[OPEN] Well. That Didn't Go Quite As Planned

[moneytwin]

Who: EVERYONE
Where: The Temple of Beginnings
When: Immediately After The End.
Rating: PG-13, may vary by thread
What: You fall, you pick yourself back up and you move on. Or at least, you try.


Fished Out Of Water
One minute, you are witnessing the fabric of an entire world implode as it is literally ripped apart by powers unknown. The next, that tell-tale twist somewhere beneath your sternum, before you are bodily YANKED away from Akvos, away from the ocean and the Queen and the King and the Princess.

And land back on (mostly) solid, dry ground.

Welcome back to the Temple of Beginnings. Don't worry, there's no hurry for you to get back up just yet.


Hey, Howya Doin'?
Once you do get back up, now is the time to be taking stock of the situation - yours, your friends, and even those new merfolk neighbours (who may need a hand getting their fins back into the water). There is also the missing members of the Circle to consider: people who disappeared on the journey to Akvos, and those who never made it back..

(There's also that small matter with a certain 'witchess-san' that may be a cause for concern to some more than others.)

Whatever the case, it's a lot to process right now. Take the time you have, because you don't know if it'll be enough for what you need.

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[[ OOC: Here's an open post for threads reacting to the end of the Akvos world hop. Feel free to use the above prompts, and/or make your own! ]]

Comments

North Dakota - OTA

[brodakota]

[A - Return]

[Much like when he first arrived, North finds himself on his back, staring up at the sky. It's almost familiar, welcome in a way if reality wasn't rushing up to meet him. Very quickly, he's rolled over, coughing up seawater and spluttering before collapsing back on the ground.]

Okay, how about we don't do that again? Good plan?

[B - Network]

So, uh, who's out there?

York? Wash? Anybody?

[mostly he's just trying to locate friends, and will probably go looking once contact is made. Just trying to figure out who made it back.]

B - voice

[moneytwin]

Vex'ahlia here. And you are?

I only know Wash. But I haven't seen him around yet.

[helpful? more like tired]

[brodakota]

[There's a small sigh of relief, mostly at the fact that someone responded.]</small. Agent North Dakota, though friends call me North. I guess if you see him, let me know. He's a friend of mine.

[moneytwin]

[ It's hard to tell who is and isn't here, yet. Everyone's still in recovery mode. Still, it's not an unreasonable request. ]

He was a straightforward man, I'm surprised he hasn't been on the network checking in yet himself. [maybe his communicator was damaged?] If I see him, I can do that.

[brodakota]

I appreciate that.

But I think we're all still catching up on everything that happened. It was a bit of a wild ride at the end there.

[moneytwin]

The end? More like from middle to end. [the beginning really hadn't prepared any of them for the chaos to come! she sighs.] But you'e right. It's...going to be a lot to process.

[brodakota]

Fair point.

I can't say I've ever done the whole end of the world thing. Came close a few times, but yeah. It's kind of big.

b. voice

[sendinthecavalry]

I mean, I'm pretty sure I'm out here. Unless we've got more weird dream stuff going on.

[Humor? At a time like this? It's more likely than you'd think.]

[brodakota]

[He appreciates it. Helps break the tension if nothing else.]

I hope not. I'd rather not have to repeat the coughing up a lungful of water experience.

[sendinthecavalry]

Ugh. Okay, no, I don't even have lungs and that sounds pretty awful. I'm all for not having people sound like they're getting sick everywhere again, so let's hope that this isn't some stupid dreamscape bubble again and that we're actually back to the place that we were originally kidnapped to.

[brodakota]

Well, things definitely look familiar. So if I can find my way back to my room without incident, I think we'll be okay. Hopefully.

Unless mass hallucinations are common here?

[sendinthecavalry]

Traveler, I hope not. Not the whole 'you being able to find your room' thing, the mass hallucinations thing. I think I can speak for most of us here, but no more freaky dream things for me.

[brodakota]

I agree. I think I managed to avoid my own, but I went looking for a friend and found too many freaky ones.

We have a lot of weird people here.

B - Voice

[spaceforged]

He hasn't contacted the network in a while. [His voice is rough at first. Shiro muffles a cough and keeps going.]

I tried to locate him when we...were heading back and forth through the rift and couldn't find him.

[brodakota]

Yeah, I tried reaching out a few times as well, but didn't get anything. Though it didn't help that the network was a bit of a mess for a while there.

I thought he might have said something by now.

[spaceforged]

I’m checking the roster now and I don’t see him on here. [That usually means they’re gone. He has seen it enough times.]

...it’s possible with her hold on Akvos slipping she lost hold of several people. He’s not the only one missing. We’re up to three now. I can help you do a sweep for him.

[brodakota]

I'd appreciate that. And yeah, I guess we'll need to get a headcount or something.

How do you check the roster?

[spaceforged]

You open up the contact list as if you're going to message someone directly. Scroll through the names there and that's everyone present.

Headcount is in progress. ...if you drop by the blackboard in the kitchen, you could mark yourself off. Or, I can do it. I'm Shiro by the way.

A

[additionalmemory]

[A young woman ends up hanging over him as he stares up at the sky.]

Levity following a catastrophe is always welcome. [this might be sarcasm, but it also might be completely genuine. Her tone is hard to read, but...she probably means it.]

Can you stand? Not that I’m probably strong enough to pull you up myself...

[brodakota]

[He's glad someone appreciates it. It's how he tends to deal.]


I think so...kinda needed a minute after hacking up a lungful of seawater.

What about you? You doing okay?

B - network

[infailtration]

I'm here, I made it. I haven't seen Wash for awhile but with how he's been avoiding us that doesn't necessarily mean much. Has anyone else seen him?

And are you okay?

[brodakota]

Good. I was worried for a bit there. Anyone else I've talked to says they haven't heard from him, but Shiro's doing a sweep and he'll keep me posted.

But aside from coughing up about a lungful of water, I'm okay.

[infailtration]

Okay... if he's gone I hope he somehow got shuffled home and not just lost with Akvos. Is that a thing that can happen? I don't know whether to hope they're just displaced or......

I'm glad you're okay, North.

[brodakota]

I think so, or at least, based on what Shiro said, it sounds right.

[They can only hope at this point really.]

Same here, York. Thanks for responding.

[infailtration]

Better than the alternatives.

[ York is quiet for a moment, scrubbing at his face, trying not to think about it. He's not in a great place at the moment, and is still wet and there's the rattle of water in his lungs when he breathes, and... he just wants to feel safe, for a minute. ]

Yeah... I'm headed back to our room, I think, are you there?