siblingless | catch-all: hua cheng

[ The RNG gods have decided that she will not be subjected to ATTACK AND DETHRHONE GOD booty shorts, so there's that. Hua Cheng looks from small red girl to large red outfit, not too unlike the clothes he's already wearing if his glance tells him right, then back again when she starts... putting it back. ]

Honest mistake. It's not as if there's a nametag, is there? [ He definitely sounds amused. ] But while that's certainly your color, I don't imagine it'd fit well.

[Nodding in agreement, with a soft huff of laughter. He doesn't seem annoyed to find her snooping through his stuff, so that's good?]

Well, it would certainly be convenient if there was a nametag! I really didn't mean to go through your belongings. [The room hunt. It haunts her. Why didn't the welcome message come with instructions. She peers at him curiously, conspicuously sizing him up.] Judging by the situation... I suppose we're roommates?

[ More important things to be annoyed about than this, in his opinion - the kidnapping being the number one thing. But he steps in, folding his arms behind his back with a small incline of his head. ]

I don't think there's anything of particular importance besides clothes, so it's no trouble. [ He joins her, humming as he looks into the closet. ] If we're going by the plaque on the door, I'm guessing so, so long as your name is Kasumi and mine is Hua Cheng.

[Oh... Well...

Whatever good humor she had is completely and utterly gone now. Her shoulders slump as soon as he speaks that name.]

Actually... About that... [She brushes her bangs out of her face, looking a little bit pained.] I believe there's been some kind of mistake. Kasumi Yoshizawa is my sister. But she's... not here, and I can't find my own name anywhere.

[ While his expression doesn't change much, he regards her, considering that information and the way her voice, face, and posture change. Not here, is it? ]

That would explain the - [ He makes quotation marks with one hand. ] - of her name, then. I suppose you're regardless in the right place, insomuch as one can be in the right place when you've been kidnapped with this kind of mistake on top of it.

[She nods, sighing.]

Yes... We're twins, so I suppose I could understand how such a mistake would happen. [Among other reasons, though she isn't going to bring those up.] But the quotation marks are rather strange, aren't they? And everything else on the smartphone seemed correct, as well. I can't help but to wonder how much they know about us, and how they got their hands on that information.

[the real reason is that i, kyuu, wanted to fuck with her. it's fine? it's fine.]

[ No prying, here - he already has a few guesses, but what's the point in posing them to her right out of the gate? It really is fine, probably? ]

The information on the - smartphone, was it? - was overall correct for myself, and others have verified it, as well. Despite the phrasing, in some cases. But that only lends validity, not answers. [ A dry chuckle. ] Well, regardless. We've got the time to discuss it, but I'd rather have all the facts. If Kasumi is your sister, what should I be calling you?

Is that so...?

[PHS profiles, why do you hate her, specifically? Well, the upcoming NPC explanation will help her come from a theory. But for now, her eyes widen when she's asked about her name.]

O-Oh, right. I'm sorry, it almost slipped my mind to introduce myself. [She bows from the waist, polite.] My name is Sumire Yoshizawa.

[ Because Kyuu hates you, specifically, Sumire. Don't worry about it.

But he inclines his head slightly in response to the bow, which is actually fairly respectable, coming from him. ]

No apologies necessary, Sumire. We're in an... interesting situation. And with the confusion added on of mistaken identity, even.

I suppose that's true... It's a little overwhelming, actually. This is beyond anything I've experienced before.

I think it would be safe to say you're not alone in that. [ Him? Not especially.

It is very frustrating, though. ] I will say this place isn't like any that I've ever been, so adjusting to that will be interesting. But so many people seem used to the things here.

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