voice;

[whiteas]

Has anyone used the Dream Dock before and literally took a small coma with nothing to show for it?

[ She's so mad. She feels like she's wasted time, especially since the only reason she went to the Dream Docks was to see if maybe she could get some more information on Mercury or Torchwick. She hadn't let anyone know except for the few people she needed to and she trusted, since at a time like this? Going to sleep with a severe lack of guard was probably a terrible idea. ]

Also, I have no idea what's going on. I come back and Nova City's practically gone under. It looks like someone's taking care of that at least, but I wasn't gone that long. Did I miss anything else important?

locked to weiss's friends;
It's getting warm in some of the archways and I think it's about time we went to the beach to relax before the next disaster strikes.

locked to armin;
Thanks for looking over the company while I was gone. I was thinking of having a company picnic sometime once Nova City clears out and we can open the Nova City office. I can handle most of the planning, but I'd appreciate any input you might have.

What do you think of Sen Kurosawa? [ That would be the name Izanami is employed under, of course. ] She was somewhat suspicious when I first hired her, but that was before all of this started so I didn't think too much of it, but I'd rather not get stabbed in the back again. Figuratively or otherwise.

locked to sun;
Whatever's going on with Nova City seems like it has probably created a good time to get those cameras we talked about up without being detected. I was trying to find out what was going on in Nova City briefly and heard some kind of strange telepathic message and it sounds like Genessia's guardian will be out too, so security should be lower all around. It might be the best time to get all of the archways, not just Nova City. Does tonight sound acceptable?

locked to zuko;
Using the Dream Docks seems to be entirely useless right now, but that doesn't mean I can't learn something new that I can try to throw them off with. Do you think you could teach me how to do stealth things? It seems to be something our teams are.. lacking, so at the very least, I think it could be beneficial.

Comments

voice;

[banishment]

[ he's utterly relieved to hear from her, and is kind of glad that the lack of a video feed doesn't betray him to it. she might've let him know where she was going, but after what happened with roman, he couldn't help but allow that paranoid voice in the back of his mind whisper worries that had him ditching some of his deputy guardian duties in order to stop by the docks and make sure she was really still there and hadn't been taken again. zuko wouldn't be negligent and allow political affairs to tear his attention away from those he cared about.

that wasn't the kind of fire lord he wanted to be. if he ever wound up in the position to be one, which he still believed to be highly unlikely at this point. ]

I can do that. Are you still at the Docks?

voice;

[whiteas]

[ Weiss almost immediately recalled the last time he picked her up at the docks. Which was admittedly a better awakening and she really should've just asked him to do that every time- it certainly would've softened the annoyance at the fact that she just spent over a week sleeping for nothing. ]

I'm not so eager to complain that I had to post the second I got out of the docks. [ Well she was eager, but not that eager. ] I went home and got cleaned up. It's difficult to take a bath when you're not conscious. I'm at home.

[ She especially wouldn't ask him to help her train without being cleaned up, even if she knew that Zuko wouldn't care. ]

voice;

[banishment]

You could've sent me a text when you woke up. I would've walked you home.

Re: voice;

[whiteas]

Aren't you normally at work around this time?

voice;

[banishment]

And?

[ he would've left to get you, weiss. especially after what happened last time you were gone for this long. ]

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[infinitejustice]

[That voice...sounded familiar. It takes Athrun a moment to figure it out, but he realizes it's the same voice as that of the girl in the recording.

With that in mind, Athrun turns on his video feed. He doesn't feel the need to be cautious with her, given the lengths to which she's gone to welcome newcomers. Even if she was driven by profit or positive PR, he feels he has nothing to lose by contacting her.]

Not...exactly? I'm new here, so I haven't had the chance. But I've definitely made commitments with nothing to show for them.

Anyway, you're Weiss Schnee, I presume? My name is Athrun Zala. Do you mind if I ask you some questions?

Video

[whiteas]

[ They're a part of it, but Weiss is, rather fortunately, one of the few people in her family who actually wants to do the right thing. He's in good hands. Even if said hands are, admittedly, fairly snippy sometimes. You know, once she's not trying to be good at her job. For the moment, she'll be at least polite. ]

I take it you've seen the welcome message. What can I help you with?

[infinitejustice]

[Athrun himself is no stranger to being in her general situation, either, at least when it comes to being the white sheep in a family of black sheep, so to speak. He'll definitely appreciate the politeness for now...though he'll snark right back if she ever gets snippy with him.

And fortunately she's using the video feed now, too. Good. That helps him further confirm what he thought.]

I have, yes. And before I ask, feel free to refuse to answer if it's too personal.

But first, how long have you been here? I'd like to get an idea of the average amount of time people have been in this...pocket dimension, I'll call it.

