JANUARY TEST DRIVE!

[rubycitymods]

Thinking of apping a character but not sure they'll fit in the city walls?

Have no fear, a meme for you is here.

Directions:

• Use an RNG to choose a location and prompt, or wait for someone else to tag.


• Post with your character with their name and canon on top!


• If you'd like, leave contact info for people to get in contact for plotting and other such shenans.


• Tag around! Make friends. Don't be afraid to chat OOC while tagging.

Locations

1.TRAIN STATION - The place where everyone gets dumped off at. Your first view of Ruby City, complete with informational posters telling you all about where you've ended up.
2. THE BEACH - Lovely year-round, though in the winter months, you're probably not likely to dip your toes in.
3. THE BLACK STALLION - A rather quaint bar. Supposedly, the burgers are great, but you don't see anyone immediately who's willing to serve you. Maybe you're meant to get it yourself.
4. THE OBELISK - The tall monolith in the center of the city marks the gathering place of many events, though right now it seems to be cold and dark.
5. THE CLOCKTOWER - Offering an impressive view of the city, several residents come here to clear their heads, if they don't mind braving the narrow staircase.
6. THE COFFEE JOINT - the front windows are warm and welcoming, and it seems there's always someone friendly enough to fix you a cup when you wander through.
7. THE CATACOMBS - Intrepid, aren't you? Those weird holes may beg exploring, but go too deep and you're going to be in a lot of trouble, considering the viciousness of the creatures held within.
8. THE CITY STREETS - All told, Ruby City is a lovely place, once you get past the fact that several of the buildings look derelict and on the verge of falling down. There's no harm in doing a little sightseeing.
9. THE PARK - You thought it'd be a lovely stroll, but the park is anything but friendly, if those approaching wolf-like creatures are any indication.
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like what we've come up with? Feel like picking your own place? There's a whole host of lovely locations to choose from in the City.


Scenarios


1. NEW ARRIVAL - Step off that train, walk down the street. People usually latch on to newcomers to try and help them out. Even if you look shy, the other residents probably won't be!
2. WATCH TALK - Feeling lost? Disoriented? Don't worry, everyone feels that way on their first day. Fortunately - if the signs at the station are to believed - the watch in your pocket can be used to talk to whoever else might be here.
3. BAD WEATHER - Aw, man. Whether it's snow, or rain, or just plain cold, today was definitely the wrong day to get dumped off in a City in the middle of nowhere.
4. A RUN-IN - Maybe you weren't watching. Maybe they weren't. Either way, you just bumped into someone. Perhaps apologies are in order?
5. HELP, IT HURTS - Clumsy, aren't you? Perhaps wherever the train brought you from wasn't so friendly, or you just tripped and twisted your ankle. Either way, you're in a bit of pain. Hopefully someone will notice your booboos and help patch you up.
6. HUNGRY - It isn't very obvious sometimes that restaurants are what they are, especially in a place like Ruby City. Where can a person go to get a bite to eat around here?
7. MISTAKEN IDENTITY - Hey, there's someone you know! --Or maybe not.
8. BEING FOLLOWED - Maybe you're just being paranoid, or maybe you've got a reason to be afraid. Whatever it is, it feels like there's eyes on you...
9. CURRENT EVENTS - The City is currently overrun with the DESPAIR DISEASE, which means some people are more violent than normal, the overall atmosphere is more dreary than it normally would be, and there's some pretty vicious creatures roaming the streets! Also, there's hardly anything to eat. What a frightening thing!
10. CHOOSE YOUR OWN - Don't like any of these ideas? Feel free to come up with your own!

Comments

Haymitch Abernathy | Hunger Games

[nowinners]

[1-2; accidental audio, video]
[He doesn't know how it happened in the slightest, but this isn't the train he's supposed to be on, and the area it pulled into is no place he's familiar with, certainly not District 12 where he was supposed to be headed. When the train leaves him so quickly after his disembarking, he curses softly under his breath. He can only wonder if something had happened while he was sleeping, if the Capitol was responsible for this little farce.

He'd been going for the flask in his pocket when he discovered the watch and he studied it silently for a minute, checking out the buttons and accidentally pressing a few without really meaning to.]

What the hell is going on here?

[It's shortly after he discovers the camera function and the city is treated to a haggard looking blond man somewhere in his forties. He doesn't exactly look too thrilled currently.]

I don't know why I was dragged here, but if this is some new twisted game you're playing, I'm not interested.

[He's not really speaking to whomever else might be trapped here as he is to the people he suspects are behind this. Those Capitol assholes, President Snow in particular.]

--

[3-3]

Haymitch had managed to find what to all appearances seems to be a bar, though it certainly was lacking in service. Thus anyone else who might be escaping the cold weather outside will find the man serving himself up a nice sandwich and a bottle of whisky. He still doesn't know what to think about this place. It still feels like he's been pulled into another type of Games, for someone's twisted amusement. Just because he's not expected to kill to survive doesn't make it much better.

