intro log.

[fracturamods]

welcome mingle

( AND SO IT BEGINS. )

There's nothing but the clatter of train tracks, and the odd feeling of almost floating.

When you wake, it's hard to tell exactly what it is that you're missing - only that you are. There are pieces that aren't quite right, even if you're not sure where those pieces would normally be. Pieces of what, exactly....? Well, if you had to put a word to it, it would be - yourself, probably.

The place you've found yourself in is strange, certainly. It's probably worth exploring a bit. Though it just as easily seems that the only form of welcome or explanation that you have, comes from nothing more than a slab of marble.

Well - that, and all the people who seem to have woken up alongside you, lost and also probably Doing Their Best™.

There's no need to fret that much though. It's hard to say exactly where you're going next, even though some places might feel a little bit more like a clue, but what you do know is one unshakeable thing:

There's still much more ahead of you.

Comments

[foxweddings]

I see. It would be one thing if you recognized us -- but as you do not, it's more likely that a third party has caused this mess.

[Just heaving a quiet sigh, and she brings the sleeve of her kimono to her mouth]

How bothersome. I can't find any way to leave, either.

[amberspirit]

I haven't found anything. But the pillar in the room--

[He looks from her to the windows.]

I don't believe we will be in this place for long.

[foxweddings]

Oh? What did the pillar say?

I was so busy attempting to escape that it didn't catch my notice yet.

[amberspirit]

There's a pillar in a room full of light. It's the only thing inside. The inscription on it says we are broken, and it says we are on our way to "the next world."

[Ominous maybe.]

[foxweddings]

... Well I certainly don't feel broken.

[Hmph]

Do you?

[amberspirit]

[At first, he doesn't answer her. His eyes shift over to the windows, brows pulling together. When he looks back, his lips are thin and his face is grim.]

Some things are... missing.

[foxweddings]

-- Such as?

[Eyes narrowed on him, though the look is not of disapproval. Had it been anyone else, she might have discarded such a statement, but seeing as he is not human either--]

[amberspirit]

It’s different for everyone. I am missing something.

[Several somethings, but he doesn’t know about those yet.]

Something a part of me. Someone else is missing something tangible. Like an item, I assume. I can’t say if it is a way to keep us here. Yubaba takes people’s names to control them. It could be similar.

[foxweddings]

[Her eyes, briefly, shift to the side at the mention of names]

That is a possibility, yes. There is great power in names.

[Huffing quietly]

Though this poses a problem for me, then. I've no idea what I might have lost.

[amberspirit]

[Hmmm. Cut from the same cloth, huh. He watches her even when she looks away.]

Whatever it is, it'll be important to you. As far as I know, I am only missing one part of myself. But the man I spoke with was missing more than one.