Frances shook the outstreched hand with a smile. "Nice to meet you, Melanie. Do you have any idea where we are? Y'know, besides being inside a house? And who are the others?" She asked. "Lord, do I have so many questions." She took a deep breath, trying to make sense of it all. "Wait, you can travel through time and space? That's awesome!"
"Oh. Deary, you're thinking incorrectly. I can travel through time and space on my own, but with much difficulty alone. I'm still human, though, flesh and bones and all!" Melanie outstretched her hand. "I'm Melanie, but you can cal me Mel. I can promise you I don't bite."
Colby's mind buzzed with questions, but she refrained from bombarding the woman with her annoyance. Instead, Colby just nodded her head as though she understood. "Oh, okay. I'm Colby Ruste. Nice to meet you." Colby was going to expose the fact that she was a reincarnation, but she wasn't sure if that would be accepted here, like on Ketvania. When Mel reached her hand outwards to Colby, she stumbled back, a bit startled by the strange gesture. "Um, what is that?"
"Uh, yeah." Melanie offered a weary smile. "Well, we appear to be in an endless sort of pocket dimension, perhaps in a time loop? Essentially the properties of this place would stay consistent, but I don't think it's affecting us. I can't be in an alternative universe, else everywhere would…" Mel paused, shaking her head. "Sorry, I was ranting again. Where are you from, Miss Frances?"
"Oh! Um… it's a gesture when humans greet each other, sorry." Melanie retracted her hand and rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly. "I guess it's been a while since I travelled to the future… But it's nice to meet you, Colby."
The energy the other human produced was very energetic and upbeat. Colby was suprised by this aura, especially since she was unexpectedly transported here like Colby was. "So, you just appeared here too? And you're an Earthling?" Colby asked the other one.
"I guess that's the closet thing to an explanation any of us is going to get." Despite Frances being confused about why they were all brought together and her little knowledge on dimensions and alternative universes (she knew she should've watched those mindless Sci-Fi and Superhero films), she found the people here nice. Well at least the ones who introduced themselves. "Oh, I'm from France," Frances said as soon as she realized she was being asked a question.
Then she realized she was being asked another question, but this time, by another person. "Yes to both of your questions."
Gatzi looked around the room, a small smile on her face - one that did not quite reach her eyes. “Mm, well, may as well. My name is Gatzi; some people know me under different names, but that’s irrelevant. Though I..” She paused, in thought, but continued only a moment later. “..currently reside on Earth, I originate from somewhere more out of the boundaries of time and space. As for the year… 2032.” She was quite used to the idea of transporting herself through dimensions, though it was something she rarely did.
Korb stayed silent, lowering himself slightly. His tail curled in closer to his legs as he took a step back. There were so many people…so much information, though. His hazel eyes flick around the area - the left pupil almost seeming to leak into the iris, the right looking normal enough for a human. Earthling? Were some of these people born on Earth? There was only one human he’d met from Earth, and that was his..Father. He shook the memories away.
"Hello Gatzi," Colby forced a smile. She still was uncomfortable with the sudden changes and the mystery of this place, but she decided that no one was here to kill her. "You all are from the younger years of your planets. I'm from the year 3007 from the planet Ketvania."
Myra ran for the door, she wrenched it open and stumbled into the hall. Out. She needed to get out.
(Ooh, may I join this?)
(Yeah, I think just anyone can join, but the final say would be @/bluebee55's since they made this)
(I’ll wait for them then.)
(y'all mind if I join?)
("everyone is welcome" It says so in the title! :)
Standing awakwardlyto one side of the room Alys watched the others with suspicion and curiosity for a bit before taking a few steps toward the group. "since were all introducing ourselves. Hi im Alys, i am 20 years old, im from Alaska, and i go by they/them pronouns, i like art and photography, im not really sure what else to say about myself" they pause, and look around the room trying to collect their thoughts "i guess im pretty boring but i tend to socialize alot so if you have any questions about me feel free to ask i guess?"
Arwood landed heavily onto the hardwood floor with a loud bang. Pain tore through his side were it connected with something hard, and unforgiving. The are was snatched from his lungs, and he lay dazed for a second, the back of his neck growing red. Had he really missed the bed? Rolling over onto his back, he stared at the….wooden ceiling? Lunging to his feet, he caught sight of the forms of a crowd of people.