Whomever is in charge here, they're not much better than those in the Capitol, given they've been pulling people here against their will and forcing them to live here for their own entertainment. Not that people have actually stated that's why they're all here, but why else would they be here?

He killed that line of thought before it could go any further. He could no doubt think of other reasons. None in the least pleasant. None he wanted to dwell on.

Time for dinner and a little self-medication. Then he'd brave the cold again and see if he can't find himself a place to claim as a home base of his own.

[bifroster]

[Jane frowns at the new message on the network.]

Well, I doubt it's the people from your world, or as simple as a game, but someone did drag us here for some reason.

Welcome to Ruby City.

Jamie Fraser | Outlander Series

[macdubh]

[1-1]

Moving…he was moving. Jamie couldn’t figure out what was going on no matter how much his mind tried to. The car of the train was unfamiliar to him, and he couldn’t figure out what was even making it move. He tried to think if Claire had ever mentioned anything like this. The thought of Claire made his heart ache and he had to take a moment to get his thoughts back to where they should be in this situation. He really couldn’t remember Claire mentioning specifically like this, but had to be….a machine…of some kind? Maybe?

When the train came to a stop, he exited, eager to get off the unfamiliar….thing. Whatever it was. The place he’d been dropped off at wasn’t exactly what he’d call welcoming, but his thoughts were already set on trying to understand what was happening. Of course, the posters were the first thing to catch his attention and he moved to read them, hoping for a clue. Ruby City? He’d never heard of it? Was it a place that had developed in Claire’s time? Was he in Claire’s time? If he was, did that mean he could find her? But she’d never mentioned a place called Ruby City, so maybe it wasn’t?

He read on further, and frowned deeply at the next poster. You are not here alone? Watches can be used to contact others? How could watches be used to contact others? Audio, Text, Video? His frown only deepened, and he really wished Claire was still with him. Maybe she could understand this? At least better than he could. He only had bits and pieces of knowledge about things in the future, and he hadn’t asked his wife much about it, not really wanting to know too much. Especially when his wife started giving her complicated explanations. Explanations that he knew all too well that he wouldn’t be able to understand no matter how much she explained.

The next poster was a map. That much he could understand, and he was glad to be able to understand something at the very least. Or he could at least understand most of it while he pulled out the watch. He hadn’t had it before, and he’d known it. He hadn’t had much at all before other than the clothes on his back, so how had he ended up with this? He recalled the posters implying that the watch could offer communication, but still couldn’t understand how that was possible? Was it like a phone? Claire had mentioned phones before. Devices that could allow people to talk over long distances. Maybe it was like that, but then how did it work? He was already fiddling with it, trying to understand it and how it worked. “Hello?” He said to the watch, his accent that of an obviously educated Scott, wondering if it would work. Oh, he was probably insane for even trying this. “Can anyone hear me?”.

[OOC: Please feel free to run into him face to face, or play it out as if your character was hearing him over the comm system. So first or third is fine by me.]

[calmbefore]

After very nearly a year spent in the city, it's become all but second nature to see just who might turn up after the train has been and gone. True, more often than not there hasn't been anyone terribly familiar but that's certainly no reason to stop. Besides, it's more or less habit by now, and it's certainly not one that is about to hurt anything.

"I can hear you," he answers, as he draws near. "I mean, I probably would have been able to anyway," he is after all, standing easily within earshot, "but even if I weren't, I probably could have. It looks like you've gotten it working right, anyway."

He'd really have to either come closer or check his own watch to be absolutely certain, but he's not seeing anything immediately out of the ordinary just at the moment and that's probably a good sign.

rei hazama | doubt

[dolosa]

OPTION I: STEP OFF.

[While most people actually step off of a train, Rei Hazama does not, instead wheeling herself off the station rather nervously as she frantically looks around her surroundings.

Are there people here?

Is there anybody here who could help her...?]

H- hello...?

[There's clear confusion in her eyes as she speaks.]

OPTION II: GOTTA PLAY THE GAME ( ANONYMOUS TEXT )

I have a question for all of you today, Ruby City. I am quite curious.

Have any of you lost someone you loved? Or perhaps, you have other problems in mind? My specialty is more on the former than anything else, though feel free to speak it here, either privately to me or publicly; anonymous or not.

I'll be waiting for your response.

anon text

[nowinners]

I lost everyone I loved when I was in my teens.

Took me over twenty four -- twenty five years before I managed to actually experience it again.

Of course, now thanks to this city, I've been separated from them.

Irving Braxiatel I Doctor Who EU

[becauseichooseto]

There's a kind of bone tiredness that isn't explained by weariness of the body in how Irving is feeling. He just... wants to go home.

Appropriately, it's starting to rain but also appropriately, Irving has managed to secure himself an umbrella. Well, it didn't take a genius to spot when it's about to rain.

The streets were relatively quiet and that's how he preferred it, for the moment. It gave him enough time to consider his misery, frankly.

