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[schrodingersghost]

1. [VIDEO] The Bay
Is a non-working vacation too much to ask for? I mean, come on. One day off. After what happened last week I deserve that.

[A dark-haired teenage boy is scowling unhappily into the camera. He sighs heavily and drags a hand through his hair. Somehow it always ended up like this.]

Okay,so let me just get this straight. I somehow got kidnapped and stuck in an alternate dimension. Again. And this time it's not Dad's fault?

Could this possibly get any worse?

[He freezes and moans miserably.]

...Oh, great. I think I just jinxed myself.


2. [ACTION] Genessia City

[Later that day a strange new arrival can be spotted around Genessia City. It appears to be a glowing white-haired teenage boy. He appears in the sky first, flying over the city and investigating the layout. Later he makes his way closer to the ground, hovering several feet above the pavement as he explores the town.]

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[youfool]

[Sure it could. Here's someone to make it worse right now!]

Oh, so you're used to it. That certainly gives you a leg up on the rest of us, you lucky thing.

[schrodingersghost]

I'm not really feeling that lucky.

[youfool]

How come? It's not every day the universe hand-picks you to do...something very good, I'm sure. Like a lottery. Are you not thrilled? Are you not jazzed?

[schrodingersghost]

I'm about as opposite from ...that as it's possible to be.

Besides, I haven't heard anything yet about what that very good thing could be.

[With Danny's luck, he'd probably just gotten stuck here because someone wanted to dissect him. ]

[youfool]

Why is no one ever happy to be here? Teenage moodiness, perhaps. People really must stop being so possessive over their own dimensions. And of course you don't know it yet. Can't build the proper anticipation otherwise.

Well, I know what might cheer you up. Have you eaten yet? I'm relatively confident one of my two secretaries hasn't, and they're very pretty, and probably wise to the good restaurants. My treat.

[schrodingersghost]

Why should I be happy? Maybe I had stuff to do, you know? Plans.

[And that was just a little suspicious.] Why? What do you get out of feeding me?

[aphotic_auror]

Oi! You wanna know why none of us are happy to be here? Just because I'm close to a teen age, seriously? [So sorry, Theodore, but-- you're getting the brunt of the Righteous Rage that this girl's experiencing, being so "dismissed" as a "teenager"-- why, she's 19! Almost NOT a Teenager any more, in fact!] It's bloody wartime where I'm from, and I'm needed on the front lines! I mean: I am an Auror-- a Dark-wizard fighter-- and Hell's Bells, I DO hope that there's a Statute of Secrecy in this world, too, just so I can get captured by the people in charge of that sort of enforcement, and hopefully end up back in my own time and place before tea tonight....

[youfool]

Plans change. Sometimes for the better, if you can believe it.

Hmm. That's a tough one. One theory is that I was going to drug you, then use your unconscious self for all sorts of diabolical experiments, before finishing off the evening with some organ harvesting.

The other is that it seemed like a nice, welcoming thing to do for new arrivals. Let me know which sounds more plausible.

[youfool]

Man, there are just so many ways to go with this one, each amusing in its own way. There a red-pajama'd Ted stood, on his left, sinister shoulder, egging him on to toy with the strange new interloper.

But wait, what's this? Porrim, adorned with halo and harp, alighted on his right, gingerly crept up to his ear, and whispered:

Don't be an idiot.

He pursed his lips, terribly stuck in this tantalizing world of alternatives. What to do, what to do?

"What's a Statute of Secrecy?" Innocent enough way to start. Curiosity won't kill every cat, surely.

[schrodingersghost]

Um hello? Who are you? [Danny had no clue what she was going on about.]

[schrodingersghost]

Yeah, I'm not seeing the for the better part here.

[Actually both of them sounded kind of plausible. Even both of them at once. On the other hand Danny had never been accused of making good decisions when he was curious.]

Yeah, sure. I'll give it a try.

[aphotic_auror]

Congrats, Theo; you've managed to safely defuse this potentially volatile situation (and the witch who would likely CURSE YOU for it) by asking such a simple, run-of-the-mill question, one she answers with a certain blandness, mixed of course, with some small soupçon of sarcasm: "Oh, a Statute of Secrecy is just what it sounds like, honestly: it's a bloody law passed down-- oh, centuries ago-- in order to prevent Mug-- er, Non-Magical Folk like you lot finding out about wizard-kind!"

Calm, calm, she's perfectly calm; she's utterly under control. She hasn't a worry; where others may hurry, she can stroll!

