Video | (no username)

[mactirebeag]

[The video starts with a very close-up view of Mebh's face as she tries to figure out if her Omni is even working or not. She hasn't made much of an effort to use the Omni up until now, since she's not familiar with this kind of technology at all. Eventually she pulls away; though the camera is still at a noticeable angle, the backdrop looks as though she's somewhere around the Waystation, since the windmill can be seen. She's flanked on either side by two grey, yellow-eyed wolves, one of whom leans forward to sniff at the camera for a moment before Mebh rolls her eyes and nudges it away.]

Robyn said I could use this thing to talk to people. [Her expression briefly changes to a sadder one. Mentioning Robyn hurts. Robyn had said they would look for their parents together while they were here, but now she's gone and Mebh can't find her. Though she can't dwell on that right now, because she has a Complaint.]

So isn't there a real forest around here? Not like the Trenchwood place. There's nothin' good in there and it smells all nasty.

[And there's something about it that seems even worse at night; she can't bring herself to go in when it's dark out, because even she can tell it's not safe, though she's not going to admit that easily.]

But I'm not livin' in the town. Not ever. Dunno how anybody can stand all those smells.

[There's a very stubborn look in her eyes when she says this. Even if this world is more dangerous than the one she remembers and there are far worse things living here than people who hunt wolves, she hates the idea of caging herself in. And she can't live in a town when it reminds her that the only friend she had from home has now disappeared.

For a moment, Mebh goes quiet...and then she suddenly bares her teeth and lets out a guttural growl, the screen shaking violently as she takes the Omni and throws it on the ground in anger and frustration. The screen shows the sky for a few moments before it shuts off.]

Comments

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz does pick up, and HAS been curious about the friend she invited over. Now she's even more concerned].

Do you not have any place to stay, Mebh? Can't you stay with Robyn?

[mactirebeag]

...Robyn's gone. I can't find her. I followed her smell to the beach, but then...nothin'.

[She couldn't have possibly gone into the water...could she?]

[imaglyphwitch]

Oh. Her scent?

That...I mean. She may have woken up, Mebh. I hate to say that, but it's happened to people I know before.

[mactirebeag]

What do you mean, woken up? I thought everybody left that dream place already.

[Even if Mebh doesn't quite understand what Luz is saying, she already doesn't like where this conversation is going.]

What...what's happened to her?

[imaglyphwitch]

Oh, right! Well. I guess that's old terminology, that's true.

But, basically, she's gone back to your universe, your world. I'm not sure how exactly that works because it hasn't really happened to me. She's ok though, I'm sure.

[She didn't want to freak Mebh out, of course, but if the girl was going to be upset or sad, she didn't blame her. Luz remembered how she felt, between learning Eda had woken up and that Margot hadn't come here with her].

[mactirebeag]

So...she's just gone?

But she didn't even tell me...

[Something deep down had already told Mebh that Robyn had gone somewhere she couldn't reach, but the fact that she left without warning still bothers her. When Robyn had tried to make her leave without her mother back home, at least she'd tried to say goodbye then. This feels even more sudden.]

[imaglyphwitch]

I don't know if she even got a say. I doubt it. When we first met, she was pretty anxiously looking for you. I'm sure she wanted to be here.

It's never a good time when someone we know and care about go back to their world. I've had a few people I care about leave too. It never gets any easier.

You're not alone though.

[mactirebeag]

Then...they're taken away? Just like that?

[Mebh has dealt with people leaving her before, but at least in those cases they'd said goodbye to her first. For someone she cares about to just up and leave without any warning, though...]

But why? Why do they bring people here if they're just gonna take them away again?

[imaglyphwitch]

Yeah. It's happened to me a few times.

[Not especially at a time where Luz had expected it either, which was always what made it a splash of cold water to her face. Eda leaving the same time as her witch teacher had been pretty rough, and then more people left afterward, which had just made things worse].

I don't know. I don't have an answer for that at all. I wish I did.

[mactirebeag]

...how can people stand it? Seein' people leave when you don't know if they'll come back?

[That was bad enough back home, when Mebh's mother left to find a new place to live and didn't come back for a while, but after the whole incident later...well, the crisis was averted, but Mebh doesn't know if she can handle something like that again.]

[imaglyphwitch]

It never gets easy. It's happened to me a few months back, and then when we got here, some of my closest friends didn't wind up here.

But there are people here who can help you to deal with their absence. Without them, well. You'll be feeling pretty bad for awhile.