[edwardian_adventuress]

The umbrella appears over his head before the girl steps around into view.

"New arrival?" she says with an understanding smile, "Of course you are, silly me. Who else would end up left out in the rain? What's your name, then? I'm Charley. Charley Pollard."

Nagisa Momoe | Puella Magi Madoka Magica

[dolcelatte]

[A; various]

[Around the city there was a cheerful young girl, running around in a blur of silver-white hair and a pink dress. She seemed entirely thrilled by all there was to see in the city, practically skipping from place to place in what was apparently a Ruby City sightseeing adventure.]

[B; grocery store]

[When the sky darkened and it began to rain, Nagisa took shelter in the nearest building. To her own good fortune, it was somewhere with food.]

[So if there was a little girl soaked with rain wandering around looking for confections...well, it was best to try not to get in her way, as she looked rather determined.]

1-3 YOU NEEDED AN UNWORTHY THOR, RIGHT

[ofmyth]

[There is a blonde man standing on the platform in the rain. He does not seem to mind it; it's possible he doesn't even notice it. He rests his large warhammer on the ground, leaning on the handle.

The train doors close and it pulls away, leaving him staring, scowling, at the city. The thunder rolls softly above and the man speaks a few words under his breath (no doubt some kind of impreciation against the mother of whoever is behind all this).

Thor hefts the hammer up over his shoulder and makes his way into the city.]

[ooc: unworthy Thor]

Need it like another hole in the head

[slashupontheinternet]

[Loki couldn't have missed the arrival of Thor. He had the whole train station wired up with magical signals to tell him if that happened, and he generally paid particular attention to them when he heard unhappy rolls of thunder.

With a few whispered words of Old Norse, the young god teleported to the platform, and searched the area until he found his brother. He was cloaked in his invisibility coat, but when he located his discontented fellow god, he planted himself in his way and revealed himself]

I thought I heard a roll of angry thunder in the air. Well met, brother - I promise all this isn't my fault.

Legolas / LotR

[cuor]

5-1

Legolas' wariness fades with each passing minute. Whatever is happening, there is no immediate threat to him; this is only a strange island filled with stranger monuments and inhabitants. Before he does anything else, he must take his bearings. The best way to do that? A tall tower stands out across the skyline of the... city (it must be a city) and he makes for it.

He ignores the circular device and the sounds coming from it. It is not his place to meddle with magic of that kind.

Another Elvhen?

[arlathvhen]

[This place was large, and confusing, far bigger than even Val Royeux, or even Denerim, maybe. Or at least, the parts that she had seen. Of course, her travels there were rarely touristy, usually she had business...like meeting a Duke who was actually an assassin, or watching a templar punch a grand cleric--But she was getting off track. The point was, that this place was intimidating, both in size, and in population of shemlen. Strange humans were dangerous humans, especially without her companions to back her. With only her bow at her back, she had to be careful.

Was that...another Elf? He even had a bow as well. A city Elf, most likely, she estimated, for he bore no Vallaslin. But an elf was an elf, and hopefully he would be able to aid her. She cleared her throat, then waved, shouting to the man walking by. She felt a bit silly to call out like this to stranger, but it looked like everyone here would be a stranger.]

"Aneth ara, brother! Hold a moment, if you would!"

[She hurried over, murmuring apologies to the humans she hustled past, until she got closer to the other elf, smiling brightly. It was always good to start out on the right foot, she felt, so she gave a small duck of the head to him, a token of respect--More than a Dalish would normally give a flat ear, but...Well, it was never good to be rude to strange elves.]

"I'm so glad to see another of the people! I thought I had wandered into a city of shemlen alone, can you imagine...I had hoped I'd at least stumble into an alienage."

Harry Potter | Harry Potter

[scarredglasses]

[1-1: Action]
[Harry wakes on the train and finds himself strangely alone. While he had fallen asleep on a train, he'd been surrounded by his friends and now wonders why they might have left him. When the train stops, Harry finds himself not at Kings Cross Station as he imagined but...somewhere else.

As he exits, still in his wizards robes and holding his wand, he looks around at the posters for a good ten minutes before leaving the station to find someone he might know. Or at least someone who can explain what's going on.]

[1-2: Accidental Audio or Video]
[After looking around near the station, Harry had explored what other items he had on his person. That's when he found the watch. He played about with it and realised it's functions quite quickly. Then he sends out a broadcast.]

Hello? My name is Harry Potter. I'm standing by the train station and I'm a little lost. If anyone can help me, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

[Unsure what else to say, Harry stops there. What else can he do?]

first prompt! also omg harry ;w;

[doeeyed]

[Lily is a woman on a mission. Why? Because certain unnamed wizards whose names start with "P" and end with "otter" decided to try and be impressive by using "muggle methods" to cook.

She just spent the past hour cleaning dried god knows what off half the surfaces in the kitchen.

