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[The clock has struck midnight and something in the air has changed. Time’s stopped, people have transformed into coffins, the coloring of the world seems all wrong. And worse, you might notice something moving in the corner of your eye. Something dark, shadow-like, and definitely foreboding.]

[Make your own threads, tag each other, etc.! This is for Monday Night, and when your characters will first be here experiencing this!]

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[Naoto wasn't exactly expecting to find someone either, but then again, anything can happen in a dream. Her attention turns to the person who's calling out to her]

Who might you be?

[He's happy the other has acknowledged him at least. And they seem to be unhurt. If this was a dream like any of his others, things were likely to take a dark turn. Though... why would it be a stranger this time instead of someone he already knows?

Ainosuke moves a bit closer, still keeping about five feet between them when he stops.]

Ah... Ainosuke Tanaka.

[He hesitates slightly, staring at the boy in front of him as though he's trying to place why the other is in this so-called dream. Maybe he was a classmate he'd never really noticed before, like Masaki.]

Have we met?

No, I don't believe we have.

[At least she doesn't recognize him or his name. Maybe he was on the train with her and her brain just reformed him here in her dreams. But she might as well introduce herself since he did]

Naoto Shirogane. [Is all she says before turning her attention to a coffin] What a strange dream this is turning out to be.

[He doesn't recognize the boy's name either, ruffling his hair a bit in frustration as he looks around. Ainosuke even glances behind himself, making sure that nothing had decided to follow him.

It also felt weird to say 'nice to meet you' though he might have at any other point.]

I-I wouldn't... touch that. I don't think they should be messed with.

[Ainosuke also wasn't going to deny that this was a dream, if he thought it was. It was his personal opinion as well and the fact that a potential manifestation was bringing it up didn't bother him.]

... it is, isn't it?

[She had no intention of touching it really, it just interests her. But when he comments on her last statement she looks at him with a curious look]

You believe this is a dream as well?

[Ainosuke perked up a bit at the question, wandering closer to get a good look at the coffin. He really didn't want to touch it or be anywhere near it, since he almost expected something to jump out and scare him. He nodded in response.]

Things like this can't be real, right? ... there's no explanation for it. And this...

[He paused to motion at their surroundings.]

It's not Japan. I don't know where we are, but it looks like we're a long way from home.

I would imagine that this is someones idea for an idiotic joke, but being able to pull something like this off is well...improbable.

[Someone kidnapped her then?] Perhaps we should search for more people. Staring at a coffin all day won't get us anywhere.

[And she starts to walk down the street]

[He's a little surprised by how quick the other is to start moving, shuffling along behind his new companion and keeping a close eye on their surroundings. Naoto seems... a lot more calm, responsible, and focused than he felt in that moment. It was a relief but it also made him wonder why.]

I haven't seen anyone else yet.

Neither have I but there must be others.

[It wouldn't make sense if they were the only two brought here. She doesn't bother looking at the coffins anymore since they hold no importance, for now at least.]

Shirogane-san...

[At this point, Ainosuke's a lot more polite than he would be. His usual tendency is to start calling people by their first names once he's introduced, but he feels compelled to be more like this considering their circumstances.]

Is there anyone who would want to do something like this to you?

There could be several, yes. As a detective it's only natural that someone would come after me.

[Not that it's happened too many times before but it's always a possibility]

A detective?

[While Ainosuke sounded surprised, it wasn't in a condescending way. He didn't believe the other at first, but that was only because they looked so similar in age. Was this guy serious? He certainly looked like the type, if he were a bit older, but...]

Yes, I'm a detective.

[Not even going to give him a glance when she says that. It's not anything new to her so she doesn't find it strange at all]

[Part of him almost wanted to ask something like, 'really?' but he knew that would have been stupid. Instead, he just makes a slight awed noise.

It makes him feel a little better knowing someone like this is around, even if they are close to the same age.]

There's... someone who might come after me too, but I don't think they'd go after someone like you.

[He doesn't elaborate even though he knows this sounds horribly suspicious...]

[To that she turns to look at him with a curious look. He doesn't look like a criminal, maybe he just got himself into some sort of trouble. But she decides to ask about it anyways]

Why would someone be after you?

[Ohh, maybe he shouldn't have let that slip. He stands there for a minute now, bringing his hand up to his mouth and making a face.]

I've been helping the police where I'm from solve a series of kidnapping cases.

[Actually, it then turned into a murder case and then a drug related case dealing with a concert, but this was easier to make people believe.]

Considering the type of people they went after, though, I don't think they'd risk kidnapping a detective.

[She stops when he does and stares at him.

Ahh- now she feels a bit more relaxed in his presence. He's basically a fellow detective and from Japan too! How lucky she is to have met him. But she keeps that same straight face on]

Detectives are well at risk to be kidnapped, we're the ones who solve the cases after all. We may know things we shouldn't.

[Saying Ainosuke was anything close to a detective might have been stretching it, though he did feel like a valuable part of the team when it came to his encounters with Kato. He'd receive his visions, then report the findings, and the police would pick up from there. It also made him suspect by how much that he knew at times, which he was sure would come up and haunt him in the future.]

... maybe.

[A vision right now would help immensely... There was something more to all of this that he wasn't seeing.

His brother had always said that being smart was just knowing how to look at something from a different angle, but how else could he look at what was happening to them now?]

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