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Mani shook her head no and blushed at Fiona's complement.

"No, It's alright. I walk it every day. And compared to The Room it's nothing of a walk." Mani opened her front door and showed Fiona the way out. She locked the door behind them and led Fiona into the heart of the busy town.

Inside The Room Garrie had was still training at the camp site when he heard the familiar sound of a use log in. Could this be for real? Were there still unread messages from VIRUS in unexpecting folks inboxes? Garrie had to know for sure so he made haste in his jouney to the field.

When Garrie arrived in the field, it took him a moment to find the new comer. Once he had spotted her, me walked over, making sure to make noise in the grass as not to startle the new girl. A bit of confusion did strike him though, from behind, she kind of looked like Inuyami, but that wasn't the name that was announced.

"Excuse me, Miss?" Garrie said, his voice was low but soft and welcoming. "I'm here to help you, it's not safe out in the open, especially during these times."

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Sera jumped and turned around to the person speaking to her. Her tail flitted all over the place she she took hold of it before speaking. "Uh, hey. Call me Sera." She was focusing on fluffing her tail down when the last part of his sentece hit her like a ton of bricks. "These times as in the time of day....wherever this is, or is something happening I'm not aware of?" It was official, this day could not possibly get any worse.

"Unfortunately there has been much 'happening' here. I will explain, but here isn't the place, especially so near these mountains and in the open. If you wish to, will you accompany me back to my camp site where you will be safe." Garrie said with a masked sadness in his eyes. He truly didn't want any one else to be brought into this.

"Follow some random person into the mountains? Or wander around aimlessly?" Sera mused to herself. The odds were not exactly in her favor and she was on a mountain. So that meant so people to confront anywhere. "Could you tell me if there's a reason we both have ears and tails? Besides parading round as a moving target" Well she said that, but the guy in front of her was a ninja. Brushing her panic back slightly, Sera saw the cat boy hiding something. She sighed and flicked her ears a couple times."Lead the way."

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Being told that it would be wonderful to her to have some homemade food for about the first time in her life pretty much as well as hearing Rose thank him for offering to make food. Makoto couldn't happen but end up laughing quietly to himself, slowly enough he stood right back up to his own feet before making his way out of the living room and around the home of hers for a moment. It had taken him a couple of tries but after a couple of minutes he ended up reaching the kitchen. Being inside a stranger's home made it really difficult on figuring out where everything was. Scratching the back of his head lightly, he wasn't even too sure where to begin. There was the fridge right there in front of him, but exactly where did her family keep the pots and pans. "I probably should've asked that before I came in here.." He spoke to himself with his smile soon fading into more of nervousness on where to begin. Shrugging his shoulders lightly in defeat, Makoto immediately made his way over toward the fridge where he ended up pulling out a few pieces of defrosted beef as well as some lettuce, tomatoes, as well as onions. Looking around for a moment, he begins to search throughout the kitchen for where Rose's family had stored away the knives. After what seemed like forever, he had finally come across the drawer on where her family kept the knives. Taking out one of the knives, he started to chop up the beef as well as the veggies he had pulled out before leaving them on the chopping board. Next had to come one of the harder parts of the cooking; finding the pan. Makoto immediately went around the kitchen to find the pan as he took about nearly the same amount of time to the find the knives. Placing the pan onto the stove with the flame on, Makoto awaited for the entire pan to heat up before tossing in all the ingredients into the pan as he began to stir it around to stir fry it all. "I..I hope she likes it." he whispers quietly to himself, biting down onto his lower lip on the thoughts that Rose wouldn't enjoy the food.

Nodding, Garrie turned on his heal and began to lead the way. His tail twitched behind him as he tried to decide where to begin to explain things to her. This place, what or where ever it was, is nothing but pure evil... A heavy sigh filled him and he began by answering her questions.

"I'm not sure why both you and I have ears and a tail, there is another girl who will be returning who has ears but no tail, and another who's whole lower body is a snake's tail. As far as I can see it's a reflection of the inner self in some way." Garrie looked over his shoulder to see if she was still behind him and under stood what he'd just said.

After a couple minutes, Rosemary decided to to into the kitchen and see what Makoto was up to.standing in the doorway, she watched silently as he stirred the ingredients in the pan.it smelled wonderful."it smells like heaven in here.nothing mother makes ever smells this good." She said quietly, a smile on her face."I must be the luckiest girl ever, to find a man who's not only sweet, gentle and handsome, but who can also cook.I didn't think a guy like you existed." She added, blushing.

