vatheon | Time To Wake Up!

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Time To Wake Up!

Who: Sheena, Colette, and Tales!House! (+Zelda and others)
Where: Ordo 2 and 3
When: Backdated to pre-animal curse? (exact date to be added later? 8D;; )
Style: [Action] for simplicity's sake.
Status: Closed until Sheena and Colette opt to leave the room, then open. :D

[She stirs, and the first thing that comes to mind is a blend of hazy dizziness and the sharp sensation of sore muscles. Sore from what, she hasn't the faintest--it feels like she's been sleeping forever. Her head is heavy, gaze blank and fixed on the ceiling. With an embarrassing (she'd later decide) amount of effort, she pulls a dead hand up to flop unceremoniously on her face, completely botching an attempt to rub her eyes. Ugh. Definitely sleeping too long. But how long? Sheena makes a quiet noise, groggily surprised in a sort of belated way by how hoarse it sounds; it really must have been a while for that to happen.

She stays just as she is at first, waiting for awareness to kick everything back into the proper gear. The ninja-summoner can handle being sleepy, can handle being dizzy (so long as she doesn't move), but whatever this is? Nope. She's not going to try to push herself out of it, much as she'd love to. It doesn't look like anyone's around to make her feel self-conscious about it, anyway, so why bother putting up that front? Sigh. She flexes her fingers, noting the skin-on-skin sensation and the way ligaments tense through her wrist and forearm. Maybe her muscles aren't sore from use. Maybe it's just because she's been asleep so long.

And maybe it's time to try pushing herself upright; it's been about five minutes. That should be plenty for brain signals to start sending adequate amounts of information. It's a bit easier to move her left hand, that which had remained at her side, but still slow. Everything is slow going, but that's fine; not like there's any hurry. Once she starts to push, though, something blue catches her eye. And not the pale purple-blue that fringes her usual get-up, either. Instinct has her throw herself upright to get a better look, though in this state? She kind of just falls right back down to the soft surface beneath her.

Someone had changed her clothes. It's not like many people know her in this place--it takes her a moment to remember she's not anywhere familiar, that she's not in Mizuho or even Meltokio. The options at hand are Colette, Lloyd, Kratos, and... Zelos. Lips purse as two of those names come to mind, though she banishes the thought. Lloyd wouldn't and probably couldn't bring himself to do it, Kratos likely wouldn't care one way or the other, and Zelos... Well, for all his faults, even he wouldn't stoop past certain points; she isn't sure he'd have been able to change her clothes. Also Colette wouldn't really bother her if the Iselian was the one responsible. There was that one guy she'd bumped into at the masquerade, but... Best to think it was Colette, or maybe some sort of healer or doctor. At least it'd put her mind at ease.

So let's try moving again, see where it goes. Carefully, Sheena props herself up on her palms and looks about herself. Vision's still a little blurry, but that'll clear up soon, hopefully. Ugh. Maybe she'll just skip sleeping for a day or two if that'll get rid of the feeling more completely.]

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[Even the soft sound of Sheena falling back onto the bed was enough to stir Colette in her nearly awake state. She recognizes the feeling; this wasn't the first time she'd fallen asleep for a long while. On the other side of the room, she tries to stretch up to loosen her stiff muscles and falls back down on her bed. With a small noise, she rolls over and spots the other girl. She opens her mouth, yawns, and tries to sit up again.]

Sh-[She clears her throat. How long was she out?] Sheena? Wh-what...[Another yawn. That's not really what she'd meant to ask, now that she can look around a bit more.] I didn't fall asleep here...

[It's only after speaking that she realizes she's not wearing what she was when she'd fallen asleep. She doesn't recognize where they are either, but...well, Zelos or Lloyd would have taken care of them, right? And this doesn't look like the apartment, so this must be Zelos' house. At least, she hopes it is. She doesn't want to think about where they'd be if this isn't Zelos' house. Oh well, clothes don't matter as much as finding out how long they've been asleep and where they are, right?]

Colette?

