Wh-wha--?! Hey? [Well this voice sounds pretty nervous. She's pausing a moment, the... crimes sinking in, before raising her tone.] This... you've got to be kidding me! A criminal?!?

[Give her another minute of silence. I just dare you. And Chie is just going to keep being in disbelief.]

You've got to be... Yosuke, if -- if this is your idea of a joke, I am so stomping you into next week! [Sorry, Brosuke, she's mad now, and it's being directed at you on impulse.]

//action//

[Having been wandering everywhere in her attempt to uh, flee Acumen and the crazy nonsense, she's only getting herself lost. Slowing to a stop with her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath, Chie can be found near the ice/roller rink about now.]


(ooc: I am. ridiculously sorry for how late I am to introing her D: seriously guys, I feel like a turd. SO UH, HERE SHE IS FINALLY WOOOOO aaaaand tell me if I screw up.)

How frustrating. I must have terrible luck after all ...

[which is to say hello, marina. this small, blond boy looks rather... well, confused, given the circumstances. he's kneeling beside the koi pond on sector 4, idly munching on some cookies he got from the welcome basket while... watching the fish. still, even that doesn't seem to be helping his mood.]

Aaah, I didn't think this would happen when I woke up this morning. And with such ridiculous crimes... [though, to be honest, they made him pause a bit... and had some degree of honesty. but he's not going to admit this in public at all.]

[a pause, as oz finishes off one of the cookies, wiping the crumbs off his mouth with his thumb. a small sigh. well, seems like he's composing himself slightly.]

If I may ask a question... Has anyone happened to see a man named Gilbert? He has hair like this [here oz makes a wavy gesture on both sides of his head with his hands] and a face like so--[and here he makes a sullen, rather frustrated looking expression.] He might possibly be accompanied by a small, energetic girl named Alice. They're most likely arguing, somehow. [no, really. he pauses, putting a hand to his head. he wouldn't want them to be here at all, but he had to make sure. he becomes a bit more serious, then.]

... You have my thanks. For the welcoming basket, as well.

I'm really underwater... [ you haven't missed much in Yukiko's world. She's just been repeating this over and over again to herself, in the desperate hope that this will start making sense. Never mind that she's still wandering around Sector 4 like a lost child until she finally decides to give this... communication thing an official try. Give her a minute to sit down. ]

Am I... a criminal now? I don't remember doing anything wrong... a-and I did apologize for-- [ PAUSE. Clearing her throat like a very refined young lady. ] Er, this isn't... really lifelong, is it? I think I would have heard something if Japan suddenly started sentencing people to an underwater prison.

[ another pause-- and then, slightly hopefully, because if Yukiko is a criminal, then surely the one delivering critical hits to the nads is... ]

Chie? Are you here?

[ you can find her catching her breath in one of the parks in Sector 4, just perched on a bench and still oh so very baffled. ]