001 To Take A Deep Breath

[fashionfairy]

Characters: Kanaya and everyone! (You are included in that!)
Setting: Various, starting outside room 1-07
Format: I'll follow you
Summary: Kanaya attempts to explore the tower and make friends. Or at least not make any enemies right off.
Warnings: None unless she's attacked. She may look meek and gentle but she's quite proficient with that chainsaw. Also, a secondary warning: she tends to ramble when nervous.



The first thing Kanaya was aware of was the inability to move. That was hardly unusual as the viscosity of the sopor slime in the recuperacoons made it difficult to thrash about in but that gave it a sense of comfort. She was not in her recuperacoon however. She was lying on some soft surface, like a cushion but raised and with blankets. Panic began to rise in her throat as she realized that she was not even on the flying chunk of rock she and her friends now called home. As the paralysis wore off she was able to take in her surroundings....and the rather hideous bodysuit and collar some clearly style challenged being had put on her.

She spotted the letter, read it quickly, and then went to the indicated chest to change into something more familiar. At least the collar was similar to her blood color so it didn't clash too terribly. A small wave of relief washed over her to see the matriorb safely nestled among various lengths of fabric. Even if she had failed everything else at least that was still safe and there was still hope.

Next, however, came a more pressing matter. She turned toward the door, placed her hand on the handle...and hesitated. Who knew what lay outside. She steeled herself, made sure the bottle of lipstick was in her pocket, and walked out to meet whatever lay beyond the threshold.

Comments

dorms

[ghostytrainer]

[One thing she'll find beyond the threshold is a boy who might be somewhat familiar, despite his purple outfit, skulking past her door with an overly large red-and-orange hammer slung over one shoulder. Trailing behind him is a small candle with a purple flame.]

[And it's this candle that notices Kanaya first, nudging John with her little nubs of arms. It's another one of those weird grey horned kids! One of daddy's friends...though she doesn't recognize this one! And unfortunately, neither does John.]

[He stops, examining Kanaya quietly for a moment, clearly wracking his brain to figure out who she is. By now he knows full well what the trolls in general look like and it's easy enough to figure out who is who even if they aren't human here. The only problem is that Kanaya hadn't been in Johto for nearly two years and she and John hadn't really talked much.]

[Eventually though, it seems to click. Somewhat.]

You're...Rose's friend, right? Kaaa...naya was it? [He mispronounced it, but points for trying?]

[fashionfairy]

[She jumps ever so slightly and stares at him. The logical side of her think pan was telling her that it was rude to stare in such a way but she had never seen someone who looked like him before. No horns and pale skin. Not to mention the odd looking familiar trailing behind him. She manages to recover herself enough to respond hesitantly.]

Yes, I am Kanaya. [She subtly corrects his mispronunciation and then proceeds to ramble.] You know the Rose Human then? I read her notes on the game my friends and I partook in and they were incredibly helpful so I greatly anticipated speaking with her and perhaps even meeting her in person but I fear that I was delayed by technical difficulties and then I ended up here. ...Wherever here might be...

[ghostytrainer]

[Oh whoops. Commit correct pronunciation to memory, gj there John.]

[BUT WOW YAY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS WAY BEHIND THE REST OF THEIR FRIENDS. This is something to bond over, yes.]

Well she is my fiancee so, yes, I would say I know her pretty well. [He laughs a little.] I'm John, one of the players from the human session.

[fashionfairy]

It is a pleasure to meet you. Karkat spoke a great deal of you although you seem different than his description. If I may ask, what is a fiancee? I am afraid I am unfamiliar with that term.

[ghostytrainer]

Ahaha well I guess technically I am a little different? At least from what Karkat would have said about me from your perspective. See, I before I wound up here I was stuck in another universe for two years. Not like...SBURB or anything I've kind of been thrown around a lot as far as inter-universal travel goes, I guess you could say. [He laughs a little.]

But a fiancee is someone who you are going to marry. It's like kind of like...a step up from the human equivalent of matespritship almost? Basically she's my girlfriend, and one day in the future she will be my wife!

[fashionfairy]

[Do you hear that? It's the sound of a tiny redcrush heart breaking. She looks crestfallen for barely an instant before forcing on a neutral, less desolate expression.]

There are other universes than ours and the game? I suppose it would be logical that there are many other universes but what was the universe you were thrust into like? Was it so very different than ours or yours?

[ghostytrainer]

[O B L I V I O U S.]

[Sorry, Kanaya, it's not that he doesn't care it's just that he's kind of a doofus.]

Mmhmmm! There are indeed. But the world we were in was actually based off of a video game we have on Earth. Tavros said that Fiduspawn was the closest troll equivalent, if that helps with a point of reference for you. So it was a little different than Earth but at the same time...not really?