Redi Domum

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Who: The missing visitors and you. Open to everyone.
Where: MAGI Labs
Summary: After being violently removed from the Tower of Animus, everyone is returned 'home'.
Warnings: None

There was a tight clench behind your navel, the sensation of something dragging you through the fabric of time and space itself... it was an unpleasant sensation, almost sickening. Those of Hinoto-Ri had vanished from the tower completely when the clock struck midnight from what had just happened, removed from that reality. It had happened with such abruptness that it was downright disorienting to observe. There was no chance for a hurried goodbye, no chance of even letting out a surprised scream...

Those of Hinoto-Ri were dragged back to their own world with very little grace, and for a dizzying and wild thirty seconds, they suffered from the sensation of thick tentacles grasping and yanking their bodies this way and that through a swirling blur of matter. Where were they going? What had caused this?

After those sickening moments that seemed to last far longer, they were unceremoniously shoved out of the Shining Trapezohedron in a stream of bright lights, and into what looked like a giant room filled with computer screens. At least it didn't appear to be the Mictlan, like when the other group had returned.

Pray that you weren't on the bottom of the pile...

Now there was a quiet hum, as an alarm went off. Lights shone brightly upon you as scientists outside were running scans to determine you weren't harmful from your trip. That left you time to think.

You had finally met him...

Nyarlathotep, the Crawling Chaos. He'd taunted some of you, shown you another world you had been sent to save...but in the end, nothing much had changed. Perhaps there was small solace that it was still standing and not completely obliterated as had been his plan. The questioned remained, however...

Where was He now? ...you could figure that out later. There were reunions to be had first.

[OOC - Anyone can start threads.]

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DOGPILE ON THE GIANT ROBOT

[universebeware]

This time? This time, Brainstorm wasn't the last one out. He was thankful for this, as he saw the empty floor before him.

Unfortunately, that thankfulness was short-lived as he felt more and more weight land on his body. Given the focuses of this weight, it meant that he was his normal size again. This was good.

Unfortunately, it meant a large number of the other Visitors were landing on him. While not damaging, it was still terribly annoying.

"...of all the things to end that horrible trip on--EVERYONE OFF! NOW!"

Re: DOGPILE ON THE GIANT ROBOT

[bladedskies]

Hi reality warping. Hi stomach sickness. Hi suddenly feeling nauseous - oh, she landed on a...robot. Welp.

Haseo complies, rolling off of the robot and then tottering over to a corner in order to try not to be sick.

[princessofheart]

[Quickly rolling out of the way once she lands out of the Trapezohedron, Kairi comes to a halt a foot or so away from the massive Visitor pile.

...She's gonna just kind of sit and curl her legs up while she thinks, thanks.]

[nofairy]

[Link rolls as well, before just... flopping onto the floor. His everything hurts, especially his heart. He wants to cry but he can't even find the tears, so he looks around, trying to find someone familiar, and crawls over to Kairi, flopping down next to her.]

[His hat drapes comically over his face, but he doesn't seem to notice.]

[all_wound_up]

[Nano wastes no time whatsoever in rushing straight to the location specified by her COMP when the notice comes in that the missing visitors have returned. The poor thing worried herself sick for the month they were gone - or she would have, if robots could get sick. But semantics aside, she rushes into the room in a state of near panic as quickly as he legs can carry her, calling out for her friends.]

Yukko-san! Atsuro-san! Rise-san! Nikolai-san! Everyone!

[After all, it would take her a while to call for everyone she knows, but she's certainly relieved to see anyone and everyone she recognizes from the returning group.]

[greatergone]

[Kais drags himself to his feet, looks over at Nano....

....and immediately pulls off his helmet and pukes on the ground.

Hope that doesn't splatter.]

[ghost_shield]

*Nano's not the only one to come in after the word gets out, although he's trying his best to not look too rushed about it. He's already had one panic attack over this whole situation, thanks. Further panic attacks are dependent upon the status of certain folks.*

Shura? You there? You okay?

