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Day 1 Night

[ Over the murmur of conversations, explorations and violent attempts at escape, there comes a sound tick tick tick tick tick.............. CLICK.... The sky above snaps across the dome from blue to black... and everything goes dark.

A glow comes from the front door of each of the inns and one by one, you can see street lanterns begin to light up steadily past each of the gates.

The only flickering, organic light comes from above in the tower, spluttering high, high above everyone, through the slats of the closed shutters. After a moment, it's gone. ]

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[Unholsters her pistol, checks the safety, and lays it on the table.]

I'm a journalist.

Do all journalists carry guns?

No, they usually don't, and I really don't like using it unless I have to.

Fair enough.

I've got these. [twirls a sai!]

[Ah yes, the memories of third grade are filtering in now. She's sure some of her classmates had those action figures.]

And I bet you're pretty good with them.

Naturally.

Then here's hoping that I don't have to use this gun, after all.

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Whoa, a gun. What kind of journalism are you doing?

Investigative journalism.

I almost want to read the things you write about.

...almost.

They're usually pretty sad stories.

Nevermind!

Don't worry, I wasn't about the lay out the gruesome details.

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What is that thing?

You've never seen a handgun before?

No? What's it do?

It's a weapon that fires bullets at high speeds to wound from a distance.

Huh... Guess that can come in handy. Where do the "bullets" come from?

They're manufactured separately and have to be loaded into the gun.

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[ ....that.... is an interesting design. His eyes light up with curiosity. ]

...a pistol?

[Nods.]

Not familiar with the model?

Not at all. That design is entirely unlike anything I've seen-- what maker?

Beretta.

[It's increasingly apparent that he's not from any place or time that she's familiar with; the 92FS is a common enough handgun.]

May I ask what you're more familiar with?

[ If his slightly archaic language weren't a hint as it is. Frrowning. ]

More the common ones for civil self-protection... Asimi, Vront...?

[While not what one would call a firearms expert, she's looked into the arms trade enough to the big names when it comes to arms manufacturers.]

Hm, none of those are ringing a bell for me.