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genessia2015-09-06 06:48 pm
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[Action/Video] - Arrival
[Action]
[Alice had just awoken in the most unusual of places. Huge pods everywhere and the floor was flooded. The groggy magician hadn't yet fully registered the rest of her surroundings, she is only aware that she certainly was not in her home in the Forest of Magic.
As she literally got her feet wet, she looked back at the pod for any of her belongings, and found not just the 3 she needed, but a fourth that grabbed her curiosity. Of the four items, two were dolls, each with long blonde hair decorated with a red bow. Both dolls were identical, dressed in a dark blue dress with a white apron. The third item was a dark book wrapped in red. A sealed book had some golden words on it faintly read what could be 'The Grimoire of Alice,' and she made sure this book never left her sight.
Alice held a hand out to the dolls, and in a moment, a shimmer between her hand and the dolls, then they came alive. The dolls stood up on their own, grabbed the book first, placing it on top of the white box and floated over to the young woman to deliver the box to her. She removed the book, then removed the box's lid to find various items. A pamphlet, a necklace, another box (videophone) and money. She assumes if this was a prank, likely caused by a certain youkai of boundaries, it wasn't funny. But Alice wasn't the type to just automatically point fingers of blame at just any one person.
The seemingly normal woman made her way to the exit of the Bay, taking the pamphlet from the box to read it over, replacing it with her grimoire, while her dolls floated along beside her. A section explained the necklace, her two dolls flew into the box, taking the necklace by the chain and flew to Alice, working together to put the necklace on her. As she read the section about the videophone, one of the twin dolls, dubbed Hourai, fly into the box and lifted the videophone to stand it up right. The other, dubbed Shanghai, landed in front of the phone, and imputed the buttons to activate it the best Alice herself could understand. After all, Alice is a doll maker, a puppeteer, and a magician youkai. Technological gadgets like this are not her specialty.
As Alice left the Bay, she took note of her surroundings. Many people can be seen going about their daily business. It was very much like the human village, but many times larger. She was wary of what's going on, but went back to reading the pamphlet, but stopped by the magazine vendor in reaction to a appearance of a tiny girl in white...]
[Video]
[The video feed flickers on to show a adorable girl doll peering into the camera before moving away, showing Alice reading the pamphlet still while the recording of Weiss Schnee played faintly in the background. She didn't talk for awhile, as if waiting for the recording to finish, then finally...]
"If not a prank, then this is an incident... But if there are others who were taken, why are none of them doing anything to resolve it?" [Alice peers down into the box at the videophone that Hourai was still tirelessly holding up. Of course, the camera can't see that.] "Does this 'Genessia' place not have anyone capable?"
[Alice already had a brief line-up of questions, but she wanted to start with that and see what kind of fish take the bait.]
[Alice had just awoken in the most unusual of places. Huge pods everywhere and the floor was flooded. The groggy magician hadn't yet fully registered the rest of her surroundings, she is only aware that she certainly was not in her home in the Forest of Magic.
As she literally got her feet wet, she looked back at the pod for any of her belongings, and found not just the 3 she needed, but a fourth that grabbed her curiosity. Of the four items, two were dolls, each with long blonde hair decorated with a red bow. Both dolls were identical, dressed in a dark blue dress with a white apron. The third item was a dark book wrapped in red. A sealed book had some golden words on it faintly read what could be 'The Grimoire of Alice,' and she made sure this book never left her sight.
Alice held a hand out to the dolls, and in a moment, a shimmer between her hand and the dolls, then they came alive. The dolls stood up on their own, grabbed the book first, placing it on top of the white box and floated over to the young woman to deliver the box to her. She removed the book, then removed the box's lid to find various items. A pamphlet, a necklace, another box (videophone) and money. She assumes if this was a prank, likely caused by a certain youkai of boundaries, it wasn't funny. But Alice wasn't the type to just automatically point fingers of blame at just any one person.
The seemingly normal woman made her way to the exit of the Bay, taking the pamphlet from the box to read it over, replacing it with her grimoire, while her dolls floated along beside her. A section explained the necklace, her two dolls flew into the box, taking the necklace by the chain and flew to Alice, working together to put the necklace on her. As she read the section about the videophone, one of the twin dolls, dubbed Hourai, fly into the box and lifted the videophone to stand it up right. The other, dubbed Shanghai, landed in front of the phone, and imputed the buttons to activate it the best Alice herself could understand. After all, Alice is a doll maker, a puppeteer, and a magician youkai. Technological gadgets like this are not her specialty.
As Alice left the Bay, she took note of her surroundings. Many people can be seen going about their daily business. It was very much like the human village, but many times larger. She was wary of what's going on, but went back to reading the pamphlet, but stopped by the magazine vendor in reaction to a appearance of a tiny girl in white...]
