[open] i don't know about fate

[lighthearted]

WHO: Sora and OPEN
WHERE: The train to New Tokyo and the Preserve dorms
WHEN: October 8th - 10th
WHAT: Checking in on people after waking up, and looking for things to do while cooped up in the dorms.
NOTES OR WARNINGS: N/A! Will edit if needed.



THE TRAIN TO NEW TOKYO

[ Sora comes to with a sudden gasp, almost sliding off of his seat on the train (though Riku's there to grab his shoulder and help him keep his balance, at least). It's disorienting to finally be awake after so much time spent in that Sleeping World, but Sora also recovers quicker than some of the other displaced might. Been there, done that, after all.

It doesn't take long for messages to start firing across the network, and soon enough Sora gathers that almost the entire group of displaced is now on this train. More than that, they've still got a good six or so hours before they reach New Tokyo, and he's got a large number of people he wants to check in on. After he's talked things over with Riku (there's no telling what woke them up, which is strange), he decides to stretch his legs.

He moves through the train cars, on the lookout for anyone who he recognizes. As soon as he spots them, he'll run over, either standing near them or taking a seat if there's one available. ]

Hey! You okay after all that?


THE PRESERVE DORMS

[ While Sora couldn't explain why everyone had suddenly been on the train with them, what he learns when they reach New Tokyo makes a little more sense. They're not here to help with a monster attack, but with a snowstorm. That must mean that what they did in the Sleeping version of this world actually had an effect on the real version. Fighting all of those monsters means that they'd reversed some of the damage!

It doesn't explain where the snowstorm came from, and he's not that thrilled to be facing freezing cold temperatures again after his time spent in Arendelle. Having to be cooped up until there's proper supplies provided to them isn't much better, though.

While he'd been able to explore to some extent in the dreams, it hadn't been real. To go from being stuck in the safehouse to being stuck in these dorms is rough for a restless young man used to running around all the time.

So he'll end up wandering the common areas, whether it's to scrounge up a snack or look for something else to keep his attention. If he comes across someone, he'll wave at them and move over. ]

Hey. Maybe we should play a game or something? [ Or, if they don't look like the game-playing type, it might be: ] So have you ever been stuck in weather like this before?


WILDCARD

[ I'd be happy to wildcard anything in these two settings, prior to the arrival log! Feel free to PM me or hit me up at demonology if you want to discuss, but you're more than welcome to just toss something at me too. ]

Comments

the implied riku prompt

[inherited]

[In a way, it's not unlike coming out of the dream where he spoke to Ansem the Wise. He feels disoriented and not at all rested, opening his eyes as he listens to the quiet, almost imperceptible rumble of the train outside. The only difference is that he's reaching over to steady and help Sora. Everything that happened in there was—wasn't what he'd expected. What he would have ever expected.

And yet, now that he's awake, Riku feels more sure that it was a Sleeping World. It wasn't shaped like anything he knew, but as he looks around him, he can sense the connection. Sure, he can use the neural implant again—and it interfaces with his surroundings—but there's more to it. He just wonders if it's a hunch or some ... power. Something linked to what he can't reach. Then again, he's not in pain, so it's probably not that.

Once he lets go of Sora, his hand comes to his heart. Should he test it? No, not without telling Sora why. Not without the two of them making sure they're ready.]

Right where we were before. Do you feel anything?

wildcard

[blyat]

[Continued from here.

Once he has the number of Sora's train car, it's only a matter of finding it. Figuring out which direction is numerically ascending and skip five cars down. They all appear to be spread out, and he recognizes too many faces on his walk over, but Cain makes a point to keep his chin down. No reason to speak to anyone he doesn't have to. Sora is an exception made out of willingness, if only to confirm the series of events that appear to have happened in his head while he slept.

There was a jacket in his bag - not up to a snowstorm, Cain would know - but enough on this trip in the regulated environment of the train. He's got hands shoved into the pockets when he approaches Sora. He doesn't immediately say anything, uncharacteristic hesitance taking root. Finally:]

So you really signed up for this shit?

Dorms

[saviorexe]

[Markus lifts his head from where he sits, focus temporarily severed from its scrolling crawl along the virtual newsfeeds, courtesy of his implant. He’s had time to recover since waking, the pain and tiredness from his unfortunate excursion in the facility starting to finally recede — not that this would’ve halted the immediacy of his reply, anyway, when he spots Sora coming over.

Though seen only briefly in person — once in that dream world when they had returned briefly to the facility, waking up soon after, and another time in New Amsterdam to make arrangements to leave the city — he owes the young man a debt. And more importantly, a thank you. The flickering headlines in his vision are quickly blinked away, and he replies with raising brows and a small smile.]

It snows a lot where I’m from; being stuck indoors because of the weather isn’t anything new, even if this case is an extreme one. [A beat, though.] We can kill time with a game, if you’re bored. I’ve been wanting to speak with you anyway.

( dorms )

[whitehair]

[ how the hell did they expect them to help out with something like a snowstorm? heine didn't know a thing about snow or how to deal with them, and helping out people who had nothing to do with him was definitely not part of his usual modus operandi ... he kept to his side of the line and the other people could stay on the other side, that's how it usually worked, and it was doing a pretty good job at keeping unwanted conversations at bay so far. of course, what he failed to put into calculations was precisely someone like sora. ]

How about a game where we see how long you can go without talking?

[ assuming that they've been given adequate clothing / heating by now... Heine is probably bundled up as much as he could, and probably hogging the heater. ]

dorms

[mercurio]

[prompto's trying to escape the overly-friendly menace that is hideki maeda. for his own sake, he wants to be able to have a breather, especially since he wants to be able to make some sense of the dreams that he dreamt while they were all passed out. so, while he's hiding by a shelf and checking social media for clues and insight, he gets spooked by the sudden appearance of a young teenager asking him questions.]

Uh!

[high pitched and all]

Sure? I've been somewhere cold like this before?

[who this cheerful gremlin...]