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[pencilpremonition]

[Becca stares down at the device in her hands, a puzzled expression on her face.]

Is this Hell? But... I'm not dead yet. I've got another week yet... Or did I forget my last days on earth? I don't...get it. I don't get it at all. Where is everybody? And what do I do now?

[She hopes that people will take pity on her and help her because she's fifteen and pathetic-looking. That and her massive entitlement complex, but that's another matter in and of itself.]

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[pencilpremonition]

I'd probably seem older if I weren't so skinny... I've always had to act like a grown up. Who can afford to be a kid in today's world, y'know?

[doctor_dragoon]

I suppose that depends on what world you come from.

... What year is it for you?

[pencilpremonition]

It's 2011? And I'm from Indianapolis...are people really from different worlds here? Why didn't I see this coming...

[doctor_dragoon]

[He nods solemnly.] It's 2010 where I'm from, and 2000 here. Many people here are from the nineteenth century, or from a world that doesn't even fit on a timeline we'd be familiar with.

So you're from America, then? [He's fairly sure he's heard the name of that place before. Or something like it.]

[pencilpremonition]

So that's why I didn't see it coming...you can't see a future that's set in the past....

[Normally she wouldn't be so frank about her powers, but she doesn't expect him to put two and two together about what she's mumbling about. And right now, she's decidedly off-kilter. She's starting to panic about having arrived here in a delayed reaction.]

But this isn't possible...none of this is possible... I have to be at home this week....

[doctor_dragoon]

[Yukio's a pretty smart guy and her mumbles are raising all sorts of questions, but the possible panic attack takes priority. He hesitates for a moment before crouching down in front of her chair, trying to catch her eyes.]

I can't say I understand your position exactly, but remember that you're not alone. We can make things work here until we figure out how to fix them.

[pencilpremonition]

I don't know what's coming now... I always know what's coming... This is totally new for me...

[She looks into his eyes, and it does calm her down. A soft blush comes to her cheeks, and for a moment she thinks more about how handsome he is than her own predicament. Awkward or not, it works wonders to dispel the oncoming panic.]

[doctor_dragoon]

[Urp. There's the slightest strain in his smile as he pushes past the awkward. This is no time to let his girl-fail take over.]

Looks like we're all in the same boat, then. It'll be alright.

[pencilpremonition]

I don't like not knowing what's going on. ....It's scary.

[doctor_dragoon]

You can learn to work past that. Fear can be overcome if you work at it.

[pencilpremonition]

You don't understand...I always know. I've always known... I don't think I know how to live like this...

[doctor_dragoon]

[Cautiously:]

Without knowing you're going to die?

[pencilpremonition]

[She winces.]

It's...something I've had to get used to. It's one of those facts about the world, however unpleasant, that still fucks with you when it changes.

[doctor_dragoon]

[He nods, understanding.]

But do you want to die?

[pencilpremonition]

What? No, nobody wants to...

[Her words ring hollow, and she knows it. She trails off and sighs sadly.]

I would've done things differently if I wasn't gonna die.

[doctor_dragoon]

This place isn't something anyone could prepare for.

[pencilpremonition]

And eventually it'll end with me going right back when I came from to be where I'm supposed to be on Sunday.

[doctor_dragoon]

[Frown.] ... Probably.

[pencilpremonition]

[Oddly enough, that seems to comfort her a bit. Only a little bit, though, since she sighs sadly again. She forces a smile on for him, though.]

You must think I'm super weird.

[doctor_dragoon]

[He laughs lightly, glad that she seems to be calmer now.] We're all pretty weird here, actually.

[pencilpremonition]

Yeah? Like how?

[doctor_dragoon]

Have you ever met an exorcist before?

[pencilpremonition]

I thought that was just a movie.

[doctor_dragoon]

That depends on who you ask, but this place is full of them.

[pencilpremonition]

What about...people with powers?