Open for Fourth Wall Fun

[deductiongeek]

 [As always, Conan gets up early and heads out to explore the town.  Maybe this time he would find something useful in his efforts to figure out how to get back home.  And if not?  Information was never useless.  Anything might be a piece of the puzzle.

And so if you happen to be out about today?  You might spot a tiny child poking his nose into all sorts of things.]

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[pabulously]

[Okay, this is weird.

Very.

Very.

Weird.

Did he eat some bad soba last night?

Bolin stands in the middle of town, thinking deeply about this when he sees a young kid.]

Hey! Excuse me! Do you know where we are?

[deductiongeek]

Nowhere you intended to be, is my guess.

...But if you want to know, the name of this town is Burby.

[pabulously]

Burby. You are quite correct. That is not where I wanted to be.

[Bolin scratches the back of his neck.]

Do you know how to get back to Republic City?

[deductiongeek]

Everyone here says that once you arrive you can't leave again!

Where is Republic City?

[pabulously]

That doesn't even make any sense!

Republic City's the capital of the United Republic of Nations! It's right by...err... I've never actually left it before. I don't know anything about the area around it.

[deductiongeek]

Exactly! But tell that to everyone else here.

...That doesn't help much.

[pabulously]

[Bolin shrugs helplessly.]

It's the best I got. Where are you from?

[deductiongeek]

Beika City. In Japan.

[pabulously]

Where's that?

[deductiongeek]

In Japan.

[bacciferous]

[ while miki's been through her fair share of weird scenarios, this is by far the strangest. she'd been in a middle of a fight with one of labyrinth's latest nakewamekes, got knocked back, landed, and when she stood up to jump at the monster again-- she'd been here. how? she didn't know.

and now there's a magical girl in full pretty cure gear standing before conan. ] How-- How did I get here? [ and where did that nakewameke go? where was soular and the others!?

miki -- no, cure berry, spins around, away from the boy to call out to the friends and teammates who aren't here. ] Peach? Pine! Passion!

[deductiongeek]

[....Girls clothing kept getting weirder and weirder. Maybe this kind of thing was some new style? He honestly didn't pay much attention to Sonoko's rants on the subject.

Still, he should probably help her out.]

You just now arrived here, right?

[bacciferous]

[ just pretty cure battle attire! because short skirts and lots of frills are totally suited to kicking ass and taking names. (in magical girl world it is.) miki's civilian clothes are much more fashionable. much more. as an up-and-coming model, they'd better be!

a nod as her eyes continue to scan her surroundings. ] I was in the middle of a battle, then I was here. [ she couldn't say how, though she suspected labyrinth was behind it. ]

action;

[directives]

[ while this current resident of burby isn't one of the temporary visitors wandering about today, she is out investigating the matter. what started out as a routine scan of the area for any signs of an anomaly turned into something else when she started bumping into people who weren't showing up at the usual intervals. odd? maybe not too odd, all things considering, but it was odd enough for her. it wasn't a solid lead or explanation, but it was certainly something. something interesting at the very least. ]

See something interesting? [ her tone is soft, gentle -- because saying something about how she didn't think there were many children here just wasn't something you said to one of the children themselves. ]

Re: action;

[deductiongeek]

Not really! [He gives her one of his best innocent looks.]

[worrybot]

[ Oh, hey, as you come around a corner, note the robot in the alleyway, somehow managing to panic without exactly having expressions. He's walking in small confused circles. If you approach, you can hear him muttering to himself. ]

Oh dear, oh my, oh what have I done? Mistress Leia is going to be so displeased.

[deductiongeek]

[....Conan was seriously starting to consider going back to bed until the world made sense again. OF COURSE there was a robot here.]

What did you do?

[worrybot]

[ Threepio is startled by the appearance of the child. He presses his hands together nervously. ]

I'm not really sure. But this is certainly not where I am supposed to be.

[deductiongeek]

This isn't where anyone is supposed to be.

...Where are you from?

[worrybot]

Oh, that is a good question. [ And he'll answer. Ad nauseam. ] I suppose you would say that I was from Alderaan, as Princess Leia is my Mistress, but as Alderaan doesn't exist anymore, it's hard to say. I suppose you could say that we're lately of Hoth, but as we were forced to flee...

[ He talks too much. You can tell him to stop, really. ]

[deductiongeek]

[Conan listens until he can't stand it anymore.]

I think I get the idea! You're lost. Just like everyone else here.

[worrybot]

Yes! I do seem to be lost. [ Sad robot. ] Where is this place? I have an extensive catalog of cultures and customs, but I must confess this one is new to me.

[deductiongeek]

The town's name is Burby. Apparently its not on any maps. [Conan was still annoyed by that fact.]

[worrybot]

Oh dear. I am very lost, then. Do you know what planet this is?