Needless to say James has most likely made himself scarce after the debacle so Lily has taken to combing the city in order to find him and chew him out for the mess he made. She doesn't initially have much hope finding him in the train station, but when she spots a black mop of hair along the platform she beelines towards the figure.]

James Potter, I don't know what in the bloody hell you were thinking but at very least have the decency to clean up your me--

[Wait, Potter's not normally that shor-- Oh.]

I-I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else...

Koizumi Mahiru | Dangan Ronpa | [[help what am i doing]]

[theresalwaystomorrow]

[Dazed, Koizumi got off the train and looked around. She couldn't really make sense of what she was looking at and where she was going, and the evident look on her face confirmed it. What her eye was drawn to were the posters. "YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED RUBY CITY", "YOU ARE NOT HERE ALONE"... the transparent look of overwhelming confusion on her was obvious.]

What's going on... t-this is a dream, right? I was just with him... and now I'm... hrmm.

[Reading over the poster for the watch, she took hers out and stared at it for a while trying to figure out its functions. When she finally understood enough to send out a video broadcast, she turned hers on and sighed, stumbling over her words.]

H-Hello? Is there anyone out there? It'd be nice to know where I am... or if this isn't some crazy dream. I'm not really expecting an answer but it'd be nice to have one.

GOOD AFTERNOON HELLO WELCOME

[rambunctiousgirl]

[There shouldn't be a red-haired girl on her watch. Koizumi Mahiru is dead.

But so is Pekoyama Peko, so the initial surprise she feels is immediately replaced by guilt and obligation. It's that obligation that forces Peko past that guilt to answer Koizumi's call.]

Koizumi-san.

[She keeps her expression steely and stoic as she can-- and before she gives any information, simply calls Mahiru's name to get her attention.

...She'll proceed after she knows what Koizumi knows.]

maedhros | tolkien legendarium

[nelyafinwe]

[ 1 - 1 ]

[ There is nothing in his life that could have prepared him for winding up on a speeding death trap between one breath and the next. He chalks it up to some sort of dark magic, clearly Morgoth's fault, and braces himself when the train finally comes to a stop. And then he's up and moving outside; a 7'4", redhaired elf in armor, standing on the platform and carefully reading whichever posters catch his eye. (How he can read what is obviously a foreign tongue escapes him at the moment.)

And then it starts to rain.

All in all, it's not the best welcome that Maedhros, eldest son of Feanor, could have asked for. But it's not the worst, either. ]

/glee

[elfoflight]

[No, not the best welcome at all. But even still, Arafinwe was there at the edge of the platform, looking on. That red hair was impossible to miss, and he steps out of the meager protection of the building to his back, just to greet his eldest nephew.

He too was armed, though not in full armor. He'd not had to take up that mantel since he'd last been in Middle-Earth. Since he'd last seen his family whom had gone on while he'd turned back.

That last meeting was what had him almost hesitate to greet Maedhros, but still, he kept on walking, waiting for the second when he'd be noticed.]

Finrod Felagund | Tolkien

[songofstaying]

City Street

[Finrod leans heavily against crumbling brick wall, feeling disoriented. He shouldn't be here, he should be dead, he thinks. Had been dying, and sure that the feeling of being pulled overground at speed was death. But then he'd found himself to be in a carriage, actually, and it had slowed to a halt here with a screech and a few jerks and a hiss. He doesn't know where 'here' is.

He'd stumbled off the train and into the strange city, setting off with the intent to find a forest or a river or a park, even. Anything that would be the least bit familiar, as nature at least always was. He earns more than a few looks on account of his poor state, but he doesn't pay them any mind.

The brick is cool and the air is clean, at least.]

[elfoflight]

[It was by chance that Arafinwe had been walking along the streets. But chance brought him within sight of a bedraggled figure. Clearly injured, by how they leaned so heavily against the wall.

He walked a little faster to see about giving aid, only for his steps to falter. It couldn't be... He ran the last of the distance, steps still just as light as any elf. He stopped just beside Finrod and reached out to rest a hand gently on a shoulder.]

You are wounded. Come away so I might give aid.

[Quiet words that belied the nerves. This couldn't be his son, for all he looked like him and felt like him.]

Shiemi Moriyama | Blue Exorcist

[weedlikespirit]

9-1+/5 (or intercept her anywhere on the way)

This place was strange. The decaying buildings, the pocket watch, all of it didn't quite feel right. So, looking for comfort and familiarity, she'd chosen to go to the park, following the directions on the poster at the train station. Parks were always full of flowers and plants, right? And once she had had the chance to calm down, which was always much easier in a garden, maybe she might be able to contact someone helpful, once she worked out the watch.

What she really hadn't been expecting was anything unfriendly. Which, she thought, might have been a little stupid of her, given how often she knew demons turned up, but in a park? That wasn't right. And, of course, she'd tripped as she ran away, leaving her with a very painful ankle. Well, hopefully someone would stop to help her.

