1st Problem; Dictated

[knock_knock]

[Walking around a corner and finding themselves in a rather posh-looking bedroom in the middle of what looks to be a castle, Wyoming smells a trap- and probably someone using a teleporter as well as far as he's aware. Neither he nor his onboard passenger have noticed the open journal yet.

If it's a trap, maybe he can get whoever set it up to talk. ]

Well this is certainly new. I can't say I remember anything like this near the area I'd been residing in, but lets cut to the chase.

We have important business to attend to, and I would appreciate if someone would tell me where I am. It's quite urgent, you see. Not something I can just walk away from right now.

WE CAN COME BACK LATER IF WE NEED TO.
[A much more robotic voice adds the last bit. For some, it might even sound similar to a voice they've heard before.

He doesn't mean it, as should be slightly obvious. Neither Gary nor Wyoming trust whoever it is that brought them here, and the AI wouldn't tell the truth even if he did. Deceit is more fun anyways.]

[OOC:Open as you want it. Also I have a permissions post for Gary's text up here. Tell me what you prefer. ]

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[cheerupemoborg]

You're in Paradisa.

[Just listen to that enthusiasm.]

[knock_knock]

[Ok, names are good to start with. Its an odd name, but then again he was taken from Zanzibar while en route to Blood Gulch. He's heard weirder.

What Wyoming's really surprised about though, is that whoever set up the trap is answering questions so readily. Albeit enthusiastically. Because he's still assuming this is a trap. Interesting how there are no visible speakers or anything though. Where's that coming from...]
Afraid I've never heard of such a place, old chap. Would you mind describing our location using some slightly more general terms?

Dictated

[noblefive]

Newbies, huh? Welcome to Paradisa.

Sorry, you've come at a bit of a bad time. People are on high alert here at the moment.

Dictated

[knock_knock]

[Ok, this is the most poorly co-ordinated trap he's ever seen. Apparently they're perfectly fine telling someone they've brought here that they're under high alert? That's just plain sloppy.]

I'm so terribly sorry to be an inconvenience [no hes not] but as far as I'm aware I definitely never made a conscious effort to come here, so if you wouldnt mind pointing out where the teleporter back is located that would be truly excellent, mate.

[Of course Gary is going to pick a very different part of that to focus on like the silly ball of coding he is.]
WHO ARE YOU CALLING NEWBIES, SHISNO?

Dictated

[noblefive]

No way back. The castle takes--

[Wait, what?]

Did he just call me a Shisno?

Dictated

[knock_knock]

What do you mean no way back?

[And now he's frowning at Gary because this is really not the time to go around insulting people he cannot see and/or shoot and/or interrogate. Great job Gary...]

No, I'm sure he called you something entirely different. Now if you could please continue what you were saying a moment earlier I would be much obliged. Something about a castle, I believe?

Re: Dictated

[noblefive]

The castle. Paradisa. It's some sort of advanced AI or magic or something. We don't know, but it creates a seperate multiverse around itself, drags people from different universes into it.

Wyoming

[youfallback]

[She definitely recognizes Wyoming's voice right off the bat, but the other voice throws her for a loop. That might be his AI, if she's remembering properly from what Wash has told her. The real question is if he's before or after killing York, but until she figures that out, she needs to act natural.]

Wyoming. You're in a magical castle known as Cair Paradisa; we're not allowed to leave.

What are filters? They've only just found the journal, after all. Too busy checking for cameras.

[knock_knock]

[That's a voice that makes him stop for a long moment and blink. That really isn't possible. Or shouldn't be. Also it isn't helping the whole "its a trap" feeling.

Still- she said "we". No need to go with hostility yet.

Then again she also said "magic". Are they in an Asylum? That could explain a lot considering others had said the same.]

Well, well. That's a voice I hadn't thought I would hear again.

And why wouldn't we be allowed to leave?

Dictated

[knock_knock]

[If it weren't for his own Time Distortion Unit he'd say something along that lines of "this doesn't seem physically possible". As it is, he's more focused on that part with the AI. It could definitely still be a trap. Totally line-facing at the word "magic", though.]

I see.

I don't suppose there's a way to communicate with it, is there?
[He's totally wondering if he can talk the magic castle into letting them leave.]

Dictated

[noblefive]

Talk through the journals. Should be one nearby, follow my voice.

No guarantee the castle'll respond. And it sure as hell won't let you out.

Dictated

[knock_knock]

You mean the book.
[They'd found it after following the voices attempting to find a speaker of some kind, and noticed it writing things down. He is definitely trying to see if there's a mini-speaker inside of it.]
How the devil is it working...

[Turning it over to look at the cover, hoping for more information. Except now he sees the writing on the cover. Well then.]
Were we expected?

Dictated

[noblefive]

Likely. The way the castle works... We've got no idea. No-one's seen anything like it, despite us all being from different universes.

[i_got_this]

Oh hey, you. Welcome to Castle Wonderfuck. Who's the other guy?

Dictated

[knock_knock]

If this is a different Universe, you wouldn't mind if I asked where you're from would you, mate?

Dictated

[noblefive]

I'm from a planet called Reach.

[One he saw being glassed before his eyes as he steered that Corvette into the Supercarrier.]

Dictated

[knock_knock]

[Wait, Reach was glassed a while ago. His canon-point is about two months before the end of the war so...he has to ask. I am so sorry but Wyoming just doesnt care about feels. :/]
When did you make it off?

[knock_knock]

[South too? Interesting. Neither she nor Carolina sound hostile yet, though so maybe something it really is alternate universes? South doesn't have the tact to lie.]

Thank you, my dear. I've really been enjoying the scenery so far. It's rather rustic, in a charming way.
[Wyoming sarcasm powers, activate~]

I'D BE OFFENDED I HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN, BUT I FORGOT YOU AS WELL. IT IS HARD TO REMEMBER ALL THE DIFFERENT SHISNOS I MEET.
[No hes not. No he didnt. No it isnt.]

[i_got_this]

Yeah, it's 'charming' alright.

Shisno? What the hell is a shisno? [Wyomig seemed to remember her, but this guy wasn't ringing any bells at all.]

[knock_knock]

You disagree? Can't imagine why.
[It's totally the "We cant leave" part. In specific because guess who hasn't been told about losses yet? His and Gary's losses are totally going to go over well.]

SHISNO IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR HUMAN.

Dictated

[noblefive]

I didn't. This place pulled me as it was happening.

Dictated

[knock_knock]

I'm sorry to hear that.
[Ladies and gentlemen- Wyoming just said "Im sorry" and it was a little genuine! wow~

Little enough that he barely pauses before asking his next question, though.]

You've been here since then?

[i_got_this]

Let's just say the price of admission is just too high.

Really? In what language? Wyoming, you going to tell me about your friend or what?

[whos_there]

What price of admission?

YES. IT'S IN ALIEN
[It also means something else, South, but you don't need to know that...]

I wasn't aware you two needed to be introduced.

[cheerupemoborg]

['Old chap'? This guy sounds like he's got a handlebar mustache and an elephant gun.]

An alternate dimension, one with no apparent escape.