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The Fifteen Strangers Mods ([personal profile] strangerpeople) wrote in [community profile] 15strangers2018-12-13 02:52 pm
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HAVE A NICE FLIGHT

HAVE A NICE FLIGHT


[The thing that jolts you awake is the sudden drop.

Maybe you gasp. Maybe you hold onto your seat as tightly as you can. Whatever you do, it doesn't help your stomach, or stop the overwhelming scent of flowers from tickling your nostrils. Nor does it unbuckle your seat belt, as you are strapped into a seat that is...well, it's comfortable, but not helpful when you don't know where you are.

You'll figure it out soon enough. You're inside a strange room of some kind, and opening the windows reveals nothing but clouds, lightning flashing across the sky...and a moon as red as blood. Its light seems to be much stronger than any light that comes from within the place you are now, which seem to flicker and lose power at the worst intervals.

Not only that, but you're not alone. There are 14 others with you, and only those 14. And--you have power. You don't know what it is, not yet. But instantly you know you have a power. It's just a matter of you figuring out that power, since the doo-hickey you find in your room doesn't help you figure it out.

And yes, you're flying. If you don't know what an airplane is, well. Welcome to the future, friend. It's looking to be a not-so-great one so far.]
backuphero: ([INTERNALLY SCREAMING])

[personal profile] backuphero 2018-12-15 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Tried pinching yourself yet? I banged my elbow on the doorframe and it hurt, but if you're the one dreaming and I'm not, well....

[It's an honest suggestion, coming from a lanky blond who, if Zelos opens the door, he'll find just outside it - he happened to pass by at just the right instant to catch that last bit, and needed a wall to lean against for a moment anyway.]
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[personal profile] pimpplan 2018-12-15 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Zelos stops midway through the door frame, squinting at Jonathan for a split second. Guess he's not the only one on whatever this thing is, after all. ]

I was actually going to go find a nice place to bang my head on, but...

[ He sighs. ] Look, if you're going to look for an autograph, can you come back later? I'm really not in the mood for any fans right now.
backuphero: (Huh?)

[personal profile] backuphero 2018-12-16 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Autograph?

[Congratulations Zelos! You have one (1) confused Texan staring at you!]

Trust me, I got no more clues who you are than you do about me. Woke up here, haven't seen anyone I know, but it's not the first time something like this has happened... pretty sure it's all real. Sorry.
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[personal profile] pimpplan 2018-12-17 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I said.

[ He flips his hair a little melodramatically. ]

I suppose my reputation doesn't exceed as far as I tend to think it does. The name Zelos Wilder doesn't ring any bells, does it?

[ He's willing to let this affront slide, on account of what Jonathan follows up with. ]

Not the first time? What do you mean by that?
backuphero: (tentative nervousness)

[personal profile] backuphero 2018-12-17 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
A few months ago I woke up somewhere I didn't recognize, without any weapons, and... trust me when I say we're lucky whoever brought us here left us our own clothes. If it turns out there's fifteen of us here, that's... oh, God, why is the floor moving like this? That's too many coincidences for me.

[He pauses, with a tense, wan smile, and then keeps speaking - ]

And I can't say the name rings a bell, no. Don't suppose the name Jonathan Morris rings any for you?
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[personal profile] pimpplan 2018-12-18 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
... So what you're saying is you seem to be a lot more popular than me? I find that hard to believe.

[ It's kind of hard to tell whether he's serious or not. ]

Nope. Not a clue. You must be one of the sad saps from the declining world, then.
backuphero: (3 AM logic)

[personal profile] backuphero 2018-12-18 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's no way Zelos could know he just summed up Jonathan's bleakest opinion of his own Earth, but the end result of that last is a moment of stricken confusion followed by laughter that is, honestly, more than a little hysterical.]

Man, I know things are going to get worse over the rest of the century, but you don't have to say it right out like that!