I'm Basil Exposition, from DoD Intelligence! (Prologue >_

[Asrana]

May blinked several times as the word Gerf penetrated her awareness. Turning her eyes towards the source of the sound, she raised her eyebrows.

I know three...one is me, Neko-chan...and Bean. Heather would freak out if she was a guy...which leaves...Thank you captain obvious, he's even blonde!

"Oro?" she inquired softly, eyeing the man curiously.

[Bean Bandit]

Bean tilted his head curiously, then his eyes widened. She must have...and so she's asking if I'm...

"Oro!" he blurted, then caught himself and nodded.

[Asrana]

May began to giggle under her breath, a sort of dismayed, exasperated laugh.

"Oro ro..." she answered, grinning wryly as she tried standing up, testing the range of movement nervously ebfore making her way over to the man, and sitting down next to him.

Folding one leg on top of the other, she rested her elbows on her knees, and sat their, glancing over at Bean nervously.

[Carthrat]

Carthrat blinks, though the fact that he's kinda trasparent means that he can still kinda see with his eyes shut, or something.

"Only an otaku would say 'Oro' the first thing when they're dragged into a weird situation!" he blurts out. "Or, uh, maybe an actual Japanese person. Yeah. Something like that.

We should introduce ourselves! Yeah! My name is Carthrat, sometimes C-Rat, sometimes Rat, if you laugh at my name, I'll kill you, I've had it for the past three years. Two years? I dunno.."

He abruptly shuts up, realising he's rambling.

[Bean Bandit]

Bean shifted a little, and gave the girl who he hoped was May a slightly nervous smile as she glanced him, trying not give away that his social skills were limited to talking to cashiers in stores.

And that he couldn't seem to figure out what to do with his hands. Dammit, I hate crowds....?

He looked up as the first one to talk suddenly started talking again, his mouth dropping open as he recognized the name...

"..."

[Asrana]

May frowned at the third person, sighing as she recognized the name. "Right..." Raising her voice a little to reply, and pushing down a wave of unease. "I guess you'd know me, unless you're a different Rat that doesn't know Asrana..." she replied, poking Bean Bean gently and smiling.

"Calm down...it's just me..." she murmured quietly, a tad nervous.

[CyMage]

"Aka Karthuratsu Tanewaki, eh?  I don't know what you are doing in my dreams, but it's nice to know there is someone I... Met before in a way.  Though I'd rather be dreaming of my fiancee."

Looking at the 'woman' again, he asked.  "You said you need something from us?  Might as well find out what this dream is about."

[Carthrat]

"And if it isn't Sai. And May. And blondie, who must be Bean, because only Bean would look at May like that, and I don't think there were any other blondes on the forum," says Carthrat. "Oh, and this isn't a dream. It must be heaven, because I just got hit by a car, see, and I doubt I survived that. Though I suppose I can't discount the fact that I could be in a coma- hey, I'm rambling again, aren't I?"

[CyMage]

Sparing a quick glance at Karthuratsu Tanewaki, Sai nodded.  "Yes, it is I. Though I think this is Limbo rather then Heaven."  

He nodded towards May and Bean.  "Good to have you here I guess."

[Bean Bandit]

Bean smiled apologetically, his expression warming, but still nervous. "I'll try...Sorry." he gave her a quick grin. "Nice to meet you in person...erm, sort of."

He forced himself to relax, scooting over closer, though not too close, lest he make her uncomfortable. "I'm glad you're here...I'm not good in crowds by myself." he whispered.

He looked up, nodding guardedly to Cy, then looked at Carthrat, frowning as he rambled. "Yes." he said shortly, then glanced at the glowing woman. "Uhm...Like...Sai? said, why are we here?"

[Bean Bandit]

The woman smiled wanly, sweatdropping at the interaction.

"Nothing so religious." she corrected Cy, smiling as her glow dimmed slightly. "Remy and I call this room the observatory..." she trailed off, gesturing at the window where an earth turned merrily outside, "For obvious reasons. Also, none of you are dead." she assured them.

"We are currently on another plane of existance...one quite parallel to your own, but not intersecting. Bringing you here in person was decided to be unwise...so we called for the astral, or mental energies that make up your selves, so we could entreat you for assistance..."

[Carthrat]

"Hang on, do you mean my physical body is where it was just before I came here?" says Carthrat, turning pale. "Uh, well, um.. fuck."

[Asrana]

May sighed as the questioning began, taking a slow breath to suppress a wave of anxiety. Smiling slightly, she shifted closer to Bean, hugging her arms.

"Not good with crowds either..." she murmured, drawing back into herself to watch the proceedings.

[Bean Bandit]

The short man stepped up beside the woman for a moment, glancing at Carthrat.

"If I may..." he interjected, glancing at the woman in apology, then turning back to Carthrat. "...The timing of the call was unfortunate, young one, but your physical form has yet to perish. We've made arrangements to delay any serious repercussions of an absence."

Beside him, the woman nodded. "As well, Your families and loved ones will be cared for in your absence, should you accept our request for help."

[Shukuen]

"And what sort of help would you be needing?" The young man, who was silent until then, asked rather bluntly.

"Err... sorry for my rudeness," he quickly apologized, looking rather sheepish. "I'm not exactly a morning person." Nor do I like crowds... he admended silently.