The first thing that Aquilas noticed as she regained consciousness was that her head throbbed painfully.
She slowly opened her eyes, finding herself sitting on a chair, apparently inside a place that looked like a coffee shop. Weird.
She also noticed she wasn't alone. She saw someone, with what---silver hair? Speaking to some people huddled around the place. She felt it was best to keep quiet for now.
Aquilas tried to focus on his words, but her throbbing head made it hard to concentrate. She caught some words, like Aero and Rift and recovering memories, but none of them added up nor made sense.
Wait. . .memories? That was when she realized that aside from her name, she remembered nothing else. She took a deep breath, and opened her eyes, and heard the silver-haired guy say something about the strength of ego being the way out of the Rift.
As she sat there, dazed, she saw a black-haired girl walk over somewhere, and caught a glimpse of some bullets. Her eyes widened. Apparently, whoever these people were, they had weapons.
Nobody else had seemed to notice she was already conscious. By her side, near the left, there was a counter top where she saw two cups, and she grabbed one and peeked inside. It contained black, swirling liquid. How strange. She put it back on the counter.
She needed to know what in the world was happening and where in the world she was. And she figured the only way to find out was to ask the people around her, even though it seemed dangerous, considering the fact that these people had weapons. She had no choice. She took a deep breath, the throbbing in her head growing weaker.
"Ready when you guys are." She heard the black-haired girl say.
Near her, Aquilas saw a girl with short blue hair tied back in a ponytail. She tugged at the girl's shirt, and once their eyes met, she asked, "Where am I?"