paixaorpg | I'm... Coming Through? [Active/Closed]

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I'm... Coming Through? [Active/Closed]

Character(s): Tiana, anyone who happens to be around Vanaheim.
Content: Tiana arrives at Paixao again, with no memory of her past time being here. At the Vanaheim gate, she tries to figure out exactly what is going on.
Setting: Vanaheim
Time: Night
Warnings: None forseeable.

It wasn't the kitchen, and it was foggy - that was all Tiana knew. Where was she? Weird events were not at all foreign to her, but this? This was new. And she wasn't really sure what she should do about that. Although...

Well, there was a line of people - Or, mostly people, at least. Surely the line was for something or headed somewhere... So she joined it. It was better than standing around just feeling lost. Ahead, she could see a gate comprised of what appeared to be two fruit trees.

Odd time of year for the trees to have so much on 'em, she couldn't help but think.

The line moved along at a stead pace, and eventually the young woman reached a booth of some sort of brochures. Tiana took one, but didn't read it quite yet. Her mind was a little too confused, a little too nervous, for her to focus. Besides, very shortly after she took one, someone asked for her name.

"Ah... Tiana," she offered with some hesitation. She was then handed some sort of... Device, and she stepped through the gates.

It was a town. She was in a town, one she'd never seen before... With not a familiar face in sight. She stood there, trying to figure out her next move.

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There might not have been a familiar face, but there was at least someone nearby who was willing to explain. It was a job he'd gotten far too used to since he'd first arrived, but he wasn't about to give it up just because no one he knew had come through since... since a while, come to think of it. But the simple act of checking had become almost routine and then more a less a habit.

It was something to do to keep his mind off of things at least a little.

"You just get here?" he offered as soon as he got close enough to Tiana to be able to be heard.

Tiana looked over at the voice, and managed a weak smile. "I did," she said with a nod. She knew she ought to find out who she was talking to before she dove into questions, before she allowed herself to trust, but she couldn't help but ask, "Where is here, anyway?"

It wasn't the most comfortable or the wisest decision, but she couldn't stand not knowing what was happening to her.

Well, at least that was an easy question to answer. A fairly common question as well, even. Not that he was exactly surprised. It was only natural to wonder where one was when one found oneself abruptly in a strange place, no matter where that strange place happened to be.

"It's called Paixao."

(ooc|...I should be quicker here on out.)

"Paixao," Tiana repeated, nodding slightly. Well, she knew the name of where she was now, but that didn't exactly help her. But she'd find out more about the place later. There was a more pressing question. "And... How did I end up here?"

How did they get here. The one question no one really knew the answer to. Or at least, if anyone did they weren't about to offer up the details on a silver platter. Or anything else more or less similar. Not the best of situations, oh no, and after a moment of silence, Squall simply shrugged.

"No one knows. We just... have."

"That's... Strange," Tiana pointed out, and it was really an understated version of what she was thinking. But she had her two big questions answered. That was something, at least.

And then a thought occured to her. He'd said we. "So... Is everyone here from somewhere else?"

The whole place was strange really. Cities in domes, and worlds beyond doors. None of it made a lot of sense, and he'd been through Time Compression. (Which he hadn't really understood either, but that was a little bit besides the point.) This was something else. Something bizarre and not really understandable, for all that he'd gotten more or less used to the place.

"Most people. You'll know the citizens of this place when you see them."

Tiana blinked a few times in confusion. She really wanted to find out who she was talking to, already, and more information about the city, but new questions just kept forming.

"And how will I know, exactly?"

There was a moment of silence from Squall at that. Had she not noticed when she came in the gate? It was only a moment or three later that he managed to remind himself that not every newcomer had a SeeD's eye for detail. Or would know where to look, for that matter.

"They look like the people manning the gates," he explained. "Blond hair, blues, look almost like they belong in the past.

"Oh, I see." That would be easy enough to remember and notice. Well, with that aside, it seemed like the best time to introduce herself. She managed a smile just for doing so.

"I'm Tiana, by th'way."

"Squall."