___Hunter has entered the Room.
Todd sat up slowly and blinked.he was slightly confused- ok very confused.he remembered coming home after a visit with his mother and turning on his computer.there had been...yes, an email, from an unknown address.he had clicked it and...what next? Falling.he had been falling.and then he hit the ground and blacked out.he stood up and checked himself over.everything seemed fine...arms, legs, head, wings...WINGS!?!? he spun around for a second, trying to see behind him, then stopped.concentrating, he found he could move these new extremities.they looked like very large, iridescent butterfly wings, and they shimmered in the light.they were as tall as him and had a span of about five feet from tip to tip.finding a body of water, Todd- no, Hunter, he corrected- checked his reflection.he gasped and jumped back, then looked again.no, not his imagination.he looked different.his hair was white, for one thing.and his eyes...wasn't there a stone that color? His skin was pale and almost translucent, and his clothes had changed from jeans and a t-shirt to a silvery-white sort of toga that reached to his knees and was tied at the waist with a silver cord.he was wearing leather sandals that had straps that went up to his calves like the kind gladiators might wear.and of course there were those wings.all at once he realized what he was, what he had become.he was fae, one of the fair folk! He reviewed the events thus far and realized that this was how he appeared in his own dreams.his mother said it was because they were descended from the fair race."ok." He said reasonably "ok.I opened a strange email and it transported me here, probably some alternate digital realm, and it changed my form to reflect who I am inside, which is apparently a fairy.ok, got it.lesson learned- never open the spam mail.wait...am I speaking english?" He noted this fact with some surprise.he had grown up speaking Gaelic, and though he could speak english quite well, he usually stuck to Gaelic.but in this place, english seemed to just...happen."how strange.and that voice when I fell...it said "Hunter has entered the Room." I guess that means this place...is the Room.and here, I am called Hunter.well, ok then.I wonder if there are any other people here..." with this thought in mind, Hunter flexed his wings and walked off to find any other intelligent life.

While Makoto had stood there right by the stove, stirring the food around inside the pan. Sweat had slowly started to form at his forehead due to the temperature of the stove increasing on his body. Although he had made sure that none of the sweat had dripped into the food, the whole time he was cooking he hadn't realized that Rose had actually made her way over toward the kitchen doorway. The sounds of the food stirring around in the pan had sort of blocked out any other sound around him. Soon enough, he finally turned off the stove and brought the entire pan over toward the kitchen counter where he had left the burning hot pan on a rag to keep the counter from burning as well. Leaving that there, he was able to pretty much tell where all the plates and bowels were within the kitchen due to the pantry pretty much being right in front of his face. Stepping over toward it, he had opened the pantry and pulled out the biggest deep dish plate he could find before bringing it back over toward the counter where he poured all of the stir fry into the plate. Soon enough however, while he stood there to get all of the stir fry out of the pan; hearing Rose finally speak up about her being the luckiest girl alive for having a sweet, yet also handsome guy do this for her; he couldn't help but gasp sharply to himself before looking over at her. His own cheeks starting to flush a soft crimson color as he chuckled quietly. "W-well the food is done, w-would you like to try some?" he asked curiously, offering the food to Rose to try it. In hopes that she would like the taste as much as the smell.

Rosemary stepped forward, smiling, and nodded."I would love to try some." She said, taking a chair and sitting at the small kitchen table.she took the food and put it in her mouth."ah, ouch! Hot! Hot!" She yelped, going to the sink and taking a drink of water straight from the tap.once she straightened up, she smiled sheepishly at Makoto."I forgot to blow on it first." She said, imagining an anime sweatdrop running down the back of her head.she went and sat back down, and took another bite- making sure to blow first.as she chewed, her face changed from shock to wonder to amazement and finally to pure bliss.she swallowed and beamed up at Makoto."Makoto-Kun, it's amazing! I didn't know food could taste that good! Oh, I wish I could eat like this every night!" She exclaimed, tears of wonder in her eyes."if you ever end up proposing to a girl, make sure you cook for her- she'll definitely say yes!"

Once again the male announcer's voice cracked above head and the sky opened up to spit out another body. It was rather far from where Garrie had found Sera but it was on the way to camp. Garrie could only hope that who ever had entered this time hadn't gotten the chance to go to far before the two of them got there.

