Mesdames et Messieurs, Voilà, C'est Vous

[lesmodsalouette]

Bievenue

You're wrapped in a soothing, all-encompassing darkness.

Well, perhaps not perfectly all-encompassing -- you can see some slivers of light here and there, just enough to realize that your current space is literally wrapped in something, and that you are a highly customized burrito at the mercy of an entirely too fluffy bed and set of blankets. Moreover: you are definitely not alone.

Depending upon the contents of your bed (two of you, waking up dressed exactly in what you wore last you remember back where each of you came from, in the exact same state as those last moments no matter how illogical or disjointed), it may not be comfortable or feasible to stay cocooned up for much longer. There's a low, muted GONG, GONGG coming from not far away, your bed creaks like a beleaguered ship in an unannounced storm, and it is joined by even more noises of movement beyond the bed canopy as you try to take stock of where you are.

Eventually, you either fall out of bed or drag yourself into this world: your new and strangely crowded personal rooms, the clock insistently sounding out the hour, and the halls and heraldry of the venerable Château Ambregris -- a lavishly decorated and fully furnished version of a more-or-less authentic French castle (assuming you know what France or a castle are).

Left to your own devices for the moment, you may find it helpful to explore the castle for your own purposes, check out the suspicious statues and personalized plaques in the Promenade of Reflexion, or perhaps to try to get to the bottom of the mysterious and frankly alarming amount of bread piled up in front of the place settings in the Banquet Hall. (Were you thinking of escaping? Any attempts to leave the property will be met with no forward progress at all, treadmill style). There's just about every kind of loaf, roll, boule, baguette, croissant or even animal-shaped bread you can think of stacked in baskets. There's absolutely nothing else save for plain bread, but at least you won't starve.

[OOC: Welcome to Château Ambregris, a perfectly normal castle receiving perfectly normal guests. Feel free to ask any questions in discord! The NPC Meet & Greet will be later today, March 8 at 6 PM EST/3 PM PST.]

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[frostlight]

[Finally, someone else who knows these things.]

If that's what you feel, it's probably true. The real question is how to reverse the summons.

[allrounder]

That, I fear, is likely far more complicated than the act of summoning us here.

[ Which he unfortunately knows from experience. ]

[frostlight]

So long as we know the destination, it shouldn't be a problem . . . unless you know something?

[allrounder]

I have... some experience with traveling between stars. It came with its own host of complications and I imagine that we would run into at least an issue or two here as well, given the sheer number of us that there are.

[frostlight]

[She frowns, then sighs.]

I guess that's true. It's easier to travel when it's just yourself.

[allrounder]

That it is! For example, what if teleporting someone back to their home were to disrupt the balance in some way? The likelihood of that possibility is much greater the larger our number happens to be.

[frostlight]

Balance? At worst, our souls would be sealed in such a way that dampens our powers for traveling so recklessly.

[Like here, which is already odd, because she shouldn't be having such troubles. Her eyes narrow briefly in irritation at the thought.]

[allrounder]

I should hope not.

[ But she's got a point there. It's a possibility. ]

...We may need to find out the reason for the absence of our abilities before we can tackle the idea of going home.

[frostlight]

What else could it be? It must be the result of whatever force summoned us here.

[allrounder]

You think so? I was considering some sort of spell was placed on us to dampen our abilities.

[frostlight]

It could be the one and the same. If all of us here are from another dimension, a powerful spell must have been cast to move us at once.

[allrounder]

And in turn, it would be possible to intertwine that spell with another, effectively rendering us powerless.

[ Sounds plausible to him, honestly! ]