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[Reese stands on the walls of the keep, staring off into the flat plains of red earth that seems to stretch on forever. Already he's been here longer than he likes. Dutch is missing, though he hopes she's still home and went straight to Ada when he went missing. Mad as she is, he hopes that she'll at least come looking for him.
Finally he gets out his journal and asks a few questions that have been bugging him this whole time.]
Hopin' one of ya might spare a moment fer a new arrival that's still tryin' to get the lay of the land of this place. It'd be much appreciated if ya did.
So, is there any reason no one has just walked outta the front gate? Noticed we got quite a few people here and this place doesn't look all that inescapable. Fer that matter, anyone here know where the sun's gone too? Kinda hard to tell where north is without it.
Finally he gets out his journal and asks a few questions that have been bugging him this whole time.]
Hopin' one of ya might spare a moment fer a new arrival that's still tryin' to get the lay of the land of this place. It'd be much appreciated if ya did.
So, is there any reason no one has just walked outta the front gate? Noticed we got quite a few people here and this place doesn't look all that inescapable. Fer that matter, anyone here know where the sun's gone too? Kinda hard to tell where north is without it.
voice
Date: 2012-06-17 09:33 pm (UTC)From:[Interesting. She's not in a huge hurry to escape, though the teasing thought of meeting her real parents was enticing.]
Where would you go if you could leave? I mean, this place is very odd...what if you don't end up where you were supposed to?
voice
Date: 2012-06-17 11:30 pm (UTC)From:[But no one has, which means there's something keeping people from doing that. Easy answer is that it's something Deior's doing but there must be more to it.]
Personally I'd start heading home and keep walkin' till I finally found it.
voice
Date: 2012-06-18 12:29 pm (UTC)From:I suppose you could...but if we are all here from different places maybe this place is really different too.
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:13 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:14 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:18 am (UTC)From:King's Creek, in a saloon called The Lucky Hor.
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:20 am (UTC)From:...Oh. Is it...anything like the Ugly Duckling?
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:21 am (UTC)From:...Sure. Let's go with that.
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:24 am (UTC)From:That have dreams.
And sing.
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:25 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:27 am (UTC)From:Really?
voice
Date: 2012-06-19 01:58 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-20 01:43 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-20 03:08 am (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-20 04:20 am (UTC)From:Um...
Yes. I am.
voice
Date: 2012-06-20 01:40 pm (UTC)From:voice
Date: 2012-06-21 12:11 am (UTC)From:voice -> video
Date: 2012-06-21 12:22 am (UTC)From:[Hang on he's just got to figure that whole video thing. There we go! And now Rapunzel is treated to a picture of him.]
That's a cowboy.
voice -> video
Date: 2012-06-21 12:34 am (UTC)From:[Well then. She turns her video on and smiles.]
Well. It's an honor to meet a real cowboy, then. My name is Rapunzel, by the way.
video
Date: 2012-06-21 03:32 am (UTC)From:[And he's just going to tip his hat to her.]
video
Date: 2012-06-26 12:04 am (UTC)From:[Thinks that's your name, yep.]
video
Date: 2012-06-26 01:29 am (UTC)From:BUT IT'S WRONG]The names Reese Booker darlin'.
video
Date: 2012-06-26 01:33 am (UTC)From:Oh! I'm so sorry, I just thought--
[ffff.]
...I'm sorry.
video
Date: 2012-06-26 02:26 am (UTC)From:video
Date: 2012-06-26 02:29 am (UTC)From:It's all right. It's really lovely to meet you.
video
Date: 2012-06-26 02:32 am (UTC)From:Likewise, was a pleasure talkin' to ya.
[Audio]
Date: 2012-06-17 11:35 pm (UTC)From:[Of course, he's also heard that death isn't permanent here, so Nick's not sure what to believe.]
Haven't seen it first hand, but I'm not sure I want to be the one to test that, just yet.
[Audio]
Date: 2012-06-18 12:16 am (UTC)From:Course we could just grease up the walls here and see what happens when someone slips over.
[There might already be a few that Reese wouldn't mind seeing slip over those walls.]
[Audio]
Date: 2012-06-18 06:27 am (UTC)From:[Unlike some other things, that seems entirely plausible. He snorts a bit at that.]
That might be worth a shot. I've heard there's a few people here who aren't exactly model citizens.
[Audio]
Date: 2012-06-19 01:16 am (UTC)From:Yeah, and I met a couple of 'em.
[video] Hello good gents... mind if I wing in?
Date: 2012-06-19 11:21 pm (UTC)From:Especially when she knows the answer to this one first hand.
Her image appears on the journal and if a gryphon looks anxious, then she certainly does.]
It is true.
[Serious stare is serious. Oh, hi, Nick... you haven't met the talking gryphon yet, have you? Would either of you like to ask her to explain? Cause she'll explain. C'mon... ask.]
[Audio] Why not at all
Date: 2012-06-20 03:07 am (UTC)From:[Audio]
Date: 2012-06-20 03:39 am (UTC)From:[The first courtesy of someone he'd met who'd been here longer, the second from a run in Monroe had with the guy.
Before he can reply to the griffin thing, though, said griffin jumps into the conversation. Nick blinks, a bit surprised.
Well. There's a nice confirmation that anyone can read these.]
The thing about going over the wall meaning death is true?
[Video] for life
Date: 2012-06-20 07:08 am (UTC)From:Regarding the bit Shalnark... mind you are cautious around him. He was responsible for the death of the girl-child, Lily. The troll... I know not why one would advise you to use caution with Kevas... he is kind and protects those he cares for to the death. I would not advise being the one to either harm one of they, or to attempt to forestall his hand should you be friends with one who does. He can be strong willed and harsh in word and action, but he is just. You should not presume him troublesome until you have met and spoken with him yourself.
As to the other matter... aye, I spoke of death.
[Her ears pin back against her skull and she shrinks down a bit, but continues speaking.]
If you attempt to pass the boundaries laid out before us, you will die. Scaling the walls or attempting otherwise is... inadvisable. In varied scouting missions we have learned that there is a ceiling of sorts overhead... a sort of magical barrier that you cannot pass. I nearly knocked myself senseless while flying one day with Aar- [A hesitation.]... while flying.
I died when attempting to cross the threshold that borders the lake. It took a good amount of speed behind my dive, and the barrier tried to hold me inside before I slipped through, but I made it. I lived long enough to choke in a breath or two before breathing became impossible and I suffocated in the wasteland beyond the Keep.
[Her eyes are a bit larger, pupils pinned to the tiniest of dots.]
It is not something I would attempt again soon. I have died twice in this place and twice it has brought me back... it took longer to regain my own thoughts and memories each time.
[Her ears raise a bit from her feathered head and her tone sounds a bit wry when she continues.]
I would not recommend it to either of you, unless you favor a short and painful death...
[Audio] audio and more audio
Date: 2012-06-20 01:40 pm (UTC)From:Of course when she mentions a ceiling Reese immediately looks back up at the sky again.]
Wait, that sky is a ceilin'? Is this place some kind of buildin'?
[More and more he comes to dislike place. Everyone seems so content here but the fatality rate seems to be disturbingly high for such a small population.]
Right so, keep on this side of the wall. Knew there had to be somethin' keepin' us here.
[Audio] all audio all the time
Date: 2012-06-21 07:24 am (UTC)From:I'll keep that in mind. It's possible there was a misunderstanding, but he threatened a friend of mine.
[Which isn't something that Nick is really all that ready to overlook, but he'll be more cautious. Double check with Monroe.
The ceiling bit catches his attention, too.]
Could explain why there's no sun.