piratejournal | costume change 1 ❧ voice

[there is absolutely no warning before a high-pitched, distressed, loud voice emerges from the journal.]

WHO. DID. THIS.

[well, she figured out the voice function... there is an aggressive sigh, then a groan that is dragged out as long as her lungs and throat permit.]

This is NOT Fiji! This is not Monaco, or Bermuda, or Dubai, or even TOKYO! I know well enough that WHATEVER THIS IS ISN'T HOME OR A VACATION SPOT AND WHOEVER BROUGHT ME HERE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION WILL BE SENT ON A HOUSHAKUJI SHIP TO ANTARCTICA AND LEFT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM THE SUN ENTERING THROUGH THE ENORMOUS HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER AND RABID PENGUINS!!!!!!

[there's another groan, and you can practically hear her pulling out her hair. yelling isn't going to help her-- screaming into a book isn't the same as tearing into a real person.]

Though, whoever helps me get home will be handsomely rewarded with as much money as they can carry to wherever they want. And I'll be grateful too! Don't think that I'm some unappreciative wretch. The sooner I get back to my room in Japan, the sooner everyone will be happy. I don't like that I've been KIDNAPPED! It's all fine and well in fiction but HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO ME?!?! I'm ready to leave, no doubt about it! I saw a guy stab another guy. The first guy peed on him, so I mean it was a little deserved but I SHOULDN'T SEE ANYONE GET STABBED OR PEED ON OR SPIT LIKE FIFTEEN FEET!!! DOES NO ONE HERE KNOW MANNERS?!?!?!

[there's a soft sob, followed by squelch (possibly underfoot), then a shriek and rapid-fire swearing in japanese.]

Oh. My god. I do not know what I stepped in, but it was something AWFUL!!!! MY SHOE IS RUINED... This is terrible! Is this the commoner life? I can't handle this. Who has a private jet I can borrow? It's Renge Houshakuji. My family will pay yours back double, I promise!

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[GASP. is that. no way. what? COULD IT BE...]

KYOUYA?! Is that you?! Oh my god, did they kidnap you too?! Now I just KNOW this is all some elaborate ransom scheme. You're worth double what I am! Oh my god, this is terrible. Do you know what's going on? I mean, I think you do-- Isla Empieza? Is that was this place is called? I heard someone call this Port Chance, I think, but I might've just made that up.

[a pause.]

I'm not doing so well here... I want to go home.

I know what's going on.

[It's easier to focus, actually, when there's a crisis. And an upset Renge? Is very much a crisis. So, the Shadow King is at his best.

His voice remains utterly calm, entirely unbothered.]

But it's too much to explain over this.

I want you to calmly ask the people around you. Be on your best behavior with the locals.

If you're on Isla Empieza, then there's a tavern called the Three Moons. Go there and wait for me.

If you're not on Isla Empieza, let me know immediately, and I'll... figure out a way to come to you.

[kyouya will always get her rapt attention. she shuts up immediately, and listens, nodding to the journal (not like he can see, but the gesture was made.) kyouya's got everything down pat, even in worlds they don't belong to.]

I can do that! The people on the journal are so mean, though!

[there's a muffled bit from her, as she talks to someone quickly, and as pleasantly as possible. she comes back to kyouya, clearly.]

I asked about Isla Empieza and Three Moons, but he said that this is Port Chance, and there's no tavern like that here. If. If coming to me is going to be a problem, I. [dare she say this--] Can survive on my own for a bit and try to get to you. [that's the most blasphemous thing she's ever said.]

["How the Hell did you get to Port Chance?!"

But he isn't going to shout or even sound frustrated. That won't help anyone. Instead, he'll just take a long, deep breath, briefly close his eyes, and try to work out what to do.

It comes quickly enough. Even a break in the pattern won't throw him off long.]

I shouldn't be more than a couple days. Check your pockets or any kind of purse you woke up with. You should have some money.

It won't be very much, but it'll feed you and get you a room while I get there.

A... couple days? Okay, I can do that! I won't have to sleep in an alley, will I?

[that's like. her worst fear. to be stranded and without a place to sleep. she doesn't need to eat, but babies need naps.]

I guess it doesn't matter if I sleep in an alley, though! I can do anything!! Including wait a couple days for you, no problem! [if she wasn't so happy to hear from him, she'd tell him that if he left her alone forever, she would find him and and kill him. kiss kiss fall off a cliff.]

Does anyone here know you? [aka: how good is namedropping here?]

You should have enough money for a room for a few nights, though you'll have to be willing to sleep in one without many accommodations. If it has a bed comfortable enough that you can suffer it, take it.

[Lessons he'd learned very quickly when he first looked at prices and how much money he had on him.

Budgeting and settling had become standard.]

I don't know any locals in Port Chance -- most of the contacts I've made are on Isla Empieza.

However, if you run into other people who seem like outsiders to this place, they might know me and might be able to help you a bit.

Suffer. [a word she used for People That Weren't Her, but she supposed that kidnapping could be the worst in this whole adventure, and a lumpy bed could be second worst. sighing, she tries to put a chipper tone back in her voice-- for kyouya, she's got to give him her best.] It'll be completely fine!! I mean, it's a bed and I'm sure the service will be satisfactory! It's absolutely better than an alley!!

[anything but the alley...]

I'll keep my eyes peeled for people who stick out!! It's hard when everyone looks so strange-- but I've done conventions. I know when someone looks stranger than normal! [gotta put those fangirl skills to use.] I'll do my best to talk to people and get my own information, too! Is there anything I can do for you while I'm here??

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