Kazuki stood among the many drifting figures of nurses and doctors, quietly watching them with dazed and curious eyes, which in truth, were only hiding how nervous the child felt. He couldn't recall anything about where he was, or who any of these people were. His last memories were filled with snow and felt so cold, but this situation just did not match. It was like he was missing memories, and that scared him. He didn't have time to act on his own feelings though when another person entered the room. It might seem odd that he would notice a single person in a room filled with so many other people, but for some reason, this person was different.. brighter, almost. It was as if he radiated a sort of vibrancy that the boy hadn't realized the others in the room had been missing. Kazuki felt so bewildered by the man that all he could do was stare while he approached and knelt down to speak.

[i][b]"Hello there.. I'm Doctor Kelodie, welcome to my lab, may I ask how you got out of your pod?" [/b][/i]

Kazuki finally felt himself come back to the present moment then, and his eyes finally began to follow the other figures in the room again, this time truly focusing on their movements. 

[i][b]"Kazuki is your name, right? You're seeing ghosts. But don't be afraid, it's your particular gift -- yours, it seems, is even stronger than most. You're seeing things the others didn't even notice."[/b][/i]

The raven haired boy set his eyes back on Doctor Kelodie and seemed even more uneasy, thought once again, he attempted to hide it behind cold, curious dark eyes. His toes curled in with anxiety though, while he mulled over what the doctor had said. a gift? and ghosts?? What had he been gifted with? The boy stared at Kelodie a bit more honestly now, looking like he was having a difficult time deciding whether to trust the stranger. He seems honest and kind, but anyone can do that if they try.

[i][b]"Come with me. There are so many things I want to show you."[/b][/i]

Kazuki finally decided to just follow, too uneasy and still dazed to think of a better plan, and not willing to stay in a room that was apparently full of ghosts, however kind they might be. After walking for a few minutes, dark eyes carefully tracing the corridors of the massive structure. They entered a courtyard after a few more minutes, and then a room that contained an amazing machine that hummed and churned and swathed the room in a faint blue light. Immediately, the boy found himself enticed by the machines, curiosity momentarily overriding his unease. The sudden deep, scratchy croak of something suddenly pulled him from the object though, making him jump a bit and spin around to look for the source. 

It was a frog.. maybe? The boy stared at the creature with the same engrossing curiosity, but also a good amount of apprehension, unsure whether what he was seeing as actually real or some sort of weird ghost thing? He looked to the doctor, hoping for some sort of similar reaction to the frog, but was disappointed when it seemed that the man wasn't aware of the creature at all. Before he could ask though, the man handed the child a stone, which swirled and shined like the night sky, and immediately caught the child's interest. He listened to the doctor speak while he traced his fingers over the stone. 

[i][b]"You have a very special gift, Kazuki. You're what we call an Echo. People who are Echoes can use these stones to catch strange creatures that only you can see. Would you like that? To have some very special pets?"[/b][/i]

So that was his special gift? He could catch these ghost creatures with this stone? Was it magic then? Or... was he magic? The boy couldn't really understand how it worked, but the idea that it would, and that he was special for being able to, completely snagged the boys interest. As scary and odd as this situation was, he had never had anyone to look to but himself for life decisions, so it felt natural to simply go with his own gut and hope for the best. 

"Yeah.." Kazuki finally said in a soft hum, smiling a bit at the stone. This entire situation was like something straight out of a story; it was any child's dream come true. But, how did it work? He wasn't exactly sure what he needed to do, and so, being a child, he simply did the first thing he thought might work. Approaching the frog, Kazuki curiously touched the stone to the frog's head, and waited. With little delay, the stone was suddenly sucked into the frog's skin, forcing the child to pull his hand back in alarm. He back peddled a few feet and watched the creature squeal in pain from the stone, quickly turning into a foggy image of itself, and suddenly fading into nothing but the stone, which by the end, sat on the stone floor. 

"It worked!" he said in bewilderment, looking from the stone to Doctor Kalodie and then back to the stone in excitement. Feeling it safe now, Kazuki picked the stone back up, rolling it in his hand for a moment. It felt warm, and oddly, the colors had changed. It still looked like the night skies, but now with splotchy galaxies of bright blue, purple, and yellow. "What do I do now?" he suddenly turned to Kalodie, eyes bright with excitement.