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[pallidhues]

[At first, when Naminé woke up, nothing seemed amiss… at least until she opened her eyes.]

[About three seconds of bleary-eyed confusion later, she was sitting bolt upright in the bed, said eyes wide open. This wasn’t right. This wasn’t just not right, it was impossible. The last thing she remembered, she’d been watching from the metaphorical back

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[tsukurimasho]

... H-Hello? [Puzzled Chiyo is puzzled.] Is someone there?

[pallidhues]

--! [What was this...? A voice?]

[There was a moment's hesitation, and then she s l o w l y picked up the phone and gingerly held it a little too far away from her ear.]

H--... Hello?

[tsukurimasho]

Oh, hello! Are you okay? It sounded like something fell over there...

[pallidhues]

[...So this strange voice coming from the phone was concerned about her well-being? Naminé wasn't quite as familiar with telephones as most people her age, but... didn't you have to dial numbers, first? Ah-- but, if it (she, it sounded like) had asked, then shouldn't Naminé reply?]

Y-- yes, I'm fine...? [There was a moment's pause, and then, with a slight tinge of embarassment,] I accidentally knocked the phone off of the table.

[xanotherdreamx]

[There was only one explanation for someone reacting like that. Hearing someone else going through it reminded Roxas of how he had felt twenty-five days ago.]

Did you just wake up here?

[pallidhues]

[Ah? A voice. Only this time, it was one she recognized, so quickly that what he was saying didn't even register until she'd already said,]

--Roxas?

[xanotherdreamx]

[What? He didn't recognize this girl's voice at all. And if she was new here how could she know him?]

...Huh? I mean, yeah. Do you know me?

[pallidhues]

[-- 'Do you know me?' Did he not recognize her voice? Or... had something else happened? She was about to say, 'Don't you recognize my voice?', but stopped. Maybe... he didn't remember her because she'd disappeared. Her existence had always been so fragile, she'd always had one foot outside the realm of proper memory, and sometimes she wondered if anyone would even remember her, once she was gone. But-- no, that was too quick a conclusion to jump to. It was one theory, at least, but not one she wanted to be correct.]

[No, more likely, this had something to do with the fact that she was in a bizzare new world. If she'd just woken up here, with all these pictures, these things that told her she'd already been here, maybe she was the one forgetting something. Or perhaps this wasn't even the same Roxas? Perhaps it was just all some absurd coincidence. But she was taking too long to respond, so she said, just a little too quickly,]

I-- I'm sorry, I... must be mistaken. I thought you were someone I knew.

[And then she

[skyruns]

[He could have sworn that he had heard a small voice coming from the phone, and just slowly picked it up, waiting a moment before speaking.]

...he...llo?

[pallidhues]

[Yet another unfamiliar voice. How many people were here?]

...H--... hello.

[skyruns]

[Ah, there it was. It was a girl, too. He cleared his throat momentarily and then asked.]

Ah-- is... is everything alright over there...?

[pallidhues]

[There was a pause as she quickly thought it over. At least by now she had an idea of what was going on. Other than the sheer absurdity of the situation...]

Y-- yes, everything okay. I'm sorry to have disturbed you, I was just a little... surprised.

[bustydefense]

You've been brought to a place called Mayfield.

[pallidhues]

S-so I've been told. I'm very sorry to have disturbed you.

[bustydefense]

No need to apologize. Are you all right?

[pallidhues]

Yes, I'm fine.

[...At least, as fine as she could be after waking up in the wrong place.]

I was just a little... startled.