the return of the epic event posts

[lingers]

In musebox land, there seems to be something a little off. You wake up wherever you went to sleep the night before, but something feels... different. You shake yourself awake, and open your eyes, and are met by sunlight

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[estheims]

Um, guys...? Where did you all go?

[There is a Hope. A very lost, very confused Hope. If this is a dream, now would be a really good time to wake up.

He rubs his nose, feeling like he's getting sunburn already. Him and beaches don't really agree. Okay, so this is a realistic dream.]

...And where am I?

[timetorunagain]

[Jenny, though perhaps she should be slightly worring for her own wealfare, disregards it when she spots Hope, walking over him and keeping to the edge of the trees, in the shade.]

You're an unfamiliar face. [she smiles.] Are you all right?

[estheims]

[Hope looks around in surprise, having not noticed her in the shade. Is she talking to him?]

Um...

[timetorunagain]

New, huh? [she smiles again.] It's all right, I don't bite.

[estheims]

[blinks at her. he's not scared! ...mostly.]

Where... are we? This is Cocoon, right?

[timetorunagain]

'fraid not. This... well, it was a musebox, but it doesn't look like it usually does. It's not always a desert island.

[estheims]

It was a... huh? Is that some kind of Pulse thing?

[timetorunagain]

Mmmm, well... [she frowns. Gonna have to break another one's mind, it seems. Sorry Hope.] ... not really. It's a different world to wherever your Pulse is.

[estheims]

'My' Pulse? U-uh, no, I'm not from Pulse...

[CONVENIENTLY IGNORING THE 'OTHER WORLD' PART. This is Cocoon. It has to be.

He swallows and tries to muster some courage.]

Have you seen any of my friends? I think we've been seperated.

[timetorunagain]

Oh, okay. [she waves it off.]

What do they look like? There's lots of people here.

[estheims]

[Hope steps into the shade, a little clumsily. he never realised walking on sand was harder than it looks.]

One of them's a woman with pink hair and a sword. Um... There's a guy who's blond and really big and tall, and he wears a bandana... Another guy with a chocobo that lives in his hair... and two girls who dress kind of funny. They wear fur and bangles and beads and stuff, and one of them has a big spear. [he makes a gesture to show how big the spear is -- much bigger than him.]

Do any of them sound familiar? [there's almost a pleading tone in his voice. he'll be at a loss at what to do if none of them are here.]

[timetorunagain]

[Jenny deliberates, but she slowly begins to frown, and starts to look really apologetic.] I don't think... I've seen anyone around. I'm sorry. [she bites her lip.]

But there are a lot of people here, so I haven't met everyone...

[estheims]

Oh, okay. I'll just... wait here and see if they show. [he tries not to look too disappointed. staying in the same spot when you get lost was something his mother always told him to do as a kid, and it's the only thing he can come up with right now.]

...There aren't any monsters here, are there?

[timetorunagain]

I'm sorry... [she looks truly sympathetic.] I'll stay with you if you like? It's best if you're not alone.

No. Or well, there wasn't before...

[estheims]

[Hope looks at her a little suspiciously, and pulls his glove up to try to cover his tattoo-like l'Cie brand. She doesn't look like she's with PSICOM, or anything, but...]

I guess. If you want to, I mean.

[timetorunagain]

[she sits herself down comfortably on the floor.] Well, I'm not really sure where anything is at the moment, and it wouldn't be good to leave you here by yourself.

I'm Jenny, by the way.