not_meatbuns | Rebel 1 [voice]

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Rebel 1 [voice]

How in the world did I get here...? I couldn't possibly have gotten that far out of the way just on the way back to Orient Town. And with Mrs. Chen's appointment tomorrow, too... This doesn't even look like anywhere around Kagutsuchi that I've ever seen. All these trees... it's beautiful, but I don't think I can afford to just idle around here.

Surely there has to be some way back home...

Hello? Is anybody here? Linhua? Tao? ...Anyone?

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[Goroh is about to object about the size of the thing. But then, why bother? It won't make the panda the right size by doing so. He'll dig out a cigarette and light it.]

Lao Jiu, huh? Cute. You missing any belongings?

[Litchi frowns slightly at the cigarette. She's a medical professional, so she doesn't approve -- but the fact that she doesn't really know Goroh will spare him from a lecture for now.]

Yes, actually. My bo staff was nowhere near where I woke up.

[It's nothing that can't be fixed when he gets back to the 26th century. At least that's how he sees it. Simple pleasures.]

Alright then, we'll take a stop at the smithy. [He'll start towards the village.]

[Litchi lags behind a little bit, looking hesitant.]

The smithy...? I'm afraid I don't have any money to pay for something new.

Oh right, everything's free here. Least anything that isn't in somebody else's hands. [He'll pull out his own journal and flip to this page. He'll hand it over to her.] This has more or less all you need to know right here.

Oh, thank you!

[She takes it, glancing over it quickly.]

This will certainly be a lot of help.

It wasn't for me at first. Mostly because I got dumped around these parts in the middle of the snow, barefoot and half-dressed in the snow. Didn't find my own journal 'til a few weeks back. [How exactly this occurred he doesn't know, due to the village-wide memory loss...]

That's horrible...

[She's now even more grateful that her clothes and shoes were nearby when she woke up. Shaking her head, she trails along slightly behind Goroh.]

Is that terribly common? Waking up in those sort of conditions?

Yeah, but some people get lucky now and then. Other people barely get to the village alive. Hell, I found this kid collapsed in the snow outside of my building not long after I got here.

[They'll be entering the outskirts of the village by now.] So what are you, about 17th century then? Or hell, are you even from Earth?

[The worry is nudged slightly aside by amusement at the question.]

22nd century, actually. Tomorrow was going to be the first day of the 23rd century.

But yes, I'm from Earth. I was born in China. You?

[Ah, someone that's not from the dark ages. That'll earn a smile and a bit more interest from him.] Ah, looks like I have you beat. 26th century, year of 2571. My typical answers to all the big ugly 'aliens' is usually Earth, but I was born in Japan.

2571? Really? Has the seithr thinned out at all yet?

[She pauses thoughtfully. Hold on...]

...Although I suppose if people can come from different times and different worlds, your Earth might not have ever had that problem.

You catch on quick. Never heard of it. But hey, we still have Paris, right?

[He laughs at that. They'll be nearing the plaza now.]

You could say that~.

[Somehow, it's a relief knowing that, somewhere, the world is free of the poison. Litchi looks around the plaza as they walk, trying to memorize as much as possible, a small smile on her face.]

How interesting, though. It must take an immense amount of power to be able to draw in so many people from so many different worlds and timelines...

What's more impressive is being able to keep them all in. I got to give them credit for making a pretty elaborate prison. Not that I like it.

[And here's the smithy. Just like his trip with Smoker, Goroh is gonna head over to that couch to take a load off.] Your weapon should be in here somewhere.

Well, thank you for showing me the way. Now let's see...

[She looks around carefully, but doesn't spot the staff on the first glance. This is normally no problem, but with the lack of seithr here, she's doubtful she can summon it to her. With a soft sigh, she starts on a more thorough search, managing to find the bo staff some five minutes later.]

I do wonder how this got all the way here, I have to say. There doesn't seem to be any end to the surprises here.

Blame it on the Malnosso. I had to go to the clothing shop just to get my other gear. [He'll have to get up from the couch now.]

So, a bo staff. Odd weapon for someone in the 22nd century, wouldn't you say? [Not that he can talk, what with that katana sword he's got with him.]

[Litchi smiles. There's a long story to this bo staff, but it's one that she doesn't get into very often.]

You could say it's something of a souvenir.

[He's not going to pry too much. A weapon is a tool, not something to get overly sentimental about.]

Yeah? Souvenir or not, I hope you know how to use it. There's a number of creeps that are running around this place that like to pick fights.

Believe me, I'm familiar with that sort of thing. It happens far more often than I'd care to admit back home.

[Battles are practically like saying hello back in Kagutsuchi, after all.]

Is that so? Well you'll get along just fine here, then.

[He's going to head over the door and take a look outside.] At least as far as defending yourself goes.

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