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[heldourfate]

 [Did anyone order some screaming this morning? No? Well, sadly it's what you're going to get anyway. Because the sound of Vanille landing in the City starts off with an "aaaaaaaaaaaah!". And then a thud. It's at this point the video feed switches on, showing a tiny orange-haired girl lying on the concrete.

A few minutes later, she manages to

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[childofsocal]

[ The most incredulous face ever. ]

...What?!

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[heldourfate]

[The most confused face back!]

What what?

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[childofsocal]

Fang? Lightning? Snow? Were you expecting a freak storm?

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[heldourfate]

They're my friends! Wow... they really must be strange names.

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[childofsocal]

Well, they're references to weather here so...um, yep. But, hey, I've heard weirder. Tegan and...Volchok. [ He shrugs. ] Anyway, have you all ready been filled in?

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[heldourfate]

Volchok? I think that's stranger than Fang. [She may be biased.] Sort of! Someone told me this wasn't home and that there was no way back.

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[childofsocal]

Depends on how you look at it. I mean, it's Fang. [ So's Seth. But he will live comfortably in his bias. ] And apparently nothing else. Okay, I can do this. It's called the City. It's this interdimensional pocket place. And yeah, we can't leave. We live here like we would anywhere else, earning money and such.

And sometimes it sucks.

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[heldourfate]

Fang was a common name where I'm from! [Vanille, however... doesn't.] What's a pocket place? Is that a type of city?

[The whoosh you hear may be the sound of that going completely over her head.] How come it sucks?

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[childofsocal]

Not where I'm from. I meant, pocket dimension. A piece of the universe...in it of itself. Or, something. And as I called it the City, then yep, it's a City. But it also has a beach and a forest and stuff.

Lack of family-slash-friends. Curses. Because it does.

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[heldourfate]

Is that why you can't leave? Because it's one of these "pocket dimensions"? At least it's a city and not some kind of wasteland!

[She pauses here, and grows a little sombre.]

... Right. But if someone you knew was here, they'd be able to hear you over these communicator things?

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[childofsocal]

Hey, true. You're speaking truths lady whose name I haven't gotten, yet.

[ He sighs, though. He actually doesn't feel like trolling which is surprising. ]

Yeah, yeah, you would. But, apparently, they come here. Sometimes. But, you're safe right now.

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[heldourfate]

Oh, right! I'm Vanille!

[She is too loveable to troll, right? 8|]

If they come here, too, then I guess I'll have to wait for them!

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[childofsocal]

I'm Seth. Is that like a weird name for you?

[ He trolled a small child two weeks ago. No. But, if they become friends then he's less likely to! ]

On the one hand, but it might be better to live with the hope but not like, the expectation because that might be um, taxing. On us. You. I mean. Not me. I haven't been hoping for friends or family.

Ryan...

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[heldourfate]

I've never heard of anyone with that name before! But it's nice to meet you.

[Awesome. Vanille loves friends.]

Hope can help you get through anything. And I know they wouldn't want to leave me behind! [Positivity, it cures all.]

Is Ryan a friend of yours?

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[childofsocal]

It's nice to meet you too, Vanilla. [ He pauses, yawning. ] Is it an 'a' sound at the end or is it French-ish. Vanille. [ Thanks Taylor for remembering French ]

Yeah, I need to practice hope more often. I'm kind of not really the hope advocate but I'll work on it?

Yeah. Best friend and brother.

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[heldourfate]

I don't know what French is, but yep, that's right! Vanille.

It's okay. Sometimes it's... not that easy.

Oh! Well, it's good that you're close. Family should be.