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[Action: Where the rivers meet in the village]

[Sakura's arrival in Luceti comes with a short, bitten-off yell of surprise and a splash as she drops into the icy water. The white-clad figure vanishes underwater, then reappears, struggling, fighting to surface long enough to catch her breath. It's shockingly cold, iced over in places -- although thankfully not where she fell -- and even if she knows nothing else yet, she knows she must get out of the water.]

[Flailing, gasping, reeling in shock from the sudden cold, it's extremely difficult for her to get atop the water as a ninja would normally go -- but she's too cold to swim properly, she knows that all too well, and with the ice besides, she has no other choice.]

[She's proud of her own strength and control, and she makes herself display it now, pushing up out of the water and working her way until she is balanced by chakra on the surface.]

[Now, though, she's exposed to the bitter air, soaking wet, with nothing but a thin, backless white dress to cover her. And she's freezing.]

[She makes her way toward the shore, where there's a journal waiting for her. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a warm blanket or anything like one. Just the journal, with her name on it, and a biting chill to the air.]

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[Sakura's hair is is still damp when her face appears on the journals. She's managed to get dry and warmed up -- and much more warmly dressed than when she arrived -- but she looks disoriented, worried, and worn.]

I don't know what this place is, where it is, why it is. I'm not sure I even want to speculate. But if there's anyone... familiar out there, anyone who knows me -- I'm here.

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Shikamaru?

[Is everyone she knows somehow in this crazy place already?]

What are we all doing here?

Ha. Isn't that the question... [That part is muttered. He speaks up again.] It's a long story. I take it you don't remember?

Remember what?

[That's an awfully ominous thing to hear.]

...don't worry about it for now. That answers that well enough.

[Which is a bummer, but not a first. It happened with Hinata once.]

The others and I can explain the rest.

[She automatically wants to protest that - being told she doesn't remember something, and not to worry about it? How can she even?]

Please do. I don't understand how I got here... or what this place is.

No one really gets your first question, for starters. It... kinda just happens. One moment you're back home, the next you're here. The first thing to understand about it is that this place is a different world from our own.

I think I've gathered that much.

[She considers, probing around the edges of everything, trying to decide what she wants to ask first.]

... Why wings?

I think they're an anchor to this world. I'm fairly certain they work as translators.

Either way, they're a vital part of our anatomy now, and you'll want to protect them. I keep mine under my clothes.

Lovely.

Thanks for the heads-up about them. I'll probably want to do some examination on them, my own and others'.

[Already thinking how that could work, how they could be so important to someone's health, how it will alter treatments, what might be needed for them... the medical training's deep in her.]

Knock yourself out. But you'll want to get settled first. The others can help you find your things, and take you to the building we've grouped in.

And then I'll come by the clinic later and see you, I suppose.

[Yes, she's been told about that.]

Aha... [Bit sheepish. What were you told, woman. 8|]

Worry about yourself first. If you have time after all that, fine. I'll be out in two days if not, and we can talk then.

[Maybe she can use that two days to brace herself for questions about the war. At least Ino's not from that far along -- one less person to ask her how it's going. But she knows Shikamaru remembers it...]

I'll be fine.

[Anyone else would have serious worries after that dunking, but she can take care of herself.]

Ino said she treated you. I'm sure she did well.

Yeah, her and Law. [And he grins.] Say what you will about Luceti, there are some great medics here. I've been in good hands.

You, on the other hand, should go dry off before you end up joining me here. This place's winters are ten shades different from what we're used to in Konoha.

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I noticed.

[Her voice is dry on that note; she couldn't help but notice.]

It's all right, I've gotten indoors and warm. And I'll make sure I don't take ill from it. [The day she can't take care of boosting her own immune system against a simple chill is the day she'll give up and become a housewife.]

[He nods, glad to hear it.]

Who else have you already spoken to?

I've talked to Lee, Temari, and Tenten -- oh, and a couple people who aren't from home.

[Speaking of which...]

By the way. That Masaomi guy...

[Her tone says all that's left. What a creeper!]

Aaa... [OH JOY THIS WILL BE FUN.]

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Well?

[Sorry Shikamaru. Your brain probably knows the exact percentage chance down to the decimal point that Masaomi's going to be taking a little trip courtesy of Sakura's fist.]

He implied some things about my apparent previous stay here. I would like an explanation.

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He's making up stuff for a laugh. The last time you were here, you lived across the hall, but I think you only spoke a few times.

Don't take his flirting at face value. It's troublesome, but that's just what he does.

How funny of him.

[This is totally her amused face. Totally.]

Ha... he is terrible at jokes. That's one of the first things to know about him, I suppose.

[Does it sound like A List is coming, Sakura, you know how these shonen speeches in our world goes.]

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[Shounen speeches are effort, she wouldn't expect one out of Shikamaru. Just about anyone else from home, perhaps, but not him.]

Terrible at jokes, I'll grant you that. He's still getting one to the face when I see him.

[Unless Masaomi finds a really good way to mollify her, of course. She's a reasonable lady. Just her master's student.]

[Shikamaru's are the exposition sort.]

I'll let him know to expect it. I'm sure he said something to earn it...

[With a short sigh, like it's routine by now. Masaomi's likely still in one of those moods, he figures.]

He's a thug, and like most thugs he can be a real asshole. He strives to have the image of a ladies' man, but more often comes off as a weirdo. Not very many people like him.

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Well, so long as I know what I'm dealing with.

[Her tone lightens. She can handle thugs. As long as Shikamaru's not going to tell her this is his new best friend and she needs to play nice, everything is cool.]

Now that that's settled... What do I need to know, most importantly, about this place or the people in it?

[If there's anyone who can answer that question with decent scope and accuracy, it's Shikamaru.]

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