1st Summon - Accidental voice

[celestial_wizard]

[ The journal is picking up the sound of a new arrival. Yay, don't you just love new people? New people who sound confused, as expected. Though maybe not as confused as they should be. This isn't the first time Lucy's been swept away to another world alone. ]

Nnh... what... [ A pause. ] E-Eh!? Where...

What is this? This isn't my room... this isn't Magnolia. ... no way, are we still... in Edolas? ... ... no, that's not possible. I remember going back through the Anima with everyone.

But then... [ How did she end up here? Was it another Anima, that triggered somehow? Hadn't Mystogan closed them all? ]

Hello? [ Her voice is fainter now, accompanied by footsteps as she tries to poke around, testing the door and finding it open, then peering outside. ]

Is anyone there? ... Natsu? Gray? Erza? I'll even settle for Happy! [ The brat cat. She returns to her room after a few seconds silence, and there is a jingle of keys, and the sound of her settling on the bed. ]

At least I still have these... but the others, are they really not here? [ A pause, and the journal is spied - her voice is closer as she collects it. ]

Who left this book here?

Comments

[ex_stoically95]

Never.

[ Worrying, in itself. He stops the inner monologue when she asks that! ]

Rude. Name's Rude.

[celestial_wizard]

[ Well that's certainly troublesome. A King or Queen always puts in an appearance at least once or twice... although if they were responsible for dragging people here, she could understand the reluctance. ]

It's nice to meet you, Rude. [ GIven the circumstances. ]

[ex_stoically95]

You too.

Need any more information?

[celestial_wizard]

Mm, yes, actually. Do you recognize this symbol?

[ She's going to sketch the mark of Fairy Tail, the same mark on the back of her hand, on the journal. ]

I don't know if they're here, but... it should be on the outside of a tall building; my Guild.

[ex_stoically95]

...

[ He studies it for a few moments: making a thoughtful sound or three, turning it upside down, the works. It doesn't look like anything he's seen before...or anything he should have.

Nothing quite like the knowledge of a loss to make you remember you have a loss. ]

No. Sorry.

[celestial_wizard]

I was afraid you might say that. [ There is a 'plumpf' as she flops backwards on the bed with a heavy sigh. Nothing familiar at all - it wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't alone, but... ]

How long have you been here, Rude?

[ex_stoically95]

Ten days.

[celestial_wizard]

Aah - that isn't much longer than me then.

[ For some reason she is pleasantly surprised by this. Who knows why, she's weird. ]

It must have been pretty jarring for you too. [ Also it explains why he didn't know that much more than she did; no time to research everything, she'd guess. ]

[ex_stoically95]

[ As long as she's happy! He makes another affirmative noise-- his reaction had been muted, as usual, but there's nothing quite like being dumped ass-first into a magical castle to wake you up! ]

Doesn't happen too often. [ ... ] But it's not bad.

[celestial_wizard]

It happened only once for me before - but that was already one time too many.

[ Such a dangerous situation! ]

I thought I must have ended up here the same way as back then, but it isn't the same.

[ex_stoically95]

No...nothing I've seen before.

Think it must be a different planet.

[celestial_wizard]

Hn...maybe. I wonder if this place has doubles of yourself too.

[ She isn't sure she wants to meet another her...again. ]

But this place - we have castles, and lacrima that work sort of the way the journals here do, but I think that's where the similarity ends.

[ex_stoically95]

No special reason it'd choose you, either?

[celestial_wizard]

I... I don't think so.

A girl named Arya said that the castle eats souls, but... I - that can't be right.

[ That's just TOO creepy! ]

1/2

[ex_stoically95]

...

[ this silence is not one that is reassuring. ]

[ex_stoically95]

I heard it was only feelings.

[celestial_wizard]

[ WHY ARE YOU BEING SO QUIET RUDE. ]

Feelings?


... I'm not sure that's not much better.

[ex_stoically95]

Yeah.

[ nothing they can do about that, either! ]

...seems fine so far, anyway. Wishing helps.

[celestial_wizard]

[ Curse you castle! CURSE YOOOOOOOOOOOU! ]

Wishing? That's actually something that works?

[ex_stoically95]

Yeah. Wish for anything.

[celestial_wizard]

Anything?

[ Hrmmmmmmmmmmm. Obviously wishing herself home wouldn't work, or people would have done that already. She shifts to sit up on the bed, hrmm. ]

Maybe I should wish for a pair of really cute shoes~!

[ Lucy you are such a GIRL. ]

[ex_stoically95]

...maybe.

[ Definitely a girl. ]

Anything except weapons.

[celestial_wizard]

Oh that's all right - I'm a wizard - and I have my weapon with me already.

But incidentally...whatever power behind this wishing doesn't apply to weapons at all?

[ex_stoically95]

Mm. It blocks it-- doesn't want us armed, I guess.

[celestial_wizard]

That could be problematic if there are dangerous situations here, and no one has any way of defending themselves.