[Action] Second Clue - Abandoned Hotel

[naotoshirogane]

[Here, have what looks like a dilapidated, abandoned hotel. Everything is black and white, bearing a resemblance to traditional film noir. The walls are crumbling, the wallpaper is peeling, and an eerie green fog permeates everything. The sickly fog is the only splash of color around. The wooden floor creaks with nearly every footstep, and the ceiling is leaking mysterious liquid in places as well.

Absolutely no one seems to be around. Places of interest may include a comprehensive library with books old enough to become dust at the slightest touch, and a secret laboratory littered with rusted, pointy, dangerous-looking instruments.]

Comments

[naotoshirogane]

[Naoto briefly considers the possible consequences of answering that.]

Yes, I often spent my days here as a child. [He keeps his face neutral as he browses the bookshelves. Apparently he doesn't consider himself a child anymore, despite the fact that he's not even old enough to be out of high school yet. The oversize lab coat dwarfing Naoto doesn't help to support this image either.]

[noplaidshirt]

Seems like a pretty nice place.

[Definitely better than a certain castle she's also visited. Danger apparently gone, Paprika slips easily back into her usual casual demeanor.]

So, uh, where're you from?

Awkward this was never revealed QUICKLY MAKING SOMETHING UP

[naotoshirogane]

I am from a town called Yamatocho. [Not that the name would mean much to anyone here, but the simple yet tastefully elegant room indicates wealth. His family was most likely one of the more affluent ones in the town, if Paprika is observant enough to tell.]

What about you, Paprika-san? [Naoto is a believer in receiving information in return for any that he may give.]

jfhfgeh OOPS gj me

[noplaidshirt]

Yamawhatnow?

[To her credit, she's good at pronouncing things in French. Unlike English and pretty much every other language. In retrospect, though, it probably should've occurred to her that Naoto's foreign.]

I'm from--well, it's in kinda the right-middlish bit of America, but nobody's ever heard of it. Like, it's not even on maps 'cause it's technically part of a big city.

[naotoshirogane]

Yamatocho. [Naoto glances up at the mention of 'America.']

There is an America in my world. [Is it possible that they came from the same world...? He decides to fish for more information.] My town can be found in Japan.

[noplaidshirt]

Yep, we got a Japan, too.

[She's not thinking as in-depth as he is, but considering she has yet to meet anyone else but Thomas from the "real world", this is pretty cool.]

Hey, so what if we were both, like, from the same Earth, only we never knew it 'cause we live so far apart?

Knowledge of America: Funny colored food and always wanting to be the hero. jkjk

[naotoshirogane]

That is a distinct possibility. [It doesn't seem relevant at the moment, but is definitely information with the potential to be useful in the future. And Naoto does like to be prepared.]

What is your America like? [He knows a passable amount about the one in his own world from reading news and from speaking with colleagues.]