I can't shake the feeling people probably were waiting for this one.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

*Someone familiar is wandering the premises.*

Lady Yukawi? LADY YUKAWIIIIIII!

Lady Yukawi! I don't like this place! It's weird and scary and stuff! I wanna go hooooooome!

*If the obvious youth of the kitsune wasn't a dead giveaway what happened, the fact that she only has two tails instead of the normal nine is probably an indication of something.*

Where's the forest?! I want the forest! Baaaaaaaaaw!

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[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

[A youth was nearby with his head buried in his knees. When he hears someone else bawling, he looks up.

Well, so much for having time to feel sorry for himself. He tries to pull himself together.]

Hey, a-are...are you lost?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Wh-wha? A-ah! A human!

*She tries to pull herself together.*

I'm not lost! I'm the shikigami of Lady Yukawi! I can't be lost! Don't be stupid!

[becomethesniper.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm a-a human. What else would I be? But what's a shikigami--

...Wait, what are those?

[Guess who finally noticed Ran's tails?]

[yokaiofnaps.livejournal.com]

[Is that...

...no way. No way can that be Ran.

A very confused human approaches.]

R-Ran?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Another human! Oh no! You can't beat me, though! I'm Lady Yukawi's shikigami!

[yokaiofnaps.livejournal.com]

It's Meiling! Hong... Meiling...

...you probably don't have any idea who I am.

[Not that she can blame anyone under the circumstances.]

[chivalroushare.livejournal.com]

[A rabbit woman happens to be in the scene. She gives a smile and knees down to match Ran's eye level. In the softest, kindest voice she could muster, Cecile says to Ran:]

You don't have to worry. Yukari is... somewhere around here. If you want somebody to help you look for her, I'd like to.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Another youkai! You know where Lady Yukawi is?

[chivalroushare.livejournal.com]

[Cecile wasn't really a youkai, but... why push this issue? She trusted her anyway.]

Lady Yukari... works here, somewhere. She's a very important person who helps with all the decision-making. A friend of Yukari is definitely safe here.

... But I'm not sure where she is right now, no.

[halfboiledjoker.livejournal.com]

... Ran!?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Eep!

*She runs and hides behind a pillar.

[tailsofambition.livejournal.com]

... Miss Ran? [Tails' two tails swish a little. A concerned look spreads across his face.] Is that you?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Oh wow! Did you just grow your second tail too? How come you still look like a fox? I was a fox, but then I got my second tail and I started lookin' like a human, but with tails. I wanna look like a fox too!

[has-a-grimoire.livejournal.com]

[Well look who's also seemed to age down a bit. Of course this means she has no idea who Ran is...]

You're not the only one that ended up here. What is this place? And where's Miss Mima? [The latter half was her thinking to herself out loud. Aheh.]

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Who's Miss Mima? I only know of Lady Yukawi.

1/2

[violet-boundary.livejournal.com]

[She's not actually in view right now]

...

2/2

[violet-boundary.livejournal.com]

[I don't really want to deal with this right now. I'm gonna go take a nap.]

[punches-fog.livejournal.com]

R--

Ran?

> Unless Ran had a kit without telling you - and that's very unlikely - she's the only foxgirl you know who would be bawling for Councilor Yakumo, but...this is so weird.

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Another human? Why am I in a place with so many humans?

[mach-n-roll.livejournal.com]

*WHOOOOOSH-CRAASH!*

Y'know that huge pot with the palm tree planted in it nearby? It's now a shattered pot with an askew palm tree set in a tiny island in the middle. Also half-planted in the dirt, head-first with worn-out sneakers kicking is a smaller, rounder, blue creature that looks an awful lot like Sonic, that pulls himself out with a shower of soil.

"WWWWWOW! I broke the pot!" The five-year-old Hedgehoglet cackles in a higher voice, marveling at his own powers of destruction. "Normally I just bounce off! Means I'm gettin' even FASTER! Uhoh. Hope I'm not gonna get in trouble for that..."

He looks around guiltily for any onlooking grownups... then sees Ran and breaks into a friendly grin, still dirt-smeared. "Hi!"

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Hi! Wooooow! You're, like, super fast! I bet Lady Yukawi is faster, though!

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

You want your Yukari to see you like this, or you wanna be tougher than that?

(Goddamn it, kids whining about their parents while she doesn't get to tick her 13 year old self off...)

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

N-no...

*sniffle*

I... I gotta be stwong! I'm Lady Yukawi's shikigami! She's counting on me!

...but this place is so weird.

physically older Omi, but I took all of those icons off his regular ancount...

[profilingkitten.livejournal.com]

[Omi noticed something was wrong, and, unlike him, Ran seemed to not have her adult memories. Knowing what it was like for him, after he'd lost his memories, he knelt down.]

Hey, are you alright?

[faithfultenko.livejournal.com]

Um, um, I still haven't found Lady Yukawi...

Are you human too? Do you also know me from the future? 'Cause it seems like all the humans know me fwom the future. I don't know why I know so many humans in the future. Do you know why?