross the room to him. This is her territory, after all, and she's very serious with her concern for him now.]

What happened to you?

[Action]

[its_rose_damnit]

Nephry?

[It was like Dist just emerged from a trance. He blinked, stared at her, then rubbed at his eyes, removing his glasses to do so. Right, right...he had walked here, hadn't he? The trek seems so distant from his mind, and now that Dist was actually here, he didn't know what to say or do. What had he been expecting? Or even hoping for?]

...It's nothing, I'm fine. I apologize for the interruption.

[Action]

[offallingsnow]

You're as pale as the snow.

[Taking his arm by the elbow, she leads him to the room's sole other chair, to sit. And she won't hear protests.]

...It's shocking, isn't it? [The city. The detail.]