oo1 ϟ video ☾been down an unkind road☽

[strikes_x_twice]

[ The video feed flickers across a warm light, then pink hair comes into view before a face follows soon after. The movement is Lightning stepping away from where she had set up the device for record. She sits down in front of the camera feed on a predetermined placed chair and holds her hands to her knees. ]

I'm Lightning. I have been here for nearly a month, or as far as I understand. The brief experience in worlds of my own, and in others, may have inflicted with the timeline. [ She shrugs. She can't be sure of anything. ] Part of me still expects to wake up, or this is some sort of manifestation of yet another false reality.

I'm assured it's not. That this is the reality we all face together.

In any case. [ She lifts her head, her eyes narrow and her tone becomes dryer. ] My purpose here may be at the hands of these divine entities; but my destiny is my own.

I encourage others to live for themselves. First. It's all we can control. It's all we can do.

I ask for those who are willing, to introduce themselves to me and share with me their experiences, thus far.

Thank you.

[ Lightning stands up and moves to the device and the video feed quickly switches off. ]

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[circumitus]

Anyonw could easily claim that what we're experiencing is real because it's real enough for them -- but that's exactly the sort of thing you'd expect from an illusion.

[Rey would like to think that she could tell the difference, but even she has had her mind played with on several occasions, both here and home.]

And "experiences" is a rather broad request. Are you asking what we've put up with from the gods, each other, or in general? Have been here for over two years, so it's all a pretty fucking long list.

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[strikes_x_twice]

Two years is a start. This latest intrusion of our minds.. is that common? To be so immersed in the illusion?

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[circumitus]

More or less, yeah. They've gotten us sharing each others' dreams at least twice now, had us remember almost whole different lives, created mirages of this place looking like a beach city resort... Shit like that happens more often than it has any right to be.

[strikes_x_twice]

Any ides, or theories, on why they would bother with the change of scenery, play the mind games, if they're just going to bring us back to this?

[circumitus]

Simple: Sustenance. You have heard that they feed off emotions, right?

[strikes_x_twice]

Yes. [ Yet there's a question there in her small response. Emotions can derive from any situation, why continue to change the scenarios and mess with their minds if just being here alone can evoke fear, hate, anger, love.. and so forth. It seemed strange to her. ]

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[smoketendrils]

Well said. I don't know that it needed to be said, but I've only been here a month, myself.

Percival Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III of Whitestone. And my experiences are... Minimal, as of now. I'm still getting my head around it.

[strikes_x_twice]

[ She lost his name after the fifth or seventh one given. Whitestone stuck with her. ] Same.

So, what have you learned in your month here?

[smoketendrils]

That my poor luck with doors has remained, that the gods may or may not be liches, and what a supercomputer is.

It's highly unimpressive, I know, and I'm a bit ashamed I haven't done more research, but apparently the library was burned down.

[strikes_x_twice]

That's a shame..

A library would have been something beneficial for us, to learn what may have been before us.. the history, the lore... the culture.

[smoketendrils]

[In an almost exasperated whine:] I know. What sort of dick burns down a library?

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[stonebird]

(From her hair to her name, Lightning is an incredibly interesting new arrival. Sansa pauses in the midst of some housework, her vibrant hair pulled back from her face.)

I'm not sure where to begin. This is the third world I have called home and it has been a strange journey. (But she smiles nonetheless, wanting to put the other woman at ease.) I am Sansa Stark and I hail from a land called Westeros.

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[strikes_x_twice]

Third world? [ The confusion was evident to her face, though she is open for further explanation if Sansa would provide it. ]

A strange journey, I would believe... if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to hear it? As much as you are willing to share.

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[stonebird]

Yes. The first being the home of Westeros and Winterfell; the second being an island called Ruby City and now, this, the third called Hadriel. (She has been back and forth as if changing worlds wasn't confusing enough!)

I first arrived in Ruby City when I was younger. I thought it an exile at first, but it turned out to be a blessing. I was reunited with family members I had lost and I made a new family composed of residents of another world called Arda. When Ruby City came to an end, I was certain I would return home. I did, for a time, but then I was brought here. We resided in a deep cavern at the time and there were many monsters that plagued us.

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[strikes_x_twice]

[ Lightning does her best to keep up, but the concept seems a bit strange. Although, at the mention of city she can't help but think the girl meant different continents, cities, regions, whatever, on one planet. Hell, she knew a thing about detaching from the great-wide-world, but not all together packing it up and leaving to another .. world.

In any case, she would try to retain as much as the story as she can and thanks Sansa for the offer of her tale. ]

You're kind to share this with me. I heard you mention family, I wonder.. did they too follow you on your journey?

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[stonebird]

(Unfortunately, it isn't that simple. She knows she has seen different worlds because she witnessed Ruby City end. Now it might be possible that she was - is - visiting other continents on her original world, but she has never heard of Elves residing on any of them. Or Hobbits for that matter.)

Partially. I have seen my father, a younger brother, a sister and an older brother. The latter is all that remains of them presently.

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[imhisaunt]

[Delmar got a bit lost there during the part about other worlds and false realities and as such looks shy and uncertain when he speaks]

Do you mean our experiences here?

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[strikes_x_twice]

Yes, if you would feel up to telling me. I know I ask a lot, there's so much to .. cover, but anything you might give me will help me understand this world.. at least through your experience.

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[imhisaunt]

Well...

[His fingers tap at his jawline distractedly as he tries to think of what to say]

...Oh! Harley and Michael and Julie and Miss Margaery and Miss Laura are here.... I got to meet all of them. You should meet them too!

[Sorry, Lightning, he's not necessarily the most helpful with these things]

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[strikes_x_twice]

[ The names throw her off but she tries to commit some of them to memory. ] Julie, Margaery... Laura..

I'll meet them, what do you like about them?

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[bythewaves]

Well met, Lady Lightning; Maglor, at your service. I fear many of us would wish to wake and find this is but a dream! But there is so far no escaping of our own volition. What tales would you have?

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[strikes_x_twice]

Maglor, hello. [ She's surprised to be asked of her own tales first.. but, never the less, she answers. ] I come from.. Gran Pulse. It's a bit of a wild world, humans have not been the more common species on that world, most of us have lived in a separate area called Cocoon––it's apart from Gran Pulse, but recently the two have become one and all of us, humans, have had to acclimate to the wild Gran Pulse.

The short of it, hopefully it made some sense.

I come from a military background, though I am familiar with lore, legends, and gods. Our world has been crafted by a few.

My tales.. are full of monsters, fighting, hope, and loss.

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[bythewaves]

[ He hums in interest ]

It sounds a very interesting world. How did the two worlds... areas? Become one? I imagine it must have been quite disconcerting.

[ He smiles a little at that ]

Well, I don't know that I would go so far as to call our current captors gods. My world also is one that mm, some might say is one of legend. But those Men call gods are only the Valar, the Powers of the World. They are it's shapers, yes, but they are guardians only, and so they have always said. The only one who ever styled himself as god is our Enemy.

[ so swiftly it might be imagined, something dark flicks through his expression and voice at that last mention ]

I think all the great tales are - it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to! In my world also, the great tales are full of calamity and mingled joy and grief.

[strikes_x_twice]

[ She follows him best she can. New names, new words, new concepts are always a bit hard to follow at first. She can relate to that concept: self-appointed gods needing to get cut back down again. ]

Here we are, the both of us, in this world. What will we leave for those that come after us, I wonder... what legends, what lore, what truth... and lies.

[bythewaves]

That will depend, I think, on how much we are able to leave. [ He murmurs ]

With the changeable nature of our patrons, and even the changeable location.... it is difficult to leave any permanent record.