Short and to the point, yes, but that was how he'd always been. And besides, it wasn't really like introductions needed to be long, drawn-out affairs. As long as they got their names across, that was the important part.

To the point was just fine with Tiana, especially when she wanted to find out more about this city she was stuck in. She gave Squall a nod. "Thank you for th'help, Squall," she said as she pulled a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "So... If you have th'time, could you tell me more about this place?"

If he had the time? Of course he had the time. It wasn't like there was anyone he had to meet. One of the advantages (if you could really call them that) of not having anyone he actually knew in the city.

"It's a city. Supposed to be inside some castle."

Not that that made a lick of sense, but it was what they'd said.

She had so many more questions - shelter, work, things like that - but his answer made her pause before she spoke.

"Th'city's in a castle?" she repeated flatly, putting a hand on her hip.

"It's what they said," Squall answered with a dismissive shrug. "Each 'floor' is a world. This is the first."

With... three? four? more lying beyond it. He hadn't been to more than the first, but there was something there. Something very, very wrong, mostly, but something all the same.

"They?" she repeated. "And what do you mean, 'a world'? I'm sorry, I've never heard of anything like this..."

It really just made no sense. None of it did.

There was a sigh at that. Squall had been hoping to not need to get into a full and thorough explanation of everything that made Paixao what it was. Not, that he thought to himself, that he didn't know better. Everyone who came into the city had the same questions in the end.

So much for his hopes, at least.

"They didn't give a name," he began. "It was an anonymous post. Said that the place was a castle, and that if we wanted to find a way back home we needed to figure out its secrets and get to the top. As for worlds, wherever you came from isn't the only inhabited place out there. Something about the castle... reflects worlds, I guess?"

"I... See." Tiana heard that sigh, and didn't want to test Squall's patience. She had enough of an idea of what was going on now, she supposed, except for one thing. She held up the device she'd been given upon entry.

"What is this?"

It wasn't so much his patience that was the problem. He could be infinitely, endlessly patient if the situation called for it. The problem was more that he wasn't really good at explaining things. He never liked it, although he could do it if called to.

"It's called a journal. It lets you talk to the other people here."

It didn't look like any kind of journal Tiana had seen before, so she held it out to Squall.

"I don't s'pose you could show me how t'work it?"

"It's electronic," Squall explained as he took the journal, although he wasn't about to assume that would mean anything to Tiana. But he needed something to fill the space, even if it was meaningless words. And wasn't that a surprise. Before this place he never would have said something just to say something, and the fact that he hadn't noticed before just now was more than a little disturbing.

"You open it like this," he began, pointing out the fine seam between the to halves before opening it up to reveal the keys and the screen. "After that it's like... like a typewriter."

Tiana smiled thankfully, giving a little nod of the head at Squall. "I got it. Thank you very much, Squall."

"No problem," he answered, with a slight nod in return. "You should be able to find most of the rest of what you need either there or somewhere in the city - there's a map in the journals."

She nodded once again. "Good t'know." She was feeling more confident now, ready, even. She'd dealt with something almost this crazy before. She was up for a new challenge - It wasn't an ideal situation, but she'd work through it. She always did. "Thank you again, for everything."

"Don't worry about it."

It was always nicer when there was someone willing to explain, and if that person turned out to him, well that much he could deal with. At least for now, anyway.

"I'll see you around." She hoped she would, at least. She had no way of knowing if she really would, and admittedly, part of her was wondering if this was all just a dream.

Squall's only answer to that was a noncommittal sort of noise and a shrug. He'd keep an eye out, at least, but he couldn't really say whether or not he'd see anyone on a regular enough basis to warrant something like that.

Tiana nodded - It was enough for her. And with one last 'thank you', she headed off, ready to make her way in this new city... Or find a way home... Or something.

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I'm... Coming Through? [Active/Closed]

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Ack! Sorry I took!

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I'm so sorry once again. I'm not always good at getting back into the swing of things...

It's fine!

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Sorry to keep spamming you with the same two icons. XD

It's fine~

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Sorry again, winter holiday stuff distracted me for a while there.

Holidays will do that

That and I'm an epic fail at getting back to things this month. Oy. Sorry.