Mulan | Once Upon a Time

[agirlworthfightingfor]

She had awoken in a jolt inside of a strange carriage. There was no recollection of how she got here, when she entered, or even where this was. Despite its size, there were no other passengers on board. When it finally came to a halt and the doors opened, it didn't take long for her to spring up and head out. She needed to survey the area and find out exactly where she was.

Outside of the carriage was just as unfamiliar as the inside. It looked as though she was dropped off in an abandoned stable of sorts. The rain fell heavily all around and the air was so cold it bit through even her armor. Wherever this was, it was not the Enchanted Forest, nor any of the lands beyond it.

Was this another realm? Could it be where Emma and Mary Margaret had gone? This wasn't Storybrooke, was it?

She took a quick inventory of herself and found her usual items. She had her armor, helmet, sword, and a few other weapons on hand. Oddly, there was also a strange pocket watch among her items. There was no memory of how she obtained it, but it looked too valuable to simply throw away. She pocketed it before she stepped out of the station and into the rain.

[truestsweeper]

As much as Henry loved his grandfather, and liked the other people he'd garnered to protect him since waking, the boy still needed alone time. And while his bedroom worked in some respects, in others he just wanted to leave the house. So that's what was happening today. He'd escaped custody and headed for the train station to either be alone or perhaps meet someone new.

This happened to be the latter and although Henry had never met Mulan, he recognised her from his mother's description. Not to mention the Disney film. So he managed a smile and stepped up to her, keeping out of range slightly because he had no wish to die again so soon.

"Hi. I'm Henry. Are you Mulan?"

Lady | Devil May Cry

[patricided]

Well if she’s going to get the lay of the land it may as well be from on high. Couldn’t do much but wander the streets down here and while that held a certain appeal, her practical side said she should at least see what she’s dealing with now that she’s off the train and actually has something more than fog to look at anymore. There’d be time enough after, while she’s looking for the way home to wander. And she was going to find a way home; she had no intention of being gone long enough for Patty to notice let alone her leather loving gunslinger of a pseudo-business partner.

Lady tilts her head back, takes one last look up at the clock face. If nothing else the trip to the top would give her time to think about what she wanted to do next. The posters in the train station had been somewhat illuminating but there were still questions she was going to need answered before too long. At the very least she had an idea of what to do with the pocket watch she’d gotten.

Heaving a sigh, Lady makes her way up to the top of clock tower. Once there she walks around the entire edge taking in the complete picture of the city. If nothing else it was laid out well and as far as she could tell, that made her life easier.

Which left only the watch…the posters did say it was a form of communication. Digging it out from the pouch she stuffed it in, Lady studied the silver pocket watch. It wasn’t very big, fit perfectly in her gloved hand actually. She pressed the button to release the latch and studied the face. “Things get a little stranger all the time don’t they,” she mutters using her thumb to close the lid. Later she would sit down and figure out if she wasn’t the only poor soul from home here. It’d be nice to at least know there was someone to watch her back if she needed it. She wasn’t looking forward to building trust from scratch again if there wasn’t.

[superstylishsquid]

"Truer words have never been spoken."

The words came from above, where a winged man was sitting perched on the sloped part of the clocktower roof. His glowing eyes had a soft quality to them, but his waving tail was reminiscent of a curious cat.

"Welcome to Ruby City. It only gets weirder from here."

Sheva Alomar | Resident Evil

[partnerinheels]

5|10

Even though she saw the signs containing information about this city, Sheva didn't particularly enjoy taking things at face value anymore. Which is why she skips the much needed shower and change of clothing in favor of getting a bird's eye view of the city from the vantage of the clock tower.

It's evident to anyone who notices the battered, exhausted, and heavily armed woman, either en route or perched up high in the clock tower, that she's beyond worse for wear. Hell, if they're close enough they could probably hear her stomach growling, or more likely, smell her. Regardless of all that, Sheva's meticulously taking notes and creating a map of her own with full intentions to walk the city later once she gains more bearings.

[lothlorienguard]

On occasion Haldir worked his way to the Clock Tower to simply enjoy the view it offered. He also liked that it was a good advantage of the city. Only he realized before he reached the top, that he wasn't alone. Someone else seemed to have the same idea.

Quietly, he made his way toward the young woman. Judging by the way she looked and acted, she was new. While she may look to be exhausted and ill-kept, she wasn't helpless not with the strange weapons she seemed to be carrying. He also wasn't about to take a risk either.

As a precaution he brought out his bow and had an arrow ready. "Usually a new arrival wishes to explore the surroundings first and gather information there. What brings you here?"

Katniss Everdeen | The Hunger Games

[symbolise]

[1;1]

[Katniss isn't sure when she cognitively recognizes she's not back at home in District 12, but feeling the train slowly come to a stop jolts her into consciousness, eyes wide and panicked. No more trains, she'd been done with trains she'd won the games she'd finally been home--

When the doors finally open, she practically bolts out of the train, ready to run for it. It's only the thought of Prim that makes her stop dead in her tracks, too worried to continue her escape attempt. If she ran, she'd surely kill her, mom, Gale, Peeta too most likely. The lack of Peacekeepers was little comfort; if it was the Capital that brought her here, she'd have little room for resist. She was stuck, too scared to move and draw attention to herself, but terrified of the possibilities in staying.]