Instinctively, he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and moved to the right, positioning the wall against his back, and facing the crowd. “Who are you?” He asked, examining the strange group around him closely. “Why am I here?”
Melanie offered a smile. "We… don't know. But we're stuck here for the time being. Alright, including sword boy, can we get a head count here? Maybe introductions, at least?" She offered. Mel turned to the newcomer. "Oh, and if you actually think about attacking anyone, I will not hesitate to shoot you. That being said, I'm Mel, nice to meetcha."
Colby instinctively placed her hands over her ears as another person appeared. The loud sound of him falling brought a sudden pain to her ears, even with her ear plugs in. She winced as a small headache formed in her head. "Damnit…" She muttered. "I thought people were done appearing." The throbbing pain in her ears slowly faded but the headache was more persistent and refused to dissipate. Colby thought her acoustic therapy was working, but the sound was still as painful as ever. Colby slowly removed her hands from over her ears making sure that the sound was gone.
"Yeah, not attacking anyone would be a good choice," Colby agreed with Mel. "We have truce for now."
Arwood turned slowly to look at the woman named Mel and grinned crookedly. It never reached his eyes.
“I am not a monster, lady, and do not attack people for no reason.” He removed the hand resting on his pommel. “As for my name, I am called Hemlock.”
Korb had no intentions of sticking around when new people were arriving quite often. The fear in his mind was more of, I must get out of this area, and he didn’t bother pushing that down. Though much to his dislike, his clawed feet were quite audible on the floor, clicking against it as he departed from the room of which most of the people were appearing in. There didn’t seem to be any exit from what he could see, so he placed his priorities on exploring the house and getting a feel for the surroundings.
Gatzi, meanwhile, stuck around. She remained silent as she observed everyone in the room, curious to know just who these people were. Though, they didn’t seem to know each other, much to her interest.
(Yep!)
Myra couldn't find a way out, every door she opened led to another bedroom. There were no windows to break and escape through. She stopped searching only after she had opened the same door 3 times. She slumped against the doorway feeling helpless.
"cant find the exit?" Alys asked grimly "perfect, well might as well get confortable right?" they said in a lighter tone trying to rais the spirits of the group, "Hey did you find any thing resembling a common area, i feel like we should have a group meeting there, do a proper head count, and if need be assigne rooms"
(I'm running with the assumption it's okay for me to join, here's a brief synopsis of my characters and then I'll jump in.
Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde: I made an adaptation of them and rolled with it. They use they/them pronouns and identify as genderfluid. They are basically gifted child burnout personified and are severely depressed, using substances as a coping mechanism for their problems. It is unclear whether they are one person in two bodies or Hyde being an extension of Jekyll, but they prefer to be treated as their own things when they get the chance as Hyde is incredibly mentally removed from basically everything Jekyll is. Hyde cannot science, but tries. Jekyll can science, but doesn't. They are currently stuck as Hyde, and can sometimes transform at will, but not as of the present. Jekyll is extremely tall, Hyde is unusually short.
Coralynn: A messed up science project that lead only to shame and misery. She is, effectively, a corpse. Except brought back to life through complicated reanimation stuff. She has few memories of who her body once was and doesn't want to know. Mom friend, but wine mom. Holds a grudge against her creator for making her a miserable monster, like all the others Victoria (creator) had made.
Hope that's good)
Edward Hyde, or… who were they? They were the short one, yes, still the short one. And where were they? Somewhere they shouldn't be, they reckoned, the place looked too fancy for them. How smashed were they? Enough to black out, at least. And find themself in a nice, nice house nothing like anything they'd seen before. Why not look around? They stood up, and immediately fell over. It looked like a kitchen, to them, and they were sitting in the back of the pantry.
Coralynn woke up in a bed that was not hers, in a room she had never seen before. She got up and began to look around, finding the door and shambling out into the common area. When she found others, she hid, not wanting them to see her monstrous form. Not wanting them to react like all the others had, with fear and violence.
"Common area… sure." Myra nodded a little wincing. Her head hurt. Everything hurt, but she turned around and went to look for the right door.
(( May I join?