paixaorpg | Dear TARDIS: Where are we now?

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Dear TARDIS: Where are we now?

Character(s): Donna Noble; Open
Content: Donna arrives to the city, and has no idea what to do now.
Setting: Near Muspelheim, inside the city.
Time: Week 34
Warnings: None, so far

She sighed, pocketing her journal. She really had no idea where she was, and all she gathered from the guards was 'Paixao'. This meant nothing to her really, considering. She looked around and walked forward, hands in her pockets. For now, she wasn't going to panic. All this was a new world, possibly a new time. Who knew when she was even. When she found the Doctor, she was sure that he would able to fill her in. He always knew what was going on.

All she wanted was for those strange blonde twins across the square to stop staring her at her. Was how she looked that interesting to them?

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Considering everyone new looked strange to the natives, Suki wasn't that surprised to see the twins staring. She hadn't really made a habit of stopping by to welcome newcomers, but every so often she ran into one at a random time and figured she'd pay her dues of citizenry.

Today happened to be one of those days. The woman in question looked quite a bit lost, so Suki approached her cautiously.

"My name's Suki. You look a little lost. Anything I can help you with?"

Donna turned when she heard the voice. At least someone seemed to be nice in this place. Unlike all the blond people wandering around, who seemed to want to avoid her as much as possible.

"Maybe. I just got here, and I'm trying to figure out just exactly what's going on." She said, glancing over the square again, and all the people milling around. "Name's Donna."

Suki offered a smile in return, trying to appear as inviting and non-threatening as possible. "Nice to meet you. Maybe I can help a little. Are you looking for a place to stay or just general information about the city?"

"Both, somewhat." She sighed. "I need a place to stay until I find someone I'm looking for, and as much information as available." This was going to be interesting until she caught up with the Doctor...or at least one of them.

Suki nodded, pulling out her journal and flipping to the map she kept there. "This is the city." She pointed out several apartment complexes around the city. "These are all decent places to stay. I'm sorry to say I haven't heard of a way to leave the city, yet, except for visiting the other floors, but that's not exactly what everyone's looking for."

Donna took some notes on what Suki was showing her in some function in her own journal. The last sentence she said caught Donna's attention.

"Wait, other floors? This is a city."

"It's hard to explain," Suki admitted with a shrug. "I don't really understand it, but people have said we're in a huge castle. The city is one floor and each other world is a floor. Some of them are fun to explore, but some are really hard to get through."

"Have you explored any? It seems hard to comprehend that this city is actually just a floor...of a castle..." She shook her head. Even with everything she had seen while travelling with the Doctor, the concept of this place being a floor of a castle made no sense at all.

"I know, it's weird," Suki agreed with an apologetic smile. "But I have seen a couple of the other floors. A few friends of mine made it all the way to the one called Spira. It's third or fourth up. That place is hard to get through, so we haven't gone any farther yet. Most people tend to stick down here. It's easier than dealing with the other floors."

"Hmmm." Donna figured the Doctor was on another floor. This place seemed to be right up his alley, and he wouldn't put off exploring. Now all she had to do was find out how to find him...and where he was exactly, floor wise.

"What's on the other floors?...and what's this 'Spira' place like?"

"They're all pretty different," Suki answered with a shrug. "One's a beach, looks like an island; another's got Halloween Town and something called Christmas Town on it with snow and scary things; there's Spira, which is actually pretty and reminds me of home in a way, but it's got a lot of creatures that like to try to hurt you. My friends and I didn't do so well there."

And that was putting it mildly. They'd almost become monster-chow.

"I'm not sure about any others. I haven't wanted to try going any further since we tried Spira. It was a little too hard to get through."

"Sounds...interesting." Like something the Doctor would find to be an adventure, but beginning to sound like a headache and a half to Donna. She wasn't any amazing 'creature' fighter, but something could be done, right?

"Oi. So, how does one get to these other worlds?" Not that she really wanted to go, but she had to, didn't she? "I think my friend's in one of them."

"It's not far." Suki pulled out her own map and pointed out the church that served as a gateway to the other floors. "You have to go here first and then the first world, an island, opens up. Each floor has a doorway in another place. The island's doorway is in a cave and then the next one's in a tree. I know it sounds weird, but you'll see when you get there. Just be careful, okay?"

Donna pulled out her journal and took notes on the directions that Suki was giving her. Sounded weird, but she was used to travelling around in a blue phone box with a Time Lord. About par for the course, if she compared the two of them.

"Thanks for the help." She said closing the journal again. "Those creatures you mentioned, are they on all the other worlds? Or just the Spira one?"

"We only encountered them on Spira, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are others on other floors," Suki admitted with a shrug. "Do you want someone to go with you just in case something happens? I'd hate to send you alone..."

"Thanks for the concern, but I'll be okay. I have a friend out there, and I'm sure to find him if I keep looking." And she hoped that he wasn't on the floor that Suki was talking about. But, knowing him, the idea of the creatures might intrigue him.

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