[Video]
[The video feed flickers on to show a adorable girl doll peering into the camera before moving away, showing Alice reading the pamphlet still while the recording of Weiss Schnee played faintly in the background. She didn't talk for awhile, as if waiting for the recording to finish, then finally...]
"If not a prank, then this is an incident... But if there are others who were taken, why are none of them doing anything to resolve it?" [Alice peers down into the box at the videophone that Hourai was still tirelessly holding up. Of course, the camera can't see that.] "Does this 'Genessia' place not have anyone capable?"
[Alice already had a brief line-up of questions, but she wanted to start with that and see what kind of fish take the bait.]
[ Video ]
A question I have wondered myself, and gotten no satisfactory response. From what I have found, it seems it is not so easy to simply find one's way back since the ones responsible for capturing us to a place like this are not exactly readily available to interrogate, wherever they are.
And there are some who would prefer to stay in a place like this, for some reason.
no subject
Besides, can't you smell the teleology? The "why" of it demands to be sussed out.
no subject
There are many attempting to find their way home. The barriers that keep us here, however, are unlike anything that any of us have ever encountered.
[ Video ]
"Well, if there are people who wish to stay, that's their own business.
And those responsible rarely are available. All the more reason to find them yourself and get answers.
That being said, have you seen a ordinary-looking magician or a shine maiden in red?"
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[The more replies she gets, the more this whole thing screams "Incident." Alice plans investigate once she's ready.]
"Do you know who else is looking for the 'why?"
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I believe so, yes. It's a bit too elaborate for pointlessness.
Everyone that's curious, I expect, which is most. I happen to be one of them; I could roll out a list of names, but I'm sure you'll meet them all in time.
no subject
"Barriers..." [She wonders if that youkai of boundaries might have something to do with this after all. But she won't ever know that until she found her, or she came to her.] "What can you tell me about these barriers?"
[While not interested in barriers, she hopes some info can give her an idea on who to look for.]
no subject
"I'll take the list in writing. I want to see if I know any of the names."
no subject
"Hah, my, you're serious. All right, give me a minute for a college try."
-Satsuki Kiryuin & friends, including, but not limited to -Koishi -A merry band of sycophants
-Weiss Schnee
-Vyers, aka Midboss
-Porrim
-David Haller, and his motley crew known as "Gestalt"
"Um, you know, now that I think about it, I'm not sure how many of them are comfortable being attributed with pioneer spirit. Maybe just try that first one. Don't say you got this list from me, please."
[ Video ]
[ A small frown. ]
"That is... a very vague description. Do you not know their names? There are numerous here who use magic as magicians do, I would assume. Although I have not seen any shrine maidens, I believe there is a temple around somewhere."
[ She didn't have the map with her so she didn't know for sure! ]
[ Video ]
"I had hoped you knew of them by description alone." [Considering that they have a considerable reputation.] "Their names are Marisa Kirisame and Reimu Hakurei respectively."
[If they are truly unheard of, it means they are not here. A pity in a few ways. Alice thought, but not a disastrous scenario by any means.]
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"Koishi...?"
[If this is who she thinks she is, then Alice should visit her first.]
[ Video ]
[ Video ]
I'm Alice."
[ Video ]
[Video]
I'm trying to collect information now. As for capable... it depends what you mean.
[Levy smiles at that, she's used to things getting done but not always in the most desirable way. There is always property damage of some kind.]
[Video]
"You know, capable. Someone who has a record of successfully getting things done. In this case, someone who can resolve incidents."
[With any luck, this woman can reveal some names. The more clues she can get, the straighter her path to figuring out Genessia.]
[Video]
There is also Weiss. She has a compeny in Nova city. They do a lot of research.
[Though Levy doesn't know the details.]
[ Video ]
[That also means a big, definite yes. Alice was confident she could find answers. She had her magic, her dolls, and her strategies. What more could she need?]
[ Video ]
[ A lot of people had access to stuff and still hadn't found the way back. It'd be nice if -someone- could, but Tiara wasn't going to hold her breath. ]
no subject
Some of us are actually more content in Genessia than where we were before.
no subject
"If they wish to stay here, that's their choice. But I want to go back to my home."
[Video]
"I'll pay this Weiss a visit soon, then. Who are these city guardians?"
[Video]
[She pauses for a moment trying to think.]
David is the guardian of Genessia, Midboss is Attleton, Everglade is Ted, Fayren is Satori and Satsuki is Nova City.
[Levy isn't overly formal and just gives her their first names or what she knows them by.]
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I've only just recently arrived myself, so I'm unsure what steps have been taken and what efforts are underway.
Video
Some people like it.
Video
Like you, I assume?"
[Video]
"Do you know any of their last names? Especially Satori's?"
Re: [Video]
[She tries to pull from her memory. She doesn't often use last names.]
Then it's David Haller, Midboss... I don't know if he has a last name. I think Ted's full name is Theodore Satchel and then it's Satsuki Kiryuin.
Video