... strangely conflicted :|a

[elegante_masks]

[After several of the passengers had broken the emergency glass panel in the Captain's command deck, the Elegante slowly, slowly begins to move again. But it's not a smooth journey. In fact, she seems to vibrate and shake as she lurches along, and with every inch further every passenger will feel more tired, more shaken and exhausted, as if their

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[notwhatiwas]

[Vincent may never have flown so hard in his life. The drop was staggering, and the crash makes his ears ring and something underneath his senses screech--and for a second he wonders if he has Galian and the rest back--and then they begin to sink.

He holds onto the railing, grinds his teeth.]

Oh Minerva damn it all.

[elegante_masks]

[It certainly is!

In fact the first thing Vincent will see when he gets there, is a beach; the rest of the island is obscured by what looks like buildings. There's a large sign, but he'll have to land to read it.]

[notwhatiwas]

[Closer, closer, and he drops to the earth to put Veld back on his feet. Buildings? Civilization? Are there actually people here?

Logically he knows there should be--they're not the first batch, after all. Just the last. There are plenty of others that came before them, and if this is what it's supposed to be...]

[elegante_masks]

[The sign reads:

WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN SHORE!

A new beginning!

Over the last word is a bloody hand print that smears down to the edge of the sign. There's blood on the sand, but no sign of a body.]

[notwhatiwas]

[That could be very, bad, or very good. Either this place is just as dangerous as the ship, all full of death with no System to catch them and some poor soul died here, or something more pleasant such as an injured person being taken away for treatment.

No way of telling just yet, but Vincent is more accustomed to worlds full of death than anything else, and that's what he defaults on with an almost imperceptible sigh. Either way, at least they're alive. For the moment.]

[elegante_masks]

[The island is completely silent.]

[consummateturk]

[Veld laughed. He reached out and thumps the sign with a hand to make sure that it's real.]

At least it's not on a boat anymore.

[notwhatiwas]

[Vincent's leg is still utterly shattered, so he doesn't put his weight on the ground at all--but he does move forward to push Veld against that sign and just lean against him.]

We did it.

We made it.

[He makes a strange breathy noise, something like a laugh but not really at all, and then dips his head, bridges the gap between them and...proves that they're alive.]

[consummateturk]

[Veld's not going to complain about this. After the hell on the boat and all the high tensions it was to be expected. Later they would look around the island, find the others, try to stay alive.

Fuck it, right now he needed this]

[notwhatiwas]

[It takes a handful of minutes at most before Vincent breaks off and breathes out--]

No word from Reno. I'll be right back.

[And then pulls back and moves to take back to the air.]

[consummateturk]

Your leg is busted, Valentine. I'll get Sparky.

[It is like half a mile, Reno's swimming his way anyway. ]

Fifteen minutes alright?

[notwhatiwas]

I can get him in three.

And my leg is fine so long as I don't use it.

[Pause. Did he actually just say that? Yeah. Yeah, okay, bad phrasing is BAD.]

Just...let me do this. I'll be right back.

[consummateturk]

[Veld gives him the look.]

Hover your ass right here.

[ttlynotawizard]

[Remy made it to the Golden Shore! Too bad he's too exhausted from teleporting what feels like a million more people than he's used to. He flops face first in the sand without even thinking to look at the sign.]

Ow.

[lastofvaldemar]

[Van has been running on fumes for the last little while. Right now he can no more stand than fly and so passes out right on the spot. It may be considered fortunate that he is face-up and thus will not choke to death on the beachsand.]

[ttlynotawizard]

[Remy has just about enough strength to roll to his back. He reads the sign upside down and smiles. Oh hey, Van's next to him. That's nice. He closes his eyes.]