[demifemme]

*Shura is there, but she's not okay. She's in the pile in the foetal position, glassy eyes staring into nothingness. Two scientists are fussing around her, trying to get her to respond to stimuli.*

[gforceinmyfaaaace]

Pit had closed the shop as soon as he could after the notice had appeared on the network. To say he'd been worried sick about those he knew who'd went missing... Well, it's not the bright eyed and bushy tailed Pit who walks into the MAGI headquarters. He looks frazzled, stressed out, and worried. Happens when you run a business by yourself for a month without knowing where your friends are.

[stolemylook]

"Hey."

Oh look, it's your mirror image, Pit, looking just as frazzled and stressed out as you are, with an added dose of exhausted on top of it. Dark Pit was really looking forward to the chance to get the hell out of this lab -- he'd had enough of those, thank you very much -- and collapse face first into his bed. But... well, there was Pit, and after seeing his double and all the rest of Hell Tower, he was happy to see the idiot.

[sky_child]

"Link? Princess Zelda?"

He barges in without stopping to take a look around him. Perhaps if he did, he wouldn't look so excited.

"Are you guys here?"

[nofairy]

Link is curled up against a wall, trying to gather his thoughts again. He doesn't feel well, and it's not just due to the inter-dimensional joyride.

He lifts his head slightly at the other's voice, but doesn't otherwise respond.

[whereibelong]

[Xion is still up when the message pops up on the network. She immediately abandons what she was doing - reading a book and trying to get herself sleepy enough to doze off before the 13th hour - and gets up. She even riffles through her things to grab her Organization Coat.

She lets Sora know and lets him follow if Rox wants, then double-checks the map and makes a corridor to the furthest place along it that she recognizes and runs the rest of the way

As soon as she can get in to see everyone, she's there, looking around, face worried at all their expressions. But more than anything, she's looking for familiar faces, ones she needs to see. Needs to make sure they're okay.]

[technomaturgist]

[ Should Xion recognize Ferrus at all, he's here - his hood and robe is disheveled, and he's unsteady on his feet. Having people land on you was disorienting as fuck.

But he's here.

Greet acquaintance? Yes/No ]

[destinedwaters]

[Aqua had been lucky to end up on the edge of the pile after that disorienting trip through space and time, inwardly cringing at how her legs had been caught for a brief moment and the opportunity to say one final thing to those she had met back in that world--even one small word of power and light-- before finding herself back in the world they had come from.

Yet there were no words said as the scans are performed, only thoughts back on the time spent there... what was learned... who was met...

She had hated yellow eyes before, but that--

Her hand closes around her wayfinder before she goes to find her friends that had gone with them still there in the pile. That was more important than any harsh word or half-truth that had been shared. She wasn't going to share her pain, but focus on others.

They need it more than she does; that listening ear.]

[greyerrant]

[ Loken strides out of the center of the pile, looking down at Aqua. He is clearly disgusted, not with her, but with his failure to slay the Daemon. For that is what Nyarlathotep was to him. ]

Aqua.

[charmedbymemories]

[Naminé rolls over onto her side once she's back on Hinoto-Ri ground, suppressing a small noise of discomfort when someone accidentally jostles her from behind.

They're back...but it hardly seems like a triumph.

She gets up as carefully as she can with all the struggling people around her and starts walking away from the masses. Like her sister, she needs to go find somewhere to think, but she doesn't want it to be anywhere near this crowd.]

[all_wound_up]

Namine! Are you all right?

[Nano is at her side soon after she struggles to her feet, wearing a very worried expression. She's been fussing over everyone she knows since she got here.]

[capitalbackup]

[Before she got the message, Miyako already knew Yamato returned. His return coincided with the sudden feeling of her brother's presence feeling more...fuller than before. Where else it was faint throughout the past few weeks.

She followed where the feeling lead her to, glancing at the provided map until Miyako arrived at the lab. Once she's there, she uttered one word.]

Yamato.

[There's a girl who greatly resembles Yamato. The only difference between them would be her winter sports clothes and her low pitched but feminine voice.]

