♞ first step ♘

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[ So, standing near some of the outdoor baths, up against one of the paper-thin dividing walls, is a very, very confused teenager. He seems to be in something of quiet shock while taking in the drastically different surroundings than where he was only twenty minutes ago. On his hand is a ring, but he doesn't seem to have noticed it yet. ]

Hello...? Is anyone around? Where am I?

(ooc: Please be aware that touching him in anything much more than a tap will trigger his power to attract, and your character will like him more than the usual newbies/strangers. If that's okay with you, go ahead and do whatever.)

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[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

Hot springs, apparently.

[have a Martha, still in her lab coat though with her , and looking really put-out by the situation]

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[ He looks over, then looks back to the rest of the area. ]

But—how?

[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

Don't know yet. But it looks like almost everyone who went to the Plane before's been brought here.

Almost everyone.

[tight smile] I'm Martha, by the way. Martha Jones.

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[ He looks over once again, nodding a bit at her name, but seems to focus on the more important matter. ] The Plane?

[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

[concern] You've never been to the Plane before?

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Don't think so.

[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

Are you sure? It's not like this place. It's a vast void, like a night full of stars.

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[ ... what ]

Definitely not, then.

[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

Maybe that means you're different than us, the ones who were here before.

Can you leave? Try thinking about your home, like you want to go back.

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[ He gives her an odd look, but figures he might as well. Tilting his head back and closing his eyes, he thinks about the street he had been walking around before appearing here.

... after a moment, he shakes his head and opens his eyes while making a small noise of dissatisfaction. ]

[imnot-hisgirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I can't go back, either. That's how it usually is. You're on the Plane, that big void place, then you close your eyes and zap, you're back home.

But since we were brought here...it's not like that.

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So I'm stuck here?

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Axel lounges nearby wearing a fancy dragon-printed yukata. He looks up as Sefton appears.]

Welcome to the most exotic vacation spot ever.

[taughtmedicine.livejournal.com]

[Sefton needs more Marthas in his life]

Did you just get here?

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

This is a hot spring.

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[ ... nice hair. ]

Vacation spots?

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[ Yes. Yes, he does. Sefton gives her something of a blank/confused look. ]

... yeah?

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Oh.

[ Is that all? ]

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

We're not really sure why we're here though.

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

[Thanks~]

We all sorta got kidnapped here a few days ago. Normally we're allowed to come and go from the Plane as we please, but the Twins had other ideas.

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[ He glances around the area, and his shoulder slump just a bit. ]

How do I leave?

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What? [ Weird name for a vacation spot... ]

[smolderingdark.livejournal.com]

The Astral Plane.

I take it you're new.

[shunofandromeda.livejournal.com]

..Right now you can't. They won't let us leave for some reason. I've already tried.

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I've never been here before, if that's what you mean.