Cautiously, you walk the dawning - Arrival OTA

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She woke up on the ground, which was new. She didn't remember waking up in dreams before, but she knew she hadn't gone to sleep outside. She pushed herself into a sitting position and looked around. The sun was rising and everything was a chill grey dawn. Ariadne zipped up her hoodie before pulling out her bishop totem and casually tipping it,

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Arthur had been exploring the village. He'd been here a few days, but true to form, had kept mostly to himself. He was around the corner when he heard sounds of life, and drew his Glock 17 from his ankle holster, turning off the safety and cocking it before quickly rounding the corner, aiming at whatever strangeness might be awaiting him.

When he saw her, he immediately put the gun down, putting on the safety and trigger lock.

"Ariadne?"

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Ariadne almost dropped the rock she grabbed in her immediate natural response of jumping up and raising her hands parallel to her head.

"Arthur," she said dropping her arms, obviously relieved. She strode up to him, hanging on to her rock. "What's going on?"

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I was stupid and hit a button and deleted Arthur's comment by mistake. Luckily, I have it in my inbox, so I'll put it here:

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ARTHUR: "I don't know," he replied, his eyes watching the area around them as he spoke to her. "I've only been here a few days and...it's...it's not good. This place..."

He jumped at a small sound, frowning.

"Let's go back to my cabin. We can talk there."

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"Is it dangerous here?" Ariadne followed him, but didn't stop being inquisitive. "Where are we?" She stopped. "Cabin?"

[samael_falls]

Lucifer always found himself amused when new people showed up here. They always seemed so frightened and confused, and then came to understand that they were trapped here, and then there was the requisite emotional reaction. They were all so alike, so silly and predictable. They were also his only source of amusement, since he was trapped here too.

And yeah, he was still bitter about that.

This girl was a tiny thing. If she wasn't so...developed, he'd think she was still a little girl.

He approached her, his wings folded tightly to his back so as not to be immediately obvious (well, pretty immediately, they were WINGS, after all).

"Ah, fresh meat," he said with a smile that wasn't exactly friendly.

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Ariadne almost dropped the rock she was examining, her head jerking towards the voice. It belonged to an imposing figure, something very wrong glinting in his eyes.

"Stay where you are," she said, trying to remember everything she learned in self defense classes and in training for dream sharing missions. "My boyfriend won't like it if you get too close."

[samael_falls]

"Your boyfriend, Ariadne?" He grinned, but it was far from pleasant. "Does Arthur know that he's your boyfriend? Perhaps I should tell him, because I think he's missed the memo."

It was cute, how girls acted like that sometimes. How they thought that if he wasn't afraid of them, at least he'd be afraid of their big, tough boyfriends. He laughed again, despite himself, and let his wings unfurl themselves and ruffle a bit. He took a step closer to her.

"I'm most definitely not afraid of Arthur, my dear."

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"Who- Do I know you?" Ariadne asked, though she was sure she didn't. She was even more sure once his wings came into view. She clutched her rock and reminded herself that this was a dream. No matter what her totem was doing, there was no other explanation.

"Who are you?"