video | wrong turn at albuquerque

[peacockherald]

Who: Vanyel Ashkevron & Anyone
Broadcast: Video, Fleet Wide
Action: SS Marsiva
When: After waking up & the week of April 12–18

<sub>[ Vanyel comes awake slowly, head pounding, feeling like he had just spent a week recovering from magic sickness, though at least he didn't feel the need to vomit. Blinking, he looks around the room, sitting up gingerly, clearly cautious. Looking down at himself, he's not surprised to see his Whites (which to anyone else would look medieval, a period costume), perfect and pristine, boots sitting at the end of the bed, polished within an inch of their life.

Over a series of long moments, those watching can see the realization dawn on his face that whatever he had been expecting, it was not this. Not the metal walls, or the sheets that covered him. Eyes dart around, trying to make sense of it all, lips set in a hard line. Vanyel suddenly stops, eyes glazing as if far away, his already pale skin paling further, hands shaking some in his lap, head hanging and his dark hair falling forward to shield his face. It takes several long moments for him to come out what could only be shock.

He swung his feet over the edge, reaching for his boots, tugging them on before standing. Clearly he has no idea his every move is being broadcasted. He sat there, rubbing his hands against his thighs. ]</sub>

It was to much to hope for, I suppose...

_{[ Another pause, gathering thoughts. ]}

If anyone is there, my name is Vanyel Ashkevron.

_{[ Now why would he do that? Perhaps this has happened before? Or maybe he expects guards outside the door. Anything was truly possible. ]}

And I would very much like to know where I am.

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[dirth]

Greetings, Vanyel.

[ A soft smile is what she is given from this particular man. ]

You appear to be on board the SS Marsiva. Welcome.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ Seeing someone's face like that, it is strange, but thankfully his time at the Castle had prepared him for dealing with such oddities. It made it easy to accept, even if he did not understand this strange magic. A scrying of some sort, perhaps.}

He nodded to the woman in the screen, brushing the single streak of silver in his hair behind his ear. ]

Greetings. And thank you for the welcome, though I have no recollection of how I arrived.

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[dirth]

[ Solas himself still wasn't entirely sure how to handle this place's oddities, but at least he is trying. A shake of his head and a small smile and that's the best he can manage. ]

Not many do, I'm afraid, though you seem to have had an easier time than some.

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[peacockherald]

Suffice to say this is not the first time I have stepped through a doorway and not ended up where I expected.

_{[ There's a small sigh on his end, the kind that comes when you know there is little to do but accept things and go with the flow. ]}

Now the real question is what exactly we have all been taken for.

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[dirth]

We have some things in common, then.

[ Which is interesting, and Solas is... Curious. But he holds his tongue for now. ]

Entertainment. There are people watching us and judging how interesting we are.

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[pompous_today]

On board a ship called the Marsiva. Welcome to the Drift Fleet.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ Seeing a video is a small shock, though he had been introduced to the concept of moving pictures before now. Just not quite like this. But Paradisa had seen him through far stranger things, so it was easy to accept.}

What was far more surprising was the man's face. A face he knew. ]

Simon! You - is there where you went?

_{[ It had been a long while since he had seen that face, but the man had been a companion, and he did not forget those faces quite so easily. ]}

[pompous_today]

[That... simply gets a surprised look in reply, that turns to suspicion which Simon quickly schools into neutrality.]

I'm... sorry- do I know you?

[peacockherald]

_{[ Brows draw together slightly, dark eyes searching Simon's face for some sign of recognition. ]}

It is I, Vanyel. We met at Cair Paradisa. Do you not remember?

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[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke doesn't open video on his end up for a bit, trying to tell what that "too much to hope for" is about. He doesn't quite remember how Vanyel arrived in the castle....

So a guess. ]

Perhaps it was.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ Shock and sadness cross his face in equal measures when he sees Duke on the other end of the feed. He remembered taking his hand as they had stepped towards the door, promising him a good life, a better life. And yet he was here, and he felt guilt for being glad to see his face. ]}

Duke... Duke where are we? Why are we not in Valdemar?

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[radiantwingedone]

[ There is a faint bit of relief to his voice when he speaks again, even if there is an awkward, sort of bitter, thin smile at Vanyel's reaction to seeing him. ]

Part of some sort of fleet - only the ships are enclosed metal things. You.. ought to be on the Marsiva, although I am on the Pathstone now.

[ A proper grimace. ]

This place pulls people like the castle did.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ A stone sank in his gut, large and heavy, making it hard to breathe for a moment. Any hope he had sheltered died, and it was one of the more painful feelings he'd experienced in his life. ]}

Enclosed metal things?

Are you close? Might I see you?

[forcemageure]

Maker, I don't know what these people are telling you. Must be some sort of initiation ritual prank.

Actually you've won a fabulous vacation! You're just in the anteroom. Wait there until they call your number.

[peacockherald]

_{[ There's a snort from Vanyel, almost a laugh however coarse, though his mother had trained him to well to make the sound rude. ]}

Were that your words as true as you would have me believe. I would much prefer them over the reality.

[forcemageure]

[ Unlike the ...polite snorts of most people, yes. ]

Oh, I don't know. Many fewer people have tried to stab me in space than on land. What's a vacation if not fewer stabbings?

[peacockherald]

_{[ It was very polite, really. ]}

Dare I ask what encouraged so many people to want to stab you on land?

_{[ Because that was quite the admission upon first meeting someone. There's definitely a dark brow rising up in question. ]}

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[lord_wizard]

[Even though he wasn't the first one here, technically, Felix still feels that sudden pang of guilt at seeing yet another familiar face. It brings with is a flutter of various other emotions and he lets out a breath before answering]

Would you like my welcome or my condolences?

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[peacockherald]

_{[ He knew that voice, that face, the bi-colored eyes and the flash of red hair. Sorrow sprung up, having hoped that he might have escaped this new prison, gone home as they had been promised. Behind it flowed in relief, though. Familiar face. A friend. He was glad for the sight, and felt guilty for it. ]}

Gods, it is good to hear your voice, my friend. I wonder if I should not offer you the latter.

_{[ The soft sound he made might have been a laugh, but it was so rough it was hard to tell. ]}

[lord_wizard]

[He dropped his gaze and smiled]

It seems I haven't earned my way back quite yet.

[peacockherald]

Nor I, it seems. But I cannot say I am sorry for the chance for more time in your company. Well, almost your company. What is this strange device?

_{[ He tapped the screen curiously. ]}

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[onlyanapple]

Vanyel?

Huh, seems the Fleet's decided to go back to adopting poor Castle refugees again. How about that.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ There's a mingling of relief and sadness seeing another old friend. By now the relief was outweighing the sadness. ]}

So it would seem.

It is good to see you again, Crowley. Though I wish under less strange circumstances.

_{[ He gives him a soft smile, tucking that silver hair behind his ear again. ]}

Dare I even ask how long you have been here?

[onlyanapple]

It's always good to see me.

Uhhh, six months? Yeah, something like that.

[peacockherald]

_{[ A small laugh. At least the demon had not changed over much. Small comfort. ]}

I shall not argue you that.

Less than I might have thought. This place - it is like the Cair Paradisa?