This isn't the Green Sun

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Characters: Aradia Megido (OU) + open
Setting: Room 2-03, floor three, floor four or anywhere in-between - just note where you're finding her
Format: Starts in prose but will match comments
Summary: This is not where she expected to end up
Warnings: None.

Aradia had always known that using Noir as a map to the Green Sun would be risky, but nowhere in any of her thoughts had there been the possibility that it would cause her to fall asleep again (at least, she was assuming that was the case) and wake up somewhere entirely different.

Still, she was used to the game throwing weird twists of fate at her. And once she read the notes, even as she wasn't sure how this tied in with what she'd been doing before, she was more than convinced that arguing the matter probably wasn't going to help.

Instead, she decided to make a start on exploring. The first and second floors held little interest; the third, however, caught her attention enough that she spent some time browsing the shelves, making note of the many volumes that appeared to offer interesting reading material. And when she reached the fourth, the vastness of the view around her was enough to convince her that perhaps it would be okay to sit here for a while.

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[thekidsare0kay]

Sollux usually didn't spend much time on this floor, but a flash of wing visible as he came up the stairs made him turn aside at the landing and follow.

He smiled with relief as he caught sight of Aradia and identified her for sure, and called out.

"Hey, aa."

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Aradia turned quickly at the familiar voice, smiling brightly as she laid her eyes on the troll she thought she'd seen the last of for a while. She moved to try and hug him, her tone the most enthusiastic it had ever been.

"Sollux! I didn't realise there were other trolls here. It's good to see you, though."

[thekidsare0kay]

"You didn't?" He is taken aback by this, though he hugs her back readily enough. He looks her over. "You dithappeared, at leatht...I thought that wath you. What'th the latht thing you remember before you came here?" By her wing colour he assumed she wasn't from a universe with different blood colours, but there were quite a few other possibilities if she wasn't his Aradia.

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

She frowned a little at his surprise, confused at the mention of her disappearance. "Well...I woke up on Derse just as Noir came to destroy it. That made me...well, this." She motioned her wings. "Then I managed to freeze him and the plan was to use him as a way of getting to the Green Sun. But I ended up here instead."

[thekidsare0kay]

He nodded. "Tho you don't remember being in the tower before?" he asked quietly. "You were here before, but then you were gone. And now you're back! Tho... that'th nithe, and you only mithhed a lot of shitty thtuff." He smiled hesitantly.

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She shook her head, frown deepening a little. "I don't...I'm sorry, Sollux. I've never seen anything like this before. Maybe the other me was an offshoot?"

At his smile, however, her own expression brightened. "Well yes, I suppose it is nice now I know you're here. Maybe you can help me explore...again. Or, not again, I don't know how past me handled it."

[thekidsare0kay]

"Maybe," he said, frowning. "I guethh that would make thenthe. There are a lot of people from weird univertheth here, tho for all we know nearly everyone ith from a doomed timeline that jutht theemth to be the thame univerthe."

He chuckled and nodded. "I could give you a tour if you want?"

[2nd-dii2ciiple.livejournal.com]

Much like his Descendant, the red wings were also what caught the Ψiioniic's attention. He smiled as he came closer and confirmed that it was the young troll he'd gotten to know. "Aradia. I wath afraid you were one of the people who'd been 'sent home'," he said, approaching her with the smile still firmly on his face. "I haven't theen you for nights."

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

Aradia looked up with a start, inadvertently backing up a little as she caught sight of the adult troll. Who...apparently knew her? Even though, apart from his appearance being reminiscent of Sollux's, she wasn't entirely sure who he was.

When she spoke her tone was hesitant, not wanting to offend. "I-I'm sorry, have we met?"

[2nd-dii2ciiple.livejournal.com]

Her question brought him up short, and his smile faded, replaced by an embarrassed look. "Sorry, I guess not," he said, shrugging. "I know someone who lookth like you named Aradia, but if you're her and you don't know me, I guess you're from a different timeline. That tendth to happen a lot, around here."

It wasn't as if she was likely to have forgotten who he was, or mistaken him for someone else. He was pretty unique and memorable, and besides he looked like Sollux who was... something with her, he thought. Matesprit, or maybe moirail. Redrom, in any case.

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

Aradia glanced down as the smile faded. "I'm sorry...I'm sure I would remember if we'd met before. But I am a hero of Time so I suppose I shouldn't be so surprised by timeline shenanigans."

She looked up again, offering a faint hopeful smile. "But I'm sure if past me was friends with you, I will be too?"