[drakenguard]

[Oh look, sister, Yamato's just sort of lurking as far from the main group as possible, looking more than a little worse for wear. He sensed Miyako's arrival though, and reluctantly dragged himself over to her]

Oh, Miyako. Hello...

materializes and drop kicks Eikichi in the teeth-i mean

[lighter_flick]

After the network post went up, it wasn't even five minutes before a tall young man entered the labs, appearing as if he were looking for a specific person.

He also looked pretty angry, but that seemed to be the default emotional setting for him.

[deathboss]

His first reaction, after the traveling would have been to seek out Tatsuya had the other not come. That rage in him for what he had heard from the Crawling Chaos still stung in his chest. How dare he...would he really have...

But when he sees him, face to face, all he can think about is all those graves in that horrible place. Lisa, Jun, Tatsuya, Himself, Big Sis...

....Miyabi....

Not to mention that Tatsuya's brother was still there and he couldn't do anything...

Eikichi nearly falls on the slightly shorter rival and breaks down into a series of horrible, unstoppable loud sobs, his body shaking as he grabs Tatsuya into a bear-hug, unable...no unwilling to let himself to let go. To make sure that he's really there, in front of him.

[blitzkriegzwei]

[That was not pleasant, to say the least. He had been running through the tower, looking for Gilbert, when he had been abruptly punted out. He fell right on his face when he landed, too. He hadn't fully changed mindsets yet, so when he pulled himself up...]

Gilbert?! Are you there?!

[Blink blink. Headshake. What?]

...We're not "there" anymore, are we...

[maybe_a_king]

No.

[She remembers him from when they had been forced to go through the house. Ludwig, if she remembered right? Arturia is in a bit of a state of shock: being dragged]

We're back in Hinoto-Ri, I believe.

[fools_journey]

Minato is a little shell-shocked (interdimensional travel is not fun and he has a lot to think about), and when he manages to sit up, he just... stares at nothing in particular for a few moments before the chatter gets to him, and he pulls himself together enough to properly look about. This isn't the room they left from, or if it is, man has it been remodeled. The bright lights make him squint, and he sighs to himself, as he slowly stumbles to his feet, tired and ... not really sure what to do now. Are they home? What about everyone in the tower?

He looks around, scanning for familiar faces and looking to see if anyone with a collar is mixed up with them. There isn't, and he's not sure how worried or not that should make him. He doesn't know what to think, really, after those broadcasts and -- everything.

So in the end, he just... lingers. Waiting until they're let out of this room and he can go somewhere to rest (and maybe to eat something that's not filled with conversation hearts; he doesn't think he'll be able to eat one of those again without wanting to throw up, and besides, it's easier to think about food right now than ... everything else) and to think. And maybe maybe talk it over with Shinjiro and Pharos and Miki, since they were there too. Maybe a few others whose judgement he trusts...

[greatseal]

As soon as the message appears on her COMP, Minako is out the door. That wasn't in question. But it takes some time to make her way via the transit network to the blinking dot on her map, and during the trip she has time to make some calls. One is, of course, to Minato. It's text only because she's not the only one she's trying to talk with.

Open the blinking message on your COMP with its predictable contents, big brother.

[killervocabulary]

There's a small bit of relief that people have returned. Hopefully that includes everyone who disappeared. She doesn't know everyone who disappeared, but there's a few faces she's hopeful to see again, especially considering that this disappearance was for a lot longer than the one that involved those in-charge people.

[nofairy]

Link is over near a wall, trying to get space and looking a bit shellshocked.

He does notice Ginia, and looks up slightly towards her, but doesn't otherwise move.

[the_usual_stuff]

The return journey wasn't as kind to Pharos as the trip there had been; when the group came tumbling out of the Shining Trapezohedron, the small boy landed awkwardly, knocked down to his knees and was promptly blinded by the strong lights focused on them when he looked up, forcing him to squeeze his eyes shut unhappily to block it out. After a few seconds, with a groan, discomforted by the displacement and interdimensional travel, he levers his arms flat against the floor and pushes himself back up.

