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holo ([personal profile] holographica) wrote in [community profile] arimoi2017-02-26 11:45 pm

New World New You

-> (1)

It begins with a bang; then, disorientation, darkness, dismayed voices, and spells that weigh down your limbs like heavy shackles...

The people keeping you captive seem as unsure as you are of what just happened, and argue and mutter amongst themselves, though they don't hesitate to restrain you, chain you to a pipe in the wall of this bottom floor of an underground parking garage, or lock you alone into a smaller room of the abandoned building where the summoning was held. You seem to unnerve them; they don't want to look you in the eye, and if they have to touch you to lock you up, they do so gingerly, nervously.

But maybe, once they leave you to yourself to go and argue and regroup in private, you're not quite alone? You weren't the only person to come out of the array. You have at least one companion in your confusion, one person restrained like you and not wearing the cultists' strange masks. Take comfort, take inventory, and prepare for anything.


-> (2)

The Joyous were prepared for you to attempt escape. Their preparations don't quite match what they got, but even poorly calibrated spells will do something, and the effects of knockout darts and magically reinforced walls don't discriminate. It's time to blow this popsicle stand...

...But you may want to take a moment to comb the area - once the Joyous have had enough time and reason to weigh their options, they'll run, leaving behind the incriminating results of their "botched" summoning. Those less able to escape confinement under their own power may need a hand, or to band together, or, at worst, to wait quite a while for locals to stumble across them...


-> (3)

You step outside into an unfamiliar town; small, sparse, just off a major highway running through the Neloi Flats. A perfect place for a cult looking for an unoccupied building, because there are a lot of those here, as though the town's peak has come and gone, leaving behind rusty signs for roadside attractions and a main street retinue of shops made of sheer stubbornness and spite.

There's not much direction here. There are locals, who will be confused by you, possibly wary and disbelieving. There's a temple, small like the village but likely to have charity you need right now. There's a highway, and following it in either direction will take you to one of two very different cities.

There's a whole country of possibilities before you, in fact. What ones will you chase, and will you do it alone?



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planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (small quirk of the lips)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[And he's sufficiently aware of the callout, if the wry smile means anything. Shame on you, Yuusei.]

I like to think I've learned from that experience, at least.
soft_focus: (O_O)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Phew, well that's good.] ...Learning is important. ...Even if we aren't there, it means we can do stuff here, right?
planetary_bonds: (Almost a smile. Not quite.)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
That's how it is. We all have to do what we can, ah?
soft_focus: (-bites lip-)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Mmnnh. [Right.

Reira rubs her arm absently, looking up and over the table. ...She should probably find somewhere to go from here, before this place closes...
]
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (side eying you so hard rn)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Yuusei watches the girl rub her draconic arm without thinking. After all the trouble she went to hide it...it must be causing her trouble now, right? Hm.]

...Hm. You just want to keep that covered up for now, right?

[What are you thinking, Yuusei.]
soft_focus: (-bites lip-)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
Um... [Well.] ...It's not a normal arm. ...People get nervous about it, I noticed....
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (gettin' real tired of your bullshit)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
I can see that.

[yuusei, pls.

Anyways, he seems to be...taking off one of his gloves? Huh.]
soft_focus: (Hair01)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Mnh..?

[....Your glove, Yuusei? Now what's that about.]
planetary_bonds: (a controlled anger)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He seems to be mentally comparing the size-considering he's almost a decade older than her, and the glove itself already reaches up to his forearm...it should be able to cover up her arm even with its...scaliness.]

Try this on.
soft_focus: (extra 23)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
...Your glove..? [she repeats, taking it all the same. Even like this, her arm is still much smaller than his. The glove slides on, and thanks to the hard leather, covers it easily. Yet, it fits snugly all the same-there is a considerable amount of scale coverage around that arm after all.] ....Ah... [...And she can't help but smile at how effective it is.]

T...Thank you..!
planetary_bonds: (Almost a smile. Not quite.)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[You get a gentle smile back.]

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the most effective ones.
soft_focus: (-bites lip-)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Indeed they are. She's a little embarrassed, but..] Mnh...I couldn't find anything earlier... [To be fair, this is the first she's gotten anything of use for the matter.]
planetary_bonds: (a controlled anger)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
You'd just arrived here, I assume. I don't think you'd have much of a chance to find something, regardless.

[And who knows if the panic would have allowed you to think about the matter clearly, anyway!]
soft_focus: (-bites lip-)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
[....nnnnope. A headshake.] ...I got my duel disk and cards back... ...and I found some food at a temple... [Reira you naughty child-]
planetary_bonds: (Almost a smile. Not quite.)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
This place, huh?

[Wry smile.]

You do what you need to survive. That's the first important thing, really.

[And that's the Satellite man talking.]

This temple, I wonder? I hear they do charity, or something. I overheard some of the locals discussing arrangements in here earlier.
soft_focus: (Hair01)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh.] ...So it wasn't stealing?

[She's gonna say it's stealing anyway.]
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (small quirk of the lips)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
They were likely going to give them to you anyway. Call it...speeding up the process.

[Yeah, it's stealing. They won't care, though. Yuusei certainly doesn't.]
soft_focus: (:D)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Mn...Right!

[Even Zarc is frowning at you Yuusei, but at least it's not giving Reira any added pain.]
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (gettin' real tired of your bullshit)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Fuck you, Zarc, you don't get to talk to Yuusei about morals.]

Aah. From what I hear, the offerings are given to charity, and they put up room and board for short stays. I was considering staying here for a short while until I figured more about this place, or a way back home.
soft_focus: (............no? D:)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[...Tempting.] ...So I could sleep there too?

[VRRY TEMPTING....she's camping.]
planetary_bonds: (polished by me) (small quirk of the lips)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. I don't think they'll turn down a child with nowhere to go, if they're allowing me to stay.
soft_focus: (extra 08)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Reira, being Reira, doesn't quite catch the point of that.] ...Why would they let you in less..?
planetary_bonds: (Almost a smile. Not quite.)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
...Mm, sorry. A bit of a holdover from back home. I'm...not the most popular sort.

[His mouth twitches somewhat. It's hard to tell if he's amused or hurt remembering it. Maybe a little bit of both.]

Let's just say they'd let you in before myself.
soft_focus: (oAo)

[personal profile] soft_focus 2017-03-02 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
...But why though?

[He has a marker like what Crow has but... ....well those look more cool than anything.]
planetary_bonds: (Deep in thought)

[personal profile] planetary_bonds 2017-03-02 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[You don't know what those markers mean though, do you.]

Hm. A child naturally garners more attention than an adult with a plea for aid. A strange adult who looks entirely unfamiliar would obviously garner more suspicion.

[That's true, but...]

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