INTRODUCTION

[petoskeymods]

INTRODUCTION

A sound wakes you up, muffled yet somehow near - the sound of a trumpet being played, from somewhere outside the building you're in. There's no fog, no headache as you greet a new day - only the confusion of being in an unfamiliar cabin, lying on top of an unfamiliar bunk bed in somewhere that is certainly not where you last closed your eyes. You're also pretty sure you weren't wearing this outfit before you somehow arrived here - so that's an uncomfortable thought. Yet, the cabin you're in is comfortable, but looking in the steamer trunks near the bunks will only result in finding normal toiletry items and sets of underwear and more of the same strange uniform. Your personal items have been stripped away - well, in the cases they're not absolutely essential for you to live.

Stepping outside, you find yourself in a very forested (and ungodly humid) area, outlooking a wide lake - there's cabins and other buildings next to yours, but the main thing that'll most likely attract attention are the three adults standing out in front of the largest building, bearing the name 'LODGE' on it in large letters. A woman, an older man, and a man in full priest garb, tooting away on a trumpet - your wakeup call, apparently. Just in front of them is a picnic table littered with markers and 'MY NAME IS' nametags.

Maybe you should go and demand some answers? Or will you just decide to explore...and try to find a way out of this weird camp?

Comments

[le_mat]

I didn't get a great look when it happened but I think it was more like... like a rock cracking? Shirou would know better than I would.

[Ren cracks his knuckles - two are swollen, but thanks to his Personas he's a bit sturdier then he'd be otherwise, so it's not too bad]

[bladeisme]

[He nods - and reaches out for Ren's hand, if the other teen will let him take it, frowning at the swelling.]

...Looks like you'll need to put some ice on this.

[Sometimes, the Doctor's son doesn't turn off - and right now, it's on all the goddamn time.]

[le_mat]

[He allows it, a little surprised but not particularly bothered]

Not the first time I've popped a knuckle. It's fine.

[bladeisme]

If you say so.

[He lets Ren's hand drop, a clearly a little worried - it was his fault Ren got hurt, after all - but not wanting to overstep his boundaries.]

...I didn't get your name yet - I'm Kurosaki Ichigo.

[Introducing himself in the Eastern style, of course.]

[le_mat]

[He puts his hand in his pocket, looking pretty disaffected. It's fine, everything is fine]

Amamiya Ren.

[bladeisme]

Nice to meet you, Amamiya.

[He smiles, if a bit ruefully.]

Just wish it weren't in this creepy-ass camp.

[killtheanimals]

[...]

He doesn't look like any golem I've seen before, but...

[le_mat]

Could be a spell, could be some kind of armor. Could be he's a giant bug and that's his exoskeleton. Until we know more it could be anything.

[killtheanimals]

If he were a golem, I could dispel him.

[But, another sigh.]

If I retained that power, at least.

[bladeisme]

Golem? Like a creature made out of rocks, or something?

[Since Ren did mention the 'cracks like a rock' and all.]

[killtheanimals]

Yes, a creature made of the earth, generally.

[...And other components.]

It's a bit of a stretch. The ones I know of aren't typically capable of speech like this, nor so human-like, but...

I don't know many who have the power to draw so many from different worlds, either.

[So. In theory, it is a possibility?]

[bladeisme]

[He nods.]

Yeah - I'm not sure there's even anything in my world that could do something like this. Travel between the living world and Soul Society, yeah - but not to an entirely different place with so many other people from different worlds.

[Honestly, this is why he's been taking all of this in stride. He's heard of way weirder shit in his life, and seen worse.]

[killtheanimals]

That woman... Red claimed that there is a power here strong enough to protect us from gods.

[So. Yyyyyyyeah.]