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Grey got a few more ideas..."So Adam, what do you think of the girl, that just came and left right there?" No matter what answer he gives Grey was planning on dismissing him afterwards. "Ok, you're dismissed again."

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Grey's Adam reappeared and responded just the same as before. "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question."

It seemed as though Grey was less interested in what Adam would say and more interested in seeing more of the little red girl. He promptly dismissed Adam, mere seconds after hearing his response.

His plan worked, making the little girl appear yet again, with yet another cryptic warning. "Adam lies." The message was short but effective none the less. Ricardo wanted to call out to her but knew it would be of little use. She was gone as quick as she appeared.

Ricardo stood silent for a moment before an idea popped into his head. "Hey Grey, let's go see what's at the edge of this city. Maybe there will be a way to sneak out. We just gotta walk until we reach a fence or something. There might be a way through, around, over, or... something!"

The frustration in his voice was more than apparent. A part of him knew there would be no reward at the end of their travels, but he had to do something. He couldn't just stand there.

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@rechonq

No worries. We are moving at a respectable pace. :)

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@Classpet@Alina13@rechonq@Airalin

Hey everyone, I made adjustments to the little red girl's (Evette's) character sheet. She now gives out information a little sooner. Just figured we could use a slightly quicker build up.

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"Hey, can you tell us the name of the little girl that has an aura like yours that's red instead of blue?" He figured if she knew his name, maybe he would tell hers as well.

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Adam took a moment to process the question before responding with, "I'm sorry, I don't understand your question."

What? That was a clear question. Why couldn't Adam answer? Ricardo fired of another question in annoyance, trying to contain his . "What was unclear about that question Adam? There was a little red hologram of a girl that appeared after you disappeared. Do you know her?"

Ricardo completely forgot that asking Grey's copy of Adam was useless. Instead of responding directly, Ricardo's own copy of Adam reappeared. But this Adam was just as unhelpful. "I'm sorry. I don't understand your question."

Ricardo looked away in a calm rage. It seemed as if Adam must have something wrong with his systems. The more he thought about it the more it made sense. Adam was just a program. The little girl was probably a program as well. But she was more like a virus, one that Adam couldn't detect.

"Hey Grey," Ricardo admitted, "I don't think we are going to get anything out of Adam about the red hologram." Turning back to his own Adam, Ricardo sighed, "You may leave us now."

Adam politely nodded his head in understanding and began to disappear. Once again, the little girl appeared just as the last of Adam's light had gone. She had a different warning this time. "Adam knows more."

Ricardo tried to call out to her but she disappeared without any hesitation. What was even more curious was the reaction that Grey's copy of Adam had to her appearance, or lack of reaction. It was as if he did not see or hear her despite being merely a few feet away.

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Phantom was becoming impatient. The earthquake had settled and everyone of interest seemed to be leaving the building. His self image started flickering back and forth, showing signs of his female form.

But then he decided to pull himself together, to calm down. It looked like this would be one of the times that coming here proved fruitless. He would have to go back to the surface and find something entertaining on his own.

Phantom started drifting upward absorbing electricity each time he passed through wires. Soon he would be rising through the depths of the ocean. He needed all the energy he could get.

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Whatever! Ricardo's internal frustration with the situation came to climactic boil. He almost yelled out, but instead, let out one deep sigh, remembering why he came here in the first place.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed some plain black t-shirts and gray jeans. A few isles away, shoes were waiting to be tried on.

Ricardo mumbled as he left his new companion, "I'll be right back. I need to get some new clothes."

Ricardo ended up picking out two pairs of everything: shirts, pants, shoes, you name it. He then went over to the changing room to see which ones fit the best. After only a few minutes in the room, Ricardo emerged, wearing his trademark style, all black except for dark gray pants.

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"Alright," he said, calling out to Grey, "how about we try to find out what's going on around here? But how?"

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I love everyone's reactions to the little red girl!

@Alina13
I hope you can catch up with us. It seems we are starting to get on a roll.

There is so much in store! I can't wait to get into the meat of things! Thanks everyone!

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@rechonq

Ricardo was entranced throughout the walk. Understandably, he was most surprised by the Atlantis section of the city. What in the world was going on? Trying to wrap his brain around it all was useless. He started to figure that he might just have to start adapting to his surroundings.

The final destination of their walk was much more familiar. They had ended up in a mall, in some normal looking clothing store. Ricardo then noticed the way that Grey was staring at the clothes, as if he had never seen anything like them before today. While odd, this little sign did not spark any further thought. After all, one man's interest in clothing was nowhere near as strange as everything else that had happened.

Now at their destination, Ricardo decided to let Adam leave, "Adam, you may leave us now."

"I understand. Goodbye." Adam then began to dissapear, but before the last of his blue light had time to fade, it turned red. From that red light formed the body of a small girl. She seemed to have but one very ominous message to deliver, "Do not trust Adam." After that vauge warning, the girl vanished just as Adam would.

What the hell was that? Just as Ricardo was about to accept his fate, a little girl had to come and ruin it. All her warning accomplished was putting Ricardo back on edge. He was left speechless as he turned toward Grey to gauge his reaction.

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I hope introducing an idea of an Atlantis block isn't too much. If you don't like it I can change it to something else.

@rechonq

No. That's totally fine. No worries. I like your post.

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@rechonq

You can describe whatever neighborhood our character's walk through if you like, if Grey wishes to accompany Ricardo of course. You can describe things all the way up until we reach the clothing store or turn it over to me before then, up to you.