[h2]Tachibana Hibiki[/h2]

From Hibiki's perspective, the day was exactly the same as any other [i]until[/i] she decided to go outside. Because even by the standards of her life, where things could stop being normal quite abruptly (though it had to be noted that due to SONG, she often had some sort of advanced notice), this was fairly unusual. The door to her and Miku's apartment no longer opened up to the outside of the apartment, but instead to a street-level view of a dilapidated city; one that half reminded her of Val Verde but more strongly of the aftermath of the Château de Tiffauges.

This didn't make much sense for a fairly big reason, and the girl doubled back to check on the apartment balcony just in case.

"Eeeeeeh?" Everything on the other side appeared to be quite normal... for one, the balcony was indeed high up in the high-rise, even level with some of the neighbouring buildings' rooftops. It was definitely [i]not[/i] at ground level. But she had to get out some way... she couldn't just jump without damaging the road outside and possibly landing on someone or their car, which would be really hard to explain...

So she went through the strange door. If it was just sitting there, then whoever was behind it probably didn't mean any harm... though Hibiki did wonder a bit about how they knew where she lived. The other side matched exactly what she'd seen from the doorway, though [i]why[/i] was there an advert for Lydian beside it? There was something worrying about a possible unknown enemy knowing where she lived [i]and[/i] where she went to school at the same time.

A few minutes later, and Hibiki had not only determined that the door worked in two directions--having gone back to get a water bottle before setting out to explore a seemingly abandoned and dusty city that [i]didn't[/i] feel like the middle of winter--but that it was still there, blocking any normal exit to the apartment. Hopefully, Miku would have no trouble getting in from the other side...

As far as she could see, the city was completely abandoned, but not in the hasty way that implied it had been half destroyed. It was just like everyone had... gone, which was almost eerily similar to the aftermath of a Noise attack assuming there had also been a strong wind. But it couldn't have been the Noise, and even if she wasn't the smartest she didn't know about any completely abandoned cities in the world...

Rounding a corner revealed at least one relief, though: she wasn't the only person here! One of the girls she could see reminded her of Carol, with the large hat, but there wasn't anything familiar about the eyepatch-wearing guy. Maybe they knew where they were?

"Hey! Can you tell me where this is?" ... at least she was exuberant as she ran up, waving.