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[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

[A small, dark-haired woman in a long, dark blue velvet cloak appears on the Plane. She is pale, with blood red lipstick and dark makeup around her eyes--eyes that look strikingly unnatural even at first glance. They are a pale, vivid blue, with a kind of radial starburst pattern in the color.]

[She stops, quite suddenly, and looks around before taking another tentative step forward.]

What is this place? I don't remember—

That shop, what was it? Those children...are they the cause of this?

[Another step, and she reaches up to drop the hood of her cloak]

Are my eyes deceiving me? But why would I see the stars? Not darkness, but beauty...is this a dream? No bodies, no surgeons....

A wonderful dream, then.

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[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

Oh, pardon me, I...

Afraid? Is something wrong?

[contract_star]

Oh, no. It's just that people are usually pretty startled when they realize it's real.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

I see.

Does this have something to do with those children, then? Or...GeneCo?

[contract_star]

I don't know about GeneCo, but it's those Twins who have brought you here. This is the Astral Plane--it's a sort of...crossroads between realities. The people here are from other worlds, all of them.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

[She just...blinks, for a while, looking sort of lost.]

Why have we been brought here?

[contract_star]

It's an experiment that the Twins are running--them and a woman called Meredith Sault.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

An experiment?

[Yeah, she's looking VERY uneasy now. Even ignoring all that stuff about other realities and such.]

I don't— I should be getting back.

[contract_star]

It's easy enough to come and go--you just have to think about it. And don't worry, time won't pass while you're here.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

...if it's easy enough to leave, why do you stay?

[contract_star]

[Slight smile.] Well...I've been coming here for awhile. I've gotten used to it. I even kind of like this place now...rather, I like the people here.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

[The colored part of her eyes shifts like the lens of a camera focusing.]

Just what kind of experiment is this?

[contract_star]

[That...takes Hei aback.]

We're...not really sure. They've never exactly been forthcoming.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

But it's nothing... [she's at a loss for the correct word momentarily] Invasive?

[contract_star]

Oh...well, no, not that I know of. It seems more like...a social experiment, of sorts.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

I...see.

I must apologize—I've been terribly rude, not even introducing myself. I'm known as Blind Mag.

[contract_star]

Oh, no, I should have introduced myself first. It's nice to meet you, Mag. I'm Hei.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

A pleasure as well.

So you just...come and go, then?

[contract_star]

That's right. It's relatively simple. You just have to think about it.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

Are there many others here?

[contract_star]

Quite a few. A hundred, two hundred maybe.

[crucifixis.livejournal.com]

...thank you, Hei, for answering all of my questions.

[contract_star]

No problem. Happy to help.