[aphotic_auror]

So sorry, Danny, but-- though she knows that Ghosts Are Real(™), she will not be explaining too much about this "wizard-kind" in turn... "I dunno who I am, any more, honestly... I mean, my entire IDENTITY was sorta wrapped up in my profession, since I lost my-- not-so-current-any-more boyfriend..." She pulls a small grimace at that memory, even as she makes an effort to smile at Danny. "I mean, sure, a vacation would be an utterly brilliant prospect, but-- I don't think that the world I'm from can actually handle me being out of commission here, bloody well working at some customer service job! And-- it's not like I have any experience in such things; I've always been an Auror!"

[youfool]

"Ted: 1, Boys' cynicism: 0. Take that, forces of darkness! Now where did I put those two?" He hollered out. "Levyyy! Porriiim! Come serve the forces of light, why don't you!" And now, a song.

A knight rode out to slay a beast, atop his might steed
He charged his foe, whose name was this: The Grouchy Teenager's Creed
Hacking, slashing, and thrusts galore, then off with its monstrous head
Rejoice, and hale the worthy deeds of the wandering knight named Ted

[youfool]

Well, he wouldn't wanna be cursed at. Respect him and his innocent ears, you nasty witch you.

"No magic in me, eh? Not a bit? That's a relief. What gave it away?"

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[sizedoesntmatter]

Well... [You probably did jinx not just yourself but everyone else. But who knows really.]

I won't say much on the whole jinxing thing, but everything else is correct... As much as we would wish it wasn't.

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[behindthefakesmile]

You know something about alternate dimensions? Though I would call the other worlds.

[Same thing really, right.]

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[firefandance]

[Yukiko was just getting some groceries from the nearby store to take back to the inn, which she was trying to do as quickly as possible due to leaving pokemon in charge while she was out when she spotted something or someone out of the corner of her eye.

Turning her head she spun to see who or what it was only to discover someone was floating.]

Oh! Hello there.

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[schrodingersghost]

My Dad sent our house to an alternate dimension for a week when I was a kid. Several times.

[And there was an interdimensional portal to the ghost dimension in his basement. But he usually tried to avoid mentioning that.]

[skilledwithwords]

Levy was, of course, in the middle of working when she heard Ted holler out for her and Porrim. She placed the items in hand down and walked into the room with a curious glance towards the phone. She hadn't been listening in on the conversation but she assumed that Ted was up to something.

Why was he singing?

"What are you telling new people now?" She tried to sound annoyed but she couldn't help but smile when she walked over to peek into the phone.

"Hi there!"

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[behindthefakesmile]

He sent a whole house. Well... that's a first I've heard.

[Usually it was just people and Mokona is a rare except for reasons.]

Usually you just hear of people moving from one place to another. Although in this worlds case there is not a way to do the same thing to get back however.

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[adoptedalien]

[Mamoru couldn't pass this chance up when he returned to Genessia from Fayren. He was still a bit shaken up from his dark experience in Fayren, but seeing a new face in Geneesia was always a good sign, especially since it was another young boy! Granted he looked to Mamoru to be a bit older than he was, but that wasn't going to stop him for making a new friend, even if he was a bit older than him. It was a nice change of place from all the adults. Plus, he had the ability to fly just like he did. Mamoru wasted to time glowing green and transforming, showing his white fairy wings and flew next to where Danny was.]

[Mamoru showed up in front of him, floating gently wearing blue sneakers and red shorts, with a blue and gold vest over a white t-shirt and a green gem necklace around his neck.]

"Hello there! I noticed you flying here so I thought I'd fly up to greet you! Welcome to Genessia! I'm Mamoru! Mamoru Amami! It's nice to meet you, it's not every day I meet someone else who can fly." Mamoru talked to him with a sense of warmth and friendliness to his voice, as he closed his eyes and playfully laughed as he rubbed his hair. trying to push his scared, negative thoughts to the back of his mind and just pretend what happened in Fayren didn't happen.

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[tuxedo_magician]

Lady Luck is not a friend of your's, I take it?

[gammavirginis]

Porrim came in after Levy. Did she want to know? She stopped and leaned against the doorway, and pulled out her own device to see if she could read the backlog.

"Really Ted? Organ trafficking?"

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[koishi_komeiji]

Danny probably wouldn't notice how the little youkai had been tailing him from the bay, her powers keeping her mostly unnoticed. But this was a new person and he had a strange scent about him so it was worth investigating. When he finally slowed down she flew up next to him, still conserving her energy somewhat but her recent meal in Fayren helped remedy the problem. At least for now.

Immedeately she began poking his shoulder, tipping her hat up a bit so she could see him better. "Hey! Hey Mister! Can you see me now? Heeeey!"

At least she didn't tackle him out of the sky with a hug.