"We have to go meet this new person. I cannot leave him alone in this place, just as I couldn't you." Garrie told Sera as they walked in the direction of the forest. "It looks like they landed in out general path so it won't be much of a detour"

Hunter wandered on the path, taking in his surroundings and keeping alert for signs of life.his wings fluttered behind him, and he enjoyed the breeze they made, though he never once thought of actually using them.his feet were tired, which surprised him.sure, he'd walked for quite some time, but if this was a virtual realm, why was he actually feeling things? Could he really be there physically, as well as mentally? The questions buzzed in his head as he sat down on the side of the path, massaging his sore feet."A Thiarna Dia! I wish I could find someone who could give me some answers." He said.looking up at the sky, he was disconcerted to find that it looked different.it was just as clear and beautiful as home, but something was off.what...the stars! The stars were all wrong.there were none of the constellations he was used to, none of the familiar symbols.no north star.he sighed."what is this place?" His voice echoed around him, sounding lost and alone.
((Note: A Thiarna Dia is Gaelic, translating into Lord God ))

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"You don't say....." Sera mused imagining just how many combinations of humanoids came to this place similar to her experience.Luckily for her she didn't have long to mull it over. A booming male voice that came from nowhere announced a new person had entered the room. "What the heck was that? The 'god' figure of this world?" Looking up the over excited teen saw the rip in the sky and almost had a panic attack. She was normally not this skittish, but too much was happening at one time for her. "Well, it's not that far off right? I don't have any complaints" If only she could pause this day and think for a few minutes.Maybe then she would be able to think through this emotionally taxing situation.

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"I believe that whatever this place it, it was created by someone who wanted everyone to be aware of the presence of others. The voice is none I can recall hearing before." Garrie and Sera continued to walk and soon the two could see the wings of the fairy boy who had now joined them in The Room. "That must be him. Hello,,," Garrie called ahead to get his attention and stop his stride so that they could catch up to him.

Hunter looked up at the sound of someone else's voice.at the sight of not one,but two other beings,his eyes lit up like a christmas tree and he jumped to his feet."well hi there!chomh maith sin a fheiceáil daoine thart anseo!" he said,running up to the two like a puppy greeting new people."ah,apologies! i tend to slip into Gaelic when i'm excited.what i said was,so good to see people around here! I'm Hunter,as the voice from the sky must have informed everyone.agus go bhfuil tú?and you are?" he asked,his translucent wings fluttering excitedly.

Garrie introduced himself and Sera to Hunter and explained that it was not safe for them to stay in the area they where conversing. He lead the two of them to his camp site and offered them each one of the fruits Inuyami and Nagi had gathered two days before. He took a seat after feeding the fire a few large chunks of wood and began with a deep breath.

"This place is called The Room. From what I have gathered, it's a digital world with qualities that closely resemble that of the real world you've come from. There is a sort of villan here, I suppose that's the best word for him. His name is VIRUS and he's been playing games with me and the others like yourself who have found their ways to The Room. He seems to be looking for something, or perhaps someone. I had thought he was done pulling humans into this world, it seems I was wrong." Garrie looked into the fire and wondered what the others where doing in the real world.

Hunter contemplated for a moment what Garrie had told them."so,if there are others who were brought here,where are they now?" he asked,noticing that they were alone in the forest.the fruit he was eating was sweet,but tart,and he quite enjoyed it,but he couldn't help comparing it to the berries he used to pick as a child."and is there any way out of here? also,why do i have wings? I'm a bloody fairy,for chrissake! but you two are different.why do we look like this?" as usual,his curiosity was getting the best of him.

(So sorry for the extremely long wait..haven't been able to rp in what felt like forever as you've all noticed x.x; Finally back onto Menewsha for good now, needed to relieve some stress and being on here then also Rping, didn't help out too much. ^^;; Sooo again, SORRYYY! D: )

Watching as Rose had taken a seat at the kitchen table, Makoto's heart was racing rapidly on hopes that she would like the food. This would've pretty much been the first time he had someone else but himself try his home cooking, his raven Yukito had never gotten a chance to try his own homemade cooking due to him being a bird. The only thing Yukito could ever eat was bird food which obviously tasted nothing even close to what Makoto's home cooking tasted like. At first, noticing how Rose had taken up a whole spoonful of the food into her mouth without blowing onto it. Both his own eyes widened up in shock that she didn't even decide to give it a second to cool down. His thoughts on that very second were that he was surprised on how she could handle the heat. However, soon right after hearing her exclaim in pain from the heat, he couldn't help but chuckle quietly to himself. "Ouch..that must've hurt." He replied with a warm smile across his own lips, only to have his entire face flush with a brightly crimson red when she had said that the food was really good and on hopes that she could ever have this food everyday. "Well..if you wish, you could always head over to my house if you want this. I live alone anyway, and I don't eat that much, I don't get much company so I wouldn't mind." Another nervous light chuckle escaped his lips as Makoto hadn't thought about his words at the very moment he said them. Realizing them about a minute later and hearing the statement about marriage, both his eyes flew open widely once again only to have his face turn an even deeper shade of red.

