All right, one thing was for sure - She wasn't imagining this. Shizuka was fairly certain her imagination wasn't *that* vivid! Her midnight tresses swayed, her brow furrowing ever-so-slightly - this didn't look like real life, this looked like one of the shows (or games) she'd seen...<br/><br/>And the numbers that popped up in her field of vision, hovering close at hand, did<em>nothing</em>to dispel that first impression!<em>Hero Level 1...?</em>she thought -<em>Wait...Is that me-?</em><br/><br/>She had a distinct feeling she was in over her head.<br/><br/>When she heard the sword scrape free from it's sheath, however - Shizuka half-turned! All right...That weapon looked very, very real indeed! More - She<em>understood</em>them. She'd never seen any of these people before, and it was clearly a foreign language they were speaking...But she had no trouble understanding them!<br/><br/>One thing was for sure: she couldn't afford to stay silent, not at this juncture!<br/><br/>"I am no demon!" she called, drawing herself to her full height - the hem of her pleated skirt fluttering around her knees, her free hand coming to rest on her hip! "I'm human, like all of you!" Her gaze fixed on the knight who'd drawn his sword...A flicker of uncertainty coursing through her.<br/><br/>"But...<em>Where</em>am I? What *is* this place?"<br/><br/>Had they been the ones to bring her here? Her gaze darted back to the hovering panel, as she blinked, trying to clear her field of vision...Even as Shizuka got her bearings. Yes, things were very, very different here, indeed...<br/><br/>"...And why did you bring me here?"<br/><br/>She had a<em>lot</em>of questions - But that seemed like a very good place to start!