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Post by Utena Tenjou on Jul 16, 2023 14:24:09 GMT -6
When Utena woke up she no longer recognized her surroundings. She was no longer in the battle with her Prince over the Rose Bride. Instead she was in some old structure with a pulsing azure blue energy radiating all around her. It was strange to her and she didn't know where she was.
"Hello?" she called out, but nobody answered. Utena checked her equipment. Her clothes and fencing sword was still there. So she stepped forward and tried to figure out just where in the hell she was.
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Post by Gabrielle on Jul 16, 2023 14:44:50 GMT -6
"You! Over there!"
Utena wouldn't have to wait for long for someone to notice her as another woman woke up on the same floor Utena was now walking on. It was Gabrielle and she knew s he was no longer home as even her ship was lost. Gabrielle quickly moved over to the pink hair female and spoke to her:
"What's your name? Do you know where we are?"
The questions were easy to come up with, but she didn't want to overload the girl so she kept it simple for now.
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Post by Hotaru Tomoe on Jul 16, 2023 14:54:54 GMT -6
Utena and Gabrielle were not alone as Hotaru was also among them and just now woke up to the strange surroundings of the ebony black tower. She saw the two women and got up to her feet. She was in her civilian form, but knew her hension pen was inside her pocket in case she needed it. For right now she approached the two women for answers.
"I would like to know the same. What is this place?"
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Post by Arya Stark on Jul 16, 2023 16:40:42 GMT -6
Arya was the fourth person to wake up and realize where she was. Not at home. When she saw the others talking among themselves she chose to reveal herself as well.
"Hello. The name's Arya Stark."
It didn't seem like any one of them knew where they were, so she wouldn't bother to ask. Instead she observed the place all around them. The old gray walls, the strange symbols, and azure blue glow. This building was pulsing with some kind of strange energy. But what.
"Look at the walls. The symbols. They're glowing."
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Post by Utena Tenjou on Jul 17, 2023 9:06:40 GMT -6
Utena was startled for a moment when Gabrielle first spoke to her, but she quickly relaxed and turned to face the blonde woman. Only being able to shake her head in response.
"I have no idea where we are. I was hoping one of you knew. My name is Utena, Utena Tenjou."
Utena saw that Hotaru was Japanese like her, so they may have been from the same country. Yet never met before now. Japan was a big island after all. Then Arya spoke and took notice to the symbols on the walls. Utena looked at them and felt goosebumps shoot up and down her spine.
"Okay, we need to figure all of this out. What's the last thing you guys remember before waking up here?"
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Post by Gabrielle on Jul 17, 2023 9:26:51 GMT -6
"I'm Gabrielle."
When Arya made note of the walls, Gabrielle went over to the symbols and laid a hand on them. At once she could feel the power pulsing within the symbols and the walls of the tower. But what kind of power was it? Was this thing built by man, or the gods? Gabrielle then turned back to the others as Utena asked her question.
"I was on a ship headed for Egypt when all of a sudden a blinding white light overtook me and next thing I know I was here."
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Post by Hotaru Tomoe on Jul 17, 2023 9:35:47 GMT -6
"Hotaru Tomoe."
That would be all the information she would give for now. At least about herself. These people didn't need to know she was the Soldier of Silence. Sailor Saturn. At least not if she could help it. As they all started to recollect where they were last, Hotaru would join in the conversation.
"I was at home with my family before a blinding light also swept me away and I landed here."
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Post by Arya Stark on Jul 17, 2023 9:54:14 GMT -6
Arya didn't exactly know what Egypt was. Was it west of Westeros? Judging by the women around her attire they weren't from the same place she was. Which suggested something more powerful than them brought them here. Arya would give her story as well:
"I was also on a ship headed to an unknown land when a light blinded me as well. So we're all in agreement, something brought us here through a white blinding light. But what?"
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Post by Utena Tenjou on Jul 18, 2023 9:03:31 GMT -6
"First we need to determine where here is."
Utena headed towards the nearest thing that looked like a door and opened it. She came out to a set of staircases that bent around and twisted all the way up to a ceiling she could not see from here. And only a few steps went to the floor of the building and large black doors. They had to be in some kind of tower. There was no other explanation for how tall it was.
Utena descended the steps knowing that going up would take forever. She went over to the black doors and opened them and there it was. A frozen wasteland of crystal ice awaiting them on the other side. So, they were in the middle of nowhere. And that nowhere was the arctic? Utena closed the doors to return to the warmth of the tower and then looked to the others.
"It doesn't look like we're on Earth anymore."
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Post by Gabrielle on Jul 18, 2023 9:21:52 GMT -6
Gabrielle found it weird that they all got there the same exact way. It really made her suspect a god of the likes of Ares being responsible for the mess, but she had no proof of that. She also agreed they needed to find out where they were exactly. She followed Utena out of the room and down the main floor to see the frozen wasteland outside. Who puts a tower in the middle of nowhere?
"Some kind of ice world? There has to be people somewhere outside. Someone had to build this tower."
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Post by Hotaru Tomoe on Jul 18, 2023 9:30:14 GMT -6
"Let's not assume just because there's ice outside that the whole planet is that way. Many planets have different regions and different seasons. We need to find some kind of human life. I agree with Gabrielle. Someone must've built this tower, but who?"
Sadly it didn't seem like any of them was equipped to handle the cold climate. But they couldn't just sit around here and wait for help to arrive. They had to get out of there and find help themselves. Perhaps between the four of them they could muster up a plan.
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Post by Arya Stark on Jul 18, 2023 9:48:41 GMT -6
"We must be far north. In my world the further north you go the more ice and snow you get. We need to travel south if we're to find anybody of interest."
That was what Arya's gut was telling her. She knew nothing of this world, whatever it was. Nothing of this structure and nothing of these people. She didn't even know what the likes of Earth or Egypt even was. She trusted those answers would come in time, but for right now they needed to find intelligent life.
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Post by Tori Jacobs on Jul 19, 2023 7:00:42 GMT -6
Luca had been watching the scene unfold from the third floor. Four lost souls from different worlds coming together here at Jenesis. It was almost romantic. The kind of thing she dealt in. Guiding lost souls to Utopia. Perhaps these four would even be beneficial in her plans to come.
"You won't find the answers you seek out there."
Luca spoke to gain the four's attention. She would wait until all eyes were on her before continuing:
"You're on a realm called Jenesis on the continent of Jherra. An island northeast of the planet. You're at the heart of Jherra in a frozen wasteland of crystalized ice simply dubbed the Crystal Expanse. You won't find actual land or people for miles and you're not equipped to bear the cold I see. Why don't you follow me? I'll take you somewhere warmer."
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Post by Utena Tenjou on Jul 19, 2023 7:09:53 GMT -6
Utena looked up at the woman with the blue hair as she spoke. The fact she was standing there on the third floor the whole time unnerved Utena, but she didn't seem like a threat. She had just told them where they were and now was offering them shelter. But Utena knew to be weary of strangers.
"And where are you going to take us that is warmer when there's nothing like that for miles like you said?"
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Post by Gabrielle on Jul 19, 2023 7:25:00 GMT -6
Gabrielle turned around at the sound of a new woman's voice and saw the girl with the blue hair. It was a strange sight, but Utena had pink hair and Hotaru had violet eyes so anything was possible at this point. Utena raised a good point and Gabrielle would raise another.
"Where did you come from? Have you been inside this tower the whole time?"
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