◈ 001 ◈ Ildon [Video]

[phantasm_knight]

[It takes hours after his arrival for Ildon to even touch the device given to him. Hours more to figure out how to properly use it. Like many of his race, he had an intense dislike for machinery bordering somewhere near outright hatred. However, he wasn't so blind as to not realize that this was the only method of communication available to him at

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[tothelastbreath]

[Allen's gotten very used to people showing up armed with swords, but it's been a while since anyone looked ready to actually use them. He holds his hands up in an calming gesture, wearing a smile that's friendly enough, but not overly so to avoid seeming suspicious.]

None of us are going to come at you, sir, but I'm afraid there isn't a location to be disclosed either. As the others have already said, there aren't any portals here.

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[phantasm_knight]

[Lowers his sword, giving Allen an appraising look. White hair, uniform - now this one probably was from the Kingdom of Magic even if the robes were all wrong. He lowers his sword a fraction, his way of saying he's listening at the very least]

Then answer me this question, boy. How did the rest of you get here if you did not travel via portal?

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[tothelastbreath]

It's Allen, sir.

[Offering his name in a show of goodwill. It doesn't always have the desired effect, but he sees no harm in making the attempt.]

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[tothelastbreath]

Like you [ the slightest pause to let that register ], we were brought here against our will. This place is an abandoned city called Nesreca, located in a version of a world called Earth.

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[phantasm_knight]

Allen. [Fine. Whatever. He's probably forget the boy's name in a day or so anyway]

We, you say. How many have been brought to Nesreca?

[And why is it a dump? But he supposes that is a question for another time]

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[tothelastbreath]

Some already came and went-

[Twenty-six since his own arrival, to be exact. Allen remembers every last one of them. Coincidentally...]

-but there are twenty-six of us here at the moment, including you.

[His answer is prompt and sure, not so much as a second spent on counting.]

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[phantasm_knight]

[Twenty-six. That was quite the number of people. Quite a dangerous number, too. What kind of ghost keeps an army of unhappy toys on hand anyway?]

I heard from ... [Someone. He didn't really bother with names] another resident that you were the unofficial welcoming committee.

I was given a number. Do you know if it has any significance?

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[tothelastbreath]

Unofficial-

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[tothelastbreath]

[ laughing, mostly rueful but not entirely without humour: ] I haven't the heart to welcome anyone to Nesreca, sir, but if it's answers to the basic questions you need, I think I can provide most of them. Ah, that's the room number you've been assigned. If you can find the river - it shouldn't be too far from where you are now - and follow it upstream, you'll eventually see the building we're all staying at. Your room's in there.