<div class="floatleft">(http://yeinjee.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/akb48-yuki-kashiwagi-mayu-watanabe-6.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Miz<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Barn, then Kitchen<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Friday Evening, 1800<br/><strong>With:</strong>Mary, mostly<br/><hr/><br/>Curious as she was about their visitors, Miz stayed in the kitchen with Mary. She usually became self-conscious and shy around strangers, both men and women alike. Part of it was due to the fact that her older brother never let any strangers near his dear baby sister, so Miz never learnt how to properly interact with people she didn't know. The other part of it was due to her consciousness about her Japanese accent.<br/><br/>Miz pushed her food around on her plate, listening to the conversation outside. Beside her, Mary held her legs to herself on the chair. Miz knew Mary felt just as shy as she was around strange men. She put an arm around her to comfort her. "It's alright," she whispered, encouragingly. "Sounds like they had a vehicle breakdown, that's all. A tow truck will be here soon, and they'll be gone."<br/><br/>Just as she said that last word, the lights suddenly flicked off. There was an uncomfortable silence in the house as the conversation outside stopped abruptly. Miz could not even hear the hum of the fridge or the buzz of the electricity generator outside. It was as if Miz was suddenly deprived of her senses of sight and hearing. Shuddering, Miz hugged Mary even tighter, as if trying to comfort herself as well as her fellow boarder and sister.