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[noprophecies]

Who: you!
Broadcast: video
Action: Marsiva
When: right now tbh

[when the screen turns on, there's nothing but blackness for a few minutes, followed by a string of very angry-sounding curses. There's the sound of fumbling before a woman's face comes into frame, and she squints at the camera before her eyebrows turn down in a scowl.

Someone is not happy]

If this is supposed to be some sort of joke, then I am not laughing. Though I find it rather cute that you seem to have made your walls fire-proof.

We shall see what else your bloody ship can stand up to. Return my damn weapons.

[that's it, that's all she has to say. With a huff, she fumbles and manages to end the feed]

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[noprophecies]

You would be surprised. I am surrounded by things I do not understand, and I am certainly not going to - message? - someone every time I have a question. I will grow bored very quickly.

[but at least she realizes it. She tilts her head at the hesitation and the name, pausing herself]

Aurae Le Paulmier, but I go by Tempest. Well met, Raven.

[athru]

I suppose I'm lucky my friends were here before I came. It made things easier.

[ A pause, but - ]

Tempest. Did you pick that one?

[noprophecies]

People from your world?

[she nods and shrugs a shoulder]

I needed a new name, and that one fit my . . . attitude at the time very well. It still fits.

[athru]

Yeah. My brother and friends.

[ And boyfriend, but she's not going to tell everyone that. ]

Were you from one of the worlds that took your memories?

[noprophecies]

[who cares about that scrublord nerd]

Ah - I have been to one of those worlds, but it is something I did long before I was brought there, when I was a girl.

[but she's putting two and two together and - suddenly, she lights up curiously]

Your brother? Are you Charles' sister?

[athru]

[ Sounds about right, what a loser- ]

That seems to be a little like how it worked for the others - time passing, I mean.

[ Then she hesitates, but... ]

You know my brother?

[noprophecies]

[the biggest loser]

Mmm. It was necessary in the other place, but back home I did it to - hide who I was, more or less. It is a name that has stuck since.

[and one she still isn't ready to give up, but minor details]

Yes, from the world you mentioned; we are very good friends. [she looks genuinely pleased, all annoyance forgotten for the moment] It is a pleasure to meet you, regardless of circumstances.

[athru]

I can understand that.

[ Not that she's going to go into details. Let Tempest keep her name. Erik still used his, sometimes, it's not as if Raven can really say anything without being hypocritical. ]

I'm glad to hear it. [ Since all she had heard were horrors about the previous world. ] At least you're here and not back there.

[noprophecies]

[she uses all of her names, as much as she doesn't like it when some people use her real one. But she's as big a hypocrite as they come when it comes to names anyway]

I am quite thankful for that. [were this Kyriakos in any sense, the reaction would have been ten times more violent, and far less mild in comparison to her idle threat over the network] Not that I am pleased we are all trapped in some other prison world, of course, but I have been told that this one is nothing like that.

[athru]

No. It's not. We have some kind of freedom here.

[ She lifts a shoulder, absently. ]

We don't have to fight, and we get to stop and stretch our legs sometimes. It seems better than the alternatives.

[noprophecies]

[that seems a little too good to be true. When she'd first arrived in Kyriakos, her team as new as she was, they'd been told a terrible game had been going on right that moment - only to come out and find that everyone had found a way around it. She was naive enough to believe that things were fine, then. Until her team had died days later.

So even hearing that it from multiple people here . . . she knows better than to trust it. Even if the words are coming from the few people she trusts the most, and someone they trust as well]

I suppose I will experience that sooner or later.

[athru]

Sooner, probably. As soon as you're let off the Marsiva you'll get to go and see the planet. Just... Don't let anyone touch you right away, alright?

[noprophecies]

Ah - because of the effect, yes? The thought of strangers touching me bothers me more. I do not care about the other thing.

[athru]

Then just glare at them. I think they've started to get the idea now. [ It's been working for Raven, especially when she lets her eyes go golden. ]

[noprophecies]

That will not be a problem. I am well practiced in that. [it's how she usually gets people to leave her alone]

[athru]

You and me both. [ Raven has decided she likes this woman. ] I think you're going to get along fine.

[noprophecies]

I suppose we shall see about that. [how dangerous that is . . . for Charles and Erik]

We shall have to meet in person once I am free from this metal prison, dear.

[athru]

Of course. You can come and find me, if you want.

[ And, then - ]

The Blameless.

[noprophecies]

I would like that. That is the name of your ship?

[what is that name . . . ]

[athru]

That's right. I'm the first mate there, so you can come over anytime you like.

[noprophecies]

That is - the position below a captain, yes? Perhaps I will.

[athru]

[ Raven can't do anything but smile, trying to fight the grin that's crossing her lips. ]

That's right. Let me know when you're coming and I'll be there to meet you.

[noprophecies]

I will do so, then. Thank you, Raven.