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Justin emerges from the rift and gazes at the surroundings. After looking around the room, he apparently found what he was looking for, and walked over in that direction, kneeling over while constructing a strange device and sticking it to the floor. Then he walks back over to where Kimiko and Nevaeh were standing. "So, what now?"

kimiko yelped and hid behind Nevaeh. "What on earth did you do? How did you light the candles on the ceiling all at once without hardly moving?" she asked, her voice trembled slightly with fear. Then she realized something. "Oh! I get it, you must be the fire element," Kimiko said, happy once more.

*Justin sighs deeply as he turns and points at the lights on the ceiliing*
"Not that long ago...
Okay...Those candles on the ceiling are called lights. You turn them on by flipping that switch, which starts a flow of electricity, thus powering up the lights, producing a steady flow of energy, and lighting this place up. Now, I think we should go, because this doesn't feel right..."

He nods and points to the east. "I sense something coming from that direction.... and it doesn't feel very friendly... I think we should go. I set up a trap. That way, we can tell how far it is behind us. So, where do you go?"

Kimiko listened raptly to the conversation.
"I don't get it...what's electricity? Oh, fine. Don't tell me. I'll assume it's somekind of candle," she sighed. "But what is 'New York'?" she asked, biting her lip. Then she realized they had said there was danger. "What about the lady we're suppossed to meet? Could she be what you're sensing?" she asked, worriedly. But, decding that she would have to trust them, she walked over to the door and opened it cautiously. She stood, frozen in place by the scene outside. There was no way for her mind to process all of what she was seeing. It was, in a word, amazing.

"Exactly. But no, it's not her... I can sense both yin and yang, and this is definitely yang." (the bad part, I think) "Hmmm.... just for safety."

Justin walks a small distance to the east, his fist glowing fiercely with pure white energy. He kneels down and begins messing with something on the ground, talking while he does so. " I'm setting some traps, like I said before. My traps aren't aimed to kill, just to find out the distanve between us...and........them...-" He grabs his heart, wincing slightly, pain on his expression* "They're getting close."

"Skyscrapers, cars. Sorta like carriges that go on their own if you know how to drive them. You just have to trust us and try to hide your suprise at everything." she explained, pointing to the things in turn.

Kimiko was at a loss for words but tried not to show her surprise as she moved forward to examine whatever this was. A carriage, lo, this was no carriage! Where would the houses be? She saw no horses yet these moved on their own. And so fast! She pried her attention away, however, and looked around. She could feel something. From a nearby alley, a tall figure emerged. It was a woman in a black cloak with hair a deep black shade and her lips painted the same color. Her fingernails were more like claws and painted the same. She smiled as she saw the group and moved closer. Kimiko paused, ready to defend but this woman, she meant no harm. The woman extended her hand first to Justin, then Nevaeh and Kimiko. "I'm Devia," she said, her voice hoarse.