Video, UN: Kassandra

[metoikos]

[Kassandra had spent the better part of a day figuring out just how to use the Omni before doing this. She's not technologically inclined, but once she had certain things pinpointed it wasn't difficult to work out some of the basic functions. Including ill-advised videos introducing herself, though she clearly hasn't mastered the Art of the Selfie.

The video feed opens at an odd angle showing a tanned woman, thankfully right-side up, staring at it with furrowed brows. Deep in concentration for a moment more, she simply stares at the camera in silence until she seems to come to a conclusion. Nodding, the woman exhales, and finally speaks up.]

...Hello. If other people are able to hear me, please say something so I don't keep talking to a rock and wondering if it really is magic or if I am crazy.

[Her voice has a heavy Greek accent, and if her attire is any indication she is not of the modern era.]

If I am talking to a magic rock, then know that my name is Kassandra, and I am looking for my family and my crew. Men named Alexios, Nikolaos, Barnabas and Stentor...and women named Myrinne, Roxana, and Odessa. I have hope that I am not alone in being reborn in this strange land, yet I have seen no sign of them.

[There's a pause as she fiddles with the Omni one more time.]

Aletheia, if you can hear this, show yourself.

[And then the feed drops.]

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[delilah_dirk]

[The accent alone would have drawn her immediate, enthusiastic interest - the rest is, well, absolute gravy to a half-Greek adventuress. And so when she turns on her own feed, she immediately launches into Greek, foregoing the English language entirely.]

Greetings, warrior. I have not heard of your kin and crew, at least not yet - but if you are here, there will be a chance that they will be too. Or will be soon.

[metoikos]

[Oh, well, at least someone speaks a proper language. Kassandra's smile widens a little, familiarity smoothing over some of the unhappy news.]

A chance, you say. Should I be seeking altars to Tyche then, friend?

[delilah_dirk]

You will find none here, I don't think - this place has strange gods. Some darker than Deimos, and stranger in nature.

[She nods, gently.]

I do not claim to understand this place myself. But it is a strange world to us both.

video; un: abs

[armd]

(not only a familiar face, but somebody just as clunky at using the omni as abby was at using the fluid back in deerington... a deeply gratifying sight, as it always is, thank you for the validation kassandra.)

Hey. Finally made it out of the squid phrase, huh.

Good to see you.

[metoikos]

[A welcome sight. Kassandra remembers Abby, in a dim sense. She'd seemed pretty alright, and a face she knew was better than not having any familiarity to hold on to. She smiles, warmth plain in her eyes.]

And it is good to see you as well, friend.

How long was I back in the sea?

[armd]

'Bout a month.

(as for why it takes some people longer than others to shift out of squid mode... abby could not tell you. she's long since accepted that some things are beyond her understanding. magic, man. not even once.)

How are you feeling?

video; un: clearthestreet

[laruetheday]

Looking for people from home will always be a disappointment. Don't bother. Even if they show up, they'll probably just leave again.

[ Whatever, it isn't like she's bitter or anything. ]

Anyway, welcome. I can't say it's a nice place, but it'll be cool to have someone to practice my Greek with.

[metoikos]

That is a little bit bleak, Clarisse. Did Hope flee Pandora's box in the time between yours and mine?

[She recalls the name and the face! Progress.]

And, I am happy to help with your Greek, of course. I am no scholar, but I do speak it.

[laruetheday]

[ Cool, then she's gonna switch. It's ancient Greek, too, all the better to understand each other. ]

I'd hope so, since you are Greek. And spend enough time in a place like this and it's easy to get bleak.

[video] un: deku

[wannasmash]

[ Midoriya, off-center, isn't that great at selfies himself. He has no excuse other than being a nerd who didn't have a lot of friends to send them to until this year. ]

Hello. My name is--well, you can call me Deku. I'll keep an eye out for them while I'm on patrol. Do they all dress like you?

[ He's offering hero help, he may as well get used to using his hero codename. ]

[metoikos]

I...suppose they would dress in similar fashion. Except for Myrinne, my mother. She likes her peplos, and doesn't bother with all the armor.

[Kassandra taps her chestplate, a heavy looking thing seemingly made from bronze.]

The men would be in these.

[She squints...]

...And did you say patrol?

