first poem

[bloodbiter]

Who: adelina and you!
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: marsiva
When: now

[video & action]

[there's a figure clad in armor slowly stirring on one of the cots in the marsiva. it takes a few moments for her to come to, but when she does, there's a flurry of activity. she reaches for her sword instinctively - but it's gone. she looks around the room quickly, noting how unfamiliar and strange everything looks.

she refuses to lose her calm, though, and so she's heading into the rest of the ship to (hopefully) find some answers after inspecting the place she awoke in. her growing agitation is obvious in the way she moves, though her steps are still graceful and elegant despite the heavy armor. she's not going to panic, but not knowing what's happening or how she might fix it is frustrating. as such, she raises a hand in greeting to the first person she comes across on the marsiva. despite her mounting anger, her voice is polite and pleasant.]

You there. Might I request your help?

[video]

[later, she's trying to puzzle out the strange device that is the communicator. this means you're getting an extreme close-up of her face as she looks at it, though the view is rapidly swiveling around as she turns it over, then around, then sideways. what a good introduction.]

How peculiar. I wonder how we're meant to-

[the broadcast ends abruptly, only to resume a few moments later. someone's pushing buttons despite having no idea what they do while muttering aloud to herself.]

—different from anything I've encountered before. I wonder if it's a sorcerer's invention, or perhaps some kind of—

[there she goes again. someone might want to help her out.]

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[experiencepoints]

[Well, spotting a familiar face is enough to get Nightingale to freak out. Even if it's a face she's only spoken to a couple times, her team liked her, so...]

Lace? Is that you?

video

[bloodbiter]

[a pause. she has the screen facing down at the floor, so she can't see nightingale's face; as such, she's looking around for who made the noise.]

Who's there?

video

[experiencepoints]

[... sigh, this would be so much easier if Nightingale knew much about her at all.]

Do you see the weird device my voice is coming from?

video

[bloodbiter]

[she looks down at the communicator, but this really only serves to confuse her more.]

...You can speak?

video

[experiencepoints]

[this time there's a definite, audible sigh.]

Pick up the device.

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[droprate]

Step 1: stop turning it around like that.

[ Is there even a step two? ]

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[bloodbiter]

[it keeps moving around for a few moments, until she happens to turn it so she can see that message. it's still very close to her face, but her expression is one of surprise and confusion.]

You can communicate with me? Can you tell me why I'm here?

video

[bloodbiter]

[she turns it over again, and - oh.]

Are you trapped in there?

[she's medieval, this is hard.]

[experiencepoints]

Lace, shouldn't you know what a phone is by now?!

[that probably doesn't help, huh]

[bloodbiter]

[another confused pause.]

I apologize, but... Have we met before?

[depending on how perceptive she is, she might notice that she seems a bit older than the girl nightingale is referring to.]

video;

[theshabbiestofmen]

Not a sorcerer's invention, speaking as one.

[He offers her a smile, tired but amused.]

Simply a work of advanced science. My name is Remus Lupin; have you figured more of it out yet? It's a little intuitive, but the technology isn't so far from where I'm from, so perhaps not.

[experiencepoints]

... Oh. Damn it.

[She can't tell over the video feed, honestly, but it doesn't matter that much- She's met Vash, and a couple of others from the castle who don't recognize her at all.]

Nightingale, from Takshaka... If that means anything to you?

video;

[bloodbiter]

[she happens to have the screen facing her when he responds, and the sudden presence of his face makes her eyes widen - but he isn't the first to speak to her, so at least she doesn't think he's trapped in there through some strange magic.]

Remus? It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Adelina.

[and now on to the more important part of what he's said.]

It's very different from anything I've encountered. Still, I've at least uncovered how to use it to speak to people, which I imagine will be very useful.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Very much so. Not just for general usefulness, but-- well, everyone's from different worlds and times. I don't think I've learned so much since I first began school.

[bloodbiter]

Strange... I can't recall any town within the kingdom called Takshaka, though I've been thoroughly instructed in the geography of our land. Is it a very small village?

[experiencepoints]

[sorry, Lace, all that you can get out of her from that is just a simple:]

Ffffffffuck.

[bloodbiter]

I see...

[she finds it hard to wrap her head around, honestly, but it's hardly the most important question on her mind.]

As you might expect, there are several things I'm curious about. If you have a few moments to spare, I would appreciate your assistance.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Absolutely. I've been here around three months, so I'm not entirely versed in everything-- but if there's anything I can help you with, I'd be delighted.

[bloodbiter]

[it's probably a good thing she isn't familiar with that word.]

What's amiss?

[besides, well, the obvious.]

[bloodbiter]

I suppose the most important question is where we are, precisely.

[theshabbiestofmen]

Well. That's a bit . . . confusing, honestly.

[He settles down onto his bed, sitting with his legs crossed under him.]

Right now, you're on the main ship, the Marsiva. Around it, lots of smaller ships float around. We're in space-- do you have that where you're from? [No, he assumes from her armor, but one never knows.] Where that is is a bit trickier-- nowhere near home, I think. I can't find any charts that mention my planet, nor anything I recognize.

So: in relation to me, I can tell you. I'm on the Paisley, and if you peer out a window you might see it-- one of the little ships I mentioned. But in relation to where you're from . . . that's a far trickier question, and one no one quite knows yet.

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[droprate]

[ Oh, finally. They were starting to feel sick from all the moving. ]

You're here as entertainment. Aren't you lucky?

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[bloodbiter]

I'm afraid I don't understand. Would you be willing to elaborate?

[experiencepoints]

A very long story that I don't like telling sober.

[bloodbiter]

In space? I'm not certain what you mean, so I assume we do not have it.

[she struggles to understand that, too, and it brings forth a multitude of other questions. one stands out as more important than others, however.]

...If we don't know where we are, precisely, how are we meant to return home?