anxiousgrace | First Reality

[A soft sob... Coming from behind the clinic in town. There, a young, dark haired woman is curled in a ball, releasing more pent-up emotion than she has in quite a while. She's freaking out, and no surprise, all things considered. After all, she just woke up in a strange place, in clothing she's never seen, with wings.

It doesn't help that to her, this is just a sign that her schizophrenia is getting worse. It also doesn't help that the dress is vaguely reminiscent of the clothes patients wear at mental hospitals; she half believes she's in one.

Even though it's spring, it's a little nippy, and she's shivering in her thin cotton dress. She hasn't noticed the journal sitting by her feet, but she has at least stopped crying, though her breathing is still rapid.]

I don't know if I want this to be real or not...

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menial

As for that... It's complicated. Or so I hear. But generally, the answer is... no. You're in a different place. If you want an explanation, I know a guy who loves giving them.

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anxiousgrace

No, it's fine... It's good to know I won't be missed, I guess. [She laughs wryly] I suppose it could always be worse... for one, it could be raining.

From:

menial

Or you could've fallen into the fountain to start with.

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anxiousgrace

[Her laugh is warmer this time.] Yeah, that would be bad...

From:

menial

...May have happened to me when I first got here.

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anxiousgrace

That must have been pretty awful... [She's trying really hard not to laugh at your misfortune. Obviously, her mood has improved.]

What's your name, anyway? I'm Cayla.

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menial

It was not pleasant. Not in November.

Uh, it's [he gives his name.] You're more likely to hear me referred to as "Kyon," however. It's... a nickname.

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anxiousgrace

[Ok, she totally didn't catch the first name. Some sort of interference? She'll just have to stick with Kyon.]

Kyon it is then! So... you've been here since November?

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menial

['Of course it is. It always is.']

Yeah.

...Which is longer than I thought. But others have been here much longer than me.

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anxiousgrace

[Wow... five months away from home.]

It must be hard, being away for so long. Don't you ever feel homesick?

From:

menial

[Well, the thing about home is, it's slightly different for him right now thanks to the experiment. Still, the answer is:]

Well, yeah. But there's nothing we can do about that, here. Better make the most of it.

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anxiousgrace

I suppose it does give an opportunity to meet new people... People we wouldn't otherwise meet. [This is more true than she realizes.]

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menial

Something like that. And i's probably best to keep an attitude like that about it.

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anxiousgrace

[It won't work. She'll totally flip out later. Because schizophrenia.] I'll try to do just that.

[If she's going to be here for any length of time, she'd better find something to do.] What kind of things do you do around here? How do you pass your time?

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menial

Uh... Well, when shenanigans and experiments aren't keeping everything insane, I guess we mostly just... do normal things. You know. Shopping. Welcome parties. That kind of thing.

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anxiousgrace

Sounds like things are always... interesting here. [BUT NOT ALWAYS IN A GOOD WAY.]

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menial

Well. A mixture of interesting and normal. I don't know. It's hard to not be interesting with that many people from... different world around.

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anxiousgrace

People form different worlds? What do you mean by that? [Even though she's in a conversation with one of them...]

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menial

Right, about that. There are people here from... well, what can only be described as different worlds. The past, the future, different versions of Earth, whatever.

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anxiousgrace

So... time travel? And across dimensions, too? The whole thing is starting to sound like an episode of Dr. Who. [A show she hadn't seen in a while... But future technology would explain the journals, and possibly the wings.]