Dear Mother, June 21st

[tetrabiblos]

[The vine unfurls to reveal a young woman sleeping next to a idyllic sapphire blue lake, the breeze stirring the blond hair around her face. While her dress is the same pure white of any new arrival, the girl herself seems rather battered, as if she had just been in a fierce battle. A number of cuts and bruises run across her body, and her face,

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[cascadetomboy]

Hey! Wha-?

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[tetrabiblos]

[Lucy bursts to the surface, her hair hanging in her face in a dripping mess]

What the hell Natsu?

[tetrabiblos]

[Blink blink. Wait, wasn't she just in the middle of a battle?]

Where in the world...

[cascadetomboy]

[Man, what a way to get introduced to this place. Misty hurries to the edge of the pond, ready to lend a hand.]

Do you need any help?

[tetrabiblos]

[Lucy does know how to swim very well, and if she didn't she could always call Aquarius-

Scratch that. She'd rather drown. Still, that's not a problem, and she pulls herself closer to the shore, tossing her hair from her eyes]

Could you give me a hand please?

[cascadetomboy]

[Throwing a sympathetic look at the new girl, she reaches her hand out to help out.]

Sure, I can do that.

[tetrabiblos]

[With the other girl's help, she manages to crawl out]

Thank you so much. I...[Wait, this isn't where she's supposed to be]

Is this still Tenrou Island? Where are my friends? How did I get here?

[cascadetomboy]

Uh, about that... I've never heard of that place, you're in the Gardens, and I can't say anything about your friends.

Sorry!

[tetrabiblos]

The Gardens?

[she's trying to keep calm, and only partially successful.]

I, but, I was just on the island, and my friends! They need me.

[cascadetomboy]

I know; I know!

[she sighs.] Okay, maybe not what you were doing, but I know you want to go home. A lot of us do, but the Queen of Hearts doesn't give us much of a choice.

[tetrabiblos]

Queen of Hearts?

[She's trying so hard to stay calm, but it's hard when you were just watching a man who could make black holes beating your friends to death]

I'm sorry, I've just...so much has happened.

[cascadetomboy]

She's the person who brought us all here.

It's alright; it'd be really weird if you were just okay with being brought somewhere else against your will.

[tetrabiblos]

She brought people here? She must be some sort of master mage, or have a mountain of Lacrima. I just hope she's not going to use it like the last person who tried abducting people to other dimensions.

[She gives a brittle laugh]

Actually, back home I'd probably be considered weird for panicking like this. Then again, no one is normal back home

[cascadetomboy]

... I didn't really understand any of that, but alright.

[Raises her eyebrows for a moment.]

That is really weird. Anyway, I'm sorry we had to meet like this, but I'm Misty.

[tetrabiblos]

Oh, you mean your world doesn't have magic? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have made assumptions. Did it have magic that drained away, or did it never have any to begin with?

[Sigh]

You don't know the half of it. [she brushes her hair, then holds out a hand] Well thank you for saving me Misty, I'm Lucy.

[cascadetomboy]

Well, I'm not saying it doesn't have magic... I have seen some weird things before! It's just that it's really uncommon to find people who know it, and I don't know anything about it.

[Reaches out her hand to give a friendly handshake.]

You're welcome, Lucy!... Is there anything else I can help out with?