[whiteas]

[ Unless she's got a reason not to go on video, if the person replying to her replies with it, she'll generally switch. It's just more convenient. ]

A year and a month. It varies drastically for different people. Sometimes a week or two, sometimes years.

Video (Sometime after the fight and Nova gets its power again)

[spacedragonmonk]

[Hey Wiess didja miss your reptillian employee? If not, well too bad, here she is, looking more tired and more pleased than you've ever prolly seen her given the big dopy grin on her face. Just ignore the smoking robot husks behind her....please?]

Hey Boss. Ya missed all the fun, yeah?

video;

[whiteas]

[ Why would she ignore that? That's impressive. It isn't like Weiss isn't a huntress in training back home. ]

With nothing to show for it, too. [ Huff. ]

video;

[spacedragonmonk]

Didn't find shit about tha Candlewick asshole back home huh? Rough times, rough times. Haven't heard much while I was around him from 'em either, not that I've been keep that close of an eye on the local chant...

[Her next words were stalled by the slow crunching of metal as one bot was revealed to be only partially disabled. She grins like the cat that caught the canary as she gets up, her dull black-grey gauntlets being slammed together to create the golden yellow Power Field her Power Fists were named for]

Hold tha thought for a mo'? Didn't clean up after meself all the way. Be right back.

[Her image bolts off screen as her body flies off to the side. After some time and some metal crunching, her returns, a bot arm being tossed to the side]

Sorry 'bout that. Just takin' a bit of a siddown before I ask the sorc bloke to porte me out, catchin' my breath an' all.

video;

[whiteas]

[ Weiss waits somewhat impatiently for Adeline to finish. It isn't like she doesn't understand the need to make sure they're all down. It could be dangerous if they weren't, after all. ]

It's Torchwick, and no. I remember waking up to get a drink of water, and that's about it. A minute of memory for all of that!

[ Wait, port? Weiss raises an eyebrow. ]

You're not going to just get out on your own?

Weiss

[monkeystowaway]

I think you are right. [With the craziness going on, he hadn't even considered putting up the cameras. But there would hardly be a better time than now.] I can take care of getting them all up if you don't want to be seen doing it.

[He's not really bad at sneaking around, either. So he probably stands the best chance of not being seen.]

Sun

[whiteas]

I think we should put a couple extra in Nova City. Armin said that was where he was taken. We still need to monitor the other archways to watch for Torchwick, but I'm fairly certain we'll find Mercury in the Nova City archway.

I would appreciate that. I bought the cameras with cash, by the way, and used the outfit that Neptune got for me when he was starting his fashion business. With my hat up in a hat, so, anyone trying to figure out who bought them shouldn't have much luck. I'm telling Zuko though.

Sun

[monkeystowaway]

I can do that. I'll just have to place them around to cover a wider range. [He's been through the archways enough to know what spots might have a good vantage point. Thing is, that might be a bad location to put them because someone might check there because of that fact. So putting them around in different spots might be for the best.]

You can tell Zuko. I know he is trustworthy. Just make sure he doesn't tell anyone. [He assumes Zuko will know why this is important, though, and why it needs to be kept on the down low.] You can tell the rest of your team too. I'd tell Neptune but he's sort of..gone.

[whiteas]

He won't tell.

[ she pauses for a moment, tilting her head. She hasn't heard from Nora in some time either. ]

Are you alone in that apartment again?

voice

[nrgsvr]

Weird, considering how long you've been here.

[ The dream dock taught him how to type.]

Friend lock
Can I bring people?

[ His brother would probably want to go for manga inspiration. His friends might want to join.]

voice

[whiteas]

Very weird. I went a little while ago but it's been long enough. I wonder if there's a time limit for use?

[ That would be interesting and unfortunate if it wasnt just because her player was on hiatus sob ]

locked
As long as it's only a couple people. I am not looking for this to be some kind of teen movie beach bash.

voice

[nrgsvr]

That makes more sense than time not passing in your world. Still, one time use is too limited.

locked
I live with too many people. I'll stick with brother and Mikoto-san.

[ His brother could use the manga references.]

voice

[whiteas]

I doubt it's a one time use only. It would go out of business if that were the case.

locked
How many people do you live with?

Video;

[weapongeek]

[If that means that Weiss can finally relax at least a little bit...]

I'd be up for that.

Video;

[whiteas]

Fayren has some nice beaches if you ignore the crabs.

[ Which were somewhat of a recent incident.. ]

Video;

[weapongeek]

Now that I think of it... We really didn't get much time to do stuff like this back at home did we?

Video;

[whiteas]

What, go to the beach? We still got breaks, like the dance. Some of us did try to actually enjoy it instead of complaining about their shoes and leaving early to do the same thing we do throughout the school year.

[ Not that that was a bad thing... ]