By the time someone approaches him, Pharos had managed to push his way through the crowd to a wall, standing next to a computer screen, gripping one arm. They had left the 'Tower' far behind them.

He could tell no one else from that place had escaped along with them.

Pharos exhaled, head bowing slightly.

Gonna take a breather before going to track down Minako!

[greatseal]

But what if Minako tracks him down first!

Although, Pharos tends to find her before she can ever find him, so she doesn't actually send him a message like she does for Minato and Shinjiro. Instead she just heads for the meeting place and expects him to pop up on his own time, like usual.

[primordial]

Ugh. Ugh, god, what...he's back? Back here? Sam blearily looks at the familiar setting around him, coughing as he rolls on his back.

Did that really happen? Was he really...here? And if he was here...god, then that means that horrid nightmare of a place was over. He's safe.

Is he?

[justkeeprunning]

Between the announcement and the sudden, static-y, click in her head, Femi didn't hesitate to head over to where the missing had returned.

Carefully, she picked through the crowd of confused facs and the people there to greet them until she spotted the one she was looking for.

"Sam!" Femi crouched down at his side, hesitant to reach out to him in case he was hurt, but she didn't bother trying to hide her concern. "Are you okay? Can I help?"

[misery_hates_company]

*Among the possible people at the lab, Misery is... notably not there.

However, Atsuro might suddenly realize there's a message on his COMP and his alone:*

You idiot.

*And that's it. No signature or anything. That seems rude, doesn't it? And yet when he does finally go back to his place, he'll find a bag sitting in front of his apartment door.

In it? Gingerbread.*

[otakuro]

[Whenever Atsuro realizes that his COMP -- the one from Hinoto-Ri -- is functional again, he will scroll through a month's worth of missed messages. ...The last one was suspicious. Gosh who would possibly call him an idiot no but seriously there were a lot of options out there.

He has a feeling, though, that he knows who it is.]

It's nice to be back, too, thanks!

[bondsofsuffering]

[Hizumi just kind of

lays on his back, his eyes shut. Is he dead?

Nope he's just taking his good ol' time, giving a low groan before rolling over onto his stomach and pushing himself up off of the ground. He's unharmed, but still not looking too good.]

[fools_journey]

Quite a vacation, huh. You okay?

[ Though he mostly sticks off to the edges of the room to wait, Minato does see a few familiar people he's worried about nearby, and he feels like he ought to wander over to check on them. And he wanders over to Hizumi not too long after he's finally stood up. ]

[drakenguard]

"..."

Yamato allowed himself a few seconds of simply lying on the floor from where he had been spat out of the Shining Trapezohedron, feeling thoroughly and mentally exhausted. What a horrible trip. He just wanted to crawl back to his apartment and maybe lie there for a few hours.

But nope, he had to get up. So Yamato finally hauled himself to his feet, brushing the dust off of his clothes with a faint grimace. Hm, it seemed like they finally returned back to Hinoto-Ri...

[eyewillprotect]

"Hotsuin? Is that... you?" Aoi had been quick to run to meet the returning Visitors, and while she primarily wished to help anyone who needed it, she does pause a moment when she recognizes a certain shock of white hair. "Are you alright? Just what happened to everybody...?"

[belfire]

Demon King Kazuya may be, but that did not mean he enjoyed getting flattened by some people before he managed to claw his way out from under the mini pile he was in. Ugh, they really needed to figure out a smoother ride. That felt like he got sucked into a ecchi anime, tentacles and all, yuck.

He needed to scrub himself off in the shower.

Once he escaped under his pile of people, Kazuya just... simply lied on the floor and refused to move for now. Nope. Not moving. Just... gonna chill out here for a few centuries.

[greatseal]

Minako may be here to meet up with several specific people that she's been missing for a while now, but she can't ignore this somewhat pathetic looking pile of demon king on the floor. Maybe it's his hair. She always winds up being extra sympathetic to people with blue hair. It also helps that she recognizes Kazuya as being Atsuro's tactless friend.

