[ He glances over, blinks, and shoves his hands into whatever pockets the striped uniform may have. If any. Or maybe he's just fumbling and discovering the lack of pockets, who knows. Either way! ]

No kidding. Is it always this exciting?

Given the option I'd definitely rather pick "or not."

[ He glances around. ]

I'm not getting the impression it's gonna be that easy.

Kind of? I sort of...

[ He wobbles a hand back and forth. ]

....half heard them. I was a little distracted.

[ Hhhhhhe hesitates a long moment before he nods. ]

I don't think he'll be a problem but yeah, I can hear him.

Only when he really wants cheese. I knew him back home, actually. He can be a pain, but he's one of my closest friends and I trust him. ....Thought I've never had to live with him in my head before, so we'll see how I feel about that in a few weeks.

Yeah, I'm definitely counting my blessings.

[ Adrien nods. ]

But I get what you mean. We can worry about that stuff later. Right now there's this.... I'm not sure I like calling it a "game," but I can go with "task."

[ Adrien shakes his head. ]

Not even so much as a "hello."

[ He gestures at Tsuruno. ]

Tsuruno brought up the registries on our phones though, and it turns out there's a couple of people here from back home. Marinette on Yatagarasu and Chloe on Nymph. I know we can't do anything really, but I don't want anything to happen to them, at least not from us--!

Thank you. I really appreciate it.

And I'm ready to do anything I can to help this team-- so long as I don't have to hurt my friends to do it.

[ He nods once, slowly. ]

I'm sorry, I don't think I've introduced myself yet. I'm Adrien-- Adrien Agreste.

It's nice to meet you too Vex'ahlia, even if the circumstances are... well. This.

Yeah, I imagine if there were none of us would be in this situation to begin with.

I know we have to do what we can in the meantime-- but uh.... I've gotta admit, I'm not even a hundred percent sure where "here" is, beyond "definitely not Paris."