001 ⚜ Video ⚜ Francis' arrival
[Francis arrived late in the evening, during the start of the Darkness. The greeter directed him to the baseball dugout; still dazed and confused, Francis had followed her kind words and stayed there, just as the sirens had gone off. He really didn't pay the sirens any mind, as he sat down to study the strange computer he'd been holding when he
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[Sunny knows a little french, she's been studying it in school. So she turns on the video function of her Hello Kitty NV and smiles.]
Yes sir, t-there are plenty of p-people out here.
[She figures that maybe a familiar language will comfort him. But she doesn't know enough yet. She has a lot of other work for school to study after all.]
Maybe not Matthieu, but there are a l-lot of us here. My n-name is Sunny. Did you g-get in the dugouts o-okay? Those m-monsters can be r-really bad.
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Il ya des gens à l'extérieur, avec ces choses qui se déchaînent? [That doesn't seem like a very smart idea to him.] ... Matthieu is not here? [That makes him wilt a little. He had hoped Matthew could explain what was going on.]
[But he smiles a little when she introduces herself.] Sunny. What a beautiful name, mon petite mademoiselle. Oui, I'm in the dugouts right now, but I'm all alone.
(( ooc: "There are people outside with those things running amok?", "my little lady" ))
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Some people g-go outside to f-fight them or s-some people go to w-work at night. [Sunny pauses, noticing the wilt.] I h-haven't heard anyone n-named Matthieu mentioned over the network. If he is here, h-he'll find you or he might c-come to Siren's Port s-still.
[Sunny's face turns a little pink.] Think s-so? G-good! The m-monsters can't g-get to you while you're there. In there m-morning, you can get to the Tower A-Apartments. You get a m-month free there.
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Outside to fight them? Mon dieu... they're still very frightening. [He ponders over her next statement.] Siren's... Port? What is that, ma cherie?
[He seems VERY relieved to hear this bit of news.] Then I'll stay here. The door's locked-- [He double-checks visually to make sure.] --so I'll be safe, if what you say is true. Mais... apartments? What do you mean?
(( ooc: "My god"; "my dear" ))
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They r-really are. My uncle g-got killed by one o-once, while he was still here.
Siren's Port is an island, o-off shore from British Columbia, southern C-Canada. The Core can pull us f-from anywhere in any w-world or t-time.
[She smiles, glad that he's sure he's safe. It would be terrible if anyone's first night was spent as monster chow.] When N-Newcomers arrive, we get a m-month in the Tower Apartments, f-free of rent. That gives y-you a month to find a job to keep paying rent a-after or it g-gives you time to f-find s-somewhere else to s-stay.
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Canada...? So Matthieu might know something if he's here.
[He's suddenly very intrigued by the Core.] Pulled from anywhere in any world-- does that mean you were like me, and you were in your house, and then all of a sudden you were here, ma chèrie?
[He doesn't like the idea of leaving his house behind.] An apartment... for a month? Finding a job...? [Thankfully he's managed to hold down human jobs before, so that should be a piece of cake. Hopefully.]
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D-does he live in C-Cananda? I'm n-not sure if he w-would, Siren's P-Port can be really weird.
[Sunny nods.] Y-yeah, I was on the Nomad with Uncle H-Hal, Snake a-and Naomi.
[It'll be there when he gets back though. Not even a single extra speck of dust.] Uh-huh, there's l-lots of places that will hire Newcomers. And you can s-start one, if you get m-money from the Newcomer F-Fund. My friend Minako r-runs a flower shop.
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What exactly is a "Nomad", ma petite? [He nods a bit.] Oui, it does sound like a very weird place.
[Still frowning a bit.] Just how many people appear randomly like we did, anyway? I barely just got here, and now I have to live here? Mon dieu...
I'm sorry I'm asking so many questions, just... this is so much to take in at once.
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The Nomad is the n-name of the aircraft we live in. [Sunny nods too.] It is... Some people end up getting powers from the Core. It m-makes it even more w-weird but I'm r-researching what I can.
I couldn't say how many, there's a l-lot though. I'm sorry you have to s-stay here, if any of us could l-leave we would. But the Pull keeps up in Siren's Port.
It's a-alright. Nobody w-would be expected not to ask questions.
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Ah, you live on a plane? [Smiles, trying to bring the subject to her and forget the monsters outside.] C'est magnifique.
[But this mention of the "core" and the "pull" confuses him.] What is it? And... the pull, what is that?
Merci, for being so patient with me, ma petite.
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Uh-huh, the work we d-do requires that we stay airborne. [So they don't get arrested.] It's r-really neat.
The Core is underneath the b-baseball diamond, it's what brings us here with the Pull. It's malfunctioning I think. And the Pull is what brings us h-here. It c-can reach into all different r-realities, I'm not sure how that works yet though.
You d-don't have to thank me. I'm just glad I c-can help, I w-wouldn't want to l-leave anyone without everything they n-need to know.
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So, the Core is some sort of... trans-dimension machine? And the Pull is the act of being transported? [He pauses for a while.] So you're not from my reality, are you?...
Regardless, I'd like to thank you anyway, ma belle, you've been most helpful.
(( ooc: ma belle = my beauty ))
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Yeah, that's r-right. [After a moment, Sunny nods.] Probably n-not. Unless you h-have nanomachines technology and have nanos in soldiers.
I'm g-glad! You're very welcome~
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Nanomachines? Non, nothing like that. [He shakes his head softly.] It's a shame you're not in my world, petite amie.
[He's calmed down mostly now. Yaaaaay Sunny!]
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How c-come? [And now, grinning.] What's your world like?
[Yay! Oh the talents of little girls.]
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Ah, because you've been a very good friend to me in this frightening time. If only I had a friend like you in my world! [He tries to smile; that... though is kind of sad, actually :< He has Spain sometimes. And Prussia when he's not drunk off his ass.]
What is my world like...? [That's a very interesting thought. How would he sum up his world? He doesn't even know about Sunny's, except for these nanomachines.] Well, we don't have nanomachines yet, but we're getting very close. Et... we've been trying to keep piece, mais, in my "world" Amerique is still at war with Iraq in a number of ways, though officially they "won" the war in 2010. [He hopes that's a good answer?]
And what about yours, er... pardonnez-moi, I never asked for your name. I'm Francis. Francis Bonnefoy. And you are?
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