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tearmeanewone) wrote2013-05-09 10:52 pm
tearmeanewone) wrote2013-05-09 10:52 pm
un + action/voice
[Action]
“Booker? Booker?!”
Elizabeth could almost still smell the sulfur and fire, and feel the heat coming from Monument Island. It had felt, for a moment, like the world was being pressed and burned into her bones, swelling up against her ribcage and expelling itself in the form of a brilliant, blinding light that enveloped her, Booker, and Songbird. That was what she'd seen, she was almost certain of it.
But instead of her jailer and her strange fellow convict, Elizabeth was brought out of the sky and out of the clouds and light and into cool water. Not that she'd never ended up in water before, but it was very disorienting. She thrashed and doggy-paddled to the edge of the lake, realizing that if Booker had been anywhere nearby, he would have answered her.
The silence was lonely, and familiar. She didn't like it at all. Even the sounds of gunfire would have been welcome as opposed to the sound of her struggling to slosh out of the lake and onto the shore. Everything seemed to echo, even the drips coming off of the plain dress she had somehow ended up in. New place, new clothes, wings on her back... Elizabeth reached out awkwardly and touched them, drawing a hand back in dismay and shock when she realized she could feel her hand on her wing. Wings. She had wings now, when did that happen?
“It's okay, Elizabeth,” she said aloud, crossing her arms over her chest, trying to calm down and warm herself a little. “It's... probably not this wet in heaven.” She sniffled from the chill of being soaked head to foot, and took in her surroundings while trying not to wonder if she had in fact killed herself and Booker by opening that tear. It had led somewhere significant, somewhere foreign and different where madness was king. She had thought she'd seen a sea, but perhaps it was this lake. Perhaps she was in a different place where madness was king...
“Booker!” she called again, almost desperate. Biting back tears and a lump in her throat, she looked around the lake once more. She had lived alone for years. And in the first scrap of quiet she'd heard in a long time, she couldn't find comfort standing by herself.
Shivering, Elizabeth looked around for any movement and saw a patch of royal blue on the ground. Her dress, folded neatly with a thin book. Who did that...?
[Audio]
[The audio starts up, unexpectedly, but Elizabeth seems to know how this is supposed to work. It's like a Voxophone, right? Only it's somehow transmitted everywhere.]
Can anyone hear this? I don't know what day it is, or where I'm supposed to be. Booker? There's a, uh, lake here, and some trees. [She sighs, her voice wavering.] I'm freezing out here, and if you're running around sticking your head in trashcans I'm going to be really mad!
((Catch her walking through the forest or into the village! She has her journal open too, and will be 'Voxophoning' actively.))
“Booker? Booker?!”
Elizabeth could almost still smell the sulfur and fire, and feel the heat coming from Monument Island. It had felt, for a moment, like the world was being pressed and burned into her bones, swelling up against her ribcage and expelling itself in the form of a brilliant, blinding light that enveloped her, Booker, and Songbird. That was what she'd seen, she was almost certain of it.
But instead of her jailer and her strange fellow convict, Elizabeth was brought out of the sky and out of the clouds and light and into cool water. Not that she'd never ended up in water before, but it was very disorienting. She thrashed and doggy-paddled to the edge of the lake, realizing that if Booker had been anywhere nearby, he would have answered her.
The silence was lonely, and familiar. She didn't like it at all. Even the sounds of gunfire would have been welcome as opposed to the sound of her struggling to slosh out of the lake and onto the shore. Everything seemed to echo, even the drips coming off of the plain dress she had somehow ended up in. New place, new clothes, wings on her back... Elizabeth reached out awkwardly and touched them, drawing a hand back in dismay and shock when she realized she could feel her hand on her wing. Wings. She had wings now, when did that happen?
“It's okay, Elizabeth,” she said aloud, crossing her arms over her chest, trying to calm down and warm herself a little. “It's... probably not this wet in heaven.” She sniffled from the chill of being soaked head to foot, and took in her surroundings while trying not to wonder if she had in fact killed herself and Booker by opening that tear. It had led somewhere significant, somewhere foreign and different where madness was king. She had thought she'd seen a sea, but perhaps it was this lake. Perhaps she was in a different place where madness was king...