[6;2]

[After finally finding a small, semi-comfortable dwelling to hole up in, Katniss has situated herself by the back wall of the coffee shop, fiddling what she assumes is typical high-end Capital technology. As the watch starts with a flicker of light she looks a little surprised, but fiddles with it some more, brows furrowed in concentration.]

Hello, I'm Katniss, Katniss Everdeen.

[She glances to the side for a moment, not sure if that was information she needed to give, but proceeds anyway.]

I'm looking for my sister, Prim. If anyone has seen her, let me know through this...thing, or by bringing her to this shop.

[OOC: This is my first time really playing with Katniss but I really wanted to try her out, so be gentle;;]

6;2! Sort of.

[airshipcaptain]

[Afonso was on his second cup of coffee when he first spots the young woman in the back of the coffee shop fiddling with the watch. If that isn't a dead give away for a new arrival, he's not sure what is.

He waits until she's finished before rising to his feet, leaving his table behind and walking over to hers. It would be strange to respond via watch when they're basically in the same room, right?]

Miss Everdeen?

[codenameagent13]

[ 6 - 9 ]

Sharon was used to being in strange situations, usually thanks to SHIELD. But, normally, she was briefed before being tossed into the unknown. She took in her surroundings and it looked like some damage had been done to some of the buildings. At least it didn't look as bad as cities looked after the Hulk passes through.

She found a place that she recognized. A coffee shop. She considered that to be a good place to get some answers. At least she can get an idea of what the locals were like. Sharon entered and went to the counter to order a coffee for herself as she figured out her plan. She already tried her comm link but she was unable to get a hold of anyone at SHIELD. She really wished big brother was still there watching her every move.

[captain_asthmatic]

Steve had been too busy drawing to pay much attention to his watch over the last few minutes, so he hadn't heard the call for SHIELD. But when someone entered the coffee shop, he looked up automatically, and blinked.

"Hey there, neighbour."

Unlike the last time he'd called her that, his tone was friendly, if slightly concerned. He had...mostly... forgiven her for all the deception, but he didn't know if Sharon even knew what was going on with SHIELD. If she was here, it had to be recent.

Godot | Ace Attorney

[waitingforhim]

4-1 Accidental Audio post/ Action

[Well, now he's seen everything. Isn't the ride to the afterlife suppose to be on a boat, not a train?

Considering that the welcome posters are red against a white background Godot can't make heads or tails of them, and he ignores the seemingly pieces of blank paper in favor of looking out around the train station.]

Hah...! This looks a lot more like Limbo than where I expected to go.

[He is turning over the pocketwatch in his hand thoughtfully while he steps out from the platform, taking a further look in.]

I wonder if you can still get a decent cup of coffee around here.

_____

8-9, OTA

[The sky is gray with the sun just barely shining enough light in the sky, but the place is eerily quiet, seeming to confirm to the man that he's probably made it to purgatory or something much like it. It seems to be a big city as well, and he wonders just exactly what he is suppose to learn from this place.

As far as he was concerned, there were no sins to repent for when he owned up to all of them, intended to carry them to jail and beyond after that last trial.

His visor cuts three glowing lines of red in the grayed afternoon, a strange sight as if the tall man was not quite all that human. He sticks his hands in his pockets, walking the middle of the street with what seemed to be an unconcerned attitude.

After all, this was the end, right? What else would he have to worry about?]

4-1

[truestsweeper]

[Henry sees the strange man with the visor on the watch and can't help but answer. He's so futuristic he might as well be from a comic book. Kind of reminded Henry of Cyclops.

What happened to your eyes? Are you like Cyclops?

Cissnei | Final Fantasy VII Complication (Before Crisis)

[10minutetraitor]

1-8/5: Prose, Action, ect!

Cissnei considers her options as she reads the signs along the train station, posted up with helpful information on them, of how to get into touch with others and where people could go. Things a scared civilian would need in a moment of panic for this.

She, on the other hand, finds this all too disconcerting. One moment the world was starting to come down around them and the next she is rolling up into a station. Cissnei doesn't believe in the works or acts of gods, only man- So this draws unsettling conclusions for her.

The Turk considers using the device, playing the wounded bird and getting information from civilians that way. It may be the best way to go in all honesty, but that depended exactly on the type of people here. She will leave it for later, and instead steps out in search of a vantage point that will help her get a better idea of this place.

When in doubt, go up. Her eyes settle on the clocktower in the distance before she decides to head there. Along the way she is lost in thought, trying to figure out where to go from here.

If anyone else she could trust might be here.
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[Video]

Am I doing this right?

