second labyrinth

[lord_wizard]

Who: Felix Harrowgate
Broadcast: Starstruck crew & Fleetwide
Action: Mor, outside Dorian's villa
When: pre-dragon mob

[Video to the Starstruck crew]

I realize we've gotten one or two new people in the last month. I regret that I've not had the chance to meet you, but I've decided to remain on the planet for the time being. Nothing against any of you, of course, but I'd prefer better accommodations.

On that point, I understand we are given the opportunity to improve our ships and I think we could all benefit from improved sleeping quarters. The more of us request it the more quickly things will improve.

If you'd be so kind as to take care of that right away...

[later that day - action and fleetwide audio broadcast]

[It had hit him like a wave that made him stomach roll in near nausea. One moment everything had been fine, and then it was there like a thunderstorm. It wasn't quite like any magic he'd ever felt, but the flavor had been unmistakably noirant.

He left the villa and walked a few paces to stare out at the trees with an expression of unease. If he didn't know any better, he'd have called that sudden feeling of mikkary, but a forest couldn't gain the effect of centuries of violence and misery in the matter of seconds. Could it?

When he can breathe properly again, he fumbles with the communicator. The reception is full of static]

Did anyone on the planet feel that just now? There was an immense release of energy I might best term as 'dark' from the direction of the woods. I'm quite certain of it.

[He's not about to go charging into investigate, but years in the castle have taught him it's best to be on his guard. Likewise, he may not have the same attachment to the fleet, but he can't let the rest of them go un-warned of any potential danger.]

Things may not remain quite so calm down here. I should have known...

Comments

[normallycharmed]

Because the place I was at before decided it was fun to make everyone amnesiacs.

[ not quite accurate, but you know ]

[lord_wizard]

[Details. Yeah.]

...I see. I was going to guess it had something to do with coming from somewhere else, though the forgetting part of the equation usually comes after and not before.

[He blinks, uncertain, and then brushes it off in favor of another smile]

Maybe we can try again, before I make any more assumptions. I am Felix Harrowgate. And you are?

[normallycharmed]

You too, huh? Nah, we had the chance to regain them playing 'games'. Don't ask it's as ridiculous as it sounds.

[ At least they're trying which is good and not making assumptions is helpful. Can't deal with all this usual thing. ]

I was going by Peregrine. [ A shrug. ] But I was told my name was Piper when I got here, so it doesn't matter.

[lord_wizard]

Piper...[he trails off as the word brings with it the memory of Phoebe contacting him about the arrival of one of her sisters]

At the risk of making few more assumptions, do you perchance have two sisters?

[normallycharmed]

...Three, actually.

[ But she never sees more than two of them together and she has a sinking suspicion as to why. But she doesn't think about it because it means accepting what happened to Prue. ]

But you're not the first to say it like that. Know Cole or Chris, do you?

[lord_wizard]

I met Cole one or twice in the same place I met the others, yes, though I wouldn't say we're acquainted here. I'm not sure about a Chris, however.

[normallycharmed]

[ She was going to answer that last part but pauses, scowling. ]

--What place?

[lord_wizard]

[Wow why the scowling? He raises a brow again, though just slightly over his still-present smile]

It was called Paradisa. Another entity with a penchant for kidnapping people from different universes.

[normallycharmed]

[ Because she doesn't like knowing things or mysterious situations, alas. ]

Ah. The place where you forget along the way...?

[lord_wizard]

[He raises his hands in an apologetic shrug]

Actually, I remember most of my time there. There are some, like yourself, who spent some time in the castle but didn't recall it at all. Whatever I forgot seems to have happened in the transition, which is why I can't seem to recall much about you.