test drive

[storm_on_a_stick]

Character: Arche Klaine
Fandom: Tales of Phantasia
Player Name: rhi_chan

[Arche opens her eyes wide, and looks around. She is sitting on the ground next to a fountain, soaking wet, and has no idea what's just happened. The last thing she knew, she was among her friends, beside a lifeless Dhaos, mentally processing all the events that had just taken place. She pulls her long pink hair away from her wet body carefully, and tries to untangle herself from it. Her broom is thankfully sitting right next to her, so she checks it for any damage and shakes some of the water out. Once she sees that it is okay, she hops on and hovers above the spot she was sitting, already feeling more comfortable. Her eyes then drift across her new surroundings as she attempts to make sense of it all.]

Comments

[fistfullofmagic]

[Explanations he can deal with. They give him the time to make some sort of futile attempt to sort through his emotions about this situation. Dhaos points to what seems to be an odd series of rock formations, but is in fact a colony of living creatures.]

That is the coral. The natives of this place refer to it as the Lamufao, and worship it as a god. It gathers people here from across time and space, occasionally subjecting us to what we refer to as "curses," though we know not why.

[He pauses, pointedly keeping his gaze on the coral.]

...Even death is nothing to its power.

[storm_on_a_stick]

[His words make some sense, but are disconnected from her thoughts. She has to concentrate to hear him, instead of trying to reconcile what happened before she arrived here with what she is seeing now. Her eyes follow his gesture to the coral and she stares at it while listening. Her feet move back together and her arms drop to her side, as she must realize she is not in immediate danger.]
So... that is how you are alive.
[Immediately after the sentence leaves her lips, her eyes fall to her feet, then she steals a glance at him before returning her attention to the coral.]
There's a lot I still don't understand, both from before I got here and of where we are now. I... umm... why were we brought here and where is this place?
[She remembers the time travels she has gone through, and glances behind her, hoping against logic that maybe someone else got dropped here with her, but only sees that fountain again.
She takes a deep breath, then turns and looks directly at Dhaos.]
I am sure you really don't want to talk to me, so I understand if you don't want to explain. Of all the people that could have been pulled here...
[Her voice drops off at the end of her statement as her eyes fall to her feet again.]

[fistfullofmagic]

...This world is known as Vatheon. Nobody knows why it is we are brought here, but there is ongoing research into that matter, as there is on possible ways to control the coral and use it to better the lives of everyone. Perhaps even save a few...

[Slowly, he returns his gaze to her.]

...I do not blame you for your previous actions. Your impression of my motives was coloured by others who wished to paint me as something I was not.

[storm_on_a_stick]

[Arche lowers herself, almost falling, onto her broom. She holds the front end with both hands, trying to steady herself and appear normal at the same time. At this point, even though she is hovering above the ground, she is eye level with Dhaos, and is a little grateful he's several steps away instead of close. She has been dropped from one intense situation into another, and is still trying to gather herself up. She looks at him with saddened eyes.]
I... umm... thank you for telling me... all those things. I hope those of us that got taken here can make the most of it, and ... even help people.
[She sighs, and appears like a defeated child.]
I really try to do good things.