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[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.]

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[entreats]

Robyn?

[ Ange repeats the name, trying to think. She doesn't think that it's someone she knows - but then again, there are so many people in this place she doesn't know. Ange isn't exactly the most social of people.

But she is pretty good at logical thinking. This girl is new, yet this Robyn seems important to her. And there was a last time, meaning Mebh must know Robyn from her own world. ]

.. ah. [ She slowly says, her voice turning a tad softer, like she can feel sympathy for this sentiment. ]

I'm sorry. That happens here sometimes. People just.. go back into the ocean, for some reason.

[mactirebeag]

Mo chara. My friend. From back home.

[And last Mebh remembers before coming here, the two of them and their parents were setting out to find a new home together. The last thing she expected was for them to end up in a place like this, after everything they'd gone through.]

I followed her scent to the beach, but it stopped after that.

[entreats]

[ That scent story does confirm it really happened. It's not something Ange has seen happen a lot yet, but she's stood out by the beach, watching people walk back into the ocean.. It's weird. ]

Then that is where she must have gone.

[ Ange frowns. ]

She really didn't say goodbye to you? [ That makes the whole thing even weirder. Why would she do that without saying goodbye to her one friend from home here? It makes no sense. ]

[mactirebeag]

I dunno. Maybe she didn't want me to see her leave.

[Robyn had tried to make Mebh leave for her own safety before, so Mebh is a little more aware that might be the case. But that doesn't mean it hurts any less.]

I don't get it. Why did I end up here, but she had to go?

[entreats]

.. I don't know.

[ It's that question that makes Ange grow quiet for a moment.

Because it just hits way too close to home. Back when she was Mebh's age - or apparent age, anyway, you never know it with these people who only look super young - she asked herself that too all the time, didn't she? Why was she still alive, when her family was dead? Why was she here, and they were somewhere else?

It's an impossible question to answer, though it's also one that's impossible to shake off. ]

The world is.. cruel sometimes. Cruel like that. [ It's not a satisfying answer, but it's a true one. It's at least an answer, which is more than Ange used to get in that position. ] Perhaps she will return. We all came out of that ocean as well, after all. This could just be.. temporary.

[mactirebeag]

...I know.

[Mebh knows the world can be cruel, especially to those most people don't think of as normal, like herself and her mother, or even to those who stand in their way, like the wolves.]

But...I thought if I didn't have Mammy here with me, at least I'd have Robyn. And we'd be alright if there were two of us. But now there's just me.

[entreats]

[ There's the faintest pause, but then Ange says: ]

You're not the only one who's alone. [ It doesn't sound biting in any way. It's not meant to make the other girl feel bad for feeling bad for herself - it's instead an offer of sympathy. Of hope. ]

I haven't seen anyone from my world either for years now.

[ .. though her situation is a little different, since she's actually kind of glad for that in a whole lot of cases.. ]

A lot of people are here as the only person from their world. That's when you just try to get to know people from other places who are also stuck here.