"Hey, are you all right?" she asks, approaching to stand next to him. "It'll probably be more comfortable if you head home to bed."

[misogynistic]

Wow, look at where Adachi was again.

Well, at least Adachi could say it had been eventful. It wasn't the enjoyable kind, though. If he thought his headaches were bad before, they had just been amped up a notch. Thanks, Nyarlathotep. However...how many people can say they met a dragon? ...Well, people who weren't like those kids, people like himself.

Who figures how many 'average' people were even here, anyway. He had better luck with the natives. What a pain. What he needed now was to weave out of this crowd and hope he didn't bump into any of those brats from Inaba. Weaving through people is proving to be a mess, though.

For a guy who knew how to get out fast, he sure was having a hard time. There were so many people he had to avoid and step over that he just might have stepped on someone. He gave forced apologies along the way. "Sorry, I didn't mean to! Excuse me!" No more scientists, no more tentacles, he was a weary detective who needed a shower and time alone to polish his gu and the only good thing in his apartment: his be... Oh, wait, he can't leave the damn room.

Damn it!

[belfire]

Adachi made the mistake of stepping on one Kazuya Minegishi when he was weaving through the crowd - a very tired, exhausted, and grumpy Kazuya Minegishi. As soon as Adachi stepped on him, nearly tripping over him in the process, Kazuya struck like a stepped on cat, latching onto his leg and biting his ankle before he really thought it through.

...he was really tired and demon instincts were in full force. Sorry Adachi.

[echo_of_a_jedi]

As usual, Meetra wound up in an unceremonious heap with a psychically-induced migraine after getting dragged through the Force knows what.

Also as usual, she was on her feet and making that look intentional after a few seconds of reorienting herself.

"The labs?" she asked rhetorically of no one, looking around.

"...what, that was it? Did we break something?" she wondered.

[greyerrant]

Loken just crouches nearby, clutching his helm with one hand.

"I can't say. I do know we didn't manage to slay the daemon."

He looks very angry.

[seasidecherry]

Nagisa was going to have to write a pile of apology notes later, one to everyone who had been on that return trip, for the screaming she'd done. She'd mostly been able to keep her head on straight when confronting Nyarlathotep, but those things that had been grabbing at her for what seemed like forever? That had been a step too far.

At least she'd managed to land without too much incident. She moved to sit up, picking a spot not too far from the group, but not too close, and away from the walls. That had been...had she been able to do anything at all? Spread any light? She wasn't sure.

[photonicfighter]

"Nagisa?"

Dakki had come stumbling out of the larger group, and had been taking time to stretch and pass her hands over her face to try and re-center herself. And when that last pass came over her face, she spotted the girl that had been so helpful in the tower.

"Ah! Nagisa! You've made it back, too!" Looking relieved, and happy to have something to focus on that's not what just happened oh Holy Light what just happened, she strides over to Nagisa with a tired smile.

[booyaka_boom]

Somewhere in that tangle of bodies was Selphie. Eyes still closed, she waited until the others had moved away from her. Everything felt heavy, and the light unbearable. Eventually, Selphie opened her eyes.

So they were back. Without helping the people in the tower like she'd promised. They were back, but Selphie just felt heavy, her mind dull. Her eyes closed again. She'll just lay there until she's moved.

[sky_child]

"Hey, are you all right?"

She wasn't one of the people he was looking for, but she was a familiar face all the same.

[bakegarasu]

Otoha paced as soon as they were flung out of the portal, ignoring the fact that he still looked a little injured. His hair was mussed, there were some slight signs of burns and bruises... at least he seemed pretty intact.

He stuck to the back of the room, away from the lights as much as possible. He didn't like being out where everything was visible. He'd just stick back here until they let them out.

[tyrantball]

Oh hey what is that sound?

"-tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUPID!!"

And with that a seven year old girl crashes into you headfirst, clinging to your midsection with all her limbs.

She has a lot of limbs. It's rather like being hugged by an entire family of octopi.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid Uncle Otoha! You aren't allowed to leave without Desco EVER AGAIN!"