*eyes wided, and feather perk out* A shadow? Here?!

*twitches his ears, and stops to glance around* Eh? Who said that?

*shows Ken standing there in all of his little kid height*

...

*approaches* Hey, kid, can I ask you something and trust you not to tell anyone about it?

*the voice sounds familiar*

Yes?

Excellent.
*Shifty glances to the side, checking for eavesdroppers* Could you point me to the store? I need to check something.

*The voice is familiar, sure, but young humans sound similar, and he's not here to socialize*

*nods* I can take you there. *his feathers ruffle again, as he turns around, keeping his hand on his Envoker in case the Malnosso managed to bring a shadow out during any other time besides the Dark Hour*

*notes that the kid's tension, which will inspire an eye-roll when his back is turned*

That'll work, thanks.

*... Well, forget that non-socializing bit from before, this quiet is kind of awkward. Arg, curse his poor PR abilities! What would his little brother do?*
*cough cough*

Uh, so, what's your name? You sound sort of familiar.

Ken Amada, and you?

Umbrael.

Have we talked before? Over the journals?

Hmmm, yeah, actually, that's probably it. Were you one of the kids I talked to about the, heh, 'cave monster'?

I do not remember, so many things have happened over the past few months I have have gotten confused.

Ah. Can't blame you, really, this place is nuts, and I'm - *stops short, 'cause it's probably not a good idea to announce that you're a really old, spirit of darkness to a kid that tense* - old enough to have seen some pretty weird shit.

*quickly, totally changing the subject* So, what do you guys do around the village anyway? I've been a little distant.

All sorts of things...maybe you should come down more often?

Eh, when I first got here I wasn't exactly feeling sociable, and, it was also winter. You can understand why a giant lizard would stay in one place, right?

Other than that, it's been a bit of a size issue, I suppose. That won't be a problem anymore if this trip works out, though.

Oh? What are you looking for?

I have a collar that can give me a human-ish form.

I don't really like it, but the size difference comes in handy sometimes.

Ah, so I see, what does it look like?

Uuugh, honestly? Like a thirteen-year-old anime fangirl stayed up too late and doodled her idea of a 'badass' vampire.

..Ah..

Yeah, I had been meaning to change it, but stuff kept coming up, and then this whole 'abduction for science' thing.

But enough about me, what about you? You're a human, right?

Yes I am. *smile* I come from Japan.

Ah, good. It's getting too difficult to tell these days, seriously.

... Also, that's interesting, I'm pretty sure there's a Japan in my world too.

What other countries are there in your world?

Your planet is called 'Earth', right?

Yes, and yours?

Heh, mine's called Earth too. I'm not sure how our reputation's doing in Japan, but have you ever heard of the 'Raahk'?

...Nope.

Mmhmm, that's what I thought. So- Ooh, woah, sorry, I'm starting to go off-topic.

Anyway, I'm from Earth, and if you're from around 2007-ish, I probably have the same countries as you, just... Different lifestyles, I guess.

Year 2010, so that counts.

Yeah...

So, you seem to be taking the appearance of a giant lizard rather well.

When I first saw you, I thought you were a creature from my world called a 'Shadow', but they only appear during the Dark Hour. So, I am used to such sights.

Ah, great. At least you didn't try to kill me on sight, that's better than other humans in the past. None in Luceti, mind you, but enough from my world that it's gotten old.

Well, we are not in the dark hour, so I have no reason to attack you, because that means you're not a shadow.