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And there was him....again?

It was similar enough experience to what he'd felt earlier on...at least what felt like earlier on. A few hours, perhaps? He wasn't sure. Opening his eyes, he found himself looking down at dry concrete, and listening to the same sounds he last remembered - the Scramble. Wait... I'm lying in the Scramble...again?!

Pushing himself quickly up from the ground, he was able to quickly confirm it for himself, staring up at the buildings, and temporarily to the people around him, which he had to avert his eyes again for a moment before their thoughts ambushed his mind again. Though, looking up into the sky, came the more interesting realisation; it appeared to be earlier in the day than he was last concious. Shaking his head in disbeleif, he grasped his mobile phone from his jacket pocket, and looked to it, shock in his eyes, for it wasn't the past - but the future. A new day. Had he been lying in the crossing that whole time? He was still in one peice, and his attire, however dark, showed very little sign of dirt, nor did his skin show sufficient imprints from being constantly pressed into the road.

He had little time to concentrate on these concerns before a new one found it's way into his grasp - literally. With so much on his mind, the vibration of the phone, followed by the catchy drum n' bass rhythm he'd assigned to it many years ago, caught him by suprise, loosening his grip on the phone slightly as the message arrived. "....Who?" He muttered, having already assumed he was off-limits to the world of the people he knew before. "...Reapers." Was the answer he made for himself as he found the message, putting the phone into his pocket again. "Must be the mission. But wher- Agh!"

He was glad he wasn't holding onto his phone at that moment, as from a similar instinct to that of an electric shock, his hands clenched together as an unexplainable pain seared through them for a couple seconds. Opening one, he saw no sign of damage. But the other, there was no doubting the purpose. '29:51'; the mission timer. No use wasting time...

The majority of the events he could either find some excuse in his mind to help him accept, or ignore altogether, but one thing was still a great concern - His partner. Estefan said they couldn't survive apart, but where was he now? 104? Or had he found another place for the night? Was he erased? Looking around desperately, he tried to filter through the faces of the pedestrians and find him, ideally before any hostility showed itself to them...

Ugh... Raguna woke up in the middle of the scramble crossing "Wait, why am I here again? Wasn't I just at the 104 building a minute ago?" Raguna said to himself. Hmph. The only thing that made sence is that they must of either fell asleep or passed out and were dragged here. Hmm, or maybe the reapers had a way of warping the players here, as he saw his partner passed out near by, and some other players waking up across the scramble.

Suddenly there was a buzz in his pocket. "another text message? hmm, what is it this time? 'Get to cat street in 30 minutes; Fail and face erasure. -The Reapers' Holy crap! that's not much time at all!" Just then, Raguna's left hand burned. "Oww!" he looked back at his hand, and discovered another timer on his hand

29:59
29:58
29:57

"We're running out of time!" Raguna shouted. He didn't have time to wait for his partner to wake up. First, Raguna checked the map that he had foundin it, then he grabbed Vignati, and started dragging him north toward the Shibu Department store.

ooc: Aeori, I love your pic! you drew that? that's Awesome!

|It only hurts just once~|
Elliott groaned, once again in the scramble crossing where he had first woken up to this game.

Sitting up, he scratched, trying to pop his back, his mind somewhat hazy. The hell had happened anyways? He remembered he was talking to Viggy, and then…this.
How odd. A day had apparently gone by, too. One day down, six more to go.

He groaned aloud, feeling his phone that was tucked away within his shirt pocket vibrate, taking it out and reading the text message that was sure to be waiting for him.
The message within basically stated “Get to Cat Street in 30 minutes or face erasure. –The reapers.” He rolled his eyes, about to look around for Shiki before he felt a shocking, painful sensation that made him squeal in pain, fresh moisture springing to his eyes.
“Dammit!” He cursed aloud, complaining about the sudden pain that had just taken place. “That hurt, god damn!” Elliott, now irritated and pissed, look down onto his hand to see what the hell had just happened.
And Of course, a timer. 30 minutes and counting downward. That’s just pleasant.
He sighed, and had begun to sight for his partner so they could get going, still complaining.
Elliott finally saw her, passed out not too far from where he had fainted. A sudden chill accompanied that realization. Ew, he most likely had cooties now. Disgusting.
Sucking up the fact he’d get Shikicooties, he crawled on his knees over to her, before holding her up and shaking her, yelling at her. “WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!” he repeated, taking a breath before continuing. “WAKE UP SHIKKIIIII! ~”

Sakura was jerked awake by a sharp pain in his hand. He sat up immediately, grabbing his wrist, and stared at what seemed to be a timer, steadily ticking on his palm. What the hell was this? He rubbed at the numbers, frowning slightly. He could remember a similiar pain before he had met the group of people, but he hadn't bothered to look at his hand. Was it the same timer? What was it doing there, and if it was a tattoo... how was it moving?

It was around here that he suddenly realized he was sitting in the middle of the street of the scramble with tons of people walking around him. What the...? Hadn't he been standing with Crazy Girl? Why was he suddenly waking up now? It came to his attention that said crazy girl was sitting a few feet away, looking at her hand, which apparently also had a timer. What was her name, anyways? He'd have to figure out somehow. He stretched with a silent yawn, and then walked the short distance to her, waving his hand in her face for lack of any other way to get her attention.

"Hmm...?" Claire glanced up at Sakura as his hand rudely interrupted the space between her hand and face. Wouldn't a 'hey I'm awake' have sufficed? What a weird guy. Slipping her phone back into her shoe she stood up, stretched, and immediately asked; "So what's your name anyways?"

ooc| x3 and Wall Reaper, There's another way to Cat Street, you can go around Shibu Dept. Store through Center St. Entrance, then through the AMX, theeen Tipsy Tose Hall, through Spain Hill to Molco then down to Cadoi City, (Then Towa Records, then Miyashita Park Underpass, through Miyashita Park and then finally Cat Street) :3
Thanks Shiki-san :3

"Mouth-ex? Lip-ex? Pink-cross? That's your name?" Claire guessed, did this guy like charades? Being paired with someone who liked to play games constantly had to be a good sign. Hopefully this meant he'd never get horrendously boring on her. She would have to shoot the guy if he turned out to be just as plain, normal and generally boring as all the people she knew in her 'last life'.

ooc| x3 It IS easier, I'm just saying that it isn't really the only way.