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[artisticprophet]

... He... hello?

[Thats... a terribly awkward sounding greeting. There isn't anything on the screen for a moment, just the sound of shuffling, cloth rubbing, metal clinking...

And then, a face. A little face, the lenses of its eyes mismatched in size. It... looks like a striped doll, little pen nib fingers nervously poking at the screen ]

Hello? Hello. ... I see you.

[Apparently, he's poking at the red recording light. Like he assumes the device is alive.]

Go... go back to sleep... shhh... shhh please...

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Everglade - Action

[nolifecount]

[The vampire has been terribly busy as of late. He has a surprise event in store for the residents of the city. Call it his welcome gift. The vampire has a secret guilt to be some sort of flamboyant with heft in his ways, but he kept it hush hush. So he's out at night, not so much taking a stroll, but walking briskly.

It was then he noticed the other being. After all, the being known as 6 is easy to miss by other people, being a size of a doll as oppose to Alucard's impressive height of 6 feet and a half inches. With Six fiddling down at his communication device.

To Six, Alucard is a red dressed giant with such an intense aura of darkness around him.]

Hey. Hey there. Hello. You're not good with your phone now, are you?

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[artisticprophet]

[It was safe to say that 6 probably felt Alucard coming before he even saw him face to face, a chill bristling through the little doll in fear as he tried to upend his much larger communicator so he couldn't be watched by it.

Good theory, but not really what was going to save him from a scare tonight. He'd misjudged where the vampire was.

The little doll jumped, and immediately tried to bolt for the bushes in a panic, never really answering the question.

Rude, 6 ]

[nolifecount]

[Hey now, the vampire king isn't in the mood to be rude or mean. The residents here...they have a bit of an effect on him, but he just want to see...more of their capabilities, and his event is going test that.

He walked closer, his boots step lightly over the cement like a silent walk of a cat, and he pulled the bush away to find where 6 is hiding. It's no good to hide from the vampire, since the vampire is accustomed to hunt monsters, humans, and large animals in the darkness pitch of night.]

Hey. Hey kid. No use to run. It's dangerous at night, you know. Do you know where you are or where you going?

[Not that 6 is edible for anyone in this town.]

[artisticprophet]

[Well it looked like this tiny doll was only capable of being scared out of his mind and hiding. Currently, anyway. And he wasn't even that good at hiding considering how fast the vampire caught up to him.

The little creature is backed into the bush, wrapped around the innermost lower branches of it and trying to huddle away, his stare a mixture of confusion, terror and fascination.

That... was not a machine.

That... Was dead. Was immobilely so at home, but 6 knew he was staring at a corpse.]

No.

No. No no. No.

Goodbye.

[nolifecount]

[How peculiar, very peculiar indeed as the vampire examined this doll. Not quite alive, with no blood, nerves, brain, and yet quite alive, as the vampire can see it's soul, a distinct energy...yet incomplete soul?

Yet the vampire knew some things are best left to be.]

Fine. I won't pry. But if you see some humans, it's better for you to go to them for help. Some of them are...helpful.

[He closed up the bush to leave Six alone.]

[artisticprophet]

[A shard of a soul. One ninth a man hiding in the bushes, his mismatched lenses staring at Alucard as if the devil himself had suddenly appeared before him. There was horror in that expression, though the vampire had never quite given the doll a reason to be so scared of him.

It may seem odd for a moment]

All gone all gone

Here and nowhere goodbye hello.

[nolifecount]

[Alucard is about to leave him, but his sharp vampire hearing heard him. Plus, he maybe a heartless bastard, but...not completely. That is to say, he has changed a lot considering where he came from.

And quite honestly, a part of him don't really want to leave him there. There's hellhounds and nocturnal stray cats that wandered at night, and might see Six as a chew toy.

Also, it has been a long time, so he pulled the bush aside again to find him still there. Everglade can get cold at night.]

What is gone?

[Video]

[youfool]

[...A doll. A talking one. He has to know.]

"Ah, heh heh, hello! Welcome to Genessia! May I have your name, please?"

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[artisticprophet]

[IT TALKED.

