01 - a cassock would probably be very heavy if it were drenched like this

[paladaddy]

Who: Shiro Fujimoto, plus anyone who happens to come across him
When: Very shortly after his arrival
Where: The plaza
Style: setup is prose, but I am open to prose or action
Status: Open to everyone!

In the plaza that afternoon, there was a man. He appeared to be middle-aged, around fifty or so, though his hair had gone almost completely grey already. He was also very obviously a priest of some sort, what with his priestly garb and the rosary hanging around his neck and all.

Said old man also happens to be drenched from head-to-toe, and he doesn't look too happy about that fact.

He was very obviously confused, and he took a moment to look around and take in his surroundings, following the trails of coral to the huge piece right in the middle of the plaza. There he stopped and stared at it in disbelief. Then he took a cloth out of one of his pockets, removed his glasses, and attempted to clean the water droplets from the lenses. Of course, the cloth was wet too, so it just smeared around the water and did little to help. The man frowned at this, but he still put his glasses back on.

Finally he looked back at the big coral in the middle, and he said, "Well. This sure is...something." He was talking more to himself than anyone around him, but he could easily be heard.

He has a lot of questions, and once he's done staring in disbelief at the coral, he'll be looking for friendly faces in the crowd to bug for answers. He's still convinced this is the afterlife, though this isn't what he expected to find in heaven (or hell).

Comments

[paladaddy]

[He looks over, and whoops he missed that before.]

Ah. That's good to know too.

So, do a lot of people come and go from here? It seems like they're prepared for arrivals.

[radiantwingedone]

More come than go, as far as aware. Although arriving usually happens late in the month only.

[paladaddy]

Ah yes, someone did say it was late January. So others will probably be arriving too.

One last question. [he indicates to his clothes.] Is the water thing standard?

[radiantwingedone]

Due to arriving here, yes. Most uncomfortable if arrive with injuries.

[ Salt water + scratches / open wounds? Someone might be heard all throughout the bubble if that happened. ]

Have been told that time holds little meaning. If one is here, no time moves in home-world.

[paladaddy]

That would certainly explain a few things.

[Namely how Shiro is alive. If he was brought here in the moment of his death, he would have still been alive. Technically.

Which just means he'll die as soon as he goes home. Lovely. He is essentially living on borrowed time.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Just blankly studying for a moment. Hmn. ]

Are likely not only one. [ He's taking a guess here. But 'explains a few things' tends to hint at the "why am I walking around/alive" thing. ]

[paladaddy]

[Shiro assumes something else entirely when he hears that.]

So it's the same for you?

[radiantwingedone]

... Am fairly sure that if had been intended to be killed, would not have walked away from fight.

[ And it would take a bit to kill him from what was essentially a large amount of minor injuries. ]

[paladaddy]

[He's not really sure how to respond to that, so.]

Well, thank you for all your help, Duke. I should be going now, I won't get any drier just standing around here.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke: Failing at having normal conversations for several years now. ]

Welcome. [ He'll turn and go back to... plant seed store. ]