video / in-person

[after_the_storm]

[VIDEO]

[ The young woman is caught somewhere between worried and... bravery, honestly. While her face is tensed with realization of the gravity of the situation, this is clearly nowhere near too much for her to handle. It's after a deep breath, she begins to speak in a steady tone: ]

So... I'm assuming I'm not the first person to ever be brought here, from the looks of what the Welcoming Committee gave me. [ There's just a hint of sass at the latter part of that sentence, but she quickly reels it in. ] Anyway, I won't go into too many details over this thing.

I guess I'm just hoping somebody out there will see this, who would maybe be willing to answer a few questions. [ A twinge of sheepishness: ] Or... a lot of questions.

[IN-PERSON]
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She's determined to stay as calm as possible and keep her wits about her as she looks around. She has to stay sharp and figure out how to get back home, after all. No way is she going to stick around just because they were kind enough to leave her a phone, gald -- er... red bills? -- ...stuff to buy things with, and some... necklace that has to be kept on her at all times. That doesn't mean she's immediately going to be okay with having been kidnapped.

Talcott... she wonders if he was also brought here; honestly, Iris is not sure which she'd rather.

It's several hours after waking up in that place, she realizes she's absolutely starving. It's around this time she can be found scoping out any restaurants closest to those caverns; she's not being picky, more than she's considering just how safe the food will be around here. She hasn't exactly grown to trust anyone, so far, so... yeah. She might be hungry, but she's not to that level of desperation just yet. Finally, she's going to sit on a bench and peer down at her phone for a good... thirty minutes. She's not using it -- just staring at it with an unreadable expression for the time being.

More hours pass...

Iris can eventually be found walking around more. By this point, she's eaten. The fact that she doesn't feel weird, hasn't turned into a frog, doesn't seem to be poisoned... Well, those are all positive signs, clearly. Now, to just figure out where she's supposed to be sleeping, since the benches are great for sitting, but don't seem like they'd make very comfortable beds.