001 - A Bad Day For Everyone

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki Kirihara appears on the plane looking very, very pissed. Her Sig P230 is unholstered and leveled at…

…no one.]

Tch.

[She lowers the weapon, very slightly, taking in her surroundings. Or rather, the lack thereof.]

Contractor!

[She turns in a slow circle, tension wrapped around her like a creaking spring.]

Contractor! Show yourself. You’re being stupid. Using your power on a member of the NPA will get you killed. It isn’t worth the laugh.

[A pause. She’s starting to get angry again.]

Show yourself!

[She looks up, down, around at the stars, and a pained expression crosses her face. Barely audible, she mutters,]

You people… know how to be cruel.

Comments

[didorothy]

[have a warrant card flash]

As far as I'm aware, there are no Contractors present. But I don't know what a Contractor is, so I'm not much use there. This place is called the Astral Plane. You're here as an experiment for Meredith Sault and the twins, Lapis and Lazuli. If you want to get back home, you just have to will it.

Detective Inspector Tyler, by the way.

[harmonixerdemon.livejournal.com]

[Warily watching the lady with the gun. He doesn't want to get shot..]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Warily watching the wary watcher]

Are you responsible for this? Who do you work for? Are you freelancer?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Total suspicion; she has it.]

British... Familiar with the name November 11?

[didorothy]

Not at all. I'm from the Manchester, 1973. [frowns slightly] Though...

Pardon me, what I said bears explaination. This area serves as a nexus point for various worlds - that includes different points in times. It sounds unbelievable, I know, but that's because it is unbelievable. That doesn't make it untrue.

1/2

[contract_star]

...!

2/2

[contract_star]

Ms. Kirihara! It is you! Long time no see! [Watching the gun, eyebrows raised.] Didn't expect to see you here...

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

It looks like a mirage from the Gate, to me. [The metaphorical spines are out]

I'm quite used to the unbelievable truth at this point. You're with the police, you said. I've not heard of unit 1973. What's their specialization?

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

[have a Wolfwood raising his hands slowly because hey, he is used to guns getting pointed at him because of Vash]

...Hi?

[didorothy]

The year 1973. A.D. I'm in Manchester's Criminal Investigation Department, A Division, under Deputy Chief Inspector Gene Hunt and Superintendant Rathbone.

...You mentioned the Gate. Do you know Li?

[madamemoiselle]

My, my, you should put that away. You might hurt someone~

Besides, this isn't any kind of cruel thing, if that's what you're thinking. There are cruel people here, but most of them, they're pretty nice. Well, as long as you don't try and shoot them, that is~

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Li...? Li, Li Shenshun?

1973?

[harmonixerdemon.livejournal.com]

[Holds up his hands]

I didn't do anything to you. The Twins or that Meredith lady are the ones who dragged you here. And I don't work for anyone.

[Is tensed and ready to dodge if she tires to shoot]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[He obviously isn't threatening her...] Who are you? How are we here?

Re: 2/2

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[The gunpoint drops like a stone. There's a moment of confusion, and then fury replaces the irritation she felt before. The gun comes back up, leveled at his face; her fingers tighten on the trigger.]

Get out.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She scowls] That tends to be the point.

Who are you?

[didorothy]

That would be the one. He's been able to get here before you did. [mildly] But if you're from the same place he's from, I reckon you'll enjoy the stars.

Yes, 1973. As I said, people from all different worlds, all different times. There's a girl here from Japan, 2026, but her world hasn't gone through anything to do with your world's Gates. Mu's world has living clothes, the three Doctors are all on different planets...

And I would appreciate it if you'd lower that gun.

[madamemoiselle]

Call me Diva. {Diva starts to step closer, obviously unafraid} Really~ The Astral Plane should be a more peaceful place than home. If you go around shooting people, well, that really messes things up~

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

'M Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a travelin' priest. [smiles and tries to look as harmless as possible for a man carrying a huge cross on his back]

How we got here... well, you can blame those freaky Twins an' that other woman. I haven't met her, but those Twins are the creepiest thing I've seen since a pack o' sandworms tried eatin' me.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She lowers her gun.]

Who are they? The Twins, Meredith. I saw them, briefly. They brought you here? What is "here"? A Gate-space?

[contract_star]

[Good feelings gone.]

Wh-what?

[Raising his hands, totally confused but doesn't want to get shot right now.] U-um...it's okay...this is the Astral Plane. It's not part of our world. We're not in the Gate.

[lamb_of_gold]

More and More....


You speak of Contractors. Do you know Li?

[harmonixerdemon.livejournal.com]

The Twins and Meredith are the ones who drag everyone here. We're suppose to be part of some sort of experiment of theirs.

'Gate-space'?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She does so, if only because she's getting a headache.]

You're from 1973. Of course, no Gates. You know Li. Because he's here. As is a girl from 2026, someone with living clothes, and doctors who work on other planets. [She presses the heel of her palm against her eye. Must... assimilate information... within. known. parameters.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Get out of my head. Whatever illusion this is, if you value your nose, it ends here.