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UKIMIYA mods ([personal profile] thecastle) wrote in [community profile] ukimiya2017-07-29 12:50 pm

Beginning

One moment you were elsewhere, surely speaking to your friends, fighting in a battle of your life, dying, or even in a state of non-existence in its entirety. It doesn't matter now, since when you open your eyes it’s become clear that not only is everything around you foreign and unfamiliar, so is everyone. And there seems to be a fair lot of you, at that.

It's easy to discern a few things upon a cursory glance, once you pick yourself up from the field of grass you're resting on. The place you've awoken in seems to be fairly tranquil, for the first few moments at least, and the view of a newly budded sakura tree is among the first that will greet you. In the distance, is a towering castle that manages to look all at once both imposing and welcoming at the same time. There's also an odd pendant around your neck, which you'll find won't come off despite your best attempts. In your pocket you'll find a room key, engraved with a number.

The weather is currently cool, with the sun brightly shining in the sky, though there are a few too many clouds to make it a completely clear day. While most of them appear rather normal, every so often you might spot one that looks just a bit off— like a storm cloud that's completely lost it's way. Lucky for you, it doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about any inclement weather anytime soon, as they'll vanish from your vision as quickly as they came.

A large stone wall surrounds the entirety of the castle, though it's anyone guess why that is— maybe it's for your safety, maybe it's to keep you trapped, or maybe it's for another reason entirely. The only breach in the wall is a single gate that looks like it certainly led to the outside at one point, but that too has been cordoned off by solid stone.

Fortunately, there's nothing to stop you from entering the castle itself, where you'll find it's pretty grand all things considered. The lighting inside is provided not by electricity, but by magical flame that adjusts to the time of day or night. Actually, if you're looking for anything electronic anywhere, or even a simple power outlet, you'll be sorely out of luck.

For now, it might be best to explore and make some sense of where you are and why you're here— maybe one of your fellow travelers might know something? There are some plaques in the Great Hall that might catch your interest given their focus, in addition to one ridiculously large golden one that seems to bear rules.

Welcome, fellow warriors, to your very long stay.
miirai: ✽ mobage ( mei ) (Default)

[personal profile] miirai 2017-07-29 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rika nods slowly, frowning just a little bit. ]

Just parts of it. The age and some of the likes are off, too...
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[personal profile] breakingthrough 2017-07-29 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
awakening.

[It's funny how, for a moment, the act of waking up outside amongst the elements seems strange. She's gotten far too used to the presence of human towns and camps and ruins. However, though she's traveled many open fields by now, the one she sits up in doesn't quite fit cleanly into any of her memories. Her eyes narrow, unblinking as she takes in her surroundings-- and the strange pendant hanging at her neck.

...doesn't come off.
]

Okay. That's not ominous at all.

[She doesn't expect much in terms of company though. After all-- place looks unfamiliar, but it still looks designed for humans. And she's met less than a handful that could see her.]

wishing pond.

[Offerings accepted, huh...]

That's a pretty desperate call for attention.

[Still... the whole time she's been here she hasn't sensed any other Seraphim, much less anyone's domain. If there was one, well... she'd have to say they didn't seem to be trying very hard.]

At least be clear about what you want. Prayers, money, flowers... you won't get anything from humans with a sign like that if you're not straightforward.

great hall.

For a castle, this place sure is awfully empty.

[It lacks the constant energy of the ones she'd been dragged too. Not even any servants running around. It had been the same outside. No townspeople travelling here-- not even a glimpse of any royalty that lived here. By now she's probably seen some of the others who's pictures are in those plaques, but she's referring to people who belong here, unlike them.

Eventually she sees her own and--
]

I'm sending a bill for 20,000 gald to the person who runs this place for every day that picture's up there. [She smirks.] Well-- maybe I'll forgive them if they beg. At least they have good taste.
Edited 2017-07-29 21:53 (UTC)
irrationalities: (♚ what are you on?)

A

[personal profile] irrationalities 2017-07-29 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[I mean. He might be more helpful ...nah what am i kidding but some of that stuff flies over his head, particularly that stuff about the Demon King and the Goddess and shit. That, and Eizen's fairly unusual get-up is pretty hard to ignore, which brings something else to mind?!]

What, do you think you're in some sort of roleplay or something? Give me a break, you look too old to be doing that.
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[personal profile] godinsolitude 2017-07-29 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeeeep.]

I think your idea of interesting might be a little skewed.

[He says, to the painfully obvious yakuza.

This kid has a mouth on him, apparently.]


Finding 'Something to do' is less in demand than 'a way out', right now.
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[personal profile] notimmortal 2017-07-29 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[And that will also make Jansen jump since he wasn't meaning to scare anyone.]

Whoa! Didn't mean to scare you there! Though damn it, I need to figure out how to get back before Ming notices I'm gone and tries to look for me.
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[personal profile] originallutece 2017-07-29 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[The grounds it is. Rosalind clasps her hands behind her back and glances around as they head outside. To the left, the bathhouse and laundry hut; to the right, the wishing pond. There's the bridge in front of them, back where they woke up, and Rosalind glances over at her companion.]

Any preferences?
godinsolitude: (monsters in your head)

[personal profile] godinsolitude 2017-07-29 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I think that's even more of a reach than you claim my explanation to be.

[That smile turns into a smirk. Not that his excuse is anything but flimsy, considering that the thought that he might be talking to a murderer doesn't seem to be bothering him at all, oddly enough.]