[Ugh. Wow, yeah. This definitely isn't where she fell asleep, either. Sheena laughs in a kind of forced way, not quite sure what to make of her surroundings. It's not Lloyd's place, so she can rule out being brought there.]

Me neither. You know where we are?

[Aaand that's her head. Whoo, dizzy. Placing a palm against her brow, fingers slipping back through dark hair, Sheena curls forward to rest her elbows against her knees.]

And what happened...?

[Comas are still new for her, at least being on the receiving end of them. This is especially true for Vatheon-style comas. Probably a bit different from the one her grandfather'd been in. After all, she doesn't remember astrally projecting and running around being ridiculous or anything.]

I don't know what happened...but I think we might be in Zelos and Zelda's house. [She stretches again and swings her legs off the bed, looking around more.]

Since this isn't my apartment or Lloyd's, and I don't think Kratos would have done this. I don't know if anyone else would move us, so I think that's where we are...

[More importantly--] ...I hope Zelda's the one who changed our clothes.

[Zelos... Sheena cuts off that line of thought before it even starts. And then the next one, because Lloyd is also still kind of a topic she doesn't want to think about. The older girl smiles in a sort of wan manner, though it's cut with a wryness she doesn't want to voice. Oh, Kratos would move them. Set them up for awkwardness, too. Or maybe Sheena was just lucky. But while Colette's speaking, the ninja tries to stand; her dizziness has subsided, so maybe it could work?

Well, it works for a moment, anyway. Flop! Equilibrium just isn't ready to cooperate with her just yet. Shoulders pinching upward, Sheena heaves an annoyed sigh.

...And then Colette mentions their clothes being changed and Sheena's slammed onto that idea.]

Wait, Zelda? And this person's sharing a house with Zelos?

[Snrk.]

Why would anyone subject themselves to that?

[...And why does the likelihood of Zelda being a woman, going by Colette's attitude just now, bother her?]

[Kratos moving them is possible; she just didn't think it was all that likely. Sheena...? Colette giggles at her words.]

I don't know why. But Zelos said that she offered when I talked to him the day he arrived! [Which might have been a lie, but...it doesn't matter much, right? They did end up living together.]

Zelda's really nice though, and we told her about... [She touches her crystal.] because Zelos trusts her. [Whoops, sorry did that make you even more bothered by this, Sheena?]

[Colette's laughter eases her mind a little, but it's short-lived. Zelda is a woman, and Sheena's back to feeling a little awkward about that. But from the sound of it, she might be older--or maybe just really nice in the way that Colette is. Colette would've taken Zelos under her metaphorical wing in a heartbeat. Being able to tell Zelda about the Cruxis crystals meant... Sheena pinches her shoulders, head bowed somewhat. Zelos trusts her, huh?

Wait, why does that bother her? Hmph! She doesn't care. Unfortunately, that comes out a bit in her expression. Though it could just be her general sentiments towards Zelos.]

Wow, that's a rarity.

[Sheena makes another attempt to get up with greater success this time.]

So is this... normal? This whole suddenly asleep, suddenly awake somewhere new?

[About that...she actually offered when she found out he was here. Then he ~~lied~~ said Zelda had offered.

Sheena's expressions are too much for a still somewhat sleep muddled Colette to figure out, so she just smiles at the other girl.]

Last time I didn't wake up somewhere else, but sometimes people's friends move them while they're asleep. [Like Guy. Guy got moved around a lot while he was asleep.]

So I guess they were worried about us so they moved us here!

[See? Totally unsurprising! She just... needs to meet this Zelda woman and make sure Zelos isn't doing anything untoward. Or. Something.

Colette's explanation earns a small, understanding hum in reply; makes people easier to look after, she guesses. ...Wait.]

...So wait, the "suddenly asleep" part is normal?

[Thaaat's still kind of really unsettling! Sheena's pretty sure she doesn't much care for being in a place that runs like this. Now upright for a few seconds without feeling dizzy or falling back on her ass, she picks at the tunic she's wearing kind of idly.]

What would these even do?

Well, it's happened to me before, and a lot of other people too.

[Though it's never been as long for her as it'd been for some others...Yeah, Colette isn't really bothered by this, sorry Sheena.

