destinystrings | Redi Domum

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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"I think so?" she says, standing and wincing a bit at her injuries. Nothing serious like when she'd been admitted to the hospital, but enough to make her uncomfortable.

"Are we really back in Hinoto-Ri? Or is this another one of that guy's illusions?"

"Huh? What guy?"

He reaches out to touch her shoulder--gently, as she seems to be a bit in pain.

She hisses a bit, but doesn't move away. His touch feels so real after that maze they were in.

"Nyarlathotep. He was.... he was in that Tower and we had to fight," she says this slowly, trying to make sense of it all herself, "But.... but we didn't defeat him. Something happened and now we're.... we're back here."

"So you all were sent to some tower with Nryal...Nyralhe...um... That guy?"

She nods.

"Yes. They.... they didn't know he was there. And it was some kind of refugee camp? There's something out there destroying whole universes and it was meant to be a safe haven of some kind. Possibly. No one brought there was entirely sure about it."

She takes a deep breath, slowly but surely regaining her composure:

"And Nyarlathotep was brought there somehow: possibly as part of how they drew in refugees. I can't be entirely sure. He meant to destroy the place and we tried to stop him, but...."

She looks at Pit with uncertain eyes.

"He was too strong. If we weren't expelled when we were, I think he might have succeeded in his goal."

"So he's back here? Do you know where he went?"

Because Pit would like to give him a piece of his mind, or his fists, or his claws...

"No, I just got here--we all did. I don't even know what brought us back."

She runs a hand through her hair, trying to make sense of it all.

"What happened while we were gone?"

"Nothing. There was some Cupid robot going around shooting people with arrows... And some of the natives had a rally against us, but all they did was yell. Nick's working on a group to talk to them, but... Nothing else happened. We all just missed you guys."

She stares at him for a moment, then smiles. He missed her? There's something nice about knowing she's been missed by someone besides her uncle, especially after the things she'd been told by that man.

"I missed you, too, Pit."

"Really?" His wings spread out happily--and, of course, hit the nearest people. He mutters out an embarrassed "Sorry!" as he folds his wings back in.

"Well, now you're back. Hopefully you won't be ripped out anywhere else soon!"

"Hopefully. I think I've had enough worldhopping for one lifetime and.... well...."

She pauses for a moment. Is this something she really wants to mention now?

Yet she remembers Saber's face as she told her a knight doesn't lie and warning her to not chase her dream. Even if she did follow it, she can't just continue on as if nothing will happen to address the matter in the future.

"I suppose, if I worldhop again, it'll be to home. There's something I need to take care of there."

"What's that?"

Because he doesn't recall her ever mentioning something important to do back at home.

"Something I'd prefer to tell you about when we're not still trying to sort ourselves out."

As in, she's now willing to open up, to tell people what's going on since there's no reason to keep it secret here, but she has her limits. There's a difference between telling trusted friends in confidence and letting the whole world know.

"Also something I should discuss with my uncle first. He of all people deserves to know. I will tell you once I finish with him, I promise."

"Yeah. And there are a lot of people here..."

Shuffle, shuffle.

"Is there anything else you want to talk about, then? I guess you can't leave this place right now, can you?"

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