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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( the girl seems to be fumbling with the mouse-eared communicator, there's a glimpse of her face -- which seems pale. her hands are shaking wildly as she handles the device, which can be noted in the shaky images it's producing -- )

T-traverse Town? What... what is this place? Am I... am I dead...?!

( and there's a sharp inhale as she fights back the tears )

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

[She says it firmly, meant to be reassuring.]

You're not dead. This is a place between worlds, where we've been fighting the Darkness.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( the camera seems to jump -- it doesn't seem like she was expecting anyone to answer -- ) Between... worlds? ( and here's a view of her face, finally. looking rather concerned )

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

It sounds unbelievable, doesn't it? Have you heard of string theory? Parallel dimensions?

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

A world... separated, yet existing all the same alongside others... i-is that it?

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[innerflow.livejournal.com]

Right. That seems to be what we've been presented with here.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

I never realized... something like that was even possible.

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[executionerrose.livejournal.com]

I wondered the same thing when I first arrived. But, I assure you young lady, you aren’t dead.

[He kindly offers a rose to the video screen. A gesture that would hopefully cheer her up a little. ]

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( she stands there, blinking for a moment... before a faint smile finally seems to break free ) Thank goodness...

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[executionerrose.livejournal.com]

Were you in the middle of something very important or was it the strangeness of this place that made you think you had died?

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( she seems a bit hesitant to give too much away, but... the man seems nice enough, especially with the gestur of that rose -- ) A... a fight.

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[executionerrose.livejournal.com]

[He too had been pulled from a battle, so he just nods with out asking any more about it. ]

That is a terrible time to be drawn from. No wonder you suspected you might have died. I would have believed the same.

[He did, actually. ]

Fortunately that isn’t the case and I have been told the worlds that were taken by the Darkness are not permanently destroyed. They can be recovered if a way to fight the Darkness can be found.

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[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

Far from it. You are one of those that survived.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( the depth of the voice seems to startle her... but at the same time, there's something almost -- calming about it ) But that creature, it said... the world had been destroyed...

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[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

[If it does, then that's rather unusual. But then again, she isn't seeing the dark armor that goes with it.]

Your world has been swallowed by the darkness, yes. But you have not.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( which is probably a big help, you're right -- ) Darkness... but -- where did it come from? To be able to swallow something up like that... ( she frowns )

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[rebornaninsect.livejournal.com]

That, I am afraid I do not know. But I believe that darkness has always existed. Why it is absorbing worlds, however...

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[abracadabrapon.livejournal.com]

Please, do not be afraid. You're not alone in this place.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( those are... pretty much the magic words ) You mean everyone... it's the same fate for us all?

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[abracadabrapon.livejournal.com]

Yes. You'll be all right.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

Thank you... If only I could find the others now...

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[smileeveryone.livejournal.com]

If you're here.. then most assuredly you are not deceased, Miss.

[Here's a talking mouse for you]

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

( blinklblink. well. that's a little odd, but then again, stranger things have happened... she sighs in relief ) I have to admit, it was a little shocking to be transported here so suddenly...

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[smileeveryone.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it was. We've all experienced it at one point or another.

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[musketmagi.livejournal.com]

But, if we're alive, then... it's -- sort of like being given a second chance, almost.

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[smileeveryone.livejournal.com]

Pardon? I'm afraid that I don't follow you. [Unless.. either one of two scenarios occurred in your own world] Were.. you in a hopeless situation in your own place of origin?

Though I suppose, technically, anytime one has a fresh start could be considered a second chance.