[Cissnei's chosen in stead to play the innocent card for now. She looks like a teenager, is one actually- Usually that helps get people to talking when she needs information. The redhead holds out the watch in front of her so that it has a good view of her face, giving the device a quick smile that seems a bit nervous.

Anyone good at reading others might notice it doesn't quite reach her eyes in the way that it should.]

Is this a normal thing, to end up here without any idea how you did so? And by train, no less...

I'm Cissnei. Can anybody tell me what we're suppose to be doing here? I hate to say it, but I've never been lost like this before.

[video]

[calmbefore]

[Truth be told, the Doctor would have answered regardless of how Cissnei might have chosen to act. He's always been prone to wanting to help, and for all that he has actually noticed the way that he smile doesn't reach her eyes he doesn't mean to comment. There are, after all, any number of potential reasons for that.]

Yes, it's normal. Well, normal for here. Maybe not so much for anywhere else, but it's how we've all arrived here. As for what we're meant to be doing, that's another question entirely. I know there are people who have been looking into why this city is the way it is, but last I'd heard there were still an awful lot of questions that needed looking into.

La Muerte | The Book of Life

[cempasuchil]

Ah, well...this was certainly different. This was neither her beloved Land of the Remembered nor was it the center of the world. This was somewhere completely new that even La Muerte hadn't seen. For a brief moment she wondered if this could be another one of Xibalba's tricks. But no, there weren't any bets that they had made recently. And if that no good Xibalba knew what was good for him, he wouldn't even think of touching her domain or meddling with the affairs of man. He knew better than that.

No, no. Something else was definitely at play here, and she would get to the bottom of it.

La Muerte glanced back at the train behind her and then at the writing on the station's wall. Ruby City wasn't a place she had heard of or visited in her centuries of living, but there was always time to try something new, right? With a flick of her wrist, she lit the candles on her hat to help illuminate the way. Time to explore this Ruby City, and maybe have a little fun.

[missleadingquestions]

Having passed the train station simply by chance, Maya wasn't expecting to see a skeleton lady with a giant hat. No, no one really would expect that. As such, Maya nearly tripped as she approached, wide-eyed and wonder-filled.

"E-excuse me! M'am?" she called, keeping a safe distance (for as lovely as this magical looking woman was, who could tell if she was dangerous?) "Did you just get here?"

Nagito Komaeda | Dangan Ronpa 2 Warning: He's a walking spoiler

[hoperulesdespairdrools]

Network post. - Haunted house event.

[So, that haunted house that appeared in the city and all those ghosts of your loved ones showing up? That means that a lot of you must be really upset and full of despair at seeing them, right?

Never fear, this really unhelpful person is here to cheer you up and make you keep moving forward!]

It's tragic, isn't it? All these 'ghosts' of people we care about, sucking out all that hope from you, filling you with despair and trying to force you to give up.

But that is exactly why you guys can overcome it! There are so many people here that I have grown to respect here. As an insignificant person, I feel so lucky to have met you. Because of that, I know you can fight these shadows of despair and come out on top.

So keep fighting! The more of these obstacles you face, the brighter your hope will shine. Think how proud of yourselves you'll be when this is all over!

[omigod Komaeda shut up.]

[scary_music]

[Don't mind Ibuki, she's just going to interrupt your monologue partway with a scream-]

GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Vera Misham | Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

[nailbitingly]

1-1:
[She's cold. So cold. And alone, out here in the middle of nowhere, at a train station she's never seen before, all alone. There's too much space, too much uncertainty. Where is she? She shouldn't be here. She's supposed to be in the hospital. Why would they suddenly throw her out in the cold? At least she'd started wearing her own clothes again, and isn't in a hospital gown. That would be... terrible. Still, she doesn't have a coat, or much of anything, and she's shivering.

She—can't stay here. But—she doesn't have anywhere to go. She takes a step forward. Then takes a step back. The nurses told her to be careful. She feels like she's going to be sick.]

6-3:
[She hadn't expected to stay out here. She'd only wanted to rush in for something to eat, then dart back to where she's been staying, but then the rain had started outside. Sudden, heavy rain. She'd like to go back, but if she steps out into the rain, her sketchbook will be ruined! She can't let that happen.

Instead, she installs herself at a corner table. She takes a pencil from her pencil case and starts to draw, sketching the interior of the cafe and the bad weather outside, seen through the window. Hopefully this won't last long...]

1-1

[wright_idea]

[Uh oh... Looks like somebody else looks a little lost. I'd better help out.]

Excuse me, miss? Can I help you?

Zelda | Twilight Princess

[sapientias]

The beach: Choose Your Own [ This beach may not be anything spectacular at this time of year. It's cold, it's soggy, the frigid ocean air blasts unrelenting from the shore to wear she stands, her scarf whipping behind her. The cloak blows about just enough so that others may catch a glimpse of the royal garb underneath that which is being stained by the slush and sea air. But to her, this is something she has not seen in a long while, and more colorfully speaking, has not experienced in a long while. It is freedom.

