[open]

[justsomeshrimp]

Characters: Lobco & open
Date: Jan 30-Feb 2
Location: Various places
Situation: Lobco is new to Aifaran and just trying to figure things out.
Warnings/Rating: None. If any occur this will be edited.

scenario a

[The prospect of other planets and travel to them was a common one back in Pitch World. Indeed, thanks to the fact that she was familiar to a rather powerful witch, Lobco had been to another once before. Yet it was one thing to consciously go to a place you had studied for many years in the company of a companion, and another thing altogether to just

Suddenly appear somewhere.

The first thing that had struck her was how bright Aifaran is.

Home home was bright. It was beautiful, sunny, and tropical much like this place...but the past couple years had found her by the side of a witch who resided in a place that really lived up to its name, a place where the sun never shone. Which meant the poor thing was having quite a bit of difficulty navigating. Her eyes were rather weak and sensitive enough as it was but she'd barely had time to adjust as she attempted to navigate her way towards the 'Dreaming Bridge' as she had been informed.

Lobco looked behind her, thinking maybe she should have asked to be accompanied before deciding against it. She still wasn't sure what to trust or to believe, and she wasn't exactly comfortable with strangers. She turned her head forward, squinting and trying to keep her head a little lowered, only to lightly bump into someone in the process.]

O-oh! I'm sorry.

scenario b

[Lobco couldn't honestly say she had gotten accustomed to the situation yet. She worried. She worried about why she was here, she worried about how she would get home, she worried about how her witch and fellow familiars were doing, she worried what Hijohshiki might do to them if she continued to remain absent. So many possibilities, no way of knowing the truth.

All she could tell was that they were still alive. That magical thread that connected them all together remained intact--weakened, as she could get no sense for where they were, and thus, where she was, but they were alive.

Lobco needed a breather after so much happening, so much information being tossed at her, and being among so many strangers. It's only natural that she's drawn to the ocean. It has been a very, very long time since she's been able to actually be in saltwater. The sound of crashing waves is a melody, and her antennas twitch, then curl in appreciation as she looked out upon the ocean, shining bright like a sapphire.

Despite everything, she smiles and her body becomes encased in light as she transforms. Where once she stood, there was now a tiny, bright red shrimp no bigger than an inch.]

Comments

[ursulamajor]

It's nice to meet you, too, Lobco.

[The little bow makes Ursula smile. She follows the motion, clearly, and her eyes widen with delight--though that's hard to see. Her glasses have a way of glinting, of covering her eyes. But the smile speaks volumes.]

Why, yes, I am! [She sounds pleased -- and then looks a little embarrassed.] Oh, did the hat give it away?

[justsomeshrimp]

It did. [Were she capable of it, Lobco would have smile too. Instead her tail just sways.]

It's nice to meet someone a bit more familiar. [She's uncertain if she got her meaning across right, so she adds on] I'm not from this place...are you? Everything I've seen so far is so new. [Witches, however, were people she was generally comfortable with.]

[ursulamajor]

That's usually how it goes. [She keeps smiling, but she flicks the brim of her hat.]

I'm not, no. I'm a recent transplant to this world. You... came from a world with witches, too, then?

[justsomeshrimp]

[The same as her, then.]

I do! I serve one in fact. [Well known as Chlomaki is back home, Lobco doubts her reputation spreads as far as other worlds. Otherwise she would offer then name.] Do you have any familiars?

[ursulamajor]

Oh, amazing! A familiar--ah, I didn't think I'd run into one of you here!

[Ursula nods. She looks... thoughtful. And, maybe, a little sad, too.]

I do. His name is Alcor. An owl. He's been with me... since forever, really.

[justsomeshrimp]

[Oh. Perhaps it had been unwise of her to bring up familiars. Surely Ursula must miss and worry for him. Just like she missed and worried over Chlomaki.]

That long? That's wonderful. [Her own contract with Chlomaki was rather recent, relatively speaking, and a part of her wanted to ask Ursula what her relationship with Alcor was and how they worked together, but she didn't want to conjure anymore potentially saddening memories.]

I hope we can both get back to our partners soon, though I have yet to hear much in the way of how we can return..

[ursulamajor]

Mm-hm. I'd say I'm worried [she is absolutely worried] but... Alcor is resourceful.

[She blinks, though, and looks up; then she nods.]

I've wondered the same. Though... it isn't so bad, being here. The chance to explore some place new is nice.

[justsomeshrimp]

Do you think it's safe here? [Lobco still had some reservations. No one had yet to give her cause for alarm, but that was only if she took everything and one at face value.]

[ursulamajor]

Mm...

I think so. But it's hard to say. Appearances can be deceptive--and just because it seems safe doesn't mean that it is.

[justsomeshrimp]

That's how I feel. [Lobco isn't sure whether to feel relived or not. She's glad that it's not just her being paranoid, but then that means they might actually be in trouble.]

If. If I find anything out, I'll let you know! Maybe we can help each other? [Perhaps she was being hasty in trusting Ursula, but out of everyone she'd met so far she felt most comfortable with a witch. She needed at least one person she could speak to.]

[ursulamajor]

I think we can! It's... important to have allies, being in a strange place like this, isn't it?

[justsomeshrimp]

[Lobco's tail wagged in appreciation. It was a little easier to swallow the situation and think about it clearly knowing she had someone else who had the same goal.]

I think so too. Thank you, Ursula. It's been pretty hard keeping my head on straight with so much happening at once...but it helps to have an ally.

[ursulamajor]

Mm, it does, doesn't it? Especially with...

Well, everything here can be overwhelming.