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[leekspins]

[Orihime didn't need any prompting to leave the hospital. It was unfamiliar, and there was something definitely wrong about it that made her uneasy. Quietly rubbing the sore side of her neck, she steps outside, and blinks. Everything looks so...alien. There's nothing out here that she recognizes, and she's sure she's never been in this place before...but that much was obvious when the smiling man indicated the city's name. Proxima Gamma. It sounds a little futuristic, but for reasons she attributes more to confusion than anything, she can't feel excited about that.]

[Hesitantly she takes a few more steps, coming to a stop on the sidewalk. No one's face looks familiar to her either. She reaches out with her spiritual senses, and although she feels several strange soul signatures in the city, none of them match those of her friends.]

[She walks a little further, turning her head to examine as much of her surroundings as she's able to drink in with wide eyes.]

[Finally, after about ten blocks of aimless wandering, she finds a bench. Sits down. And exhales. It's not a dream; she's far too lucid, and her dreams are much weirder than this. All she knows is that she won't be able to make sense of this city alone. The smiling man indicated that there were others here that she could communicate with via the tablet she'd tucked under her arm. Now that she's sitting, she rests the tablet on her lap, and fiddles with it. Seems to be working, just as he'd said it would. She brushes her thumb over the screen, then decides it can't hurt to send a message. There might be someone here she knows, and if that's the case, this will make it easy to reconnect.]

[And so it is that Orihime's face appears on the screen as she holds the tablet out with both hands.]

Eeto...like this, right?

[She can't tell if it's recording or not. Well, if she's doing it right, someone will answer, so she shouldn't fret. She laughs sheepishly, letting go of the tablet with one hand to rub the back of her head.]

Ah ha ha! Please excuse me! I haven't used one of these before. My name is Orihime Inoue. I was wondering how many people are here? Did you wake up in the hospital too?

[Her hand drifts to the spot between her neck and shoulder, her smile momentarily subdued.]

Any information you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

[Orihime bobs her head faintly, then leans slightly as she waits. There has to be someone else here in similar circumstances...right?]

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[leekspins]

[If it's on sale, Orihime buys it. Doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's inexpensive. This is how many of her infamous recipes came into being, after all, combining cheap ingredients to see what happens. It helps that she's not a picky eater.]

Maybe I should buy one too. I'm not sure how well spiritual powers work on killer robots anyway, and martial arts probably aren't my best bet.

[true_noir]

[Sale buying, as long as they got the necessities, was the sensible way to go for the moment. Admittedly, Chloe reached out to stop one or two items from going in with a little shake of her head. They didn't so much look suspect as they looked... well, suspect with what they'd bought already.]

A knife isn't bad... and it's hard to say what your powers might do, whatever they are. I should test if ice could be used to pry them open and break them from the inside, if I find one already broken down somewhere.

[leekspins]

Are there very many broken ones?

[If so, then it probably means the builders aren't going to be setting foot on the island any time soon. If the robots were getting repaired, that might give them a chance to find out how the person doing the repairs was coming and going.]

[true_noir]

I haven't seen many just yet. My guess is that they probably clean the parts up wherever possible, to reduce the chance for people like us to find weaknesses. Still, we might be able to find one if we're careful or get lucky.

...or watch and see if we can find out who does repairs around here.

[leekspins]

[She nods slowly, pretending to be interested in a cantaloupe. It makes her a little nervous to talk about plans for escape, but in a public place like this, they're less likely to be noticed and heard, right?]

[Actually this is a pretty good cantaloupe, she'll keep it.]

Then we can follow them and see if there's a way to get on and off the island, right?

[true_noir]

[She considered and then nodded. It was a pretty good thing to be nervous about, but it was also easy enough to conceal as she went on. One hand lifted it and she knocked the melon with her knuckles, listening to the dull thud. Her smile said she agreed with the sentiment on the fruit and handed it to Orihime.]

We can see what we find out. You never know what you'll learn, but be careful and don't do anything foolish on your own. I'm very fast, so call me first, ok?

[leekspins]

I will. After all, you're going to be a cop, ne?

[Orihime smiles, saluting with a fruit roll-up she just found because she has no idea what it is and she's curious enough to try it out.]

Don't worry. I have ways to protect myself too.

[true_noir]

mmm, that's the plan at the very least. [She snickered at the sight of the unusual little salute, grinning while she started towards the counter.] And that's good to hear. My life is always full of different people to protect after all.

[leekspins]

[OOC: Good place to wrap this one up? Or was there something in particular you wanted for CR?]

[true_noir]

(OOC: I think it's a good point to call it. ^_^ Decent food is had.)