voyage.1

[remare.livejournal.com]

{A girl comes to the Plane, looking curious for a moment, but that instantly changes to nothing short of absolute amazement once she sees the stars all around.}

Hohe?! I-Is this really the inside of that pretty shop?

{She stares, turning in place}

...Wah~ It's really pretty! It's like when we went to see the meteor shower on the rooftops...Oh, but this is a lot closer. You can see more than just comets and the little stars. I think they had simulations of things like this on Man-Home...

{o wait} Oh, that's it, isn't it? It's a simulation...Living in Neo-Venezia for so long, I guess I'm not used to these things anymore. I kind of forgot about them after my first year on Aqua...It really is a nice one, though.

{That seems to be enough for her, so she just stands there and watches, wondering to herself why a simulation would have a bar...} Shopkeeper-san, which way is the exit? I think my friends are waiting for me.

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[eyehax.livejournal.com]

...you can just leave if you want.

[remare.livejournal.com]

Well, I would hope so! But which was is the exit?

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

Visualize it. Want it.

It's simple.

[remare.livejournal.com]

Hohe? Is it really that eas--

{And poof! She's gone. But she comes back after she figures out that coming back is the same}

Wah~ This place really is magical...

[eyehax.livejournal.com]

There's no such thing as magic.

[contract_star]

[Hei is barefoot and a bit sandy.] Ah...it's not a shop, I'm afraid.

[remare.livejournal.com]

But on the outside, it was definitely a shop! I'm sure of it...

[contract_star]

That's how it is at first, yes. Actually it is a shop for the most part, but the first time you go into it, you end up here. Welcome to the Astral Plane.

[remare.livejournal.com]

...Whoa, really? What a neat place, then! Is it magic?

[contract_star]

I suppose you could say that, yes. It's sort of like a crossroads of realities. Everyone here is from a different world of sorts.

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

It's not a shop.

[remare.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's a simulation then, right?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

A what?

[remare.livejournal.com]

Uhm...you know, like the computer programs that make virtual stuff like this?

[got-the-stones.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I've heard about computers. But this isn't one of those, I think.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

[Is still in his long black robes] It's not a shop, but you can leave by thinking about it if you want.

[remare.livejournal.com]

But it was definitely a shop when I went in...

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

It must have been the Twins shop, that leads to here. This is the Astral Plane.

[remare.livejournal.com]

...That's a really beautiful name for this place...So what kind of simulation is this?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

..Simulation? [Totally confused]

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

This is more than a mere store, unfortunately...

[remare.livejournal.com]

I'm almost glad, then! It would be kind of disappointing if this were only a dream.

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

[That wasn't what he was expected.]

So far, it seems safe enough... but one should not let his guard down completely in such a mysterious place.

[remare.livejournal.com]

Well, if you don't let your guard down, it makes it hard to enjoy a place like this, right?

[herosmedal.livejournal.com]

Not all mystery is benign, miss.