"I'm-I'm afraid you have me mistaken for someone else.You can call me Night Steel,I suppose that name will do.I think I'm supposed to be some kind of ninja.As for what I'm doing here,I haven't the vaugest notion.I was hoping you could help me,perhaps by telling me what kind of place this is.I mean,it really is quite a long story."
"Oh." Zeo clutched the cape close again. "I'm sorry... This is Castle Yarfell. If you mean _this_," she gestured widely, to mean the castle, the grounds, and everything else, "it's the Realm. You _know_, as in, 'of Dungeons and Dragons,' the Young Ones, Dungeon Master, Venger, Tiamat and all that good stuff." She paused, tilting her head to one side. "Did you get pulled here, too? If you did, you should meet the rest of our group. Come with me; I need to find Cole anyway." She took the ninja's wrist and led him towards the ballroom.
