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[color=gold][i][sub]Show me a smile then[/sub]
[sub]Don't be unhappy[/sub]
[sub]Can't remember when[/sub]
[sub]I last saw you laughing[/sub]
[sub]If this world makes you crazy[/sub]
[sub]And you've taken all you can bear[/sub]
[sub]You call me up[/sub]
[sub]Because you know I'll be there[/sub]
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More vague stuff. Umi listened and tried to make some sense of it though. So this place was basically like a dream, or maybe a video game. She’s heard about VR stuff before but this was way more realistic. She looked down at her hands, checking her pockets and messing with her outfit. All real. Nothing here felt like it was just in her head. But maybe he wasn’t wrong either. This place [i]is[/i] super weird. As much as it didn’t make sense Umi just had to accept it for what it is.

More importantly even though he didn’t know who Mamori is, he also didn’t say she wasn’t here. And Umi didn’t believe in coincidences: the fact she saw this Tower the day she committed herself to find Mamori wasn’t just a fluke! She had to be here, imagination or not. Even if she wasn’t physically here Umi can at least find her in spirit and maybe together they can get out of here. Umi can bring her home. To that end Umi was going to have to explore this place and brave its many dangers.

As the mystery man left she looked to the others. They had weapons and armor, but aside from the strange claw thing on Umi’s left arm, she didn’t have any weapons on her. No knives, no bats, just herself and the clothes in her back. She messed around with the claw on her left arm a bit but it seemed pretty robust. She didn’t know what it was for, maybe it’s a shield. Either way she didn’t seem too bothered; weapon or not she’ll fight if she had to. She wondered if Mamori had some way to protect herself here. Unlike Umi she actually knew how to fight, so surely she’s okay.

The other girls seemed pretty excited for adventure which comforted Umi. She was worried they might be hesitant but if everyone was ready than Umi would be too. There was Rose, who seemed like some sort of musketeer type person, Akiko who had fans and called herself a Bard so Umi guessed she used music or something, and Kanbaru called herself a water mage. Umi smiled a little; a water mage with a girl named after the ocean. The only person she didn’t know was the boy with the big shield who seemed the least excited out of everyone. He seemed tough at least. She just hoped he was willing to help them instead of staying behind. 

That’s when Kanbaru’s cars shot two beams of light out and hit the doors. Some sort of barrier fell and opened the doors, revealing two separate locations. One was sunny and reminded Umi of Miso City,  it the other was dark and she didn’t recognize it at all. She guessed this is where their adventure begins. She looked towards the others and pointed towards the darker door. [color=aqua]”Let’s head over there. It might be dark and mysterious, but if we have to explore we should go somewhere we haven’t been to, right? That other doorway might just lead us back to Miso City. Or worse, could be a trap to make us think it’s Miso City!”[/color] Umi pumped her fist and put in a winning smile. She was confident with this group. [color=aqua]”If we stick together and cooperate, even newbies can handle whatever they throw at us.”[/color]