First Firefly - [Action]

[presumablyalone]

[Seto's eyes are slightly dead as he stumbles into the Golden Entranceway, falling to his knees and his head down.  He clutches the black feather thats in his hand as he lets out a weak cry.  Not from pain, but from sorrow.  He rubs his eyes with his wrist and looks up]

....Where...am I?  ....Sai?  [He sniffles and stands up, obviously shivering.

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[demonicbookworm]

[Ruca timidly walks up to the crying boy.]

...A-are you okay?

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[demonicbookworm]

...You've never heard any fairy tales?

Um, knights are people who are suppose to protect others and their country. They also fight using swords. A princess is king’s daughter... And a king is a person who rules over a country.

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[presumablyalone]

W-Well um, my grandfather didn't have any fairy tale books in his library, but he did tell me what they were!

[He lights up a little] Wow...I had no idea they were that important.

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[demonicbookworm]

Oh, I see.

But, you know, this place is like from a fairy tale. [He smiles.] It can grant your wishes.

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[presumablyalone]

This place can grant your wishes? [He frowns a bit, worried] Are you sure I'm not dreaming...?

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[demonicbookworm]

I've been here for a few months already... so, yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not a dream. Even if all of this seems like one.

...My name is Ruca. Ruca Milda.

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[presumablyalone]

If this isn't a dream then...I wonder if Sai is going to be okay without me..

[He smiles again though] It's nice to meet you Ruca. My name is Seto.

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[demonicbookworm]

...Who exactly is Sai?

[He smiles too.] It's nice to meet you, too, Seto.

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[presumablyalone]

Sai is one of my friends back home. She's helping me find someone.

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[demonicbookworm]

...I see. But, I'm sure she'll be okay.

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[presumablyalone]

Well...she can't exactly get hurt since she's a ghost and all. I just worry about her getting lonely.

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[demonicbookworm]

[...Wait.]

She's a... ghost?

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[presumablyalone]

[He smiles sheepishly, he totally thinks this is normal]

Yeah. You see, where I'm from, almost everyone in the world is dead. My grandfather told me there are survivors but when I met Sai, she was already dead...Some how I can see her and talk to her though.

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[demonicbookworm]

[A world... were almost everyone is dead?]

...It's... hard to imagine a world like that. [But he tries to smile, if only a bit.] But, don't worry. She might not even notice you're gone. I've heard that when people come back to their worlds, they're back to the exactly same moment they left. Almost as if they never left at all...

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[presumablyalone]

It is pretty hard imagine...but I grew up in that world so, I don't think of it as anything but normal.

[He blinks and smiles but it almost instantly turns into a frown. He has to return to that moment...?] Oh...well, at least Sai won't be worried about me suddenly disappearing.

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[demonicbookworm]

[He nods, then frowns.]

...But... the problem is, nobody knows how to leave this place.