Appearance

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Who: Rita Mordio, Open
Where: Central Plaza (possible moving to ensue
When: March 2nd, 2012
Style: Third person prose
Status: Open!

Another day, another arrival, so it seemed. A teenage girl, dressed in red with hair of red. Soaked, as it always was with newcomers. This one seemed freaked out as she looked around - as often happened.

"What on earth? This... I've never been here before. And I shouldn't just... Wait, how did I... Why am I wet?!"

And then, she looked to find someone to get answers from - a sensible first reflex, really. Though she looked to be not just confused, but angry - which could cause problems...

Who would be the first to chance it talking to the latest newcomer to Vatheon?

Comments

Should I feel horrible :|a

[radiantwingedone]

Don't look for answers from this guy, he's just out here shopping for more canvas for his walls when he hears someone demand answers in a particularly familiar voice and...

..... Can Duke make an escape now?

Unlikely; a sudden turning to leave the plaza would just draw attention even more, so he's just going to see if he can be as quick about his purchase as possible and maybe the irate young mage won't notice the blob of white and red moving about the corner of her vision.

Re: Should I feel horrible :|a

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

... "Huh?"

No such luck, Duke. Rita's reaction was aimed right at you, and she's looking directly at that can't-miss-it white hair.

[radiantwingedone]

... Pity. This one if Brave Vesperia was particularly violent.

"There are free towels at a vender nearby." To fix your soaked wet status.

And no, he didn't turn around when he said that, he's studying supplies.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"... Is that all you have to say?!", she responded. "Where the hell is this, anyways?!"

[radiantwingedone]

Well, the mage hadn't thrown anything at him or stormed over to demand answers - well, she'd more or less demanded anyway.

"Vatheon." A pause, and almost an after thought, although the fact that he turned enough to inspect her reaction may give a hint that it wasn't really so. "Not anywhere on Terca Lumireis."

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"..."

The second sentence threw Rita off visibly. And for some reason she didn't question it when Duke said it. He didn't seem to be joking.

"Wait, what?"

[radiantwingedone]

"Unclear?" He has what he wants now, and turns a little more toward the young mage.

"This is nowhere upon Terca Lumireis. There are few here who are from our lands, far more are from places with names far more alien; I have met one of 'Sylvarant' and 'Tethe'Alla', a woman who said she was 'Hylian', a being called a 'Lombax'." From here... where does he go to get back to that forest. . . .

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"... Huh. That's..."

Rita paused. "I guess I should... Uh... Okay, I've got no clue."

[messianic]

Talking to newcomers was just a fact of life for Minato. He was the head of the current Welcoming Committee, a task bequeathed to him by Red's departure. So when he spied new people in the plaza from the Welcoming Committee window at the edge of the plaza, he merely stood, lifting a welcoming basket with a brochure, a towel and a sandwich in it and walked out quietly to meet her, other hand tucked into his pocket.

"Hello? I think I can help, if you'd like," he said simply as he approached. He'd had all sorts of responses to his offers of help over the months, so now he was a little cautious, even if he looked utterly unruffled.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

Rita paused, looking at the boy testily.

"... Who are you and where is this? Quickly."

[messianic]

"This is Vatheon, and underwater world that appears to be separate from most of our own worlds. My name is Minato; I was kidnapped here just like you," the teen answered promptly, posture still relaxed. He didn't seem at all bothered by her testiness, if his calm expression was any indication.

[bufudine]

As much as Serph wanted to be by the Plaza during the arrival time of newcomers, he still had to do things like sleep. But as the previous month trickled into the next, he lessened the time spent in the Plaza. In fact, he was only passing through when he saw red hair from behind a shop.

Heat?

But when he approached, a small bag of various plant seeds and beans in hand, it was pretty obvious the stranger wasn't his comrade; there was a pretty big height difference, for starters. The shop had blocked most of the other tell-tale signs that this redhead wasn't one he knew. But she looked a bit lost so...

"Do you need help?"

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"I need to know where this is, and how the hell I got here," Rita responded, looking towards the boy with obvious annoyance.

[bufudine]

Boy? I'm taller than you! Serph was unperturbed by the stranger's obvious annoyance; many people who arrive in Vatheon arrive confused and wary at being in unfamiliar territory. Her words definitely identified her as a newcomer then.

His answer was calm and his words spoken evenly. "This is a city not of your world called Vatheon. You have been pulled here, like many others."

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"Just what the hell is that supposed to mean? Who's responsible for this?!"

[bufudine]

The answer to the first question seemed pretty obvious to Serph -- after all, this place didn't look anything like what he was familiar with -- but maybe it wasn't to her. Or maybe she was just venting her frustrations. That wouldn't be surprising.

So, instead, he answered her second question by gesturing towards the massive coral in the centre of the Plaza.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"... What the crap is THAT supposed to mean?!"

[bufudine]

"People believe the coral brings others from different worlds here. No one knows why."

Serph dug out a brochure from his pockets and held it out. It's a bit creased and folded, though, and didn't actually say anything about fairies. "This will explain more."

Why verbally explain everything when he's got a piece of paper that can do all that for him?

[ofthefullmoon]

Oh, look! It's an Estelle. What's the Estelle doing? Why, she's on her way to the library! Again! For the ... you know what, we've lost count of how many times this week she's gone to the library. It's Estelle we're talking about.

But today, she wouldn't make it to the library. No, today was different. She paused mid-step as she saw a very familiar sight ...

And then her entire face seemed to light up as she called out to the younger girl.

"Rita!"

She'll start waving when you turn around, Rita.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"E-estelle?"

Rita turned towards the Princess, looking a little surprised. Wasn't she in Zaphias right now?

[ofthefullmoon]

"Yes! Rita, you're really here!"

Estelle ran as quickly as she could over toward Rita, not even caring that she was totally drenched. She threw her arms around the smaller girl and hugged her tightly.

She hadn't seen her good friend in a few months, after all. She was happy to see her!

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"W-w-wait, Est-"

Glomp. Whatever Rita was about to say, the sudden outburst of emotion on Estelle's part caused her to forget it.

After an awkward second, she hugged back.

[ofthefullmoon]

Though she seemed cheerful enough on the outside, Estelle wouldn't let Rita go. She hugged her tightly.

She had really missed her. A lot more than she could express. She had made a lot of friends in this place already, but she missed the people she knew and loved back home as well.

[blastiaobsessieanonymous]

"W... What's happening here?"

Finally, Rita managed to get an actual question asked. Once the surprise factor was gone, she was very, very worried...

[ofthefullmoon]

Estelle pulled away just a little bit, a sheepish smile on her face as she did so.

"You ... might want to sit down, Rita."

Though she knew Rita would probably handle the news better than a lot of other people have.