01 - Arrival [Action/Video]

[wizard_redfive]

[Action]

[Anyone near the Bay this afternoon is likely to hear shrill shouting coming from inside. The newest arrival had an extremely bad day yesterday, and waking up somewhere other than her bed has sparked a tantrum. Those outside might catch parts of the rant as her voice gets louder. “Powers… if this is another castle… I’ve had enough!!”

Others are welcome to investigate, though it might be wise to approach with caution. Inside they will find a young red-headed girl standing in the water of the Bay. She gestures her arms wildly as she yells, seeming to be focusing her rant towards a silver laptop sitting inside the pod she woke up in.]

[Video]

[After Dairine calmed down enough to read the pamphlet, the video feed switches on. Her expression is still rather cross, but she will try to be civil. After all, she knows the people watching this are probably in the same situation as herself.]

So... “Genessia,” huh? Let me guess: I won’t be able to travel further than a certain distance, certainly not off planet, and there’s no way of telling when I’ll be sent back home. I haven’t noticed anything missing, so there's no obvious arrival fee. Unless it’s a memory… And this... [She taps on the screen.] ...serves as our communication device. Well, I suppose it's a step up from a journal, but I'd still rather not go through this a second time.

[Dairine runs her fingers through her hair absentmindedly.] Ah, while I'm at this... sorry to anyone I might have worried after I arrived. I wasn't exactly pleased with the situation, so I might have made a bit of a scene.

I get most of our situation now, but if there are any details not mentioned in the usual briefings, I wouldn't mind hearing them. There's just one thing I really want to know...

Please tell me time stops back home while we’re here.

Comments

Action

[eastdetective]

You're making a lot of noise.

[Conan was out at the bay today exploring. With all the chaos over the last few weeks this was the first chance he'd gotten to make a thorough survey of the bay area. He didn't appreciate having to deal with interruptions. ]

Awww yeah 1/2

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine turns towards the Bay entrance, scowl in place, ready to launch her anger at the bystander. Yet when she sees just who it is, her face suddenly brightens with recognition.]

Cona-!

2/2

[wizard_redfive]

[She catches herself at the last second. Just because Dairine remembers the castle doesn't mean he will remember it (or her). Even while they were in Paradisa, some people would return with memories and some without. Dairine forces a frown back on her face, though it looks a lot more fake than before.]

Come on! Who wouldn't be making noise in this situation?

[eastdetective]

More importantly, how do you know my name?

[Conan hadn't missed that first reaction. ]

[wizard_redfive]

[Of course he would notice, the little detective. Dairine lets out a sigh, well aware of how he will likely respond to the truth. A magic castle was hard enough for him to accept when they lived there. However, as a wizard, Dairine preferred not to lie.]

We've met before. You might not remember me though. My name is Dairine.

[eastdetective]

I think I would remember if I had met you before.

[He wasn't buying it. ]

[wizard_redfive]

Not necessarily. Besides, don't you meet a lot of people?

[From what he told her in Paradisa, it sounded like he had solved many cases. Each would include new people. Surely he couldn't remember them all, Dairine figures.]

Video

[greenmagick]

I don't know for sure but this is my second time here. When I returned home I had no memory of this place and I began where I left off.

[Which mean's yes, time most likely stops at your home.]

[wizard_redfive]

I suppose that is promising. Forgetting everything would be annoying though.

[Same with being forgotten, which Dairine has had a little too much experience with today.]

[greenmagick]

It is a little odd.

[Annoying isn't an emotion that Terra is used to just yet but she thinks she can understand that.]

I'm sorry I can't tell you more.

[wizard_redfive]

That's OK. If this place is anything like Paradisa, it offers more questions than answers.

[greenmagick]

[Terra's head tilts to the side curiously.]

Paradisa?

[wizard_redfive]

The last pocket dimension I got stuck in. We all lived in a castle by the same name.

video;

[zorro]

Sounds like you've done this sort of thing before.

[wizard_redfive]

I have. I can't say I'm thrilled to be doing it again.

[zorro]

I'm sorry you're having to go through all of this again.

[wizard_redfive]

Thanks. [Dairine appreciates the sympathy, though she won't quell on it for long. Well wishes won't change her situation. ]

How long have you been here?

[zorro]

[ he can respect that, and even understands it. how many situations had he been in that were unfair and unchangeable? far too many. ]

Not long, that I seem to have had a poorly-timed entrance.

[ showing up in the middle of the chaos that was plaguing certain regions was distressing, to say the least. especially when it had nothing to do with himself or usagi. that was a first. ]

[wizard_redfive]

[That catches Dairine's attention.]

How so?

[Video]

[neverfeltthatway]

All the evidence seems to suggest time in our home worlds is independent of time here, yes. Or that's true of my home world - I suppose I can't speak for any others. [It's the best they've got right now, but it'd be foolish to assume it's the same everywhere until they have more information.]

I take it you... were in a similar situation before? [He sounds more curious and more cautious at that. There might be other people here for which that's the case, but Armin hasn't met any of them except for Sansa - though to be fair, he hasn't exactly been looking. Still, it immediately sets the girl apart in Armin's mind, that they share something like that.]

[wizard_redfive]

That's a good start. [Dairine feels rather relieved to hear even the smallest chance that this world works the same way as Paradisa. She has some time sensitive stuff she needs to address back home.]

I was. Last time I was taken to a magical sentient castle, but the general situation was pretty similar.

[neverfeltthatway]

In that, most of us agree.

[He hesitates for a moment, but decides there's no harm in asking.]

...I don't suppose you've heard of beings called the Trumps before? Or a group of people called Travelers? [The capital on the word is immediately obvious.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine shakes her head.]

No, but we had the First Gens. They traveled around that world when they weren't causing trouble for us.

[neverfeltthatway]

[Armin frowns for a moment, then sighs. It had been a long shot, anyway.]

Not the same. All right.

[wizard_redfive]

[She catches that sigh.]

Have you been stuck in a place like this before, by any chance?