[deductiongeek]

....No.

[Conan refused to talk about planets.]

[worrybot]

[ This doesn't make the robot any happier, unfortunately. ] Not even the star system, Young Master?

[feykenstein]

Conan, there is an arch fey, one of the beings that have lived in this world for untold generations heading your way. He is sort of glowing. He's also finding you interesting.

"You should be careful. Those flowers are dangerous for mortals."


He does, it might be added, share a resemblance to Alec. It's as if Alec was some sort of watered down copy of this gentleman. A child's attempt to copy the Mona Lisa.

[deductiongeek]

"Really? Why?"

Conan was eyeing him with all the skepticism. And trying to figure out what method he was using to glow. Had he painted himself with phosphorescent paint?

[feykenstein]

It's more like a permanent back lit thing going on.

"They bite and are quite fond of the taste of mortal blood." He sounds proud of this fact.

[deductiongeek]

What kind of person went to that much effort just for a dumb effect?

...Apart from a certain thief of his acquaintance.

"Carnivore plants aren't that unusual." Though harmless to humans.

[feykenstein]

It's natural. Not a dumb effect.

"Oh, yes. Yes. But those aren't very interesting, are they? I mean they'll only eat insects. Now THESE. These can find the veins on any mortal it comes in contact with and suck them dry within a matter of moments!"

He's very proud sounding about this.

"It took me years to get them to do that."

Yup. Very proud.

[deductiongeek]

Looks pretty dumb to him. What's the point?

He stops. "Right." Conan fights the urge to pinch his forehead. "Why?"

[feykenstein]

Alsdair gives him a blank look. "People ask me that all the time. I never understand why."

[deductiongeek]

Because usually someone would have a reason for modifying a plant to hurt people.

[feykenstein]

"Oh! It doesn't hurt people! It just hurts mortals."

Who aren't people.

[deductiongeek]

"What do you mean by that?"

Mortals? What was he talking about?

[feykenstein]

"You know, humans... wizards, witches... angels... those things. Things that die."

Not that the fey can't die, but mortals have this whole can't help it thing.

[bamfingcats]

((Also, because I can...))


[Sitting by a table a small grey kitten is chewing happily on what looks to be a brass pot. He's making some good headway with it, about one third of the way through when Conan comes near. And yes, those really are bite marks. And yes. He really is eating it.]

[deductiongeek]

[Now that was interesting. A cat's teeth were not strong enough to do that to brass. Something strange was happening here.

Conan quietly sneaks closer.]

[bamfingcats]

[The kitten is quite oblivious to this fact as he has a snack. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM!!!

NOMNOM!!!

NOMMY!

More and more of the pot goes until he unbalances and tumbles inside of it it with a startled meep.]

[deductiongeek]

[Conan sighs and goes to help the kitten back out.]

[bamfingcats]

[The kitten starts immediately loving upon Conan's hands. OH MIGAWD BEST HUMAN EVAH!!!!]

[deductiongeek]

[Why? Why did cats always do this? This was why he was a dog person.

Conan tries to remove his hands from the cat as soon as he finishes removing it from the vase.]

[bamfingcats]

[YOU DON'T LOVE HIM!?... HE IS SO SAD!!!!!

Oh... wait... is that a ROCK!? THAT'S A ROCK!! OH MIGAWD I MUST EAT THE ROCK!!!

The kitten vanishes from Conan's hands and reappears about a foot away to start noming on a rock.]

[deductiongeek]

[Conan twitches as the kitten suddenly loses interest. And starts chewing some thing else physically impossible for a kitten's teeth. But was investigating this really worth the irritation?

...His sense of curiosity wouldn't let him leave.]

[bamfingcats]

[The kitten yawns widely and shows off a pair of double row shark teeth before grooming himself after his snack of rock.

Perhaps that's why he can eat rocks?]

[deductiongeek]

[Why did nothing make sense any more? Conan sneaks closer to get a better look at the teeth. Were they natural to the animal?]

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[bamfingcats]

[Quite natural.

OH! IT'S A HUMAN! CAN I LOVE ON IT!?!?

The kitten starts rubbing up against Conan like he's the most amazing thing in the world, purring like a motorboat engine. Admittedly Conan was a few feet away and so the kitten teleported to get next to him but... CONAN IS AWESOME!!!!

SHOELACES!!!!!

ZOMIGAWD SHOELACES!!!!!!

The shoelaces start becoming snack time.]

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[reincarnshaman]

Oi! There you are, you little garbage disposal. I be looking all over for you.

[A red haired gentleman with a black cat on his shoulder appears - as in not teleporting but by turning around the corner - and comes running over to them. His accent is very thick Cork. So with that, the pale skin and freckles he's Very Irish.]