((Sorry I'm so late!! I wasn't aware anyone had replied since my last post! !shy Sorry it took me so long to notice.))<br/><br/>'Pretentious Prince'? Maybe it was Frahlah's inferiority complex at work, but that struck a chord. It took him about a half-second longer than he would have liked to realize his presence had been exposed by this mysterious man in white. Not only that, but his words made it sound like he wanted to<span style="font-style: italic">eat</span>her! Oh no, that was<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>okay with her. She thought about staying quiet, that it might convince him he was wrong and no one else was here, but he gave her no choice in the matter. Either with incredible speed or some sort of teleportation, the man in white appeared beside her and lifted her by her shirt collar. She did<span style="font-style: italic">not</span>like that look in his eyes.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"You look positively delectable! Mind if I have your soul? Or would you care to accompany me to The Fortress? your choice,"</span>said this super-powered stranger as he eyed the boy hungrily.<span style="font-style: italic">Eat my soul?</span>she thought.<span style="font-style: italic">And that spirit pressure comment earlier... is this guy from Bleach?</span>It seemed probable, but that information didn't help her much. Doce never made it through the first hundred episodes of Bleach, and from what she did know, Frahlah didn't stand much of a chance against such a strong-seeming cast member. Or maybe that was just his inferiority complex?<br/><br/>As for his question, that much was easy. Even though they had already vanished and reappeared somewhere else, it happened too fast for him to process, and he went on to answer the question anyway. "Well, if you are giving me the choice, I would be happy to come to this Fortress of yours." Then his surroundings registered and he felt almost silly. "Oh, we are here now." He looked at the man in white, "Perhaps all this power of yours comes with information?" Already he felt he was overstepping his bounds, liable to make this man snap at any second, but these were questions he needed answered. "I am neither who nor where I am meant to be, and this seems, to me, a problem on a very large scale. Do you know anything of what is happening here?"<br/><br/>For a moment, Doce wondered where her dark side had gone off to. Her personalities swam between innocent and evil, and when her life might be on the line, she would much prefer the sadistic, battle-ready, dark Doce to the quiet, cowardly, light Doce. This was the sort of time an evil side was supposed to help out, and it was on vacation.