“Booker!” she called again, almost desperate. Biting back tears and a lump in her throat, she looked around the lake once more. She had lived alone for years. And in the first scrap of quiet she'd heard in a long time, she couldn't find comfort standing by herself.
Shivering, Elizabeth looked around for any movement and saw a patch of royal blue on the ground. Her dress, folded neatly with a thin book. Who did that...?
[Audio]
[The audio starts up, unexpectedly, but Elizabeth seems to know how this is supposed to work. It's like a Voxophone, right? Only it's somehow transmitted everywhere.]
Can anyone hear this? I don't know what day it is, or where I'm supposed to be. Booker? There's a, uh, lake here, and some trees. [She sighs, her voice wavering.] I'm freezing out here, and if you're running around sticking your head in trashcans I'm going to be really mad!
((Catch her walking through the forest or into the village! She has her journal open too, and will be 'Voxophoning' actively.))
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My sister's, actually... this is Baldr.
[ Even if Lightning isn't here any more. Regardless, Serah's obviously happy to take care of-- and accessorize the poor fellow. Today is a striped, dark green bandanna, with a Cocoon alphabet 'B' proudly stitched on the widest part. If it helps too, at his name the dog promptly wags his tail a bit in recognition. ]
Hello!
[ ... And there's that, too. Talking dog. Yeah. ]
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[Elizabeth hasn't actually seen a dog not printed in a book before. The fact that this dog is talking, like a person, is a bit of a shock. Not that everything had been explained to her neatly and easily in Columbia, but she's pretty sure that dogs aren't supposed to talk.]
[She stands in the middle of the river, staring outright, not really focused on moving forward just yet.]
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[ Good job, dog. Serah just slowly lets her hand slide down, not so subtly pulling Baldr's face towards her. It's basically impossible to teach a dog the difference between when he should or shouldn't speak; it goes without saying that his mind just works totally differently than that of a human's.
She tries to play it off. ]
He doesn't bite, or... anything like that.
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...but he does talk. He's a talking dog.
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[ Girl you grew up with a giant mechanical bird-thing as a guardian. What's a doggy who happens to mumble semi-coherently against his mistress' hand as he squirms to free himself? ]
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Very crazy.
[Elizabeth stands in the middle of the river, looking awkwardly back and forth. Well, if she hasn't shot at Elizabeth yet, what was the likelihood she'd bring a talking dog along to do it? Slowly, she moves through the river to join the other girl.]
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Ah... I know you must be pretty confused right now. But. [ Keep it together, Serah. Don't screw up your first time breaking the news to a new arrival! ] This place is called Luceti. And... I'm Serah. Serah Farron.
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It's nice to meet you though. I'm Elizabeth. ...just Elizabeth. [She looks awkwardly at Baldr, wondering if she should introduce herself to the dog as well.]
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[ She pats her hip, boasting a pocket just big and stiff enough on the side of her miniskirt to promise she's carrying a copy of her own Luceti-brand magic journal. Not all that thrown off, she keeps smiling all the same. ]
It's nice to meet you too. [ No need to do doggy introes, though. Serah simply turns to him again and- ] Baldr, we're going back... keep an eye out for us, okay?
Okay!
[ And with that he trots out a little bit, perfectly happy to play watchdog for the time being. ]
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Is he a pet, or an attack dog? [She frowns slightly, eyebrow raised.] You aren't part of some police or military force, are you? [The journal hadn't mentioned one, at least.]
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No, no, nothing like that! He's just a pet. [ She brings a hand up to her chin, tone evening out. ] Back home, I was a teacher.
[ When she was still living in New Bodhum, that is, which - to be fair - is still where she'd consider 'home' to be. ]
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He just seems very... big. Or are most dogs as big as him?
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I guess I hadn't really thought about it. Most of the dogs in Luceti are pretty big though, I think...
[ Yep, lots and lots of big - and fluffy - dogs, for some reason. Maybe the smaller ones get eaten? 8|a ]