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.]

Comments

[otakuro]

[Kairi is surrounded by floppy-hatted boys, it seems. A white one drifts to the floor in front of her; it is quickly snatched up with the fervor of a man who knows that his hat-hair is hideous on the best of days.

Atsuro offers a small, exhausted smile.]

...Hey.

It was a little hectic back there, huh? We didn't really get a chance to have a... normal introduction.

[princessofheart]

Hey.

[Kairi does her best to smile back, but it's more sorrowful than anything. Despite all the strength they had found together... it was still an incredibly taxing experience. And don't even get her started on the people they left behind in that torture Tower...]

You're right. Would you like to sit with me?

[otakuro]

[He would. Nyarly was gone, they were home, they were safe... Even still, his muscles still refused to loosen up. Even standing upright was a strain. Atsuro will slowly lower himself to the floor and try not to wince as his joints creak.]

...

Want to start over? I'm Atsuro. Atsuro Kihara, from Tokyo.

Kairi, right?

[princessofheart]

Nice to meet you, Atsuro.

[She nods a little as he says her name.]

I'm from... uhm. That's still a kind of difficult question I need to think about.

[THANKS NYARLS]

I've seen Tokyo before, specifically Shibuya. It's a very beautiful place.

[otakuro]

That's where I'm from! ...Nearby, anyway. It's probably not the same one you visited, but I have a feeling Shibuya doesn't change much from world to world.

[Demon invasions notwithstanding.]

But... yeah.

Don't let that stuff get to you. It doesn't mean anything, what he said. Just... small things blown out of proportion or bad choices from the past or things you can't control.

[princessofheart]

I wish I could visit it again, to be honest. Did you see that some places from Shibuya managed to get pulled here? Like the big shopping center...

[She pauses a moment, thinking about his words with a somber expression.]

You're right, but... he still gave me a lot of things to think about.

[otakuro]

[Atsuro will give a small nod in response. True enough. This whole adventure, if nothing else, had raised even more questions than it had answered. After a short period of silence, he will return to the less emotionally taxing part of the conversation.]

What, really? I hadn't noticed... What ward is it in, do you know? ...Probably the shopping district.

It'll be nice to see something familiar. I don't think anything's been pulled directly from my world, yet. They tell you if it is, right?

[princessofheart]

Mm, I can't remember; seems the most likely, though. I think they do tell you if it's part of your world, or at least someone from your world is informed. I don't really know the rhyme or reason to it, but it seems like someone that's particularly attached to the area that's pulled in is the first to know...?

[otakuro]

((I'm really sorry about the lateness. You're welcome to not continue with this thread since I can't promise to respond in a timely manner; I'm so sorry about the lack of activity.))

[Atsuro gives a small shrug in response. There wasn't any building he was particularly attached to back home... Apart from school, but he could live without that showing up here.]

Why do you think they even bother with bringing in this kind of thing? It seems like a lot of work just to make us feel more at home or something... And from what I've seen, some people could do without these kinds of mementos.