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[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[This really wasn't what Jolyne expected when she'd decided to check out the new shop that had turned up in the prison. Not that she's -completely- upset about being somewhere that looks remarkably -unlike- where she is slated to spent the next fifteen years, but she still isn't entirely pleased at the unfamiliar surroundings.]

Just what the hell is all this?! Am I even still in the same building?

[She mumbles under her breath] This couldn't be another stand user, could it? Augh, when will they learn to quit...

[Jolyne turns back toward where she assumes the door must be and clenches her fists in frustration at there not being one. The fact that she can't find any walls or other such boundaries which are usually punchable is making her very Not Happy.] How the hell am I going to warn F.F. about that shop if I can't even break out of... whatever this is!

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[contract_star]

...More new people?

Ah...you can go home by thinking about it.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

Right, yeah, okay. That sounds easy enough.

[Jolyne disappears for a moment before reappearing insanely fast and-] WHAT THE HELL?! Are you the user?!

[contract_star]

User? A-ah, not that I know of...

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[Sorry, Hei. She's not entirely convinced.] ...So you're saying this isn't your doing.

[contract_star]

No! U-um, the Twins are the ones who brought you here. Them and Ms. Sault.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[This is going to be one of those 'can't touch the stand, have to get the user' deals. Gotcha.] So how do I find them?

[contract_star]

Asking for them usually works, though I haven't seen them lately.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

...So just saying "mind getting your butts down here for a sec?" would get them to turn up? Not that I'm complaining, but since when is it ever that easy to find the user?

[contract_star]

Usually, yes.

What is a user, anyway?

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

You don't know about stands? [Mumbling]...well, if you're not a user, that makes sense, but being able to see this place would mean you had to be a user, right?

[contract_star]

I, uh...I don't think so? I've never heard of users or anything like that...

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

...okay then... so I'm guessing there's nothing behind me right now? [Not a thing! ...except for this... (http://i426.photobucket.com/albums/pp341/lynxian/00.jpg)]

[contract_star]

Um...there's a...I don't really know what it is. Sort of like a suit of armor...

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[Look of confusion] ...how could you see Stone Free if you're not a user?

[contract_star]

Ah...I don't...I'm not sure.

[ooc: was he not supposed to see it :O??]

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[Think-think-think] Hmm... this is getting weirder and weirder.

[ooc: XD Noo, I definitely figure he would, but in her reality, generally only other users can see them]

[contract_star]

Ah...this place tends to do that.

[ooc: o-oh good! was worried there for a sec~]

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[She actually bothers to take a better look at the surroundings] So this really isn't part of the Aquarium... but it still leads back there, if I understand this right.

[contract_star]

This place is like a nexus between realities, so it seems like it does lead to all of our homes...in some ways, anyway.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

...weird.

[contract_star]

[Grins.] That's probably the perfect way to describe it.

[lamb_of_gold]

A thought will return you, but your friend will not be able to come here. He will not even see the shop that led you here.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

He? Er, I guess F.F. is a little manly sometimes, but... [She shrugs] At least I don't have to worry about others getting dragged into this. Is the shop some sort of stand?

[lamb_of_gold]

Or she. Forgive my assumption.

No, it's just the workplace of the twins in control of this plane.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

You're probably not from the prison, so it's not as if you'd know.

[She raises an eyebrow] ...come to think of it, there were two kids in that shop before.

[lamb_of_gold]

And they are the reason you're here.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

[So that means there are -two- stands to look out for. Arg.] You wouldn't happen to know if they're working for White Snake, would you?

[lamb_of_gold]

Not that I've heard. They seem to only listen to the woman, Meredith.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

And that would be...?

[lamb_of_gold]

She holds more mysteries than they. I've only spoken to her once.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing the whole 'asking for her to come out' thing isn't going to work, then.

[lamb_of_gold]

The twins often come when called, but I've never seen a person call for Meredith, so I cannot say for sure.

[allstrings.livejournal.com]

Okay then. Good to know.