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bellelurette2025-03-07 11:17 pm
lesmodsalouette) wrote in bellelurette2025-03-07 11:17 pm
Mesdames et Messieurs, Voilà, C'est Vous
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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in the end, it's the hair that makes him hesitantly accept the hand; it reminds him of... that boy. ]
... Yoru. Why are you here?
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Man. This guy looks like he needs a nap. ]
I dunno. I could ask you that, too.
[ He pulls, helping Yoru to his feet. ]
You didn't hurt yourself in the fall, did you?
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[ he looks around and finally notices that the room is also unfamiliar. a step more opulent than he’s used to. he lips snap shut after a soft ‘oh.’ he stays silent until he’s on his feet. ]
Thank - thank you. [ he hand jerks away like the main has cooties. ] I’m fine…
I don’t know where we are though. Did you… come to be our new family member?
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He's not bothered by the jerk, though. Anyone would be jumpy in a situation like this. He would be, too, if he wasn't instinctively remaining calm for this guy. ]
Family member? [ He parrots this, confused. ] No, sorry, I don't think so.
[ He steps back, takes another look at the decor. ]
We might've been kidnapped to the West.
[ You know, like, the Western Country. The actual country in his world, not the nebulous west. Not like Yoru knows that, though. ]
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[ yoru definitely doesn't know, and the phrasing confuses him all the more. ]
West... of town? By gangs, you mean?
[ even that's doubtful because look at this place. ]
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[ Cain slows and trails off, taking in Yoru again. What if he doesn't know what the Western Country is? It didn't sound like he'd even consider it. Weird, because anyone else would've been right there with Cain's train of thought.
...
There's a possibility he didn't think of, and when it comes to him, it causes a little sinking feeling in his chest.
Sorry, he's processing. Just. Staring at Yoru in the meanwhile. ]
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Sorry, I’ve never been outside of Gokurakugai, so… if we were kidnapped from Japan, then west of that would be…
[ um. he’s Thinking. also the staring is making him so nervous, he diverts his eyes. he looks down at his hands. ]
… China…? [ or no, that’s still considered eastern. ] … America???
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Sorry, Cain isn't listening past Japan, because he catches that pretty quick. The sinking feeling he had was right: this might not be either world at all.
Still, his reaction is reflexive, leaping to speak without giving Yoru's words a chance to breathe. ]
—Japan! [ Something familiar!! ] A good friend of mine's from there but he—
[ Stares at Yoru...then plops down on the bed. ]
He's not from my world, and if you're from his world, then you don't know what my world is, and...we still don't know where we are.
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yoru looks confused and scared. help how did they go from countries to worlds!! that’s a big leap!!
he literally has no words for this. ]
…????
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Maybe this is another world, a third one? Or...some kind of parallel space? Man, I shoulda paid attention when we were talking about pocket dimensions...
[ Cain falls silent and realizes Yoru hasn't said anything. So he looks up at him and greets his confusion with his own. ]
...What?
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[ cain’s the guy with the maps and the pins and all the colorful strings, and yoru - well, he’s not there yet.
maybe he’s just slow to ease into situations like these. ]
Is waking up with strangers not new to you?
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...You're right, probably not like this.
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[ he waves his hands like don’t discount your ideas just because yoru’s a couple steps behind!! ]
But worlds… that seems like an impossible idea. The most I’ve experienced is… gates to another realm of the same world.
And a situation like this is closer to… to waking up to a new family member. As strange as that sounds…
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It sounds kind of impossible, but it isn't. Remember my friend I told you about?
[ So it's definitely possible. He just doesn't know how to get back.
Cain leans forward, resting his elbows on his knees. ]
What's this family stuff you keep talking about?
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his meets cain’s eyes, then ducks his head. not a new family member, so he’s not sure how much he should say. ]
When… we get a new family member, they usually wake up confused. But it’s how the family grows.
[ you know, just normal stuff. ]
Did your friend ever go back to their world?
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But fist, he shakes his head. ]
No. He's still here— Well, there. I guess.
[ After a pause, studying Yoru again, he stands. ]
Hey. [ He pats Yoru on the back and gestures to the door. ] This room's kinda stuffy. Let's air out our minds and see what we can find out there.
[ Maybe a walk will loosen Yoru up enough that he can ask about this family business. ]
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who would even touch him… ]
O-okay.
[ oh, they’ll have to walk side by side, won’t they… he’d feel better if cain took the lead and he just followed…
as they’re walking, he nervously eyes the architecture. it’s so ornate… ]
Why did you say west earlier?