Melody No. 1 ~ Waking in Mayfield

[thelittlecanary]

 [Just as her last adventure began, the girl snaps out of a dream and awakens with a start, bolting up in a bed that is too small and stiff to be hers.] Wh...

[As this new reality sets in, she can only stare around the room, which seems cramped in comparison to her royal bedchamber. Swinging her legs over the side of the bed into slippers that can'

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[motheringnation]

[In the house and coming over when she hears someone talking]

Ah...hello?

[thelittlecanary]

[Turns suddenly at the sound of steps approaching and drops the telephone receiver with a gasp. Her expression hardens as she stands tall, squaring her shoulders and facing the woman.]

If you are the one who has kidnapped me, or if you are in league with them, don't come a step closer.

[motheringnation]

Wha...

No...I..I was kidnapped as well. All of us here have b..been.

[thelittlecanary]

[Softens her glare and overall posture, bowing her head. She gives a sigh, rubbing her eyes. Now that she isn't completely on edge, she looks very worn out.] My apologies, today has made me wary of everyone...

[motheringnation]

It's alright. Is very confusing waking here for the first time.

Ah...you woke up in this house. Is that right?

[thelittlecanary]

Yes, that's right. [Shifts slightly, clasping her hands together.] Is...is this your home? I'm sorry, I never meant to intrude.

[motheringnation]

No..No it's not that. Is just whatever house you wake up in is the house they expect you to live in.

They assign us fake families here....

[thelittlecanary]

...What?... [Blinks rapidly as her mind attempts to process what she's said and utterly fails halfway through.] But that can't be...my home is in Alexandria, I cannot abandon my people!

[Lances the woman with a desperate look.] Please, there must be some way for me to return.

[motheringnation]

Y..Your people?

No...I'm sorry. W..we all want to go home. M..My people n..need me as well. But...we don't know how to do it.

[thelittlecanary]

Yes. I am Garnet til Alexandros XVII, Queen of Alexandria. [Though her curtsy is graceful and practiced, she doesn't look very queenly in nothing but a nightgown. Already, she misses the weight of a crown on her head.] I wish we could have met under better circumstances...You say you have people as well?

[motheringnation]

...Where is Alexandria?

oh yes. I am the nation of Ukraine. My people are my citizens. [She smiles warmly] They are very dear to me. Have developed so much over the centuries.

[thelittlecanary]

Alexandria is located on the northeastern part of the Mist Continent...which is on a planet called Gaia. [Decides to mention the name of her planet after realizing that she could be in another world entirely. She knows her world's geography from both studies and experience, after all, and she's never come across or heard of Mayfield...or Ukraine, for that matter.]

The nation of Ukraine?...[Looks considerably puzzled.] But how...are you an Eidolon?

[motheringnation]

Oh....think we are from another world. My planet is called Earth.

Ah, no. Am Ukraine, Ukrainian.

[thelittlecanary]

[Shrugs off her confusion with the conclusion that Earth must be very different from Gaia and smiles at Ukraine.] It's a pleasure, Ukraine. [Looks to a photograph hanging on the wall her right and pales slightly. It shows both of them together, posing with their arms around each other.] Though it appears that we've met before.

[motheringnation]

Wha-

Oh no. Those are fake photos. They change everytime someone new come to live here.

[thelittlecanary]

But...why?