NO LIGHT, NO LIGHT

[Marade]

YOU ARE THE NIGHT TIME FEAR,
( PARTICIPANTS: USAGI TSUKINO, AOI MIZUNO, MARADE. )

There was a pair of dark-furred rats sniffing in the cool air as their shadows danced on the grounds of the dimly lit halls. Torches were lined up along the cold rocky, damp walls with a distance of thirty feet between as their flames crackled softly and flickered slightly as if there was a breeze. Was there even a breeze? No, no, of course not. Not in this place as wind couldn't reach it. The rats tensed slightly; they sniffed the air once again before scampering off in the same direction. There were a couple of presences in this labyrinth; two humans, something not quite human, and several other undefined presences lurking about. Who were they? Where were they? Ah, who knows, who knows...

A figure dropped down from the high, dark ceiling above and dusted itself off with gloved hands when it stood up. In the dim light, the figure was revealed to be female who was five feet and six inches tall. She had a light shade of green hair peeking out of her red hooded sweater that had a face on its hood area, and she had odd eyes where their irises were red and a green ring surrounded her pupils. She had black markings below her eyes and across her nose of her pale face. As she finished dusting off her black skirt, she looked around beyond the darkness with eyes dancing with mirth and her lips curled into a smile.

"Oh?" The smile transformed into a grin as she sensed the other presences. "They came here much sooner than expected!" Oh no, she wasn't just talking about the labyrinth she was in, she was referring to other certain places, but, that would come later on. She started walking forward in the opposite direction of the previous rats went in. Right now, she had guests to meet and greet, and one of them appeared right up ahead of her by almost fifteen meters. As she passed by the torches, she spotted a feminine silhouette and on impulse, she tackled the female but, before they fell to the ground, she caught the both of them with a bit of a stumble and stood up right. "Why, hello there!" After greeting the female enthusiastically, she continued to grin as she held her close to her body.

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reminder: a maximum of 300 words but, it's okay to go over every now and then. turns may be skipped, though, participants can catch up in their next turn.

[Aoi Mizuno]

What was this place?

A pair of brown eyes blinked through the darkness, curiously looking around for anything, anything that was familiar. But there was nothing, nothing at all. She had never seen this place before in her life. Aoi Mizuno could hear water dripping from somewhere in the distance. The air was thick and uncomfortable to breath, stale and heavy.

How did she get here? She hadn't a clue. Had she been somewhere with Apate? Had she been hunting someone's Flower? She couldn't remember anything, nothing at all; just waking up here, the strange, dark place she didn't recognize.

Aois heart beat heavily as she nervously toyed with the black teardrop charm she wore around her neck. Her other hand ran its way through her short brown hair, messing up her already attractively out of place locks. Maybe purely by instinct, she heard footsteps and turned towards the sound, only to feel something collide with her.

"Umph!"

[/color] she staggered back and would have fallen over if the other person hadn't wrapped her arms around Aoi. She instinctively placed her hands on the other woman's shoulders, to steady herself.

When she looked at the her, Aoi was slightly taken aback by her appearance: such pale skin, the unusual eyes. But it wasn't too shocking; hanging around with the Dark Senshi and Queen Nyxs allis, she'd seen her fair share of weird stuff. So she smiled, which somewhat resembled a smirk with her natural flirtatiousness. "Well, uh, hi."[/color]

She raised an eyebrow questioningly, still smiling. But beneath her charming exterior, Aois heart still beat heavily, rapidly. "Maybe you could tell me where I am?"[/color][/center]

[Usagi Tsukino]

Wha-What was this?...

Usagi shuddered at the thought of it, at what surrounded her. It looked like some type of sewer... with torches... or a haunted castle. Only, there were no windows, and very little light. Darkness clothed every corner, clinged to any spot that was not illuminated by small flames. What hid in those unknown areas? It could be anything! Rats... Spiders... Monsters...The Boogie Man... Ghosts.. Oh, no. Anything but ghosts! It was already creepy enough as it was!

She stopped her frightened shivering, her uncertain, fearful face, and closed her eyes, breathing in once, then breathing out. She couldn't be afraid. She had to be strong, to be brave, if she was going to get out of here. . . wherever here actually was. She clasped her hands together in determination. Then, after a moment, she was ready, and turned to the rest of corridor to begin walking it again.

.... It wasn't long, maybe six or seven steps in, that she began to hear voices. She stopped in mid-step, and began to listen. And, when she couldn't bear the thought of not knowing who these voices belonged to, she pressed herself against the neighbouring wall, and swiveled her head just enough to see the figures at a distance -- just around the corner, nearly nine or ten feet away. One of them was holding the other, as if to keep them up-right or perhaps from a passionate hug... horror engulfed Usagi's face. Don't tell me that I've discovered something like... a mature relationship?! She pictured the two in her head, saying sweet words and embracing each other romantically. Oh, no.

