1: Waking up

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Characters: Aradia Megido and you
Setting: Early morning on the dormitory levels
Format: Starting with brackets but will match to anything
Summary: Aradia wakes up and would like to know where she is.
Warnings: None for now


[Waking up petrified is one of the scariest things she's ever experienced, the complete lack of control putting her on edge. She systematically tries to move her limbs without success. Just before she starts panicking completely she regains control over her body and he muscles spasm under the strain of her efforts.

She falls to the ground, unfamiliar with the dimensions of a bed. She groans as her head hits the floor, groping around for the bed so she can pull herself to her feet again. She manages to get her hands around the footrest after a few times and straightens herself. So far so good. Good thing no one else was in the room.

She takes a look around, four beds in the room, all the same as hers. There's a trunk at the foot of each bed but her intention is drawn to whatever is lying on top of it.

Two letters explaining her how her world is destroyed and where she is now and neither of them satisfactory.

She moves to the door and opens it carefully, peeking outside. The light catches her off guard but the clouds filter it enough to make it bearable.]

Hello?

Comments

[true_noir]

[Now there was a question. Chloe wasn't entirely sure right at the moment. She had Kirika at her finger-tips, but it wasn't 'her' Kirika, which was its own struggle in and of itself. She had an ongoing life, a lease on something that was already gone. The craving for something to toy with was there, but she didn't trust the situation yet. Too much was hard to tell just yet.

She leaned towards Aradia and grinned in a way that some found a touch disturbing at times. In the back of her mind, she idly wondered how one told how old these creatures were.]

Perhaps I have not decided yet. I might just be getting a feel for what my options are, teasing and testing the waters. Perhaps I am just seeing what, or who, interests me the most.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

[Aradia didn't find the grin all that disturbing. Humans have such blunt, tiny fangs. And no one could ever compare to Terezi's grin anyway.]

Hostility wouldn't be the best way to go then, no. And, have you found anything, or anyone, interesting so far?

[true_noir]

[No, Chloe wasn't quite so skilled at turning her lips into a fanged, vicious maw like Terezi could when she wanted to play. It was almost all in the eyes as she looked over the smaller creature curiously.]

A few. An old plaything I believe someone else is trying to claim... something I won't be allowing. But there are others I confess to a little bit of curiosity about.

You, for example, are something I have not seen before. I confess that I might be a little interested in what makes a troll tick.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Someone from your world?

[Aradia couldn't really say why she was so interested in Chloe's world, humans all come from the same planet so it shouldn't be that much different. Still, it's nice to know some more about the people she meets.]

Me? Really? I don't think I'm all that interesting, but if you've never met a troll before I guess it would be different. And I think that depends on the troll.

[true_noir]

The one to whom I owe a fork. [that bemused tone never departed even as she implied she was thinking of literally sticking a fork in Kirika.]

Perhaps it is the novelty of seeing one of your kind for the first time. It will wear off in time, but you never know what might interest someone about another. But, as you said... it can depend from person to person, or troll to troll.

So, I suppose the question of the moment for me is what makes you tick.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

The one that killed you then. I'm not sure I would go seeking out my murderer. [Actually she would, it wasn't his fault anyway.]

It's kind of surprising I'm the first one you met, there seem to be a lot of us around. Even a couple from alternate timelines!

I guess I don't know what makes me tick either, I haven't had much reason to be angry since I came back to life.

[true_noir]

Well... I was... am in love with her still, even if she is not entirely the same person. It is ... well, all things in these worlds are complicated.

I should, however, meet more of these kin of yours. But, if what you say is true, perhaps death was as revelatory for you as it was for me, if in different ways.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

They often are. [Aradia knows all about getting killed by people you care about.]

It was the first time I died. The other times not so much but I'm not sure they count.

[true_noir]

[Her eyebrows perked up and she leaned in a bit more, that curiosity taking on a renewed intensity at the mention of Aradia dying more than once. That was something she was less used to, and as death obsessed as she could be...]

The first time... I would imagine there is something of a story to that. Normally, wouldn't dying be a rather ... final experience?

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

I've found it's not most of the time. After I died I was still around, and eventually I even got my body back. [She motions to herself, in case Chloe had somehow missed that she wasn't a ghost.]

The other times I died... well, those were in different timelines and different iterations of me so I'm not sure they even count to being me. But I remember them.

[true_noir]

...

You come from a very strange and unusual world, to experience death in that way. I had thought it was something unique to these strange worlds we find ourselves trapped in.

[She chuckled and sighed, running her fingers through her hair.]

I do believe that, with an attitude like that, a physical threat would be almost useless on you, wouldn't it?

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

To be honest I think it was strange and unusual in my world as well. The Game kind of made everything a little weirder than it used to be. But I guess that's over now.

[She's not sure this place is better than the Medium though.]

Hmm, perhaps. I promised myself I wouldn't die again but I don't think it frightens me. Why, where you planning on threatening me?

[true_noir]

I have no reason to. [yet] Would you like me to find one?

[She chuckled and shook her head, smiling over at the troll, shaking her head. Toying with being dark and dangerous was always a little fun, even if not very serious, especially as she could not .]

But, if you were wanting never to die again, surely you wouldn't want that now would you?

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Not really, I would prefer not having to fight anyone here at all. For the time being at least.

[She is not sure what Chloe is capable of herself, but going up against a god might be a bit more than she bargained for.]

[true_noir]

[It would be a lot more than she bargained for, actually, but for the moment she actually was just teasing. As much as she might like to hunt, she had bad experiences with the power of things that weren't human, and wouldn't risk a pointless confrontation with something that might be much more powerfu than it looked.

... however, if they seemed willing to let her tease...]

I expect from what little I've seen that most will not want to trouble you. They have far too much on their plates as is. And for me? I think I am simply enjoying our little ... chat enough to not wish to sully a potential second one.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

I would hope not, making enemies is not a very good way to start of in a new place I think.

[true_noir]

I... have probably acquired one or two simply by arriving in this place. I think perhaps adding to that would be unwise, until I am more sure of myself anyway.

Still, I think we have stood in this hallway long enough for a chit-chat. Perhaps you would like to meet again sometime, little troll... assuming I haven't scared you off quite yet.

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

Were they people you knew before coming here?

[She grins sheepishly.] I guess we have been here for a while. You've done nothing to scare me off, so I guess I would like to meet again sometime, sure!!

[true_noir]

One was, and yes I think that might not be a bad choice. We could see how you have been getting acquainted with this place...

[fiesta_de_los_muertos]

And you as well. You haven't been here that much longer.

I look forward to seeing you again, Chloe.

[true_noir]

And I you, Aradia... Do take care of yourself. [And with a little wave, she continued down the hall, her curiosity building about these creatures.]