[action/voice; post-masquerade]

[verdictswings]

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[ voice ]

[staratdusk]

I thought I had a teleportation malfunction too, but those usually prove fatal.

[ she pauses to think ]

Still not convinced I'm dead, but I'm also not trying to think of it that way.

Hello!

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[verdictswings]

[Voice?

Where?

She stares at the key. Then turns it over.

A communication device? She holds the key closer, like a walkie-talkie.]

... Hi? [Pause.] You...can teleport?

Re: [ voice ]

[staratdusk]

What? No-

...

Well, I mean, if I tried hard enough--

...maybe.

[ Her voice turns cautious ] What's it to you?

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[verdictswings]

Eh-- Ah-

Um. You're...not alone? [The unsureness in her voice is painfully obvious. Toby is under the impression that the girl on the other side is altered, like her. Unfortunately, this is something Toby never thought of happening, so she has no idea how to treat a fellow weirdo.]

[haruno]

The castles and estates are North of where you probably are right now, ma'am.

[verdictswings]

Oh!

Ah, thanks. Do you know if anyone lost their key? Anyone in, um, Arborn?

[haruno]

If it's the key you found with you, then it's actually yours.

[ she breathes in; ]

Let me start over. Welcome to Splendor! It's nowhere you've probably ever been before. We're working out how to get back to our respective homes, but so far it's been proving unsuccessful. That so far is a couple weeks old by now, in case you were curious.

[verdictswings]

[The first thought that crosses her mind is why hasn't anyone tried to catch a plane, but that was such an obvious answer it couldn't possibly be feasible. Neither could 'calling the police.' With such a modern-looking city, Splendor couldn't be in an unknown country, either.

When she finally responds, her voice is light, half-serious.]

Is this still Earth...