faithfulflame | First Prayer: Enter: Sailor Mars! [Action/Accidental Voice]

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First Prayer: Enter: Sailor Mars! [Action/Accidental Voice]

[In the early afternoon, people paying attention to the journal may or may not take note of a familiar scene playing out in the woods on the edge of town. An open voice-feed, clearly unintentional of an extremely confused looking girl who's definitely just arrived, and from the sounds of it is not where she expected to be...]

Uuuuaaaah? W...what sort of illusion is this?!

[An actual scream!] KYYYYAAAAA!!!!!

W..hat?! WHAT?! N...o..., its gone! But...I was just...WHAT?! Where is it?! I've got to get back...from...here and...go help the others! But first...my pen...I've got to find it? And...whats this...thing? A book?

[The feed closes with the sound of footsteps coming near, but a misplaced finger adds a photograph to the broadcast.

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From what I understand? They look like we do. Human. And to be honest that makes them far more terrifying.

That does. Truly they must be something much more alien, and merely take the guise of humanity. To toy with emotions, and...defy fate...that is something beyond.

[She's mumbling a bit by the end, unsure of herself...]

You would be surprised by the full extent of what some humans can, have, and might do if they think it would be to their benefit. As far as I am concerned that is what they are, and it makes them infinitely more dangerous for it.

I...agree.

[She's starting to calm down, the older woman making a surprising amount of sense]

I...I'm Rei. Rei Hino. Who...are you?

Doctor Adele LeBlanc. I wish we had met under better circumstances Mademoiselle Rei.

Oh! You're a doctor! Thats good. Maybe...you can tell me why my back hurts so much, and what I can do to fix it?

You have not yet... [This would not help keep her calm at all.]

Rei, please try to remain calm as I explain this to you. Every new villager receives three things from the Malnosso. One is the journal, through which we communicate. One is a tattoo of a barcode on the nape of your neck. The last? Wings. Small, vestigial wings.

[Quietly, she listens. trying to keep herself under control. It wouldn't do to freak out again. She NEARLY loses it when she hears about the tattoo, and her face breaks at the mention of wings.

EEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?! W...WINGS?!

[She feels around...her hands brushing against the tender feathered surface, causing her to wince]

I...guess that would explain why my back hurts...

[Adele waits, wary, thinking over what she had just said. Perhaps she could have spoken slower? She is almost about to ask Rei if she is still present when that sound. Of utter incredulity and surprise.]

They are vital to our health, here. Losing feathers means illness, losing one wing is dire. Lose both? You die. After today they will not be quite so sensitive.

Um...O...okay. I'll be careful then.

[If this hadn't come from a doctor, she might have freaked out much worse. She's trying to center herself again, too]

I, yea. Sorry. This is a bit much to absorb.

You are taking this with much more grace than I upon my arrival. But here? You will have time enough to accept everything as it comes.

It doesn't look like I have much choice but to accept it, so, why freak out about it?

Is there any reason I should be as dizzy as I am? Something the enemy did?

There is a consistent disorientation most newcomers experience. I do not know if it is the shift that brings you here, the wings, or exposure to the elements that causes it- [Of course now she thinks about the weather. And Rei out on her own in nothing more than the New Feather dress. Merde.]

Can you see any significant landmarks?

Yea, there's a big building with a gigantic pirate flag on top? Is that...important?

A...pirate flag? [Adele frowns and takes a moment to flip through the journal, searching for and finding mention of it, and where.] Community house 3. One of the apartment style living accommodations available in the village.

Ohhhkay. Then I'm near there.

[Pirate flag...? Weird]

If you give me a moment I can bring you more weather appropriate clothing and explain more about this place.

Of course. It is a little bit chilly. Thank you.

I will be there shortly.

[Her journal thuds closed and Adele pulls on her coat (again) and her scarf, (again), to walk out to community house three. She cannot help but wonder if this will be a regular occurrence, snorts at herself for the thought, and offers Rei a wave once she's in view. So very many young people in the village already, and more still arriving. It's starting to unnerve her, just a little.]

Mademoiselle Rei?

[Rei can't help that she's young...but she can help by not being the stereotypical youngster trapped here!]

Yes. Doctor Leblanc, I presume?

[She will bow politely, elegantly bending like a reed in the wind, smiling gratefully for the help]

I appreciate your assistance.

I am at that.

[She offers Rei the overlarge coat she'd found earlier in the week and set aside with the rest of her New Feather greeting goodie bag. Shoes, blouses, slacks, most often oversized because it is easy enough to wear something too big. Something too small? It is much more difficult.

The bow is returned with an abbreviated nod and curious look around the clearing.]

So you were not one of the more fortunate New Feathers that arrived with their clothing folded next to them? Those seem to be rare.

No, I wasn't. I did find my pen, but none of my clothes.

[She'll toss on the big coat, looking rather awkward as it practically is large enough to eat her. Rei is rather small, even for a Japanese girl]

Thank you. I feel warmer already. Please, lead the way out of here, I'm not sure where I'm going at all.

Your...pen? [Adele quirks a brow but nods for Rei to follow, leading her back down the path that would lead to the plaza.]

There is a map in the back of your journal, as well as a guide that explains most of the relevant details to living here. It covers the village, what has happened in the past, the barrier, how your stay here effects the world you've come from, everything.

My pen. [Her voice regarding it is almost...too possessive? Its VERY important to her. But she'll follow Adele, stumbling a bit here and there, but nothing too bad. However, something does seriously ping off her when Adele mentions her world]

How...does my being here affect my home? I was in the middle of something very important, and...my friend was counting on me.

[Adele lifts a shoulder and drops the issue. She was in no position to argue about possessions and the need to keep them close in this place.]

For the duration of your stay time is more or less frozen as far as you are concerned. Whenever you return, you return to the moment from which you were taken.

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