[Min-Gi jumps when he hears a voice from the machine. Sure he'd figured out it made videos, but this? What is this? Is someone actually talking to him? There isn't even a wire.
He freezes up for a moment while All Dressed bounces and cheeps in affirmation that yes, she can hear! Hello!]
Hello. I can hear you. [He glimpses round, just in case someone is watching and he's embarrassing himself looking at a recording.] Can you hear me?
[He stops to think about that, adopting a serious expression as he thinks about that. He's heard of Arizona even if he doesn't know anything about it. But that other place.... He doesn't think he's learned it yet.]
Oh! No. It's okay. It's just a dream. When you wake up then you'll be at home.
[This is not the most sound of logic, and it's honestly altered since he'd woken up that morning. Everyone seems too real for it to be a regular dream, but a shared dream (?) still makes more sense than this actually happening.]
[He does not, but even if he did get out more that wouldn't help much in this case. He stares at her in silence. You can practically see the gears turning in his head as he tries to make sense of what she's saying.]
Is this a game...?
[Because the alternative is she's lying, and that seems rude to accuse a stranger of.]
[It takes him a beat. While sarcasm is something his older self is no stranger to, for little Min-Gi it just isn't something he comes across. Maybe occasionally from Ryan's older sisters, but even then it's just as likely they're trying to trick him into something as being sarcastic.
Once he gets it, though, he bristles.]
Okay. So you're a liar. When I see an adult I'm telling.
I am not a liar! I am genuinely asking you for help! And yes, please tell your parents that there are two children in need of assistance, because clearly they would be nicer and more useful than you!
[A small part of her regrets that last clause, but look, it's been a long day, she has no idea where she is or how to get home or even get a message to Altea. It's a lot for a girl, even one who's supposed to be a princess. So... yes, a few tears might start leaking out too.]
[Min-Gi only looks a few moments from full waterworks himself. It's hard to say what upset him more; the reminder his parents aren't around, or being told he isn't nice or useful.
The Flittle he'd been playing with before hovers worriedly around him, but he hardly seems to notice. He stands rigid, face red and eyes full of unshed tears. His mouth is twisted in absolute fury.
[It is literally only a few seconds before another boy is literally skidding into the frame from running so fast to answer Min's call. He actually slides a little too far, bonks into a table and knocks something off it, but quickly picks himself up and rushes over.]
Min-Gi! Is everything okay?! What's wrong?
[He's making the 'bout to cry face and that's never good.]
[At first, Allura's own goody two-shoes flinch at the idea of being told on, but oh. It's another child, and really, she remembers SHE'S not the one in the wrong here.]
Hello. My name is Allura, and my friend and I have been kidnapped. We are trying to find a way to contact our homes and families. Can you help us?
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He freezes up for a moment while All Dressed bounces and cheeps in affirmation that yes, she can hear! Hello!]
Hello. I can hear you. [He glimpses round, just in case someone is watching and he's embarrassing himself looking at a recording.] Can you hear me?
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[Okay good, someone versed in communications. Clearly a "human," she thinks Keith called them.]
Yes, I can hear you. I am... [wait, best be cautious about the "princess" status] Allura. May I ask your name?
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[Maybe not the smartest thing for him to say, but this is not a kid who's ever been left unsupervised. He's never had to learn that kind of safety.
He picks up the device, turning it away from the Flittle and toward himself.]
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[Parks, why.]
Ah, that's all right. [Dangit, she was hoping for parents and transportation.] Are you familiar with either Altea or Arizona?
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I think Arizona's far. Is that where you are?
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No, it's where my friend is trying to go. We've somehow been kidnapped and need to return home.
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[This is not the most sound of logic, and it's honestly altered since he'd woken up that morning. Everyone seems too real for it to be a regular dream, but a shared dream (?) still makes more sense than this actually happening.]
Woops, forgot a child icon last time.
A... dream?
[She raises an eyebrow. She's fairly certain this is reality.]
And what makes you think this is a dream?
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[Duh.]
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They look like perfectly plausible species, albeit ones from any planet's ecosystem I'm familiar with.
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[He sounds very sure of himself, right up until the rest of her sentence catches up to him. Then he looks completely bewildered.]
What planet? Only Earth can have animals...
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[Boy, this kid really doesn't get out much does he?]
No? Clearly not? I am from the planet Altea, for instance, and this planet apparently has its own ecosystem.
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Is this a game...?
[Because the alternative is she's lying, and that seems rude to accuse a stranger of.]
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[... Okay, VERY sheltered.]
Yes, this is all a game, and my friend and I are pretending to be kidnapped to a strange place with no means to get home for fun. Whee...
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Once he gets it, though, he bristles.]
Okay. So you're a liar. When I see an adult I'm telling.
[Because unfortunately he is that kind of child.]
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I am not a liar! I am genuinely asking you for help! And yes, please tell your parents that there are two children in need of assistance, because clearly they would be nicer and more useful than you!
[A small part of her regrets that last clause, but look, it's been a long day, she has no idea where she is or how to get home or even get a message to Altea. It's a lot for a girl, even one who's supposed to be a princess. So... yes, a few tears might start leaking out too.]
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The Flittle he'd been playing with before hovers worriedly around him, but he hardly seems to notice. He stands rigid, face red and eyes full of unshed tears. His mouth is twisted in absolute fury.
And then....]
RYAN!!
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Min-Gi! Is everything okay?! What's wrong?
[He's making the 'bout to cry face and that's never good.]
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[At first, Allura's own goody two-shoes flinch at the idea of being told on, but oh. It's another child, and really, she remembers SHE'S not the one in the wrong here.]
Hello. My name is Allura, and my friend and I have been kidnapped. We are trying to find a way to contact our homes and families. Can you help us?