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When Siri said the word 'car,' something stirred in the deepest regions of Monollius's mind. It sounded faintly familiar, but he could not tell why. He did not even know what a car was, and was about to ask when multiple members of the party became edgy. Threats of people in the woods seemed to be the verdict. The Arch-Sage wasn't worried, but he was certainly curious.

"Well, by grace, let them come forth. No need to be hostile lest they show desire for bloodshed. If it be just one, they are vastly outnumbered, and would be undoubtedly overpowered."

Newcomer, please don't ignore me. Doragon thought as he pulled off the amulet, putting it into one of his pockets. He decided to save the amulet. When a new great enchanter came he could give it to them and they could surely be able to re-create it. Doragon got up and started walking towards the new-comer and the rest of the group. This was the basic thing of his life. He'd travel around a bunch, rarely ever actually living in his house and when he met a group they'd ignore him or run away and he'd follow until he got bored with them. It was late afternoon getting dark. Doragon came to where the others were with the new-comer and he sat down cross legged. He straightened out his legs and collapsed to the ground on his back, laying down and using his own hands as a pillow.

"What are you isn't a nice thing to say, unless you're reffering to species in which case I'm half elf, quarter human and quarter fairy. If you're just saying who are you in a rude way I'd be Doragon Akuma." Doragon had sat up to speak to the girl and now flopped onto his back again.

((... Um... Is he lying? I thought he was a demon.))

Aria glared at him for a few more seconds of frosty silence, then blinked and switched her attention back to Kat without any apparent awareness that it had been elsewhere. "...Idiot! If I was a monster, or, I guess, spirit thing, those vines wouldn't have done s**t, so I'm guessing you thought I was something else. Did it occur to you to come and ask? All of you against me; I doubt I posed any significant threat."

She stopped for breath, then paused, taking in one of the other girl's hair. It had blue tips, which for some reason made her ire fade. "Are they from earth, too?" she asked, her tone as close to apologetic as it would get.

Aria stared at TK for a few seconds, her expression skeptical, then a smile began twitching at the corners of her mouth. Suddenly she giggled. "Right. I mean, I suppose, with everything else happening I have no reason to disbelieve you. Except for one important fact: I still look like myself, except for the obvious." She gestured to her wings. "Plus, I think I would know if I was sharing someone else's body."

She giggled again, then frowned. "Oh, there was something I was meaning to ask, if I met up with anyone again." She put her hand to her forehead. "I completely forgot. Anyway," she continued, shaking her head, "Back in the real world, I heard about someone falling asleep at the wheel of their car. A boy. The Doctors were saying something about how parts of his brain were active that shouldn't have been active." She paused, looking uncomfortable. "So does that sound like anything like something that's happened to any of you? Because if it does, we are in some seriously deep s**t."

Tk rolled her eyes at Aria. "look, your in a different universe, a different dimension even. it stands to reason that your probably in your counterpart, dopplegangers, parallel versions, whatever you want to call them, in this universe." she looked to her. "and at first Kat didn't even realise i was in here. i didn't even know anything had happened. you most likely are sharing somebody elses body, without either of you realising it. it was only when Kat acknowledged that she wasn't alone in here that i started to worm my way out." she listened to the siri and aria talk about the boy in the car. "that might work. and if you come here when you're asleep, then he would be experiencing things here.his body might be mirroring his souls experience. there is an intricate link..." she thought. "anyway, Kat just fell asleep on earth. speaking opf which, she'll probably.." she trailed off, and her form seemed to become translucent, then, still partially transparent. she slumped to one side.

*~*

Kat sat up, and looked around. she heard the shrill beeps of her alarm and, sighing, she got up and switched it off. she got dressed and headed downstairs. she grabbed a piece of toast, a5te it along with a glass of oJ, slung her bag over her shoulder and dashed outside, checking her watch. she reached her stop just as the double-decker pulled up, and, flashing her pass at the driver, she got on, walked up the steps to the top deck, and flung herself down on one of the seats. she rooted in her bag for her book, then leaned back and began to read.

Kat hurriedly stuffed her book back in her bag as the bus pulled up to the gates, and walked downstairs, checking her watch. just then the start of school bell rang, and she hurried to her tutor.

((shadow has a point.))

Monollius listened to the hubbub these adolescents made. They were so hasty to build conflict, he almost laughed several times. The passion of youth had long since left him. Then again, so had most of his memory concerning such things. He shook his head, letting the thoughts slide away.

Then he was struck with that feeling again...

"Excuse me if you will, but what, might I inquire, is a car? Pardon me if I sound the part of infant for a moment, but it has become apparent your world and ours vary greatly."

Perhaps if he knew what a car was, he could further understand why exactly it struck him so.