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The Deck, Friday Around Noon

The deck may appear deserted, but alert studentsmight notice a small girl peering over the edge from the bushes along the side.

She had figured out that she was not in Bordertown at all. Which did nothing for her peace of mind, though sleeping in the stables last night hadn't been too bad.

Now her stomach was growling once again. But she wasn't quite brave enough yet to venture into the town belowto scrounge for food.

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Alert? Ino could totally do alert.

"Are you hiding?" Ino called to the little girl, offering a smile as she bounced up on the deck with her hot chocolate and muffin. "You ain't doin' a perfect job, you know."

No she wasn't was she. Maybe she'd get better with practice. She instinctively ducked down when she was spotted, but realized that was pretty silly. The damage had been done.

Besides that hot chocolate smelled pretty good. So she peeked up again, still only the top of her head visible over the edge of the deck.

"Come on up," Ino invited, sitting down and looking harmless.

Ino was pretty good at looking harmless, really, especially when she was trying.

Florida did so, cautiously. This place was very strange to her, but so far those she'd met hadn't threatened her, and this girl did look pretty harmless.

Besides the safety of the bushes was just a quick dash away. She looked at Ino through the Dandelion puff of her hair curiously.

"You wanna sit?" Ino asked, studying the girl and keeping a smile on her face. "You can sit anywhere 'round here--s'what the deck is for. No one'll chase you off of it. I'm Ino."

Even if it was, possibly, a student who knew her this girl was looking at her like she didn't and so--introductions.

Not taking her eyes off of Ino, Florida came a bit closer, and squatted down. It was a semi-relaxed pose, she could easily leap up and flee if neccesary.

The kids at Castle Pup had called her Florida, so she pointed to the big green "FLORIDA" printed on the oversized orange t-shirt that was her only garment.

Yeah. With that sort of response, Ino wasn't going to be making any sudden moves.

"Florida, huh?" Ino nodded slowly. "Can you talk, honey? Do you know why you're here?"

Where were her guardians and what the hell were they doing dressing her so shoddily?

The answer to both questions was no, so Florida shook her head. She appreciated the no sudden moves, and it made her comfortable enough that she drew her knees up to her chin.

Her stomach growled again, reminding her that she'd have to go looking for food soon.

Ino frowned slightly and she glanced at her muffin before leaning over and slowly setting it, in the little paper bag they'd given her with it, over where Florida could reach it if she wanted.

She could always get another muffin.

"It's food," Ino said, tilting her head at it. "If you want it."

Florida stared at the muffin as if it were a strange, but wondrous thing. Then she scampered over and attempted to fit the entire thing in her mouth. When that failed she resorted to taking a bite, then chewing it before swallowing.

She gave Ino her thanks in the form of a smile, and rubbing her hand on her belly to show how good it was.

"You're welcome," Ino said lightly. "Chew and don't choke, okay?"

Florida nodded, and took another bite of the muffin. Then she realized that this might be Ino's breakfast, she she carefully broke off half (the half she hadn't bitten into) and held it out for her.

"Don't worry 'bout it," she said, waving one hand. "I can get another but thank you."

Florida wasn't going to insist, she was pretty hungry. She smiled again at Ino, and finished the muffin. Then after a moment's thought, she looked around at their surroundings, then to Ino questioningly.

"We're at Fandom High School," Ino said lightly. "On Fandom Island."

Neither of which sounded familiar to Florida, either in a good or bad way. She knew there was a river near Bordertown, but she'd never heard of any islands nearby.

She tilted her head to one side quizzically.

Uh.

Ino gave the little girl a dubious look. "I think we're entering--you ever heard of different worlds?"

Well duh, she was born in one, then came to another. Everyone knew about different worlds. That's why there was a Bordertown in the first place.

Florida nodded, her face showing a polite 'uh, yeah' expression.

Ino had to check--it wasn't like she knew who this was.

"Good," she said. "We're probably in one of them then. Fandom Island--is in the United States of America?"

The expression meant that Florida was starting to become comfortable with Ino anyway.

She frowned at the name, it didn't ring a bell.

"Sorry," she said, a bit helplessly. "I don't know too much 'bout around here. You come with anyone else?"

She shook her head. She went through a bit of a pantomime, hoping to convey the message that she'd just woken up here, with no clue how she'd gotten there.

Oh dear.

"This morning?" she asked slowly, hoping that was the case.

Florida shook her head. Now, how to convey it'd happened yesterday? She held up two fingers.

Ino frowned slightly.

"Do you have anything else to wear?" she asked. "Anything else to eat?"

Florida looked down at her shirt. It was the same thing she'd been wearing since yesterday. It had worked well enough then.

And she had just finished muffin. Oops, maybe she should have saved some of that for later.

She shook her head.

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