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[ If you've met Yuuki before, there might be something unsettlingly familiar about the girl who's currently curled up in one corner of a sofa. She's utterly absorbed in the contents of the file folder she's got balanced on her legs, until she flips the folder shut and looks up, as if trying to memorize something-- and then her face falls, abruptly. ]

Aw, you're kidding me!

[ She brightens up again quickly, though, tucking the folder under the cushion and addressing the Room at large. ]

Hey, let's play a game. Like, truth or dare, or the question game, or something? Please?

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I guess, sure? I mean, there's definitely enough stuff in physics related to time.

Then I'd go back in time.

[ She just nods-- Not going to push this time. ]

Then... truth.

[welp, he is! just a little.] What are you conflicted about?

[ hnngh should've seen that one coming. lipbite, um. ]

I mean, there's... Why we're trained the way we are. All the rules and stuff. Going... [ a sigh. ] Going out on jobs or missions or whatever. You know, why... why do I keep doing-- why do I keep letting them make me go, that sort of thing.

[...hmm. he's going to drink just on principle, for that.]

...truth.

[he meant to say dare, actually. he's not sure why he didn't.]

[ Yuuki drinks, too, a little surprised at having admitted that much. ]

I'm running out of good questions, you know. What do you... hm. What do you think is one of the best decisions you've ever made?

It's your game.

[also, that is a really tough question, he's got like three and a half centuries to reflect on! sheesh. lots of answers are too personal, others seem a little premature.

but...]

My tattoo.

Or a moderately duplicitous one.

My name is Narcissa Black. And you are..?

[ How unexpected! She grins, about to say something-- but she's not quite sure what she was meaning to say, so she fills in the space with something else. ] Oh, well, now I've got a bunch more.

Um... Dare.

I'm Yuuki. It's nice to meet you, Narcissa-- er, can I call you Narcissa? Should I call you Ms. Black instead?

Narcissa is fine. I'm certainly not old enough to be a Ms.-- besides, that's for divorcees.

Yuuki... where's that from?

I didn't mean-- only that-- [ a pause, so she can figure out how to phrase it. ] It's just that you seem really sophisticated, like people are supposed to refer to you with a prefix-- like I'm supposed to refer to my teachers. You know.

Yuuki's a Japanese name-- my parents are from there, but I was born in the US. Where are you from?

...ah. Well, if you insist on formality, you may address me as Miss Black, but I don't think it's necessary.

[American. Well, nobody's perfect.]

Oh, I see. I did wonder; your accent seemed a touch incongruous with your appearance, though I suppose I ought not be surprised about that sort of thing here.

I was born in London.

Does Yuuki mean anything?

Nah, I think Narcissa's good. I was just making sure, the teachers I know can get really touchy about that stuff.

London, wow. I wish I could go to London-- actually I visited a friend in Oxford once, that's kind of close, right?

'Yuuki' is-- well, it's written with the characters for courage and hope, so it's something like that. Are you interested in foreign languages and stuff?

It's close enough, I suppose. Travel is quite easy.

Courage and hope; how optimistic. I'm fond of languages, yes. Do you speak any other than English-- or Japanese?

Nope, but I sure wish I could. I keep trying to learn little bits of different ones, but I never get very far. I'm not even very good at Japanese, even though I'm taking it in school. How about you, do you speak any other languages?

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