first oath ≈

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[A frog appears on the Plane! He doesn't sing or dance, but he /does/ take a step forward and, thinking he's falling into space, trips onto his hands and knees. It takes a long moment of staring before he pulls himself up again, a bit unsteady. One can see that he's a bit more than a frog, since frogs aren't usually around four feet tall, nor do they look like they just walked out of DBZ the Middle Ages. Which is what he just did.]

What foul trickery is this?!

[He draws his sword.]

Magus! Show yourself!

[When there's no answer to his challenge, he lowers his sword and begins to walk around, battle instincts kicking in.] This isn't the result of some all-encompassing dark art... is it? It is dark, and it seems empty, and yet... there is life here. How can life exist in such a bleak, benighted place?

Still, there is no way to discern an exit... I mustn't drop my guard, as benign as this place may appear.

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[kotaekiitenai.livejournal.com]

[If you weren't expecting Ryuuta to appear, then you had another thing coming.] A big froggie, a big froggie~

[lamb_of_gold]

This place is no illusion.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

[HOLD UP. A frog?]

Uhm...You can leave if you think about it.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[Frog is confused by this development.]

Be you monster or man, if you are the one behind this, release me at once!

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[He whips around.]

The floor is made of stars. How is such a thing possible?

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[Yes. A frog. :|]

I beg your pardon, but that makes no sense at all.

[lamb_of_gold]

Would that I knew.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

It sounds kinda strange, but just try it.

1/2

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Would that I be in a dream, I would not question it, however -

[POP]

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[POP]

... So it is real.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

What is this place, if I might ask?

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

[.... Whoa.]

A f--? [No, let's close our eyes, rub at them a little bit, and then slooooowly open them again...]

..... A talking frog? And I thought I'd seen everything here.

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[lamb_of_gold]

This is the Astral Plane. It is a place where realities converge.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Realities? ... And yet I cannot be dreaming.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

What... what kind of magic is this?

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[... He's used to the staring. But kid, you don't look like anything from his era either. He's never seen a gun in his life though he will soon.]

Are you also a prisoner of this place?

[grand-gaia.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's magic.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

[Talking frog with sword is addressing him? Gah--]

--Ah. It-. Aheh, Sorry. Yeah, I am. ... Sort of. I see it more as a convenient getaway, though... [This would be a sheepish grin as he rubs the back of his head.]

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[Le sigh. So things here are no different... It's just as well.]

What do you mean by that?

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Only magic could summon us to another world and back so easily.

[silenteden.livejournal.com]

Well, you can come and go whenever you want, just by thinking about it. And, while you're here, time doesn't move where you're from. From what I've seen, anyway. Convenient, right?

[lamb_of_gold]

It seems a lot to comprehend at first. A degree of understanding will come with time.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Time doesn't move?! I suppose that's normal, given the nature of this place.

Is someone in charge of it? I do not understand why I was selected, that is indeed what happened.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

A degree, but naught more than that, I trust.

I'd rather the surety of a dark, ancient forest than an endless starry expanse.