There are many questions she may have from arriving here, some of them answered with quick use of magic, but for once she lets the ones that remain to be answered simply remain. Who knows if this is just some fleeting experience, one that she'll have to say goodbye to and soon be locked up in a castle, forced to watch her people suffer from an unknown fear. ]

Princess Aurora || Disney's Sleeping Beauty

[cursedtosleep]

[8-1]

It was a dream from long ago and far away. Her eyes fluttered open and her hand throbbed, still remembering the pain from the spindle. She sat up and blinked, putting a hand to her head. Was she dead? She gazed all around her at the strange carriage. She had never seen a compartment like this, a place like this. She was still in her gown. Everything was spinning and she couldn't quite understand what was happening.

Had the spindle killed her? Soft, if unnatural, light came through the window and the station sat before her, smoke and mist curling along the worn wood of the platform. Knowing no more answers would be found in this room, Aurora rose up from her seat. The crown glinted on the seat beside her and she hesitated before reaching out for it. It was a gift from her aunts, and in a place like this, any reminder of home and her loved ones was a welcomed comfort.

The air was different: thicker, harsher in a way. She coughed lightly and in her dizziness and confusion, took little notice of the things around her, of the posters and the signs. She had never seen a kingdom such as this before. She looked all around, holding her hands close to her chest.

What place was this? What had Maleficent done? She was sure that everyone could hear the pounding of her heart, with how quick and loud it beat. She tried to swallow it from her throat back into her chest. What place had she entered?

Was there someone she could speak to? Would there even be others in this strange place? Such strange rivers of black and gray, frozen solid in place and turned off in different directions. She kept looking around. Would she be all alone in such a place?

Finally she spotted someone, should she go up to them? Aurora's hands clenched harder. If this was some doing of Maleficent... then would this person be kind? Or perhaps they were trapped here too. She had to have courage. Nothing was going to be done so long as she stood still. Perhaps they could help her find out where she was, how she might break the curse, how she might see her aunts and parents and kingdom. Her hands fell to her side.

She had never gone up to a stranger before...

"I beg your pardon," she called out to the person, hoping to get their attention. "Will you help me, please?" she asked softly. If not, she supposed she could seek out some animals, if they were in this place, and ask if they might be able to help her.


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[9-1||Accidental Text]

[She had traveled around the city trying her best to make sense of this whole... situation. A town not under a curse by Maleficent but... then how did she get here? What were these strange objects and monuments everywhere she went? When she saw trees and greenery, she was quick to go to it, needing the comfort such familiar sights gave. She took deep breaths and gazed at the pocket watch that someone told her about. She could hear the voices inside and apparently it wasn't someone trapped in it. How strange all this was.

Could it be a lie though? She didn't want to think so poorly of those who had helped her, but she had to know. She gazed at it and pushed at the watch here and there.]

k...

diw...

dehapbcrknferl

[Ah, it was like writing! She paused for a moment to give it another look and turned to the animals that followed in her wake and smiled as they encouraged her to type out something proper.]

My apologies for any disturbances, [She wondered who on earth was going to see this though. Could she really contact anyone in this city with this?]

I am [She paused. She wanted to write "Briar Rose" but no... no... perhaps she would get more help by using her other name...] Princess Aurora.

Please, so many strange things have happened and I need help. If there is anyone else who may have been brought here by Maleficent's curse, I am sure we could assist one another in some fashion, even here in the land of the dead. [For what else could this place be?]

action

[denialism]

Adachi was just on his way to get something to eat. No big deal. The same thing he did every day. He wasn't expecting anyone he didn't know to go out of their way to talk to him, but suddenly, they did. He turned as he was addressed, blinking at the girl before breaking into a smile.

"Oh, hey! Let me guess... you're new here, right? Sure, no problem. I'm glad to help."

Dr. Peter Venkman | Ghost Busters

[ivebeenslimed]

Train station/coffee shop:


Well wasn't this place quaint? Only what exactly was this place? He would have been more excited about being on a train.... if he had an idea of why he was on the train in the first place and why he was even sent to this strange area. On top of things it looked as his friends weren't with him to share in this strange adventure.

Maybe this was some bad dream from eating something he shouldn't have or working all the strange hours he had been doing of late. What ever the case, Peter shifted the weight his proton pack and stepped off the train platform. This certainly wasn't New York City. Now it was time to find some answers.

He tried to ask people that were walking by, but like New York most tended to ignore him or give him odd looks.He merely rolled his eyes and continued down the streets till he found some kind of coffee shop to sit at. At that looked normal. Ordering some coffee, he took up a table and slid his proton pack off. He always forgot how heavy they could be.

[iwasarockfarmer]

"OooOOOoooo, what's that?"

A bright pink pony maybe fourteen hands high at most poked her head over Peter's shoulder. Where did she come from? We may never know. But sometimes a pony likes to have a little coffee with her sugar cubes so here she is! Her ears were turned toward the curious backpack and her blue eyes were wide with wonder.