1st Adventure ○ Video/Action

[eats_carrots]

[One would think that just minding his own business in his house would be safe. Traveling was for Bobby, not him. So when he spotted the music box just after getting journal #22, he didn't think there was anything wild a crazy. Sure, it was out of place, but that didn't make it weird. After everything he had read in Bobby's journals, a music box

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[soldierofhalla]

[Bobby had sort of resigned himself to his permanent vacation on Splendor. There were certainly worse place he could be stuck and, well, Saint Dane was defeated so it wasn't like with what happened on Ibara. Still, he did feel responsible for all the people stuck here and while his Traveler powers didn't seem to be working as they should he was determined to help if he could.

What he WASN'T expecting to ever see again were his friends, as he had sort of resigned himself to that as well. True, people here weren't travelers, so it was possible...but the chances were just so SLIM.

So when he heard a familiar voice on the seals he nearly fell out of the bed he slept in at the Bungalows. Bobby quickly grabbed up the seal and saw Mark's face and he felt his throat clench. This was...holy crap this was WAY beyond anything he could have wished for. The seal activated and showed Bobby looking maybe a little teary but totally excited]

Mark? What're you---oh man, Mark is that really you?

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[eats_carrots]

[In all honestly, Mark wasn't exactly a response. Especially not from Bobby. He felt almost foolish, talking to the weird object in his hand, and with a sigh, he was about to put it up. But then it talked. He jerked it back up, his eyes growing large again.]

B-Bobby? [Oh man, he was in for it now. He messed up again. He traveled when he knew he wasn't supposed to (not that he even knew how he did), and he just knew Bobby was going to fuss.

Yet, he looked.....glad to see him? Well, he knew that shouldn't really surprise him. Of course Bobby would be glad to see him. It had been a while since they had last parted ways.]

Y-Yeah, it's me. Oh man, look...I'm so sorry, I don't know how I got here, honest! I didn't mean to travel again, I know we're not supposed to, and...and... [Yup, there he goes with his nervous rambling.]

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[soldierofhalla]

[Huh. That was odd. Mark was freaking out about all of this. Actually, come to think of it, this didn't look like the Mark he had parted ways with at the Taj Mahal. This was...oh crap. Bobby didn't know how it was possible but he just KNEW this was somehow Mark from a few years ago. The problem now would be figuring out WHEN. At least he knew about traveling, so it wasn't THAT far back, thank God.]

No, Mark, calm down it's all right. This place...it's hard to explain but you didn't travel here. I mean, were you even AROUND a...you know when it happened? [Bobby had been doing his best to keep Traveler/Halla/flume talk to a minimum but given the circumstances he was THIS close to dropping the whole thing and just speaking freely. It's not like "other worlds" wasn't already out of the bag hereListen. This place is called Splendor. No one is sure how but it's able to pull people here by using these music boxes. It sounds bogus I know but you HAD to have seen the music box, right? The point is...you're not the only one here

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[eats_carrots]

[Mark nodded to Bobby, taking a deep breath, making himself calm down. He knew it wasn't good to get so worked up, and calming down certainly helped him get his thoughts together.]

No, I...I wasn't. I was in my room, about to read your latest journal when-- [The music box that Bobby spoke of jogged his memory, and he gave a little gasp.] The music box! I think I opened it, and then. Then I was here. B-But...how can a music box send people between different territories? I thought only...you know whats could do that. [Following Bobby's lead in not saying the flume word. If Bobby didn't think it was safe to say, he sure wasn't going to screw it up. He learned from his last mistake.]

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[eventhegood]

[ Teagan has always had something of a silly habit in lurking around near people and then slipping into their conversations without thinking about it - much to the endless surprise of others and often their mild annoyance.

She can't help but overhear him speak to his seal, pausing mid-step to peer curiously at the young man nearby. She's been fiddling with her own seal for a good little while now, silently musing over this odd situation, but the fact that this guy seems as lost as she is intrigues her.

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You've never seen this place before?

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[eats_carrots]

[And said boy nearly jumps out of his skin, not really expecting someone to approach him. The other people he had seen just ignored him, which wasn't necessarily something new to him, but the girl still took him by surprise.

The fact that it was a girl kind of threw him, too. Girls usually didn't notice his existence. Except for Courtney, but she was a complete exception.]

N-No, I...I can't say I have. [It might just be clear how guilty he feels for saying this. This had to be breaking Traveler rules. It had to be.]

[eventhegood]

[ She doesn't answer immediately. Her eyes narrow just for a moment, peering at the boy, until she suddenly breaks out into a considerably brighter expression, breathing a sigh of relief. ]

Me neither! I thought I was losing my mind for a moment, I really did. [ A small pause, and laughs a little, apologetically, though her smile does not falter. ] Sorry, that's probably not the most encouraging reaction, but I'm pretty sure you're not the only one entirely confused by this.

[eats_carrots]

[He gives her a curious look now, blinking. Okay, he was lost. She wasn't from here either? That didn't make any sense. Then again, it didn't make any sense how he got here, so he figured he should just go with it for now, until he actually found out what was going on.]

Glad to know that. [Nervous chuckle. She was an...interesting girl, for sure. But nice. Nice was...well, nice.]

Do...do you happen to know anything about this place, though? Anything at all? [Or was she as clueless as he was? Wouldn't hurt to ask.]

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[cygnet_not]

You're in Splendor! Ah, but, are you okay?

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[eats_carrots]

Splendor? [Blinking a little at that response. He didn't know of a territory called that, but he supposed Bobby hadn't been to all of them yet. But still.]

Y-Yeah, I am. I'm just a little lost.

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[cygnet_not]

You just got here, huh?

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[eats_carrots]

[...Crap. He failed at this blending in thing. Maybe it was a good thing he wasn't a Traveler.]

Uh, well... [What to say, what to say??]

....yeah?

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[freehugging]

...Hey, are you okay? You're in a place called Splendor now.

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[eats_carrots]

[Hesitant response, though his answer sure doesn't show on his face. He still looks kind of freaked out.] Yeah, I'm....I'm okay. [A pause, as well as a little nod.] Splendor. Okay, thanks. [That....really doesn't help him much. Like, at all. He has no idea where what place is, or where this place was, for that matter, but he's trying to act like he knows what's going on.

Yeah, he's not so good at this.]

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[freehugging]

You don't sound okay.

[But whatever, whatever.]

It's not where you came from - it's another world. I'm not from here, either.

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[eats_carrots]

[Another world? So he was on a different territory! But...how?? And how was the girl from a different one, too?]

...Man, I'm so confused. [Closing his eyes now, trying to figure out what the heck was going on. Really, nothing was making sense anymore. Not like it made sense to begin with, but still. But this girl seemed to know what was going on. At least, more than he did, so he gave question a shot:]

How...How did you get here, then?