♭ Note 01

[noisyclockhands]

[ Today, when you look around you you'll see -- eyes.

No need to be concerned, this isn't a splatter-movie, really! And there are only two but they are rather big. and curious. and very, very green. Seems someone is peering intently out at the world here while sitting on a grate] Oh~! It really is working, that's great!

[ the eyes are on the Relic now and the ear-piece he's just managed to fumble into his ears. There's a decidedly broad grin on that face and the short legs are kicking the air. ]

It's good that I believed the Mister who told me about this - thing. Even though it seemed really odd, you know? [ a finger tapping his chin here ]

In any case, does anyone know what this place is? I can't remember how I arrived here or why. It's really annoying if this happens all the time...

I guess some of you will tell me that going back home will be impossible~?

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[eightofseven]

[This has got to be the oddest person he has ever seen. Potential fluctuating wildly for no discernible reason...]

[He may very well be worth talking to.]

I do not know why you or I are here. This city is called Mac Anu, and as of yet I know of no way for either of us to return "home".

Who are you?

[brightfuture]

[ Admittedly, he doesn't handle the loud types too well, but it doesn't seem like he'll manage to pass by unnoticed, anyway. Talk about wrong timing. ]

I... don't know about impossible. I mean, if there's a way in, there has to be a way out.

[noisyclockhands]

I haven't ever heard of that place [ BLINKING those green headlights at you but he still seems mostly unconcerned. The simple sort, maybe? ]

Do you know who brought us here? Or are they keeping themselves hidden? That'd be kind of cowardly, though...

[ Also, hey, introductions! Oz will jump down from the crate to walk a bit closer. Another kid? a mini!Break? He's beginning to look eager suddenly ]

I'm Oz! And what's your name? I didn't expect anyone to actually talk with me. A lot of the people here make it a point to be in a hurry.

[noisyclockhands]

[ Hey, heyyyyy! Oz isn't loud, he's just--- happy??! Except not really ]

Aah! But don't they usually say that you can enter but not leave, in that kind of situation? That's how it goes in stories, right? [ actually, that's personal experience but nevermind that ]

[brightfuture]

[ For some people, that's the same thing! And hey, don't go around ruining Hope's... hopes. ]

That's true, you can't leave right now, but it's not like we're stuck here forever. You can't rule out an exit just because you can't see it. [ Keep dreaming, boy. Keep dreaming. ]

[eightofseven]

I am called Al Saiduq.

I do not know who brought us here, if anyone could be said to have done so.

[noisyclockhands]

[ Oh boy, you're just a walking neon sign inviting everyone out for puns, huh ]

True, but waiting around for something to happen would be useless! Are you planning on doing something? Everybody seems content to stay here so far.

[noisyclockhands]

So you want me to call you Al? [ [totally going to make up for your lack of facial expressions here! ]

You don't think that's what happened?

[eightofseven]

I do not think it is impossible; I simply haven't come to a conclusion.

And please, don't call me Al. The name is Arabic in origin.

[It really is; it's pronounced something like "all saiduke" or something like that.]

[glassworkgenius]

"Impossible"? I don't like that word! I'm sure the gamemasters are making a way to send the people who want to go home back.

[You found (1) unbreakable optimist!]

This place is great, anyway. I don't think you'll mind spending some time here first.

[noisyclockhands]

You're taking this very seriously, huh. [ It's called common sense Oz, not that you'd know...also, yes, stars always have the shiniest names don't they ]

That's the country where you come from?

[eightofseven]

No, it is not.

[noisyclockhands]

Oh! So they're making us play a game?

[ What will happen if Oz tries to add him to his inventory?? ]

That sounds like you can have fun here! Still aren't these places supposed to be like -prisons?

[noisyclockhands]

Ahhh...you aren't from here right? I mean, I haven't ever heard about that place at all--

[eightofseven]

You are correct.

[glassworkgenius]

Pretty much!

[You're going to need a bigger bag.]

I don't think of this place as a prison. I've been to fields and a cave, and they're really wide and open! So much so I don't know how far they go.

[noisyclockhands]

[ trollolol huh :T ]

Where are you from? Unless you want to remain mysterious of course. Some people are annoying like that.

[eightofseven]

You would not be able to comprehend it.

[Trust him on this one. You can't.]

[noisyclockhands]

I don't much like being kidnapped to play games.

[ Darn it, always with the side quests and earning things. ]

You know your way around here then? I've been stuck here since I woke up.

[glassworkgenius]

They probably have their reasons.

["Probably" isn't very reassuring though--]

Well, not in specifics, but generally this place has its square, guilds, port, and shops. There's also that gate that leads to those places I told you about!

Where did you want to go?

[noisyclockhands]

You're really bad at this, you know. People will think that you're stuck-up in no time.

[eightofseven]

And who am I to stop them from doing so?

[noisyclockhands]

Doesn't make them much more sympathetic. Well, as long as they don't expect us to play with dolls.

[ It's okay, Oz is friends with someone who repeatedly bites him. He can deal ]

Guilds, honestly? That sounds like something out of a book! [ Suddenly everything is much more to his tastes! Can you see him beginning to sparkle, the special affects are good here ]

Is there something really interesting?

[noisyclockhands]

You won't make friends like this however. [ Oz, stuff it, you have no idea how regular friendship works....] Isn't that going to be really boring for you?

[eightofseven]

I have a friend, and I am not bored.