Where am I?

[mrsbrisby]

[Video]

Ah-haa!

[The screen flashes to life much to the surprise of the tiny mouse holding the device. As she recoils she throws the object away from her body. The jettisoned piece of technology tumbles through the air, eventually coming to a sudden jostling stop on the pavement just in time to capture video of the mouse disappearing around the

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[video]

[abracadabrapon]

Mrs. Brisby. I'm afraid there is no way to return to your garden.

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[mrsbrisby]

[OH! A human! It is briefly considered that she should run off but the human actually seems to understand what she was saying and the human was inside the glowing stone object, otherwise known as the communicator but she doesn’t have quite enough experience with technology to know that. ]

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[mrsbrisby]

[Maybe it was safe. ]

But, I have to get back. My children will be worried about me and I can’t expect Auntie Shrew to watch after them for this long. Please, there must be a way back?

[video]

[abracadabrapon]

[As much as she would have loved to give true comfort to this woman, Setsuna knows she...can't. Not entirely.]

There isn't...not at the moment. At this moment you are a refugee, just as we all are.

[video]

[dreamsofouthere]

[blinks, is not sure what to make of you, but sdfiosj you are adorable]

Hello, Mrs. Brisby, my name is Rapunzel. Um...the garden, where, exactly? I can't say I've seen anything garden-like here in Traverse Town.

[video]

[mrsbrisby]

[Another human who can understand her! ]

The garden is a field on the Fitzgibbons' farm. It can’t be too far away from here. I was just there a little while ago…

[A pause for some fidgeting. She doesn’t want to be rude but she feels the need to ask. ]

Can all humans here understand mice?

[video]

[dreamsofouthere]

[oh dear, sad faces for Mrs. Brisby]

Mrs. Brisby I... I'm afraid your home is very, very far from here.

This place is called Traverse Town, it's where the people who have survived their worlds being swallowed by darkness ends up. If you're here, Mrs. Brisby, then it means your world is gone right now.

[hurriedly]

But, we can get your world back, so please don't lose hope!

[pauses and considers]

I... don't think any mice talked back home...but King Mickey is a mouse, and we can understand him, so maybe it has something to do with this place?

[video]

[mrsbrisby]

That is what the other person said… but the children!

[Mrs. Brisby tries to reign in this sorrowful feeling before she cries. The hope of Rapunzel’s next sentence is more than enough help for this. ]

There is a way to get the world back? What is it?

Maybe… it is some kind of magic?

[It seemed odd, but magic did exist She had seen magic work first hand. ]

[Voice --> Video]

[smileeveryone]

[How could anyone have missed that outburst of hers. The device transmitted a cacophony of sound as it was hurled across the expanse, bouncing carelessly until it ran out of energy. Wishing he'd had time to plug his own ears, Basil swiftly replied.]

Do get ahold of yourself dear Lady.

[The sight of another mouse, was a welcome one despite his reprimand. Although it was not the mouse he had expected to turn up.]

Mrs. Brisbane was it? We appear to have found ourselves in a similar quandary. Ah-- but I'm getting ahead of myself.

[There's a few mutterings here and there as it sounds like Basil is fiddling with something. Soon the feed switches to video.]

Ah! Much better, wouldn't you say? Now.. where were we? Yes of course..

[On the screen appeared a mouse not alike herself, dressed from head to toe.]

I am Basil of Baker Street. Perhaps you've heard of me?

[Video]

[mrsbrisby]

[She does try to… ‘get ahold of herself’ as much from the surprise of being told to do so as anything. ]

Mrs. Brisby.

[She ever so softly corrects with just a touch of a quiver in her voice. But when the video switches on Mrs. Brisby is naturally greatly relieved to see another mouse. The humans she had met were very nice but it was still so strange to speak to them! ]

Basil of Baker Street? No, I’m afraid I haven’t. I have never been much farther out than the edge of the garden.

[Video]

[smileeveryone]

[Basil is one to talk considering how surprised he'd been by these things originally... however that doesn't stop him from acting like an expert now]

Whatever. [He waved off the correction immediately]

[It was peculiar how the humans here were only to ready and willing to converse with creatures of their diminutive size]

Hrn? A pity, it would have saved me the trouble of explaining myself further. [A pause] Judging by your attire alone.. anyone can plainly see you are of rural extraction. [IE. You didn't need to say it] Finding yourself surrounded by all these man-made structures.. must be a bit of a shock, I imagine.

[Video]

[mrsbrisby]

Rural… extraction…?

[That was true but, what a strange way to phrase it. ]

There aren’t buildings like this on the farm. There is just the farm house and the barn… oh and the chicken coop, but nothing like this. It was a… shock.

[She fidgets, wondering if she should ask. ]

But you are used to these… ‘man-made structures’? Do you live in the city?

[video]

[duelking]

[Whoa! ...Another talking mouse! But she looks like an actual mouse instead of... well. She just looked very different than the King and Queen. This place is full of surprises, ain't it?]

Hey, Mrs. Brisby! [A short wave.] I, uh... I imagine you've probably already been filled in on the situation, right?

[He offers a sympathetic smile.]

[video]

[mrsbrisby]

[Oh! Another human! ]

Hello. Yes… a few people have told me about the Darkness and how I can’t return home right now.

[For an instant she looks pathetically sad about that. ]

There must be so many in the same position?

[video]

[duelking]

Yeah... I'm sorry-- the situation kinda bites, don't it? [He nods.] Unfortunately, yeah.

But hey! We've all got a lot of camaraderie with one another, right? My name's Zell. Zell Dincht! So... if you ever need anything, I'd be more than happy to help ya out!

I live on Destiny Islands and work at Land of Dragons, so you can ask for me if you're ever there, okay? [Have a cheerful grin!]

[video]

[mrsbrisby]

O… okay.

[She seems uncertain about this, but it is a lot to take in all at one time. Especially about the other worlds, Destiny Island and the Land of Dragons… ? ]

Thank you, Zell.