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[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[EDIT: It's been brought to my attention that it's not clear that she's on the onsen grounds, despite not being actually involved in the plot. I tried to make that clearer here. XD;; ]]

[[A young woman with short teal hair in a black school uniform blinked, glancing puzzledly around the darkness lit only by the shifting constellations above and a soft glow at her feet.]]
...Hello? Meredith-san...? I'm, um...not quite sure what you meant by..."the machine"... [[furrows brows]] ...What is that? Is that what this place is...?

[[But she soon realizes that the woman from before was nowhere to be seen. She sighs quietly, and starts walking slowly, glancing around. Seeing no one else in her immediate vicinity, the first place she looks is up.]]
...The stars...it's like this place is a giant planetarium. [[gazing up into them]] Even if this place is a little frightening...it's beautiful, in a way...

[[She notices in her "stargazing" though that indeed, that isn't the only thing present in this strange place.]]
[[blinks]] ...An onsen?

[[Tentatively, she walks across the bridge onto the first floor, where she sees an array of outdoor baths.]]


[[ooc: Sooo, I've decided it's a bit too crammed (for me, anyway) to actually get in on the plot in full, and I thought it might be interesting for a chara to get an 'outside' perspective on the whole thing -- so the rest of you guys are trapped and she's not bwahahah she'll be more in line with what I'm aware of the game so far XP

I still feel a bit shaky on setting and stuff, so bear with me! If I'm doing something wrong just lemee know (if I'm not online, PM and contact post work just fine?) and I'll fix it without panicking too much XP ]]

Comments

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi was sitting just at the side of the bridge and making notes, but he puts away his book on seeing her]

Excuse me, but did you just come from outside of the onsen?

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[She blinks, not quite sure what to make of this question.]]

Umm...yes, I did...

...Is there something wrong?

[ex_fatalist246]

[instead of answering, he walks over to where she'd entered]

[He is not let out]

[Satoshi returns to her, then adjusts his glasses]

How long have you been coming to the Astral Plane?

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[She furrows her brows when she sees that he can't go out the way she can.]]

Somehow, I'm the only one that can exit this way...why is this...?

[[She's thinking of trying to investigate this somehow, when he asks his question]]

I've just come here...that woman who called herself Meredith introduced herself to me, and then I couldn't find her after I came back in...

You've all been here much longer, is that right?

[ex_fatalist246]

A few months. Has anyone given you the introduction yet?

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[Her eyes widen.]] What? Months?!

[[blinking]] ...I-introduction...? Other than what that woman Meredith-san said, I...don't know much about this place...

[ex_fatalist246]

[a bit of a sigh] The people who operate this place are 'The Twins,' a pair of porcelain-like beings who draw people here for their own purpose and are said to grant wishes for a price, as well as Meredith Sault, the one you already met. Though this information is unnecessary for now, one returns to one's world without any time having passed in that world. It's my impression that this rule holds even now, but I haven't been able to confirm that because we cannot return home while we are here. [a pause] Though, if you were able to enter from outside, you might be able to leave for your home reality as well.

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

[The Cool Type, accompanied by the Prince Type, are here to greet this new arrival because she's female and that's just how the Host Club rolls]

[Kyouya bows]

Have you lost your way, Princess?

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

[Tamaki smiles]

Ah, a lost kitten.

[Tamaki bows as well, taking her hand]

Fear not, fair princess. No harm will come to you as long as we are here.

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[Here's Fuuka suddenly being quite self-conscious at all of this lavish attention.]]

Uhh...umm...th-thank you...I...

...d-do you live here?

[hostclubmommy.livejournal.com]

We're mere guests here, but as our hosts haven't had the courtesy to show themselves, we'll be more than happy to assist you in whatever was is necessary. May we have your name?

[hostclubdaddy.livejournal.com]

Your name I'm sure is sweet and pure. It would be the only name befitting a princess such as yourself.

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

Oh! Umm...Fuuka Yamagishi.

[[glancing between the two]] Y-yours?

[lamb_of_gold]

So the outside still exists.

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[confusedly, with just a tinge of concern]] The...outside?

[lamb_of_gold]

We've been unable to leave this place for some time now.

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[eyes widen]] Y-you haven't? You're trapped here?!

[[she glances around quickly]] ...Wait...does this mean, I'm trapped here, too...?

[[ooc: She's not, as a matter of fact -- but she doesn't know that, yet. One might note her lack of a ring as a hint to this. :P ]]

[lamb_of_gold]

Try leaving the way you came.

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[Uneasily, she nods.]] E-either way, I'll be right back...

[[She walks over to the bridge she had just crossed, and hesitantly steps across it. ...Nothing happens. It's like whatever barrier that's there doesn't exist for her.]]

[[She comes walking back, even more puzzled.]] It looks like I can leave just fine...are you meaning to say, the rest of you can't go out that way...? Did you all just get here to this..."Astral Plane", too?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

[ Roxas, who was flying around the perimeter the showoff notices someone else coming... in? He lands a few feet away, and looks kind of excited. ]

Hey! Did you just come from outside?

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[First she's seen Shadows and Personas from her own head, and now there's people that can fly?!

...Did *anything* make sense nowdays?]]

...I...yes, I did. [[staring a little, eyes widened]] D-did you...just fly?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

Does that mean there's a way out now? [ He kind of laughs at the question. ] Yeah, I just flew. Everyone can do it right now, thanks to these. [ And he raises his hand to show the green ring with the black band on his finger. ]

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[looks at the ring with mystified curiosity]]

...Is it...some kind of Evoker magic? Did you just...find them here lying around, or...?

[sunkenlight.livejournal.com]

We showed up with them on. And, yeah, pretty sure it's magic. ... you don't have one?

[gentlepriestess.livejournal.com]

[[She holds her hands up, and, looking at them, shakes her head.]]

...Does...everyone stuck here have one of these rings...?