o1. ♌ voice / video

[k33perofhisword]

[A voice feed opens, and for a moment all that can be heard is the sound of fabric rustling, and a light tap, tap of someone fiddling with the communicator. A thoughtful "hum" is heard before it temporarily cuts off, before resuming once again as a video

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[coolingshackles]

[Signless knows that voice better than his own. He wants to reply, tell her that everything will be ok, tell her how he's worried, but as he's bolting from his hive he only manages a short text.]

stay.

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[k33perofhisword]

[She is surprised, but so, so relieved to see that familiar color. There is so much she wants to ask him, but if he is telling her to stay then she figures that means he is coming for her so she can be patient, instead she just leaves him with this:]

will do

[She is already significantly calmer knowing he is here, and if he is, then the chances of Dolorosa and Psiionicc are fairly high too. She awaits patiently for him at the train station.]

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[coolingshackles]

[He skids around a corner and freezes. It's her. It's well, and truly her. His beautiful, loving, and loyal Disciple.

His feet move without being told, carrying him to her, and he doesn't object with it in the least.]

You're alive...

[Rosa said that she had survived, but there had still been the fear.]

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[k33perofhisword]

[She had taken the time it took him to get to her to observe her surroundings some more. Things were a bit difficult to make out with the fog that seemed to permeate around the train station, but she could garner some details. A city--very unlike any she had seen before, and one that had obviously seen its fair share of troubles. She frowned a bit, but her ears picked up the sound of footsteps and she turned in their direction.

When she saw him a warm smile spread across her face, making her eyes crinkle in happiness and she too moved towards him to meet him. As she came closer, however, and saw the expression on his face her smile dipped a bit. When she spoke, it left completely to be replaced by a puzzled frown. The separation had caused her some great anxiety, but those were not words she had expected to hear from him.]

I. [She struggled a bit to make sense of why he would say that. Her memory was still incredibly foggy. Had something occurred that she could not recall?] I am. But I am affuraid I have lost some time. Is there a

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[clockwrkangel]

[[Becca is currently hurrying through the train station, still calling out as she looks around.]]

Alex? Alex!

[[She looks to the side to peer through the fog, still hurrying forward. ...And that's how she walks right into the Disciple, unless the other moves out of the way of course.]]

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[k33perofhisword]

[She had been too busy trying to focus on a spot elsewhere that she only registered the sound of footsteps before it was too late. She stumbled a bit, dropping her book but the impact hadn't been too hard--more surprising than anything.

She looks to her side, a bit bewildered and then concerned]

Are you quite alright?

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[clockwrkangel]

[[Becca backs up several steps, looking up at her with wide eyes.]]

This is a dream... This's gotta be a dream... You're a demon...

[[She whimpers softly and holds her hand out at her side, half expecting the flaming sword she drew herself holding one time to appear. After all, it's only a dream, right?]]

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[k33perofhisword]

[She frowned at that.]

Well, how rude!

[But she reminded herself that just like she had no idea what this girl was, the same could very well be true. That and from the looks of her she looked like she was only seven sweeps old at most. She was young and scared, so Disciple softened her expression.]

I am no demon, young miss. I am a troll, and such as you seem to be, rather confused as to why I am here. I mean you no harm.

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[ergaleomancer]

[[Theta would be one of those humans you've seen about. She's waiting for newcomers at the train station, and she stands up to walk over to the other, limping a little bit on an exquisitely carved wooden leg.]]

Welcome to Ruby City! Come have a cup of tea, I'll explain about this place.

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[k33perofhisword]

[Oh dear. That look rather uncomfortable, but Disciple did not look too hard on it...though really, any part of this creature was a bit too hard not to stare at.

At the mention of tea, she visibly brightened. She did love her tea, but then she had to remind herself that she wasn't quite sure who she could trust here just yet.]

Thank you. I would be most appurciative of that. [She had a name now, at least. Ruby City.]

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[ergaleomancer]

[[Theta limps back over to the shelter she's been waiting in and sets out a teacup. A mechanical teapot waddles over and bows, filling up the cup. It pops out a pair of arms and seems to expect something.]]

Just tell the teapot how you take your tea.

You've been kidnapped and brought to this place, as have all of the rest of us. We have seven captors, beings that were once human but now are something else, we know not what. Ah, humans. Creatures like myself, similar to trolls once at least adolescents. The pale skin is normal, though there's dark skinned varieties as well, and none of us have horns.

[[She knows a lot of trolls here at Ruby City, and has been here a long time and talked about a lot of stuff with them. You can thank them for her understanding of trolls.]]

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[k33perofhisword]

[She follows, still a little wary. Said wariness, perhaps foolishly vanishes when she sees the teapot moving on its own.]

Oh, how adorable! [Her eyes widened, delighted, and she smiles at it.] Only a small bit of milk, thank you.

[Aha, so here we go. She flips to the back of the book she always carries with her, and slips the quill out from it to begin taking down notes, writing in quick type Alternian. She waits till she finishes. Humans, huh. It was good to finally have a name to them. She seemed to know about trolls, too.]

Do you know what their purpose is fur kidnapping us? And to what purrpose? [a pause] Are there many other trolls?

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[arisenaradia]

[ Aradia doesn't recognize her, but she recognizes her as one of her own. But she looks older and somehow, Aradia is reminded of the other Jade blood who once introduced herself.

She doesn't even hesitate before responding to her. ]

You're in Ruby City, somewhere far away from Alternia. Why you could say that this is a different world altogether. [ A pause. Should she... ]

May I ask where you are?

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[k33perofhisword]

[Well look at that, a young troll just as she had been forewarned about. Disciple wasn't aware just how young they were, so despite the heads up she had been given she is still a bit surprised.]

Most certainly. Currently I am in the library of the city.

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[arisenaradia]

[ How does one act around older trolls? She seems kind, but... Obviously she knows better than to take a few words for granted. Not that she fears for herself but she truly does want to get to know these new faces. ]

And may I join you there?

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[k33perofhisword]

I think I would enjoy the company very much.

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[beepbeepmeeow]

[Another one! Though, this one looks like Nepeta. Surely it is her ancestor. Regardless it was another adult troll. They were getting tiresome. Luckily this one couldn't drop a bomb on him like the last two did.]

There humans. You'll get used to them. So this is Ruby City if you haven't already read the 'oh so' convenient fliers posted up everywhere.

[He is quick to get the point...he hated greeting people.]

You're an adult troll, right?

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[k33perofhisword]

[...he looks like a miniature Signless. That is the most adorable thing in all of paradox space.]

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[k33perofhisword]

Thank you. [She has seen them, and learned quite a bit of information but still good to be polite.]

That is correct. I was infurmed there were some younger trolls about. I hadn't quite expected this young.

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[beepbeepmeeow]

Great another one. What's your name then?

Yeah, sure we are young but we probably have done much more then your grubsauced faced fuckass of a leader ever did! [He knows that's not true, but he will probably never accept the Signless for who he is.]