WEEK 2

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

[It is again early morning when the train docks next. This time, however, the dock is not as busy. There are few trains to be seen, and even fewer people. Only a man stands at the dock, teeth sharp in his smile, scelera a deep gold as he stares beneath his fedora.

"Unexpected," he said with a smile. A two-dimensional dog with the head of a scribbled black cloud hops by, ignoring him. "But not unwanted. Do make yourselves comfortable."

This new place is known as Victoria's Chasm, named after an Empress. No, not that one. Her Thrice-Renewed Majesty is quite comfortable on her Throne, and rulled for much longer than 99 days, thank you very much.

In the distance, black begins to erupt like tendrils. Lightning flashes through the clouds. This is the land of monsters; tread carefully. And do not despair, whatever you do.


There are fifteen strangers left in this place.]

Comments

[telecosmetic]

Yeah! It's-it's one of my youngest brother's stuffed animals! He likes simple names like that... [She looks simultaneously happy and worried about this.] He-he wasn't among those hostages, so how did they get it...?

[eternaldivide]

[ A SIBLING. That has Mithos' attention. What even has his attention even more is-- ]

He wasn't among the hostages?

[ ... ]

Who knows. There an item of someone important that I also received that they shouldn't have been able to retrieve.

[telecosmetic]

[Eliza has so many siblings you don't even know.]

No...they had some of my friends from Town A, and my Uncle Monty, and my mentor ienzo...but not Monty's girlfriend or Uncle Bertie-um, he's Ienzo's husband. [She definitely looks more worried as she thinks about that. The other families weren't split up, after all. Why was hers? It's not like they have something against abducting kids, from what she can see...]

I guess...maybe they did just take his doll, for whatever reason. Do...do you mind if I take it with me?

[eternaldivide]

[ Right we can't forget her really really long surname ]

So they ... have some of who you consider important to you. [ But not others. Well, it sounds like she has a lot so maybe they couldn't get all of them.

Or maybe none of it is real because his most important isn't there. But ... he's not bringing that up. Instead he just nods to her question. ]

Of course. It belongs to you, since it's your little brother's.

[telecosmetic]

[The best way to prevent all your friends from being used against you is to have a whole lot of friends, apparently. When he offers the plushie to her, she immediately scoops it up, hugging it tightly. She's going to do her best to take care of it, now.]

Thank you... [She looks at Mithos like she wants to hug him too, though she's not sure how he'd react to that.]

[eternaldivide]

[ Mithos smiles at her. He's glad that it's back to the proper owner. It would've likely been collecting dust in his room otherwise since he's ... for the most part not for one with sentimental items like that.

Hard to have any when you're constantly on the move ... ]

You're welcome. I'm glad it's back in the right hands. [ He's... missing the point of the look. Going to have to give him more cues than that. ]

[telecosmetic]

Yeah...it's nice to have a reminder of my family here. [She glances at him, then after a pause, shuffles her arms so that she's only using one to hold Frog, opening the other to him as an offer.]

[eternaldivide]

Yeah, you're right. Given that they're so far away.

[ He still looks a little confused for a moment before it finally dawns on him. Ah, a hug. Okay, he'll accept, though it seems it's not something that he ... does often given how timid he seems about it ]

[telecosmetic]

[Quick one-armed hug time! Eliza won't hold on too long, both because she still has Frog in one arm and because she notices his nervousness.]

I haven't gotten much from those two yet, but if I get anything of yours just let me know as well, alright?

[eternaldivide]

[ A quick hug is good. Maybe he'll get used to regular hugs .. eventually. ]

Yeah of course. And let me know if I ended up receiving anything more of yours, as well.

[telecosmetic]

Mm-hm. [She nods.] I'm most worried about my Pokemon, actually.