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[whatthequack]

Who: Ahiru and Everyone
Location: The Plaza
Time: Afternoon
Style: Starting in third, but I'll follow anything!
Status: OPEN

"QU-!"

Ahiru threw her hands over her mouth, her eyes darting from side to side nervously. This didn't look like any place she had been to before. But hadn't Drosslemeyer just said that she was in the story? Why was it so different all of a sudden? How did she end up soaking wet? And what had happened to Fakir?

...Yeah, she was officially way too confused. "Um, Fakir?" She looked around the Plaza in confusion, from her current angle only seeing strangers wandering the area and a lot of unfamiliar buildings.

"Wh-Where am I...?"

Comments

[schrodingersghost]

"Let me guess, you just got here." Danny glances over at the girl and offers her an awkward smile. "Welcome to Vatheon. Need a towel?"

[whatthequack]

"Vatheon...?" If that was supposed to be the explanation nothing was clicking. Whoops.

She finally looks at herself and confirms that yes, she really was wet. Ahiru laughed nervously a little. "Ha ha, yeah, I guess I do."

[schrodingersghost]

He grins and grabs a towel from the rack by a nearby shop. "Here you go. And yeah, Vatheon is the name of this place."

[whatthequack]

She takes it and starts patting off parts of her jacket. "Huh. But I'm not really sure how I got here. I-I mean, everything looks really weird and I don't recognize anybody."

[schrodingersghost]

"Join the club. None of us came here because we wanted to."

[ravenly]

[When Ahiru left the first time, Rue hadn't exactly expected to see her again. Maybe she'd been hoping that she wouldn't; especially now that her prince is here. Yes, her prince...

But she isn't exactly surprised, either, to see her wandering around the Plaza, soaked to the bone like that, without a clue as to what was going on around her. So casually Rue approaches, nonchalant as possible. Listening, as she speaks asks the same inevitable question.]

...It is Vatheon. Do you not remember?

[And she'll pause for a moment, before adding:]

Fakir isn't here.

[whatthequack]

Rue! You're here, too?

[Ahiru smiles at her in a bit of relief. One of her friends was here. Because Rue was definitely her friend no matter what she said.]

R-Remember what?

Oh, okay. [She really isn't too phased to learn that he's not around but she can't help but think that's too bad. ...For some reason.

...Huh?]

[ravenly]

[No, Ahiru, she's not here. This is just your imagination—

Yes, she's here, she's been stuck here for a few months now, unlike some lucky people. Ffff, but she can't complain too much, with Mytho here and all.]

...That you've been here once before, of course.

[She hands her a towel.]

Here. Dry yourself off before you start dripping all over the place.

[whatthequack]

H-Huh?! But I-I really think I'd remember coming to a weird place like this, right?

Oh, yeah... [She takes the towel and drapes it over her shoulders]

[ravenly]

[She watches her in silence for a moment as the towel goes around her shoulders. Her arms are folded, and—she even manages a smirk, even if it is a teasing one.]

To be honest, I would not put it past you to forget.

[echigo_wargod]

Such an odd sound to hear, yet somehow Kenshin wasn't surprised as he saw the soaking young lady stumble in a distance. He rose from his seat in the plaza, thermos full of sake in hand, and walked to her.

"This is Vatheon," the samurai explained. "An odd land beneath the waves."

[whatthequack]

She looked at the stranger in confusion. "Beneath the waves? Umm, where's that exactly?"

[echigo_wargod]

He pointed up to the bubble around them. "Literally beneath the waves within an unknown sea." He didn't have a proper answer for her. He'd asked the locals before, but they seemed to shrug off the question.

[whatthequack]

She looked up and her eyes went wide. "WH-WHAAAAAAAAT?! But...how are we underwater? I mean, there's still air and stuff and it's dry here. So how is the water up there?"

[echigo_wargod]

"I am uncertain of the details," Kenshin replied. "The local residents seem quite adamant to not say."

[heroistic]

[As a member of the welcoming committee, Renton's always on the lookout for newcomers around this time of month—and hey, wet person spotted!

Basket in hand, he approaches her.]

Excuse me...! You just arrived, didn't you?

[whatthequack]

I-I guess? But all I really know about it is that I'm here...

[heroistic]

[A light laugh]

Yeah, you're new. I'm Renton—I help welcome people to this place.

[He holds out the basket.]

So, uh... welcome to Vatheon!

[whatthequack]

[She takes the basket and peers and its contents.]

Thank you very much! My name's Ahiru!

Umm, what is Vatheon? Or... Why...?

[She sighs. There was WAY TOO MUCH to ask right now.]

[beautifies]

[HERP DERP. Just passing by. Another newcomer. SO MANY THIS TIME. He's slightly annoyed but stops to reply to her anyway. He can't leave a distressed woman, after all.]

This place is Vatheon.

[whatthequack]

[...Sorry Mister, just as confused.]

Uhhh, so what's that?

Let's pretend this isn't horrifically late...

[swordofswans]

[He cannot help but double-take, though perhaps it should not surprise him so terribly. Rue has mentioned the other girl was here before, after all. Still, whether or not he should feel such shock upon seeing this familiar face doesn't seem to matter.

There is not much he can say, but it is at once too much to remain silent.]

Ahiru?

It's fine~ <3 Pretend THIS isn't late...

[whatthequack]

[Her reaction is very visibly one of surprise as she quickly looks at him.]

Mytho...?

[It was really him... He was here too? And he seemed like himself, but what about the Raven's blood? Still, she's relieved and runs toward him, forcing herself to stop awkwardly a couple feet away.]

Mytho! A-Are you... um... [Would asking about the Raven be bad?]

SOOO, you're here too? [Nervous laughter, wow she hadn't really talked to him in a while and even in this weird situation it was...weird.]

dfgdfh it's totally cool! ;v;

[swordofswans]

[For him, it's been even longer since they spoke, and he's forgotten how marvelously spastic she can be. He blinks, then smiles cheerfully enough. He is glad to see here, after all.]

I have been brought as well, yes...

[A small nod. Then it registers that the last time he saw her, she had been a duck, and from what Rue had told him, she had been meant to remain that way.

...Would asking about why she is not a bird be bad?

...Ah, but first, he does want to remind her of his name. At least, he believes it would be reminding her. It isn't something he'd be terribly concerned about, and it may still not stick, but his true name does have meaning to him, after so long without it.]

I am called Siegfried now.

[And she can just call him that, yes. The formality of titles isn't necessary between them.]

[whatthequack]

[Did...he just smile...? Oh her heart is dancing all over the place right now.

Still, it felt like a lot of this didn't add up, especially his smile no matter how happy it made her.

She cocked her head to the side a little in confusion.]

S-Siegfried? Why that?