And the doll bolts, hiding for a moment... Until he realizes the communicator doesn't chase him.

Then the striped creature sneaks back, reaching to tap at the screen and flinch away, before sticking his face back into view.]

Name.

Hello? I... um... Six.

Six.

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[youfool]

[He nobly restrains his full curiosity]

Huh! Curious name. Is it part of a sequence of sorts, or...?

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[artisticprophet]

There are nine.

I am Six.

Six of nine.

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[youfool]

Oh, ah, nine of what? Dolls? Er, if that's what you are, I mean. I know one or two girls who are pretty familiar with the subject.

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[artisticprophet]

... Of us.

[Good job, 6.]

I don't... Know?

video

[creativedifferences]

Ah? But Ibuki isn't tired. Ibuki wasn't even asleep before.

[She's also going to poke the screen in return because hey, she's never talked to a living doll before but she doesn't want to seem culturally ignorant and maybe poking the screen that's important.]

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[artisticprophet]

Who?

Ib... ki. Ki. Okay.

Who is that?

[Is this a thing now? He pokes the screen as she does, as if he's trying to touch her fingers back]

video

[creativedifferences]

[It's a thing now because she's taking that as a sign this is exactly what she's supposed to be doing. Finger-touching via screens is go.]

Ibuki is me. Ibuki just wanted to make sure you didn't think I was upset. Or sleepy.

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[artisticprophet]

[Like a mirror he copies where her hands go, absolutely fascinated.]

Ki.

[Easier for him to remember and say]

Oh. No. You are... inside?

[He prods the screen again]

Out? Help?

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[creativedifferences]

Inside?

[It takes her a moment to figure out what he's getting at; she laughs a little when she does but there's no malice to be found in it.]

Oh! No, Ibuki doesn't live in the screen. Ibuki's safe and sound in her home. This device just lets me talk to people without being face to face with them. Like we are now!

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[artisticprophet]

Home?

How? Does... I don't... Um.

... Why.

[Yes. Good. That's the word right]

[Action]

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi was a very curious little youkai. So when she saw the little doll-like creature she had to investigate. Drifting over, her power kept her unseen for now as she stared down, head tilting one way, then the other. As if she were trying to figure out the little creature.

Then, all at once she threw caution to the wind. She reached down and gently scooped up the little creature, holding it gently but firmly around the torso with both hands. No longer unseen, Six would be met with a pair of green-glowing eyes and a friendly face.

"Hello there! You're absolutely adorable!"

Koishi, this is not how you make new friends.

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[artisticprophet]

[AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-]

DOWN!

DOWN PLEASE!

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[koishi_komeiji]

"Ah-" Koishi reeled back a little as the adorable stitchpunk began to freak out! Or, rather, she reeled back as the creature's emotion hit her very hard and very suddenly.

Six slipped a little in her hands, the little youkai leaning forward, having to quickly catch him so he didn't fall... only to lean forward and gently set him down.

"I'm sorry. You're just so tiny and cute."

She was used to startling people. Just not THAT much.

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[artisticprophet]

[Look, his feet leaving the ground at home usually meant he was in some form of trouble, whether it be death by monster or 8 tossing him around for giggles, okay?

Gotta be careful.

The doll scampers away, just far enough where he's sure he won't be grabbed unawares again, before grabbing for his key and staring at her]

...T... t...T-too fast.

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi drifted after him slowly. She was easily quick enough to keep up with him and... Was she flying? Yes. Yes she was. She didn't grab again though, her eyes wide and bright and casting a slight illumination on her cheeks and underside the brim of her hat.

"I'm sorry. You're just so small and soft and striped and cute and small..." She already said that.

Again, she reached out, with one finger this time. She was going to try and poke the doll's tummy.

[artisticprophet]

[She sure was flying. 6 didn't quite know what to make of all this, the little doll edging back slightly more as she hovered closer to him.]

... Y... yes? Small. Me.

Sorry?

[why for you poke

6 topples back and goes to protect his stomach, after all there are important cogs in there, and he still didn't know what he was looking at.

She wasn't dead like the last human was after all]