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[swordandaxe]

Who: Richter Abend and you!
Where: The plaza
When: Let's just go with today, around midday
Style: Prose or action, whatever the poster's preference is.
Status: Open!

Richter was pissed, to put it lightly. Bedraggled and confused by the sudden shift in his surroundings, Richter has yet to move to do anything. His left hand sat on the hilt of his sword, gripping it so tightly his hand was shaking. For the longest time he stood in the plaza, studying anyone who passed by to see if Ratatosk or Marta are anywhere nearby.

Approach if you dare, denizens of Vatheon. Richter was just going to stand there for now, dripping with water and scowling at everything.

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[swordandaxe]

[Richter narrows his eyes at the mark. He'll have look for his later.

Time for the most important question:]

Why are we here?

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd glances at Zelos, then looks back at Richter before shrugging.]

I have no idea. It's something to do with the coral bringing us here, or at least that's what I've been told. I don't really get it myself. Does it matter?

[Stuck is stuck, after all. "Why" doesn't change that fact.]

[chosen_gigolo]

[Oh great. Does he have to explain to this guy? Well, might as well get it over with...]

The coral needs our energy; apparently it looks like it can't get it from the locals. My roommate seems to think it has something to do with the people here being called from great deeds on their respective worlds or something but I dunno about that. Still, we're basically coral food, even if it gives energy back too us when we touch it. A different kind I guess.

[Well, all that and experiment subjects! But he doesn't want to say that in front of Lloyd and cause a severe reaction. Getting out of here was going to take something other than charging into some office and giving a rousing speech on how you shouldn't use people.]

[swordandaxe]

Of course it matters. If we know why we're here, we can work to accomplish that goal so we can go back as soon as we can.

[Richter scoffs.]

Food for a coral. That's charming. Might as well have been left to die.

[redcladidealist]

[Yeah, uh, probably best not to tell Lloyd he's being experimented on. He's already uncomfortable enough at being referred to as coral food.]

Er... It's not really eating us, is it?

[He doesn't feel like he's missing any bits of himself.]

It's just taking energy and giving it back, so it's like... like what trees do with air, right?

[Hey, look at that, something Raine taught him must have actually stuck! Then again, it is a lesson that most people learn as little kids.]

Maybe it's just taking stuff we can't use, like bad energy instead of bad air, and turning it into good stuff we can use.