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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[booyaka_boom]

Selphie placed her hands flat across her knees, like she wasn't sure she what to do with herself. Her head was bowed, hair falling into her face as she stared hard at the floor. There had been points in that tower where Selphie thought she might never see Locke again, and the thought had been unbearable. Now that they were there, together, it just seemed...unreal somehow.

But it was genuine, it was really happening, and she looked up to see him handing her a spatula. It was easier to focus on the utensil, than on his face, or in his eyes, where she wanted to look the most. But she had been thinking so hard about that place that when he handed her the spatula, she wasn't really sure of what to do with it. Selphie took it in her hand, which was shaking slightly, just staring at it. Then she guessed she was probably supposed to clean it, so she stood suddenly to her feet, a little wobbly still.

[kings_thief]

"Whoah...hey...you look like you're about to fall over. I thought we agreed to rest." He tried to think what she would have gotten up for and finally put two and two together that handing her the spatula might have given her the wrong impression.

Gently he nudged her to sit down again and smiled softly. "I thought you might want to lick it, that's what you're supposed to do with them when you're done, right?"

Hesitantly, he ran his fingers through a bit of her hair before returning his focus on the baking.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie blinked at Locke, her eyes wide considering just how woozy she did feel. Her head tilted gently, because she was really sure she was supposed to get up. Then when he explained it, Selphie lowered eyes, looking embarrassed. "Oh, right. Of course! Sorry!" She should have known that, and it was stupid of her not to know.

Then her breath caught in her throat when he touched her hair, just for a moment. When he turned around again, that held breath came out in a heavy sigh, and she still stood there, holding the spatula.

[kings_thief]

He scooped the dough out and put them onto the sheets to be cooked. A glance over his shoulder told him she was still standing there, unmoving. There was a small sigh as he finished up what he was doing. "Now will just put these in the oven and wait for them to be ready."

He took the bowl and everything else he had used to the sink. "You know, if you want, I could do the cleaning real quick and you could lie down until the cookies are ready." He didn't figure she'd say yes, she was stubborn like that, but he hoped she would. He just wanted to make her feel better and, so far, he wasn't sure he'd been doing such a good job.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie watched him sorting out the cookie dough, and she couldn't shake the feeling that there had been a missed opportunity there. Surely if he'd wanted to, he would have? But then he was talking and she was roused out of thinking too deeply.

She walked over to the sink, still holding the spatula. "That wouldn't be fair. It's your turn to rest." Sure, she really could do with a lie down, but for a start they weren't even in an apartment, and two, he'd done enough already. Instead she smiled at Locke and held the spatula out for him, "Here. You have this and I'll get this stuff clean in no time." And she went straight to filling the sink with soup and hot water.