[wannasmash]

Yes. Just keeping an eye out for anything dangerous. Apparently attacks happen pretty often, but infrastructure's kind of rough here, and defenses are low.

[ He's a little young for guard duty, but he's got a hard face-guarding mask slung around his neck all the same. No armor other than that. His serious expression drops for a second; despite how terrible he's been feeling lately, he can't help smiling: ]

I like your armor. It's very cool.

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[rocinantes]

You might be crazy, I don't know you.

( but hey, he was pretty fucked in the head himself. )

But you're not crazy for this. This place is just fucked up and now you're in it with everyone else. What a lucky woman you are.

[metoikos]

And what a comforting man you are.

[Well, not crazy is good. That helps alleviate the worry that she's spent the last day wrestling with something useless. But Kassandra isn't one to keep glib replies held back.]

Do you always greet strangers with cryptic commentary, or is that just Tyche smiling on me a second time?

[rocinantes]

That's me, not comforting.

( good to get that out of the way quickly enough, right? )

You want a specific answer, ask a specific question. But I would have thought just looking around and seeing what this place looks like would tell you that it's fucked up.

Video; UN: Willow

[frogfear]

[The feed opens and Willow gives a smile and a friendly wave.]

Hey. We can hear you - you're definitely not crazy, and it's not... really a magic rock.

I'm sorry, I don't know any of the people you mentioned, but that doesn't mean you're alone. There's no one else here from my world either.

[metoikos]

[Well! Willow seems pleasant. Kassandra's eyes flicker a little, softening at the edges as she absorbs the information. Sympathy is an easy emotion to feel for someone clearly going through something akin to her own loss. The words still sound strange, but the meaning is obvious.]

You have my sympathy, friend. I do hope that you are wrong, and my family is here, but I know not to hold on to false hope for long.

[Any one of them being here would have made a disturbance, and they certainly would have made themselves known to those around them.]

Have you been here for very long?

[frogfear]

Well, I can't pretend to know everyone here, so they could still be here. Or... if they're not now, it doesn't mean they won't show up?

[She's trying to be optimistic for Kassandra's sake, but she understands as well that holding on too long isn't helpful.]

I've only been here for about a month, but I was in the dream that this place was created from for about... seven months, roughly?

[monoceroscaeli]

[He gives a little wave in greeting, sitting at home in front of the Omni looking amused.]

Well, it seems everyone I met a month ago has finally come to join us on land here. Welcome back.

[metoikos]

Ah!

[A familiar face. Well, they had shared ice cream, and that was great. So, she smiles.]

Thank you, Childe.

Been keeping busy?

[monoceroscaeli]

Naturally. I don't think I can sit down for longer than a second.

[He readjusts in his seat, looking cheery as usual.]

[imaglyphwitch]

[Ah, a new person. And she sounded and look like she came from...Greecian times? That was possible, why would she think its not? This place could pull from literally any universe at any time, so why doubt it now?

Heck, she certainly looked the part in dress and in physique. So impressive]!

Hi there! No, you're not speaking to a rock, its our communication device! It was an adjustment to me too, but it is a good way to talk to a lot of other people all over!

My name is Luz, and I do hope you find your kin, but I don't know if that's possible. See, every one of us, Sleepers as we're called, have been brought here from different worlds. It's not usual for people from the same world to be here, but it happens. Sometimes.

[Sometimes not for long, but that was a talk for another time].

We all sort of become kin for the ones we get to know and trust around here. There's also a good number of us that knew each other in another world, but that's both...not relevant and relevant to what's happening now.

[metoikos]

Ah. Hello...Luz.

[A strange name, but she's not one to judge.]

How are we sure that this is not a lie? That we weren't brought here by something meaning to kidnap us?

[That's her first question. Something she's worried about a bit, knowing what she does of her future.]

un: violet

[virtuosital]

[Yoshizawa is..., maybe more technologically inclined by era alone, given her luck with smartphones. She watches Kassandra a moment on her Omni before fussing with her own and popping up on a video feed, as well.]

Um-- I think they're crystals, more than rocks! But you aren't crazy, miss Kassandra, we all have them.

[metoikos]

[Oh she certainly is. The most advanced piece of technology Kassandra has dealt with that wasn't some weird near-magical artifact was...a pulley?]

Oh, I gathered that much...and it is good to see you again.

[She sees you, friend.]

What makes them work? Do you know?