Good morning - Things begin again. (Ami thread)

[Anastasia]

"Hold on...I have to take the first part of it fairly fast," Eudial warns, snapping on her seatbelt. On seeing Ami in the front seat at Sakura in the back, "Let's go..." she smiles suddenly.

One almost indescriable surge forward and down later, you've again managed to end up underground. The thought of trying to figure out exactly how her magic works to do that idly floats in your mind. Yet, to her word, she takes a much more sedate pace once you are in the tunnels, only perhaps going seventy MPH or so.

"Wow." Your mother sums up her thoughts on that in one word,  shaking a bit from the first burst of movement.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles a bit in thanks to Eudial, then looks back in concern at her mother's voice. Have I gotten so used to it that this speed isn't actually the crawling that it feels like?

[Anastasia]

Eudial clearly has as well, the pace seeming to bore her as she taps on the wheel. "This is it...all of these tunnels lead back to Mugen at some point."

"It's amazing that all these could exist without anyone knowing..." Sakura just shakes her head at the entire feat. "I never would have imagined it."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles faintly. "It's....not as uncommon as you might think. Wait until you see Mugen's facilities..." she replies, half nervous and half hopeful that this will go well. She hopes the Professor will understand...

[Anastasia]

Your mother takes that under her hat, so to speak, and chews on it before just nodding. Sakura sits back, waiting for the ride to end.

Perhaps it's because these tunnels usually go by at the speed of sound or way too close to it, you never really realised that at more human speeds that it akes awhile to drive through. Twenty five minutes pass in more or less silence. Eudial looks to be bored with the pace, but she's keeping it good while your mother simply stares out the window.

[Bean Bandit]

Ami divides her time between witching the tunnels flash past, and keeping a nervous eye on her mother and Eudial. She makes a mental note to do something nice for Eudial...and never, ever ask for something like this again, and simply bring blindfolds next time she rides in the redhead's car.

[Anastasia]

The ride finally ends, at least, Eudial parking in her normal place underground. "Here we are, Miss Mizuno. Welcome to underground Mugen."

"Mmmm," she nods, glancing around as she gets out of the car...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami winces a little at her mother's distracted tone and sighs...though too softly to be heard...and she smiles nervously at Eudial. "Thank you for the ride..." And the patience. she adds mentally, without daring to say it out loud.

[Anastasia]

"Sure," Eudial nods, then to your mother. "Come this way, Professor Tomoe is in his laboratory."

"A laboratory underground," Sakura frowns a bit. "Like in a bad German castle in a horror film..."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami winces more visibly, this time. The remark is a little more on target than she'd like it to be, even if they did put a stop to that. "Somewhat less ominous than that..." she murmurs, blushing and moving forward a bit before waiting for her mother.

[Anastasia]

Sakura simply nods...though as you go into the mazework under Mugen, it can't do anything to reassure her. The twisting, sixth dimensional passages are clearly not the work of a sane mind, no matter how much you may insist otherwise.

If you would ever care to argue that Germatou was sane, anyway.

On reaching the lab door, "Here it is," Eudial nods. "They're waiting for you inside, Ami." Smiling momentarily, "I have something else to do now, so..."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami nods and smiles gratefully. "Thank you, Eudial. I'll see you later." she sighs, trying not to look like she's headed for the gallows. Taking a deep breath, she opens the door...

[Anastasia]

Inside the vast room, Artemis and the Professor are tucked into a small corner, discussing what looks to be a computer print out. Sakura looks around, rather awestruck as she stops two steps in...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami smiles slightly at the look on her mother's face, knowing -that- feeling very well. Giving her a moment to take it all in, Ami gently takes her mother's hand, and tugs gently. "This way..." she urges quietly, beginning to lead her over to where the Professor and Artemis are.

[Anastasia]

"Oh...right," Mom blinks, shrugging off the stunned shock that waylaid her. Artemis looks up as you approch, blinking a moment. Professor Tomoe follows suit, but he at least hides his surprise.

"Ah, Ami...and Doctor Mizuno, I believe," he asks. "It's been a long while."