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|Who = [[Russell Anders]], [[Theo]] | |Who = [[Russell Anders]], [[Theo]] | ||
|Date = February 28, 2020 | |Date = February 28, 2020 | ||
− | |Where = [[Cemetery | + | |Where = [[Peaceful Glade Cemetery]], [[Mabase Medical Clinic]] |
|Log= | |Log= | ||
Sanity Check Failed, Lose 10 SAN | ||
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Summary: Russell Anders has just arrived in a Valkyrie crash! Minus his Valkyrie. Fortunately Theo's there to take him somewhere he can get his concussion seen to... right after he tries to deal with failing a sanity check... Who: Russell Anders, Theo When: February 28, 2020 Where: Peaceful Glade Cemetery, Mabase Medical Clinic |
Tall, blackened steel gates draw a line here, barring entrance unless unlocked. Which they usually are. Ivy vines decorate the old, cold metal with dismal color. The gates will swing open without fuss and, oddly, without that typical, horrid scraping noise, if only you push. Are you ready to face the massive graveyard? Why is Theo at a cemetary? Well, he does need to check out ALL of the facilities here, if he's supposed to be living here. Probably permanently, from the sounds of everything he's heard since he got here. And, well. He's human, so he's going to die one day. So he needs to know what facilities are available to house him. Eh, maybe he's just feeling particularly gloomy. Realizing that he doesn't have any way home, there's no one here that knows him, and can't go back. To be fair, though, Theo's not actually in the cemetary at the moment. He's just outside it, looking at the statue outside it. Blond kid, kinda lanky, looks like he might be in his late teens. Amber-colored eyes, aristocratic features, worn clothes.
"Excuse me, sir... would you happen to know where I AM exactly? I was flying my Valkyrie and then BAM, I'm here-I'm not sure what happened." He rubs at his temple, clearly trying to make sense of it all.
Intead he turns fully to face the newcomer. "Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't see you there," he replies. Clearly, since he jumped! "But, er... well, this place isn't somewhere people 'just wander' into. Well, that's not necessarily true either... but wandering out is a bit of a tall order." Here Theo pauses and takes a breath. Pause. He takes in the look of this newcomer. High technology. Some kind of pilot -- and he did say something about 'flying a Valkyrie'; some kind of super-sophisticated plane, no doubt. So he can use 'big words' with this one without fear of him not understanding or becoming overwhelmed. Well... not too overwhelmed, anyway. In the meantime, while Theo's in thought... well, it might look to Russell that he's being checked out! And he is, but not in a romantic way. The blond kid just seems to be trying to decide what to make of Russell. But soon the blond kid finally answers, "Well, this place in particular is a cemetary. The city you're in now, it's referred to as 'Twisted'. And that's not at all an inappropriate name. It seems to be some sort of... joining of several different dimensions. If I had to compare? Something like a... dimensional sink trap. So you might have just come here completely by accident."
As for Russell being dead? Theo blinks. "I... don't believe so. That would mean I am also dead, and I don't remember anything happening to me that would warrant having been made dead. Ah, but I do seem to have injured my manners." He bows politely. "Theodore Rabanne. 'Theo', if you prefer."
"Ensign Russell Anders, UN Spacy" He offers with a shake, "A pleasure to meet you, Theo."
And he also offers with a smile, "A pleasure to meet you as well. I have to admit, I've never heard of a 'UN Spacey'. I've heard of the UN, but there was nothing 'spacey' about it. Well, not about the organization. The national representatives from it might have been, I'm not sure. I've never met them." As for being in a cemetary? "That's a mystery. Where one ends up when coming here tends to be rather random, from what I've seen. That said, I haven't been here long myself," he admits.
Though... he's also thinking. And after a moment, he reasons slowly, "Well... it's very likely that I am not from your world. You see, where I come from, people from Earth can't even get into low orbit without about a thirty to sixty percent chance -- depending on the weather -- of the whole thing exploding into a fireball on the way up... Because they're essentially strapping about five hundred thousand gallons of liquid fuel so volatile that someone breaking very mild wind in roughly the same post code of it had a good chance of making the whole thing ignite before it even left the launching pad." So this kid is from an Earth that hasn't discovered space travel yet? Doesn't know about the Zentradi? Not even about aliens at all?!
Mabase Medical Clinic A large medical clinic that takes up an entire side of the 3rd floor. There are two doors here byond the one that leads to the main hallway. One leads to a surgery room and the other to a recovery room. Next to the surgery room is a red light that is lit when the room is being occupied. Here in the main room is a medical table next to a cart covered with various instruments used in examinations. At the rear of the room is a large desk where the resident doctor does his paperwork and addresses potential patients as they come in. Normally there would be a reception area here but the desk is on backorder so no one has bothered to partition the room yet.
Anyway, he does lead Russell to the medical center, which is, indeed, rather counterintuitively placed -- there's a very large courthouse that's kind of like a multi-level mall, and the clinic is on the third floor of it.
Though maybe not quite as keenly. He's pretty sure Russell didn't start spewing metal spiders from his mouth one day, and then panic and run away from home. Though that does make him wonder... does Russell have weird abilities too? He almost wants to find out... but no. Not here and now, when Russell is already feeling confused and likely more than a little upset...
He'll lead Russel to the waiting area and then indicate a seat. "Here you go. Sit down carefully -- the bloodflow change might make you dizzy. Or you might have just been running on adrenaline the whole time." Though something that might go unnoticed by Theo... but maybe not by Russell -- there's a very old magazine on one of the nearby tables. Seems to be some kind of local entertainment magazine. And on the cover is an androgynous-looking fellow with light lavender eyes and dark brown hair that has a very slight reddish tint to it. He's dressed in a dark-colored outfit that doesn't look too terribly feminine... but that can't really be helped, with his build. And of course he's wearing makeup, he always did. His eyes are done up to look smoky. But there are a few things that date this picture to an approximate time of this person's life -- his hair in the back is long. After THE INCIDENT, he never wore his hair long in the back, only the tails in front of his ears. And that smile -- it's a glamor shot, obviously, but that's an actual smile.
"There is one bit of consistancy. I knew this guy. Personally, in fact... but... like... He's clearly younger in this shot-What the fuck is this place?"
He looks at the magazine Russell's picked up, blinking. "I don't know him either. But that's also very old magazine... he might not be here anymore. I understand there was some kind of upheaval that threw things around--" Unfortunately, further explanation is going to have to wait. Since they're in the medical area, Russell appears to be going pale, and Theo was pretty successful at drawing attention to Russell's sudden pallor, a couple of people are probably going to come and see to the injured pilot. So he'll get in sooner than later! | |
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