[2nd-dii2ciiple.livejournal.com]

"It might be less 'patht you' and more like 'other you'," he said, returning her smile with another of his own. Just because this girl didn't remember him, didn't mean she wouldn't be just as nice to spend time with as the Aradia that did know him. "There theems to be multiple versions of thome people running around here. I know for a fact there's two Solluxs, two Eridans and two Karkats. The other Sollux and Eridan are from a timeline where the hemospectrum ith flipped, and the other Karkat jutht has a different colour of blood."

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

Aradia nodded, a little taken aback at the idea that there might be more than one of any of the trolls but also unable to help giggling at the fact that Sollux was one of the trolls that there were two of.

"Somehow that doesn't surprise me. Not the alternate timelines, I mean - those are quite bizarre - but that there happens to be two Solluxs here. It seems fitting for him, somehow."

[guiltapalooza]

[Willow liked the fourth floor herself, and had planned on coming back to scout it out better once she'd settled in. Given as she was as settled as settled could be, she used her admittedly flimsy excuse to go admire the view, only to find someone already there.

Time to be friendly. She walks over and stops a polite distance away, asking,] Do you mind if I join you? [Now that she's close enough to see her better, she realizes--] Oh! You're like a, a troll fairy!

... Was that really rude?

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[Aradia looks up, surprised to see the human approaching. Was this one of their worlds, then?]

Not at all. I was just...well, I'd say admiring the view but it's not really much to look at.

[She laughs a little, more so as she's referred to as "troll fairy"]

No, not at all. I suppose these wings are a little fairy-like...

[And then as her thoughts catch up with her]

You've spoken to trolls before?

[guiltapalooza]

[Willow folds her legs beneath her and settles next to Aradia with a friendly smile. It's nice to hear someone laugh so easily.] I think it's a great view - that's why I'm here.

Just Eridan. Both of them. [Since I'm assuming her thread with canon Eridan ended up with that getting figured out...] I'm Willow; I got here about two weeks ago.

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Really? I suppose at least it's peaceful.

[She hasn't seen either Eridan yet so to hear there are two of them is something of a surprise to her]

Both of them? You mean there's more than one Eridan here?

[That doesn't strike her as the best of situations but she won't judge just yet.]

It's nice to meet you, Willow. I'm Aradia; I got here today so there's still a lot for me to learn about this place.

[guiltapalooza]

Oh, I'll give you the quick and dirty, then. [Exposition dump time! She rattles it off smoothly.] I think this place is kind of like... an interdimensional meeting point? People are brought here from all places in the universe, and all times. And sometimes there's more than one version of the same person. From what I can tell, anyway.

It's the only thing that makes sense. One Eridan is a lot taller and older than the other, and I think they're from worlds that have different versions of the... the blood caste system? [Willow hadn't gotten the full details on that one.]

--Wait, Aradia? Like queen of the witches Aradia? [Eyebrows way up and more than a little curious.]

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

[Aradia nods and listens as Willow explains. Perhaps that had something to do with people having remembered a different version of her here before. Though she can't help but laugh at the distinction between Eridans]

An Eridan with a different view of the hemospectrum? That'll be interested to see...wait, what?

[That last bit has her somewhat confused]

Um...no? Feferi was our session's Witch and I'm about as far removed from royalty as you could get.

Floor 3

[savedbyasong.livejournal.com]

Shion's mouth had dropped open when he had found the library, he had never seen so many books in his life, he hadn't thought there could be more books than there was in Nezumi's room. He was wandering through the shelves silently, running his hands over the books and looking to see if there was anything he recognised from his time spent living with Nezumi.

He stopped when he saw another one of the horned creatures, this one had wings, she was also a lot smaller than the one he had met in the cafeteria. "Hello," he said to her politely with a small smile.

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

Aradia had been busy browsing the archaeology section, flipping through the odd book here and there, when she heard someone addressing her. She looked up, smiling at the human she faced.

"Hi! Sorry, did you want to look at this shelf?"

She took a step to the side, so as to no longer be in his way as she had assumed she was.

[savedbyasong.livejournal.com]

"Oh... no, it's alright," Shion smiled again looking awkward. "Do you like reading too?"

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

"Oh, okay."

Aradia gave a light shrug at the question. "Sort of. Really I was just curious to see what sort of books were here. I don't think I've ever seen such a big collection before."

[savedbyasong.livejournal.com]

"Me neither! I've never seen so many books in my life!" He smiled again.

[megid0-maiden.livejournal.com]

She smiled in response. "So have you been here long?"