six (video) ♞ ❝today, it's up to me and you.❞

[limitstorm]

[ loading, loading, loading--

click. when the camera turns on, it shows a wall of lobby of the transports' housing, and Riku--that guy that's been gone for a couple of days, completely scarce--and he looks notably different. for one, his hair's cut, and two... he just carries himself differently.

he's up against the wall, looking to be pinning a long piece (and wide; it's almost as tall as him and spans a lot of the wall) of paper to it. a few things are already drawn; spherical shapes and some rectangles with landscapes drawn in them, with a name above them with some writing underneath.

and he seems to be talking to someone off-camera. ]

Stellaluna.

[ flapflapflap ]

You know... that fruit's fake.

[ flapflapflap SCREE 8(

to which he just laughs, and a large multicolored bat comes into frame, speeding straight at him. he's almost bowled over as the bat nuzzles against him, and he takes a moment to calm her down before moving over to the tablet, to find it's already recording. ]

Looks like it's finally on.

It's been a few months since I've been here, but it looks like it was just a few days here. [ he shakes his head, and runs a hand through his hair. ] Time travel...

A lot of people have friends, maybe even family here--but the number of worlds that're represented here is still huge.

So it'd do some good to start plotting out how many worlds there are between all of us, and anything from our homeworlds that might be worth something. I've already got the worlds I've been to drawn up here, and my homeworld, too. If you wanna add to it, it's down in the lobby of the housing building.

Comments

1/2

[gentle]

[that creature...it looks like a woobat.]

She's so beautiful...

2/2

[gentle]

[--oh, that's right, this human was talking about something or other, wasn't he?]

You say you have been to multiple worlds? Could it be that charting the various worlds represented in this place holds the key to finding a way out of here?

[limitstorm]

Probably not. There's no gateways to or from this world... but it'll help us if the United Earth gets to our worlds. [ stellaluna perches on his shoulder, and he gives her a smile before looking back to n. ] I think she's flattered.

action;

[ex_symbioses706]

[ so ranka was walking in back into the apartment, carrying a bag full of a couple of things she'd gone out to pick up - which gets promptly dropped when she sees someone familiar (and with a giant bat thing) in the lobby. ]

Riku!

action;

[limitstorm]

[ oh whoa

by the way ranka reacts, riku is starting to wonder if his calculations were wrong...

stellaluna, however, rapidly goes over to ranka and starts flapping about her, as he walks over. so casual. ]

Hey, Ranka.

action;

[ex_symbioses706]

[ she coos at the bat, but - first thing's first. got to leap at riku with a pleased hug. ]

You're back!

action;

[revelation]

( oh boy, guess who is zooming to that lobby?

there will be one pink haired magical girl practically hopping down those last few steps. )

Riku, welcome back! ( stellaluna is getting a big smile too. ) And hello to you too.

action;

[limitstorm]

[ oh hey, kiddo, he missed you. he's honestly surprised that so many people are surprised and happy to see him back.

and what's more, he can fully enjoy it now without feeling too guilty. ]

Hey, Madoka. [ Stellaluna gets to her before him, settling on her shoulder. ] Looks like she likes you.

action;

[revelation]

How was home? And that's good because I'm pretty sure I like her too! ( she giggles, raising her hand toward her but pauses with a curious glance back. ) Is it okay for me to pet her?

action

[rota]

[... Oh my god it's so cute 8'( It may be a giant bat and looks like a Shadow but it's so cute.

Not that she's tempted to touch it (well, she is but that's not the point) but she's not going to do anything around.]

Welcome back, I suppose. [Even though she didn't exactly notice...]

action

[limitstorm]

[ Stellaluna lets out a scree when she approaches, and Riku looks towards Naoto. ]

Hey. Thanks.

action

[rota]

[Winces a little at the noise. She knows the rainbow bat didn't mean anything by it (maybe) but it's still unexpected.]

And who is this? [Gestures at the bat.]

voice

[firstroar]

[well ok colorful animal mascots.........but Blue's attention is more focused on that map.]

Worlds between each other. You believe there is some level of...proximity? Sharing similar space?

voice

[limitstorm]

There is. I don't know how many worlds're near here, or which ones they are--but all these worlds have to exist somewhere. They'd be near each other.

[ ... a pause, and then he sighs. ]

This map won't be accurate to what's near what, but it's a start.

[firstroar]

[a slight pause.]

You mean to map out universes, then.

video

[miiracles]

Ah...

[ Have one little girl peering into the screen. The bat's pretty cute. Rika was planning to avoid the network and continue moping around in her room, but that colorful bat manages to draw her to her tablet.

First the little blob creature from her roommate and now this. That's not the only thing that grabs her attention though... ]

You've traveled to other worlds before, besides this one and your own?

video

[limitstorm]

[ oh no, a little girl... hmm. he's surprised to hear her ask that, but just simply nods. ]

Yeah. I have for a few years, now.

video

[miiracles]

...um... [ It takes her a moment to ask her next question. She feels awkward, especially since her own world taught her to keep her mouth shut about this sort of thing or else the adults will think you're crazy! It shouldn't matter here though... ]

Has each world been different or, were there some out there that seemed exactly the same?

Video;

[needednomore]

How many have you been to yourself?

[She's curious. Shifters can only go between Arcadia and Stark - that's all there is to go between. The idea of somewhere completely different is still new to her.]

Video;

[limitstorm]

I've been to all of these.

[ he moves back over to the paper; there are quite a few he's already started out with. ]

So that's... twenty? Maybe I'm forgetting some. [ you know, from when he was kind of a bad guy. traumatic memories, blocked out, etc. ]

Video;

[needednomore]

[Excuse the surprise.]

You're a real world traveler then!

(video);

[emptysword]

I'm not sure if I'll be able to help you much with detailed information [that's more of Tohsaka's job if she's even willing to do it...] , but I can at least tell you a bit about mine.

(video);

[limitstorm]

That'll work.

voice;

[boughtabookstore]

New pet?

[ that note of happiness in her voice is for him being back. ]

voice;

[limitstorm]

New pretty much everything.

[ his voice lilts up as well; he's obviously happy to see her. ]

Sounds like you're having a good time.