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[The minute Ange sees Dorothy, she makes one single, tiny, aborted gesture with one hand--points to the Inn. People aren't spending much time there yet while everyone is wandering around trying to figure out where they are, so it's the perfect place to catch up with a certain other spy.
She trusts Dorothy to have discretion.
Once they both get there, tucked away into a back corner of the second floor, Ange crosses her arms.]
Your status?
She trusts Dorothy to have discretion.
Once they both get there, tucked away into a back corner of the second floor, Ange crosses her arms.]
Your status?
Yes, that is true, but we do not have a few days to set our cover.
That much, at least, must be done immediately.
[A beat.]
We have to use our real names, unfortunately, but my cover currently is that of Ange, a scholarship student at a prestigious school. My father was killed in a factory accident and my mother left my younger brother and I when we were young.
I took to pickpocketing and lock picking to live, hence my profile.
However, now I am living an honest life so as to make my brother's dream come true.
That much, at least, must be done immediately.
[A beat.]
We have to use our real names, unfortunately, but my cover currently is that of Ange, a scholarship student at a prestigious school. My father was killed in a factory accident and my mother left my younger brother and I when we were young.
I took to pickpocketing and lock picking to live, hence my profile.
However, now I am living an honest life so as to make my brother's dream come true.
Right, should've known better...
[ Haaaa. ]
Then I'll be like... a dorm mother. A student who already graduated but remains working at the school to watch over the younger students and to earn money to provide for myself. I'd like us to establish familiarity, at least, and I obviously can't say we're both students this time.
[ Haaaa. ]
Then I'll be like... a dorm mother. A student who already graduated but remains working at the school to watch over the younger students and to earn money to provide for myself. I'd like us to establish familiarity, at least, and I obviously can't say we're both students this time.
That certainly works. It fits the exchange we had when we both arrived.
[Familiarity allows them to meet as often as they'd like without people questioning it, and gives their cover some credibility, without them immediately seeming like partners in crime.]
The rest we can figure out as we discover more about this place. This is clearly a set up for something, so it is only a matter of time before more is revealed.
[Though she hates not learning things on her own terms.]
[Familiarity allows them to meet as often as they'd like without people questioning it, and gives their cover some credibility, without them immediately seeming like partners in crime.]
The rest we can figure out as we discover more about this place. This is clearly a set up for something, so it is only a matter of time before more is revealed.
[Though she hates not learning things on her own terms.]
Nobody kidnaps an eclectic group of people and puts them in a cage for an enjoyable time.
[...]
Regardless. We shouldn't be gone too long for now. It will be better for us if we integrate ourselves with the group for now.
When would you like to meet up again? [Since, like... Dorothy is still technically the leader.]
[...]
Regardless. We shouldn't be gone too long for now. It will be better for us if we integrate ourselves with the group for now.
When would you like to meet up again? [Since, like... Dorothy is still technically the leader.]
[ Thanks, Ange. Thanks to deferring to her even slightly, it makes her feel occasionally competent. ]
Let's reconvene after we've had a chance to meet our esteemed captors. We should have more to discuss by then, to say nothing of what we might have learned from the others.
Let's reconvene after we've had a chance to meet our esteemed captors. We should have more to discuss by then, to say nothing of what we might have learned from the others.
[ All it takes is a glance, the barest flick of her fingers disguised as an idle movement to stretch them-- and they have their next meeting spot, once again tucked away in a place where no one's bothering to spend their time and where they can instantly spot if someone's approaching.
Without preamble-- ]
I feel as though we've learned quite a bit and yet not anywhere close to what I would like to know by now.
Without preamble-- ]
I feel as though we've learned quite a bit and yet not anywhere close to what I would like to know by now.
[It is such a relief to drop her klutzy cute girl persona, though she's used to wearing it.]
The situation has only grown more complicated.
There is one glaring, important hole in what we've learned.
[A beat. She shakes her head.]
We should start from the top.
The situation has only grown more complicated.
There is one glaring, important hole in what we've learned.
[A beat. She shakes her head.]
We should start from the top.
That we were brought here by some Realm, in order to gather nova, and the three we met are a part of a group of guides who sacrificed their memories in order to support us. We appear to be the only ones who can collect this nova, and we're to be sorted into factions for incentive.
... It all honestly sounds like a children's story.
... It all honestly sounds like a children's story.
It does. But we have seen stranger here. I am sure you've met the centaur and the elves. If the others here are to be believed, we are from different times, worlds and timelines as well.
Their confusion as to what the Kingdom of Albion could be faked, but for now it seems real.
[Clears her throat.]
Nova is made up of the memories of those various worlds and everything in them. It is apparently drawn to strong emotions and people, and can be either physical or metaphysical in nature. Presuming we collect it successfully, it will stabilize our worlds, our memories, and allow us to return home.
Their confusion as to what the Kingdom of Albion could be faked, but for now it seems real.
[Clears her throat.]
Nova is made up of the memories of those various worlds and everything in them. It is apparently drawn to strong emotions and people, and can be either physical or metaphysical in nature. Presuming we collect it successfully, it will stabilize our worlds, our memories, and allow us to return home.
Indeed. Large memories we will be aware of immediately, but we will have to catalogue the smaller memories as well, to be sure we are whole when we leave this place.
[Bleh. This place sucks and she wants to go home to her goals.]
One more thing--the teams.
[Bleh. This place sucks and she wants to go home to her goals.]
One more thing--the teams.
[... Okay.
Ange doesn't twitch, but she does blink.]
According to Rabbit, disrupting the rules could unravel this world's situation even more quickly.
[... Ange reaches up to tug Dorothy's hand away, but... then she holds onto it in both of hers? Weird.]
For now, we should avoid sharing our factions until we know more about the consequences of breaking that rule.
Ange doesn't twitch, but she does blink.]
According to Rabbit, disrupting the rules could unravel this world's situation even more quickly.
[... Ange reaches up to tug Dorothy's hand away, but... then she holds onto it in both of hers? Weird.]
For now, we should avoid sharing our factions until we know more about the consequences of breaking that rule.
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