001 愛 Accidental Video

[notquitegeisha]

[Somehow Inara's managed to start the camera's feed. It might have been when she awoke, gasping for air, clutching her phone tightly in her hands as she scrambled off of the cold mental table.

Her hands fall to her side, and a momentary flash of bare thigh is shown before being replaced by the interior of the morgue.]

Wǒde tiān. [Her voice is

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[failssassin]

[Welp, he's seen that expanse of skin before and just like back in the Hades' realm, it brings a faint coloring on his cheeks. Still, he's relieved to see the Companion well enough in this place.

They are friends and Demsond isn't about to let her walk around the city naked, and so he grabs a few clothes he's found in that store and walks out of the apartment he's taken refuge in, planning on meeting her at the morgue]

Inara! You're here too!

[notquitegeisha]

[It takes her a moment to register that the voice she hears is actually coming from the device she's holding in her hand. She quickly lifts it up so she's able to peer down at the screen.

She looks a little confused.]

Yes, it would appear that way - where ever here is.

[failssassin]

[The novice puts the confusion on the account of the Companion not knowing where she woke up, not on the fact that he knows her name and she might not know him.]

Well, here is not the Underworld, that's for sure. A few of us thinks the city is called 'Abax', but there's not much we know about this place.

[notquitegeisha]

Shénme?

[She shakes her head, not understanding why people keep associating her with the Underworld.]

What is this place you speak of? The Underworld?

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[expensivegift]

If it isn't the companion. Seems like the Underworld is importing everyone.

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[notquitegeisha]

[Her gaze shifts to the side for a brief moment, almost as though she were checking if there was perhaps another he might be speaking to.]

I'm sorry, but... You must have me mistaken for someone else.

[Though that was unlikely, but she had no idea what he was speaking of. Underworld?]

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[expensivegift]

[No, he definitely remembers her. But it seems this place has worked its magic with time and universe displacement.]

I haven't.

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[notquitegeisha]

[She can't help but feel she's missing something. Actually more like she was missing a lot.]

I'm... [She shakes her head in confusion.] We've met before?

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[defiedforaboy]

You're in a morgue. We all woke up there. [All matter of fact.]

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[notquitegeisha]

...Shénme? Everyone?

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[defiedforaboy]

Yes. Have you found adequate clothing?

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[notquitegeisha]

[She shakes her head.]

No, though I think someone might be bringing me soome.

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[hellsbellsharry]

[Holy hell is that...?]

Down, here! Check the phone.

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[notquitegeisha]

[Her lips press together at the sound of the voice and with a shaky breath, lifts her phone up.]

Ah... Maybe you'd be kind enough to tell me where I am, and why I woke up in a morgue.

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[hellsbellsharry]

[It is.... Clearly either another Inara or she doesn't remember either. Great.]

City's called Abax, it's empty and don't worry, everyone woke up in a morgue. You alright? Is someone coming to help you?

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[notquitegeisha]

I've heard that it's called Abax... But it's empty? Where did the city's inhabitants go?

[She's not alright, but she nods.]

I'm fine, thank you. I think someone is but I'm not sure what his name is.

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[topologically]

[ Arthur usually leaves the feeds that scream 'accidental' well enough alone. There are plenty of other people to take up the mantle, and the whole city (plus or minus a few cold showers) is starting to wear thin at his patience.

Inara's feed, though. That's interesting.

He's seen a few instances of people speaking anything other than English - nothing he's recognized, except for Italian, and even then some of the accents curl differently around the words. When the video clicks on Arthur speaks flatly and without much preamble, though his accent is a little too stiff to suggest that he's fluently familiar with the language. ]

-You speak mandarin.

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[notquitegeisha]

[Her eyebrows draw together and she looks down at the phone in her hand with a questionable expression.]

Well of course I do. Duìbùqǐ, is that a problem?

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[topologically]

[ The twist to Arthur's mouth comes in the form of a wry smile. ]

No. [ He shakes his head. ] Just glad to hear a language I recognize. English seems to be the common denominator, but I've heard a few dialects I don't recognize.

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[notquitegeisha]

Mandarin is quite common. [She's not even grasping that she might be somewhere it might not be, or that others might be from places where it's not as well.]

Perhaps they are from the outter rim? It would perhaps make sense. Speaking of. Which planet is this?