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.

[video]

[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. ]}

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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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[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?

[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?

[pompous_today]

I... have never heard of such a place.

[peacockherald]

_{[ Some part of his heart withered at those words. It was not that this occurrence had not happened before, but it did not make his confusion clearer, nor make it easier to accept that Valdemar still remained far beyond his reach. ]}

I see.

Then I suppose I should properly introduce myself. I am Vanyel Ashkevron, Herald Mage of 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?

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[radiantwingedone]

[ ... He said the wrong thing didn't he- ]

They're ships, but there isn't a deck like with the ones in the water. ... Because we're off of any world.

I am currently on a different ship, unfortunately. Every saturday, those who wake up where you are move to smaller ships, and assuming nothing changes [ Which.. is a very unlikely assumption, given how used to annoying changes those from Paradisa had gotten- ] we should be able to meet then.

[pompous_today]

[Simon smiled, his tone apologtic.]

I am sorry for any confusion, Vanyel. If we were acquainted before, I would like to get to know you again.

[peacockherald]

And I would like to know you again as well, Simon.

_{[ There's a bit of sadness to his tone, but it is pushed away. There was nothing to do for it, and he could hardly blame Simon for something not his fault. ]}

I hope it does not reflect to poorly on me if I ask your aid in explaining why I am here? What this place is?

[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.

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[peacockherald]

Off any world? I do not understand.

_{[ Space travel? What was that? Ships he understood, but not as Duke described them. It made his head ache all the more, the mage pressing fingers to his temples, massaging. ]}

Is there a guarantee I shall be placed upon your ship?

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[radiantwingedone]

... Find a window.

[ He's sorry, that's the most he can think of to help with. ]

No. However, all .. the non-Marsiva ships are currently docked at the same place. So, when you are placed on one, we can meet in person regardless.

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[peacockherald]

I suppose the door is not locked?

_{[ He pushed up from the bed finally, smoothing out his jerkin and his trousers, ever the peacock however unconsciously. ]}

Good, I am glad. I... I am sorry Duke. I did not mean for this to happen I took you through my door.

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[radiantwingedone]

You'll be able to find a kitchen and windows, at least. Although the food is... of very interesting texture. [ Barely edible if you're going for texture.

Duke gives an awkward smile. ]

I would be insane if I thought you did mean for this to happen. If it is any consolation, there are a few others from the castle here. Perhaps this.. Atroma, was merely opertunistic when it came to claiming people. [ ... Honestly, so far, this place was much better. Getting shot at and all. ]

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[peacockherald]

I am sure I have eaten worse in my years.

_{[ He makes for the door, considering it for a moment before finding the way to open it, peering cautiously into the hall.}

But Duke's words bolster his heart, even if his posture does not fully relax. ]

Which others? Is Atroma this world's version of the Castle, stealing us all away?

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[radiantwingedone]

It may depend on what you mix.

Ahhh... Crowley, Ino, Allen... Alex, Tsuna, Felix. At least, that's who Crowley listed. [ Well, Crowley didn't mention Felix. Felix talked to Duke on his own- ]

Aside from so rudely interrupting plans, this whole space and ship thing is much better than the castle.

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[peacockherald]

_{[ He knew many of those names, some well, some not. The one that stood out the most was Felix, a fellow mage, somehow he had leaned heavily on not that long ago with the sudden disappearance of his beloved. ]}

Felix is here as well? Ah, it seems that our former residence was a popular drawing point then.

Does it not play tricks on us?

_{[ He's walking down the hall now, curious and cautious still, eyes perhaps a little wide. ]}

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[radiantwingedone]

[ An agreeing hum. ]

As far as I have been here, no. Asking someone else would probably be better.

[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.