cocktailparty | all i want for christmas is you

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[The person Kyoko approaches this time happens to be a tall, gorgeous young woman dressed in a much less obnoxious but just as showy costume. Perhaps she's an idol or cosplay model? She's certainly not one of those average, nondescript people wandering around the streets here!

For a moment, she just... blinks and stares. So much for that cool celebrity vibe she'd been giving off, but how else is one expected to react to loud pink overalls?]

Ah...

[Hold on, she has to replay that in her head to get what the girl asked.]

Taken? Um... well, yeah, I guess.

[A pause, as she tries to consider how to put this delicately. She offers a friendly, hopefully reassuring smile, too.]

Did you just arrive?

[ It was definitely meant to be a costume, that much was clear. Yet with some of the things she's seen the president wear, it almost seems dressy more than showy. It wouldn't come as a surprise if she found out the woman was a talent of some kind, that was for sure. Definitely a huge contrast from Kyoko's own appearance, at least in her own mind.

Strangely enough, as the woman confirmed she had been taken as well, there was clearly a touch of excitement being reigned in as Kyoko's posture remained just as straight as before but held a smidgen taller. She bobs her head in a short nod as confirmation. ]

That's right. I woke up here just a little ago. So this really is some kind of spiriting away?

[ Ah, if only it were so fanciful. Then again, it's all kidnapping with a different spin, i'n't it? ]

[This is definitely not the usual reaction people have. Normally, they'd be angry, not... well, Natsuru's not sure what this girl is thinking. She certainly seems more happy than upset, though.]

Something like that...

[It's been a long time for Natsuru, but shouldn't there have been something to explain the situation?]

Wasn't there a letter or something? You woke up in front of a house, right?

[ It's like some kind of modern fairy tale, though. It's as alarming as it is wondrous. At least, that's how it'll be while the hope of fairies and magical creatures was alive. Looking to the side with less than a glance, she gave another short nod. ]

I skimmed through it, but it seemed to focus more on how to adjust living here. There wasn't anything about who or what Mr. Landlord is, or how we were brought here. It's all pretty elaborate for normal people to put together and actually pull off to this scale. Maybe even beyond some people that are more than normal...

[ Though she said that with the thought of her agency's president, as he was the furthest thing from average. Still, there were the magic words she wasn't saying, just because she knew how people usually reacted to subjects like magical creatures that were beyond their plain, human realm. ]

Yeah, it's definitely not normal...

[Accidentally feeding into Kyoko's desires, maybe?]

No one really knows much about the Landlord, either. Just that he's the one taking everyone here, and he plays dumb pranks on us sometimes. But mostly, he leaves us alone and just wants us to live here until we get sent back...

[There's a notable lack of wonder in her voice. After being in this place for a year and a half, you kind of stop caring about the unanswered questions so much.]

We get sent back?

[ Is that how it normally goes? She knew that Corn had visited the human world for brief periods a couple of times, but did that mean humans could only be spirited away for a brief period as well? Even more, this person didn't seem to worry too much about all of the questions. Either through not caring, or the answers having been collected somewhere and Kyoko just hadn't gotten to that point. ]

So the only reason why we're brought here is so Mr Landlord can play pranks on people? With people being taken and returned though, you'd think something would be done. Though it makes sense if it's hard for humans to reach fairy kingdoms.

[ Kyoko, you literally just said that aloud. ]

Fairy kingdoms?

[There's a pause as she considers this, but not enough for Kyoko to react.]

I... guess it's something like that, yeah. But no one back home knows any of us is gone. Apparently, we get sent back to the same time and place we left.

The same...

[ Time and space from where they were taken. On one hand, Kyoko's almost rational enough to think that was impossible. Then there's the side where she was amazed that a fairy could be that powerful. Or maybe this Mr Landlord was really a wizard, or sorcerer! She seemed almost stunned for a moment, and only the slightest twinkle in her eye was the sign that the girl was really just getting carried away in her thoughts. Perhaps after the wonder was gone, she'd realize the heavier impact of that.

On the bright side- ]

Ah! I guess that means I'll still be able to help Okami-san before the shop closes.

Yeah... at least, that's what everyone who's gone back home and remembered this place says.

[This girl definitely is an odd one, not freaking out about any of this. But that makes her pretty easy to talk to, as well.]

And we won't look any older while we're here, either. I guess so we don't get sent back looking any different.

[Though why the Landlord could do all of this and not alter their age properly before their return is the real question. Some of the younger kids here get really restless when they don't get any older!]

[ She recently broke the curse on a fairy prince, whom she had met when they were both kids, while he was using the appearance and voice of someone who was important to her. That was last week. If she could believe that wholeheartedly, accepting that she was in some strange place by saying it was powerful magic was cake. It's amazing and hard to grasp that someone had that much power, but Kyoko was confident in doing just that.

Except. Wait. That was almost terrifying. ]

Mr Landlord is so powerful that he could even stop the aging process?! Truly amazing.

[ Wait, but now she's staring off in fascination this far in the conversation and hasn't even introduced herself. She realized it enough that there was a quick snap from the amazing shock and was suddenly bowing. If there were competitions and trophies assigned to formal bowing, this girl would easily get Platinum with how straight her back was as she bowed forward enough to practically be parallel with the ground before straightening back up. ]

Sorry! I had gotten so caught up with the situation that I never introduced myself to begin with. My name's Kyoko Mogami.

all i want for christmas is you

A (sorry it took forever! D; )

/grudges forever, but not really

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