And, here she was! Spying on them!

Pink fluttered her cheeks. She couldn't stay here... what if she got caught?? But, she couldn't go back.... she had already come this far, and wasn't even sure how to get back to where she'd come from. What should she do?!

[Marade]

How cute. The young brunette was smirking as if nothing was wrong while the brunette's heart was racing underneath her skin. Oh yes, she could feel it through their current hold; she was very familiar with that kind of heartbeat. The eccentric-looking female chuckled softly and smiled back at the brunette. "Why, yes! Indeed, indeed! I know where we are." A playful smirk formed on her lips, reflecting the one the brunette made. "Isn't it obvious? Can't you see it before you? Can't you? It's obvious we are somewhere underground and in the unknown." She stared into her eyes with a hint of seriousness in her own, but then, they crinkled with delight. "Though, don't worry dear, for, we are not alone and you are not the only human here." Of course, the brunette and a certain someone else were the only humans here, and there were other things not quite human lurking about elsewhere and in the shadows. As for the eccentric-looking humanoid female? Ah, who knew what she was.

She released her hold on the brunette and her eyes trailed off in one direction as she turned her head. "Are you enjoying this, you peeping tom?" She said this playfully and had a glint of mischief in her eyes. "... Or perhaps, would you like to join us?"

[Aoi Mizuno]

Aoi cocked her head to the side; whoever this was, the strange woman holding her in her arms obviously knew about what was going on. The brunettes dark brown eyes shone as she dared to ask, "I suppose asking you tell me would be making it too easy."

"Not really." she glanced around, the walls seeming to close in on her. Was the dark playing tricks on her mind? Wherever this was, it wasn't a good place. Not one she wanted to be. Then she smirked again at the strange woman's simple answer.

"Well, yeah." she almost laughed with the ridiculousness of all this. "Maybe it would be better to ask how the hell I got here."

The woman releasing her and turning to speak to another person spiked Aois curiousity. She stepped carefully towards where she had shouted and soon found a girl with long, long hair.

She planted a hand on her hip, looking down at the girl. She got such... A weird feeling about her. She seemed painfully familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it. Oh, if she had known who she really was, the woman who would one day be the reason her mother was driven from her, the young woman would have had a fit.

But as it stood, Aoi was just concerned with where (and how) she was. "Hey." she said. "Howd you get here?" maybe that would give her a clue.[/center]

[Usagi Tsukino]

"Are you enjoying this, you peeping tom?"

"Eeep!" The Rabbit's odango ponytails jumped with her in surprise. Then, she felt her body freeze, eyes wide, feeling like had suddenly been turned into an ice sculpture. What-What was she to do now? She had been spotted!

Her cheeks turned red and humiliation became the central feeling. Her surprise and fear at the situation calmed a bit as she gulped and forced herself to answer. She looked down in shame. "I...I mean... That is... I wasn't doing it on purpose! Gomenasai!" She shut her eyes and rushed out the words, bowing in apology a few times. She was still scared. Scared of the grey girl in general. SHE HAD TO BE SOME TYPE OF DEMON. SOME TYPE OF WEIRD BEING FROM ANOTHER PLANET OR... FROM THE UNDERWORLD.

.... OH GOD. WHAT IF.... WHAT IF THE GREEN-HAIRED GIRL WAS A GHOST???!!!! Please don't eat me or haunt me or--or--send me to the bad place! She innwardly pleaded. She could only hope that consequences were out of the question. The being's punishment would be much worse than her mother's, for sure!

"Hey." "Howd you get here?"

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Huh? She glanced up, snapped out of her continous bowing, and blinked a couple times. "Hi." She finally replied. Then, she noticed the girl's curosity, and noticed that she hadn't considered it herself.

How had she gotten here? She straightened herself as she placed her finger on her chin in thought, nose tipped in the air and eyes focused on the non-present cieling in memory. "Let's see... I was... with Mamo-chan.... and we were... on the Ferris Wheel... and then...." She gasped at the next thing that played through her head, obviously taken surprise and affected by it. "That brat Chibiusa came and wrecked everything! She took Mamo-chan away from me and left me on the Ferris Wheel all alone!" Her face crossed with anger and usual annoyance. She balled her hands into mild fists at her side. "Just wait until I get home! I'm gonna--gonna... do something mean!" she substituted, unable to come with something on the spot. She would think on it. She would get her, somehow. Chew her out, in the least! And, Mamo-chan, too!

Unknown to Usagi, however, all of what she had just described had merely been but a dream.

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