~Ariana Ahikito Kaizuke~
Ariana shivered and turned in her restless sleep, she saw horrible images, sights of explosions, destruction, falling buildings and death... so much death. It made her feel dead inside just thinking about it. Where was her Mother? Was she alright? She hadn't seen her since that morning when she'd left for the lab. She was in a rush that... morning she hadn't given a proper goodbye... a hug... nothing, just a quick wave of the hand and out the door. Ariana felt like screaming, she was scared, terrified, her sleep was filled with nothing but darkness and this host of horrible swirling images and thoughts that served no purpose it seemed but to instill within her a dark shroud of terror. Tears began to stream down the girls face. She wanted it all to stop... "Mama-chan..." she whimpered silently. "Please be Ok..."
With a quick jolt Ariana jumped slightly and her eyes flickered open. Where... was she? She couldn't remember anything! What was going on?! She felt a wetness on her face and realised she had been crying heavily in her sleep, wiping her face quickly she regained her composure and stiffened her back, poising herself into a more refined position... and so she thought. She was still a bit disoriented, unsure of her surroundings, she appeared to be... wedged behind a sofa? How had she ended up there? She quickly raked through her memory until she arrived at the horrible events of her dream... no, of her memory. She had been working at the lab like always when it happened... her test tubes and other various scientific apparatus had begun to rattle at severe rates... at first she had thought that she had messed up an experiment somehow, or something in the chemistry department had exploded... again. But no, not this time. Eventually the whole laboratory began to rattle and shake, walls began to collapse, Ariana had fallen on her behind and started screaming... the last thing she remembered was looking upwards just in time to see the roof crumble and collapse just above her but then? Nothing.
So... there had been an earthquake? One of THAT large a scale? It didn't seem likely... no earthquake had happened in Japan since well... a long time, or so she had thought... and if that really had happened? Where was she? More importantly... how had she gotten there? Surely there had to be some logical explanation... but before she could think too deeply on it, she heard a young mans voice behind her... evident with concern, she quickly turned to face the speaker and was immediately left with a shocked expression... as she looked into an eye, blood red as crimson.
"Pardon me M'lady... but are you alright?"
~Joshua Edard Rowan~
Joshua decided to take the high road with Mikasa and not respond to her comment... of course he knew that there may be others, however he felt that they should get a better grasp of the situation before playing hero. Still he let her have the moment as she brought over another person in their situation, going by the name of Naomi Kosatsu, he re-introduced himself to her and responded to her queries about the Earthquake.
"Aye, I think that may well be the case... I only remember bits and pieces but considering the state of this building and the fact that Ser Yuu recalls a similar event... I would hasten to guess, albeit reluctantly, that an Earthquake did in fact take place." Joshua's expression was dark and grave as he explained the situation however before further input could be made, he heard two new voices break the conversation.
"We are quite sorry to interrupt your conversation but we seem to be lost inside this building and we were in hopes one of you may be able to direct us towards the exit."
"I'm not sorry."
"Riye."
"What? I haven't done anything to feel sorry for. They are weird looking," The girl yawned. "their colors are all wrong."
Joshua physically grimaced at the girl who approached them... the fellow who accompanied her seemed to hold some formality and class at least but his female accomplice would probably have caused Joshua to facepalm, should he have had any idea what a facepalm was. He was also rather annoyed by what she had said. "Their colors are all wrong." He realised she probably wasn't reffering to his eye... but he still took slight offense from the comment and decided to interject after noticing her staring at him in particular.
"And who are you to call our colors wrong wench!? I'll admit what you are reffering to eludes me... still, if you insist on picking on colors when talking to complete strangers I'd suggest you hold your tongue lest someone poke fun at that obviously thick skull and stupendously foolish brain hidden under a sea of vomit-inducing orange..." He smirked lightly and turned to her male companion. "I assume you heard my second introduction then ser? I assure you your interruption is no trouble... however we to are prisoners of this place and as such, seek its exit with equal zest and confusion... now you see we believe there has been an..."
*Whimper*
Barely picking up the light crying of what sounded like another person, Joshua turned away from the newcomers and towards what appeared to be a creaking old dresser. "Did you all hear that?" Joshua asked the group before slowly approaching the area to see what had made the noise. As he approached the dresser he heard the whimpering die down and a loud shuffling as who or whatever was behind the furnishing righted itself. Finally he reached behind the dresser and poked his head into the space behind which seemed cramped and uncomfortable in near every way, his eyes widened slightly as he saw girl, one or two years younger than himself, straightening herself from her previous position and wiping tears from her eyes. Shocked by this sight and noting that the girl obviously hadn't noticed him, Joshua spoke up.
"Pardon me M'lady... but are you alright?"
Quickly turning to face him, the shocked girl stared in awe at his eye for a few moments, causing Joshua to frown slightly. But realised her mistake quickly and began to speak. "Tch, d... do I LOOK Ok?! What kind of a question is that?! How did I even... bah! No matter! Help me out of here first and then you better tell me who you are and just what is going on here?!"
Frowning at her rude behavior but having some understanding considering her situation, Joshua helped the girl up, who introduced herself as Ariana and quickly introduced himself and the other members of the group whose names he knew, after doing so he escorted her over to the others and allowed her to introduce herself.
"G..Good day to you all, I am Ariana Ahikito Kaizuke, Mister Rowan here has briefed me on the situation and told me your names... so a renewal of introductions are unnecessary..." Ariana tilted her head slightly confused however as she turned to the red haired girl and formal boy who had arrived just moments before she had.
"He didn't, however, mention your names... just who are you two anyway?"