Shin during this time was still awaiting for orders with his newly enhanced strength thanks to his master; VIRUS giving it to him. He had heard that there seemed to be two new people entering The Room, even though his master hadn't ordered to go after them. Shin didn't wish for more people to interrupt his master's plan, especially if that cat-man Garrie was going to help them. Crusing quietly to himself at the thought of not going after them sooner, Shin was immediately enveloped within a shroud of shadows before vanishing from sight. Quietly leaving the hideout, Shin quickly yet quietly slipped through the mountain area to find where these newcomers were.

"It seems that everyone who comes here has a different form then their original bodies. For instance, you've been the only fairy i've seen enter the room, but I've seen a couple different eared girls like Sera here. Infact, I thought she was another of The Room's occupants. From what I gather, your form reflect your innerself in some way. That is the only explaination I've been able to come by." Garrie said trying to explain more about how he thought The Room operated.

Rose took a couple more bites- making sure to blow on the food first- before saying anything.his surprise at her mention of marriage was funny, but also a little uncomfortable."I'd love to come visit sometime.maybe someday, when I get better, I'll walk or ride my bike over.I'll visit all the time." She said, hoping she sounded more optimistic than she felt.

Hunter contemplated for a moment what Garrie had told them."all right.so somehow, in my inner self, I'm reflected as fae.and that was brought to the forefront now.I suppose I can understand that.but what I don't understand is how this place is so real. I mean, it's a virtual world, right? But it's definitely real.like coming through the computer...somehow, whoever created this place accessed a portal to an alternate world.it's all so...I don't know, science fiction, I suppose." He said, his tone contemplative."and where are the others?"

Garrie shrugged unsettled about the same question that had been plaguing him. It seemed like the others had been gone for so long already, when where they going to be returning?

"For whatever reason, VIRUS opened a portal for them to leave this world after he infected them with digital parasites. They'll have to return within twentyfour hours real time. When they return, the parasites will die and they will once again be bond to this world, much like the two of you." Garrie told Hunter. He looked at Sera wondering what she was thinking about all of this.

Watching as Rose had taken a couple of more bites of the food with blowing on it to make sure the heat wasn't too strong. Makoto kept a warm smile of his own across his lips as he tilted his head on wondering what she would enjoy to eat other than this. He did know a couple of recipes that his mother and father used to cook before their death but they were sometimes rather difficult to remember due to how long it had been since he had seen them make it. However, his thoughts on Rose having her heart condition had pretty much slipped his mind for a moment, so when she had spoken about getting better; his own eyes widened up in shock as he quickly shook his head. "Oh I..I almost forgot. My apologies, I almost forgot about your heart..uhmm." Makoto had stopped for a moment, looking straight toward the ground as he pondered about what he could do about the situation. Suddenly a jolt of inspiration shoot through his mind as he looked right back toward her with much happiness. "How about this? I come over and cook for you? Rather then making you leave the house with your heart problems?" Soon enough after he had finished speaking, Makoto had actually accidentally looked at the clock within the kitchen. His own eyes widen in shock as it seemed that time had flown by much quicker then he had thought it did. The group had to return to The Room before the parasites hatched within them and killed them. "Hey Rose..don't you think we should head back? I mean..we can't stay out here in the real world for long..considering what we have.." Slowly placing a single hand over his stomach, Makoto began to wonder how much time they even had left to be in the real world.

Back within the virtual world, Shin had just made it toward the large grassy fields as the scent of the newcomers as well as that cat-like man Garrie were getting stronger and stronger. A large smirk spread across his lips as he was anxious enough to test out his newly fond strength against this arrogant man that kept getting in the way of his master's plans. Soon enough within another couple of minutes, Shin began dashing through the trees of the forest area next to the large grassy plains. It didn't take long for him to find where they were as he quickly perched himself upon a tall tree branch, spying down at the two newcomers which seemed to be a male and a female speaking with the annoying Garrie.

Rosemary put her spoon down."you know what? It's really nice to have someone around who sees me for me, who enjoys my company so much that they forget about my heart condition.I don't want you to always be thinking about how to make things easier for me.I want to get stronger, and that will never happen if everyone babies me." She said.then she looked at the clock and sighed."I suppose you're right.we need to get back...God, I'm not looking forward to this."

"parasites, huh? Yikes.I'm glad I got here after that happened.I hope they're all ok.maybe we'll get to meet them soon." Hunter said optimistically.