Arrival

[regenleif]

Characters: Capell and you
Setting: Starts in room 1-18 and then the elevator, floor 81, or chose an adventure he is looking for his friends!
Format: Both!
Summary: Capell wakes up
Warnings: May contain spoilers for infinite undiscovery, please let me know if you wish to avoid them.
[Room 1-18] Panic. That was the first thing Capell felt because he couldn't move, couldn't breathe. Couldn't scream. It didn't last long but it was long enough. With a gasp he sat up in bed.

Bed... that wasn't right. Why would he be in bed? He was cutting the chain... He looked round the room, squinting at the harsh, seemingly unnatural light. This looked like no inn he had ever been in before, even ignoring the fact him being in an inn was impossible.

He was dressed in some tight, restrictive material and he had something around his neck. A collar of some sort.

There was a note on the side and he picked it up, reading the two lines quickly before sitting heavily back on the bed.

His world... destroyed. No. Capell crumpled the letter. It couldn't be so...

[Elevator] At least this was something he understood, even if it was much slower than the ones he had known. Slower and strange. He stood silently, wondering why it stopped every twenty floors, and what was between them. He should have probably taken the stairs, he needed to look at the whole of this place, to look for his friends.

[Floor Eighty One] Capell stood by the window, not sure he was brave enough to step onto the glass. He stared up at the stars, not recognising any of them at all and then down into the fog. So far though he had seen many people, he knew none of them. If he had been rescued, surely his friends, who had been so close to him would have been too.

He couldn't give up hope, he had not gone far, there were many other places to look yet.

Comments

[lightofhumanity]

"Yes, just our souls. Our bodies lie back in our destroyed universes. They are not here, but they are still intact. Otherwise, people would not be able to vanish and come back from time to time."

[regenleif]

"People vanish?" He blinked, "And go back to their worlds?" He tried to understand what the boy was telling him.

[lightofhumanity]

"On occasion, they do. I believe it is something similar to an organ transplant. When you are transplanting an organ, the body sometimes rejects it, thinking that it is a foreign invader and attempts to expel it. In this case, our souls are attempting to reject these bodies and go back to where they belong."

[regenleif]

Capell had no idea what an organ transplant was, though he could guess through context. He blinked running the thoughts through his mind. "So our souls want to go back, but are somehow trapped..."

[lightofhumanity]

Which was made things easier for chaos. While he could have explained what an organ transplant was, it probably would have made the explanation even more messy than it already was.

"Yes, either through the fluid in our collars or by some other method that we do not know about yet. Or a combination of things."

[regenleif]

"What happens to those who go back to their bodies?" Surely they couldn't live on a destroyed world.

[lightofhumanity]

"What do you think happens to them?"

In short, yes, that is exactly what happened to them.

[regenleif]

So they died... Capell blinked sadly and nodded. "How many worlds are represented here?" He asked instead, trying to draw the conversation away from such sad things.

[lightofhumanity]

Well, with Ruana on the prowl, some of them might have died. It was really hard to say that this point in time.

"I have not made any attempt to count, but a great many different universes are represented here, as well as alternate universes and different timelines. You should always be careful with the people here."

[regenleif]

Capell had no idea what the difference between a different universe and an alternate universe was but he nodded. "Careful?" He guessed not everyone would be nice who were pulled here.

"How many people are usually rescued from each world?"

[lightofhumanity]

If Capell asked, chaos would be happy to explain the difference to him.

"Yes, careful. So that you do not make the wrong assumptions about anyone you meet or accidentally think that they are from your universe. However..only one person from each universe is rescued."

[regenleif]

Capell nodded until the end and then a look of horror crossed his face. "What do you mean by that?"

Surely not, that couldn't be possible...

[lightofhumanity]

Inwardly, chaos sighed, and any trace of a smile that was still on his face was now gone.

"I am sorry to say that that is exactly what I mean."

[regenleif]

Capell shook his head, "But..." Everyone? Everyone in the entire world? Everything they had fought to protect. "Why would they save me?"

[lightofhumanity]

"I am not sure. I believe the selection was random, but if they did pick people, I cannot say why. But, now that you are here..perhaps you can help some people here save others."

[regenleif]

Sorry Chaos, Capell is still reeling from the realisation that all his friends are dead. His hands tighten into fists and he takes a step back barely hearing what the man is saying to him.

"They can't be gone..."

[lightofhumanity]

Inwardly, chaos sighed again. He knew that this was a normal reaction..but that did not make it any less painful to watch. chaos took a step forward and tried to put a hand on the person's shoulder.

"I do not know that they are. It is possible that we may be able to restore the universes..and there is some evidence that the souls of our friends may not be destroyed."

[regenleif]

Capell blinked at him, still in shock. Everyone... in the entire world. It was a lot to take in.

"What evidence?" His voice was harder, more commanding.

[lightofhumanity]

chaos caught the change in his voice. While the whole incident was painful, he had to know.

"Recently, large groups of shadows appeared to many people in the Tower, acting and speaking like people we knew from home. It is arguable that they are the souls of those we knew."

[regenleif]

"Shadows?" Capell frowned, "Acting like people from home. Are they still here?"

[lightofhumanity]

"They are. They are not as numerous as they were before, but they have not left."

[regenleif]

"Where can I find them?"

He looked intently at the white haired man.

[lightofhumanity]

And chaos would just give the person a serious and sad look as he spoke.

"..I shall not tell you, for they will hurt and kill you. While I cannot force you to, I can advise you to not go looking for him."

[regenleif]

Capell frowned, he had not mentioned hurting and killing... "What do you mean by that?" His friends wouldn't hurt him, not even Edward, not any more.

[lightofhumanity]

He hadn't, but it was mostly because chaos didn't like talking about the shadows and what had happened.

"That..is what I mean. Again, please, do not seek them out. It shall only bring pain to you."