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[aurous]

[ This is...probably backdated... (18-19th ballpark?) ]

Characters: Filia, open!!
Setting: All over the dorm floors, eventually room 1-05.
Format: Action or prose.
Summary: Filia dreamed that she'd been eaten by a spider but HA HA that can't be possible, by the way Miss Lina you are the worst friend ever.
Warnings: Talk of being eaten, idiocy.

DORMS (unspecified)
[ STOMP STOMP STOMP.

That is Filia taking very angry steps (okay, stomping) through the floors of the dormitory, stopping at each room to read the names of its inhabitants. She looks upset.

You probably don't want to engage. ]


ROOM 1-05
[
Lina Inverse
Sayaka Miki
Yuffie Kisaragi
Feferi Peixes

Lina Inverse
Sayaka Miki

Lina Inverse

A-ha! ]

Miss Lina! [ Knock. Knock knock knock. ] Miss Lina, are you here?

Comments

I CAST THREADJACK

[dragonspooker]

Tch, this is more than some stupid trick!

[Lina walks up right on schedule, having caught what Filia said. Great, the weird lady that knows her is talking with Sayaka. This is bound to go wonderfully.]

I dunno what exactly, but it's waaay too elaborate for a mere trick.

[aurous]

[ Are you prepared to have a golden dragon latch onto your shoulders, Lina? Are you prepared for the waterworks? ]

Miss Lina, how could you? After all we've been through, how could you leave me with that horrible beast of a spider? I've had nightmares about it for days now!

[dragonspooker]

[Oh god this kooky lady is invading her personal space now aaaaaaaaaugh.]

I told you then, blondie, I don't know who you are! And you didn't seem to wanna get out of the thing's way, so I gave you a little nudge.

[In the wrong direction. Whoops.]

[aurous]

Have you forgotten me already?! [ She steps back, presses a hand to her chest. ]

It's me, Filia! Filia Ul Copt.

[dragonspooker]

[Lina stares for a moment, then shakes her head.]

Nnnnnnnope. Doesn't ring a bell.

[aurous]

[ JAW DROP. ]

But- But we defeated Dark Star together! You and I and Mr. Gourry, Miss Amelia and Mr. Zelgadis! ... And Xellos!

[dragonspooker]

Dark Star...

[Lina's face grows a bit more serious at that revelation.]

I've defeated a piece of Shabranigdu with Zelgadis and Gourry, but not Dark Star. He's in a whole other world--

[A beat. The way others have talked about alternate realities of their own worlds, maybe this is something like that...]

Or is he the Dark Lord of the Mazoku where you come from?

And for that matter, who's Xellos?

[aurous]

[ Now it's Filia's turn to stare at Lina as if she'd grown another head. ]

Dark Star was summoned to destroy the our world... That was the prophecy my temple [ former ] received, and the reason why I sought you out. As for Xellos...

You honestly don't know?

[dragonspooker]

[Lina's eyes widen a bit, and there's a chill down her back - a complete Dark Lord being summoned is some serious stuff.]

I would remember something huge like THAT happening for sure. And no, I don't know a Xellos.

[A pause.]

_{I defeated a complete Dark Lord...?}

[aurous]

[ a complete dark lord that merged with a god even, yuuup.

Filia turns away, bringing her hand to her cheek. This is troubling... ]

Have you seen any sign of the Mazoku here?

[dragonspooker]

Well, I ran across something that was kind-of Mazoku-ish once. [coughSAYAKA] That was just one instance, though. Bunch of us beat it down and it hasn't returned.

[aurous]

[ Hmm.

She looks at Lina again. ]

I was under the impression that this entire tower is the product of their malice, but... I don't feel them at all...

[ And that's almost more frightening, really. At least the Mazoku were something familiar. ]

[dragonspooker]

[You're telling her.]

Yeah. The weirdos in charge, whatever they are, aren't Mazoku.

[aurous]

[ HMMMMMM--

Ah-!

She blinks. ]

What happened to your original equipment?

[dragonspooker]

[Wait, what.

Lina gives Filia a confused look, then looks down at herself.]

I dunno, it's been a long time since I traveled with Naga...

[aurous]

Your shoulder armor... [ She tries to outline it with her hand, as if she were the one wearing it, but the action isn't very helpful. ] It was more... rigid?

[ She taps her imaginary Lina-shoulder-armor on each side. ] Two large gems and... [ She brings her finger right above her collar bone. ] A talisman, here.

[dragonspooker]

[Lina blinks, then shakes her head.] No, my last set only had one kinda like that. [She raises a hand, and makes a circular motion around Filia's left shoulder.] The other one was rounded, and it came down a little bit, but I didn't have a talisman here, though... [She pulls her hand to her own collar bone area.]

[aurous]

[ She closes her eyes, a perplexed 'hmm', 'hmm', and then another 'hmmmm' peppering the silence as she tilts her head this way and that, as if a new angle might tip the answer out of her skull.

She crosses her arms over her chest. ]

Your memory must have been tampered with. [ YEP. That explained everything!! ]

[dragonspooker]

[SIGH.]

I hope that's not the case, but knowing the stuff these people are capable of, I wouldn't be surprised...

[aurous]

Don't worry, Miss Lina! [ Smile smile! ] I remember!

[ H-Helpful... ]

[dragonspooker]

Y-yeah...

[So very, very helpful.]

I don't suppose you know anything about the city of Sairaag, do you?

[aurous]

Sairaag? Hmm... No, it doesn't ring any bells. Was it located within the barrier?

[dragonspooker]

It was.

[A beat.]

Wait, what do you mean 'was'?