It seems you might just be content to be misunderstood as well, then?
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aumygoddess: manga | minagoroshi (✯ little lion man)

[personal profile] aumygoddess 2017-07-29 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
She--she never planned to let you live from the beginning...she wants to annihilate the entire village! If you're dead, she can get the approval to kill everyone in Hinamizawa and pass it off as Onigafuchi releasing a deadly swamp gas in the middle of the night.

[ Hanyuu shakes her head, trying to bat the tears out of her eyes. ]

But I...have no clue why. What she could possibly get out of murdering all of her research subjects, I just...don't know. I'm sorry, Rika.
originallutece: I can honestly tell you I give far less of a damn than Rhett (talk; frankly my dear)

[personal profile] originallutece 2017-07-29 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, precisely what kind of game was this? Run by whom?

[buddy you can't just say that and not elaborate??]
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godinsolitude: (We pick ourselves undone)

[personal profile] godinsolitude 2017-07-29 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Never heard of it.

[In.... any capacity. At all. Hm. Either it was small, or.....]

I'm from the country of Japan. Have you heard of it?
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divertimento: (36)

[personal profile] divertimento 2017-07-29 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, good, he seems friendly! Elliot breathes a little sigh of relief at that. He doesn't really want to be so jumpy right now, but what with everything...]

You and me both... I don't wanna know how bad Dad and Fiona are gonna freak. [Another sigh.] Never mind all the work and practice I've still got to do...

Well, if we're both lost, can't hurt to look around together, right?

[He offers a tentative little smile. Making friends worked out for him at Thors, he's just gonna have to see if he can make lightning strike twice.]
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[personal profile] divertimento 2017-07-29 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That... doesn't ring a bell at all, no.

[He's starting to connect the dots, too, but... no, that's insane, isn't it? Then again, so is waking up in a field surrounded by mostly strangers with a pendant he can't take off...]
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sakura tree

[personal profile] breakingthrough 2017-07-29 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[This lady just keeps talking yet she looks more freaked out than Edna is. It's kind of entertaining to watch, so Edna sits through the little speech. But it can only go so long without her asking the obvious question-- even if her expression doesn't make it look like she's super interested.]

...what's a "flight attendant"?
godinsolitude: (to bed)

[personal profile] godinsolitude 2017-07-29 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
.....If we were from the same planet, I think you'd at least know of Japan, even if your country was small.

[He reaches up with one hand to run a hand through his hair with a sigh.]
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field

[personal profile] breakingthrough 2017-07-29 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Your guess is as good as mine.

[The girl shows up behind Hiyono without so much as a warning. She may indeed be out to startle the already confused girl.

At least she's telling the truth.
]
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[personal profile] professionality 2017-07-29 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A blank stare. She blinks. ]

The service personnel on flights, trained to offer the optimal experience to passengers, of course.
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[personal profile] professionality 2017-07-29 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
What makes you say that?

[ She wants to look at the bright side!! There is not much of a bright side to any of this, but she wants to look at it - because she needs to make the best out of this for everyone!!

... so please, don't be so negative. ]
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[personal profile] notimmortal 2017-07-29 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[So he'll totally continue onwards then.]

Are they really referring to me kidnapping Ming as stupid? That was totally a brilliant plan! Well, except for the part where she turned my legs to stone...yeah that part sucked.

But the second time I did it got us out of there without dying and she didn't even mind. And even the first time she released us.

[And he's still not noticing cute little girl listening to him.]
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great hall

[personal profile] breakingthrough 2017-07-29 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems like they want us to live here.

[If the bedrooms and portraits and rules mean anything when put altogether.]

Probably because no one would willingly live in a place like this. After all... have you seen a single person besides us walking around? Apparently you can't even pay people to stay here.

[S H R U G. More for them, she supposes. But you can't tell her it's not suspicious as hell.]
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wishing pond

[personal profile] miirai 2017-07-29 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Mii... it's almost like a shrine for a god.

[ Rika can't help but sigh, just a little bit. ]

Do you think we'll get something if we throw an item at it?
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[personal profile] professionality 2017-07-29 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rhoda's been here a few hours, but this entire 'different worlds, different times' thing is only sinking in very slowly. ]

Electric stoves, for starters. Cooking with open fire is rather outdated, I'd say.
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[personal profile] miirai 2017-07-29 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
So she can get the "real" Onigafuchi, huh... that sounds like something that Takano would do.

[ There's definitely something about the way she says 'real' that's rather annoyed, but she gets the picture. ]

It honestly doesn't make any sense, though. Even if you can experiment on a corpse, there's no point if the whole village is dead. She doesn't gain anything out of it, not even being hailed as a 'god' because she faked her own death.
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[personal profile] notimmortal 2017-07-29 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, though I can't seem to feel any magic energy here.

[And in fact, he's going to even try to just make a simple ball of light in his hand, which of course fails miserably.]

That so should have been cooler looking. What kind of place is this?
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[personal profile] breakingthrough 2017-07-29 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Edna already understood that her outfit was weird but this just settled it. Anyone "flying" was destined to have a bad time as far as she knew, after all... dragons.]

Sounds like a good way to die if you ask me.
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[personal profile] professionality 2017-07-29 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She didn't initially expect anything scarier in the rooms than an infringement of private space, but now that Elliot says this she's getting worse thoughts. Whoops. ]

Maybe we can check out our respective rooms together to make sure everything is clear.

[ This is acceptable to say because he's a child and she's an adult, right? ]