And she shrugs.]

Hehe, I don't know! Someone's probably here, so we could ask them. [That is, if they can stay upright for more than a couple minutes. If they got moved somewhere, someone'd always be in the house with them, right?]

Anybody thought to figure out why that happens?

[Okay, still not dizzy and seemingly fine! Sheena moves over to Colette, offering a hand.]

Let's go find someone to ask about these clothes and stuff. I kinda want mine back.

[And she has a lot more questions than just her clothes. What the purpose of changing them is, who did it, and how long she's been asleep! Also if anyone knows why they fell asleep would be good to have answered, too.]

I think people have thought about it! But since most people go to sleep regularly, maybe it just feels like a regular nap or falling asleep for the night, and then they just stay asleep.

[She doesn't remember falling asleep anyway... She takes the hand and gets up.

Why their clothes were changed seems important, but she's really more curious as to how long she was asleep. And also what happened while she was asleep.]

Alright! I need to find Caramel too.

Well, if they find out that they've been asleep for a long time and if it is kinda normal around here, I'd still wanna know why.

[Because she definitely wasn't like that back home! It seems too weird to her, waking up somewhere totally new after some indefinite amount of time. Besides, she's pretty sure she'd wake up if she'd been sleeping normally. Not-normal sleep isn't generally a good thing.

Other than all that, though, Colette's got the right idea for this kinda thing. The how long and what's happened stuff is pretty important.]

Caramel?

Heheh, okay!

[Finding out what Sheena wants to know is important too. She isn't much bothered by it, but then again she is her. She's not really bothered by somethings that bother others.

She grins.]

My dog! Zelos helped me find him a couple months after we arrived.

[Sheena grins back at the younger girl, and makes her way to the door to start poking around the rest of their temporary home. Though... it is true; Colette sometimes has a different sense of priorities and what amounts to "worrisome".]

Wait, from Iselia? How'd he get here?

[And with the noise they've been making, it has her wondering if anyone's home. Man, that'd be weird. Stuck in a strange place, in a strange home, and without the homeowners!]

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[Huh? She blinks. Did she have a dog back home by Sheena's time or something?

She shakes her head, following the older girl.]

No, not from Iselia. We found a pet store, and we went there and I got Caramel! It was the third or fourth month after I arrived...

[What day is it anyway? Where are the owners?]

[No, but Sheena's pretty sure Colette had named a dog "Caramel" at one point on their journey. Then again...]

Ah, that makes more sense.

[The summoner laughs. She turns her attention out to the rest of the house.]

Hello-o! Anyone home?

[She probably has...But nope! This is a Vatheon!Caramel. She turns to look around some more.]

Hello? We've woken up! [As if they wouldn't know that based on the amount of noise the girls have been making... It never hurts to make sure, right?]

[Zelda's not far. When she heard the girls wake up she started brewing some tea, and by this point she's done. She's carrying a tray with two cups on it as she approaches the room.]</small. Hello, there. Are you both feeling well?

[Never hurts! Unless you're trying to sneak out of somewhere, and theeeen... Well. Yeah, that kinda matters. But Sheena's struck for just a second, because for that span of time, it almost seems like she's looking at Martel.

But then that's swept away because she's pretty sure Martel was a bit older, and other details slip in to finalize the differences. Something about her, though, just... it's weird.]

Yeah, we're alright, ah...

[But they aren't! Colette smiles at the newcomer. She was right then!

...The tea is hot, right?]

Hi Zelda! Have we been asleep for a while?

[If they're in Zelda's house, then she's the one who changed them. She'll just wait a bit to ask why, if Sheena doesn't.]

It's been a little while. There's a little trouble in the city right now, so Zelos thought it would be best to move you here just in case.

[It's so hard to talk about the murders to Colette's smiling face. Zelda shakes her head momentarily, then turns to Sheena.]

My name is Zelda. I apologize for the circumstances. This is a bit of a strange way to meet, isn't it?

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Time To Wake Up!

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Aaaaand officially opening up /o/

\o\ sorry, haven't been on computer in several days

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