[mingle] the space (january).

[fracturamods]

interim mingle

( WELCOME BACK, TRAVELERS. )

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. Or did you get something back recently?

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. It might've changed since the last time you saw it.

You might have changed since the last time you saw yourself too - perhaps with a new emblem on your clothes, or a portrait on your skin.

There's no need to fret that much though. You've already gone through the ordeal once, and you might be able to see results from it. Even so, it's best that you don't get too comfortable, because there is still the unshakeable feeling:

There's still much more ahead of you.

Comments

MINATO...

[femmebatale]

[ she gives him an incredulous look. ]

I think the phrase is "stupid question."

[ sorry minato. ]

i'm so sorry

[messianic]

... That's fair.

[Honestly. Can't argue that. She's pretty obviously a bat.]

I guess I've just never seen a bat quite like you.

i love him

[femmebatale]

[ rouge is no stranger to compliments -- she's just not quite in the mood for them. Well. Not entirely. She still enjoys the attention. With a "hmph," she tilts up her nose. ]

Of all the times to flirt! If you're the one who brought me here, this is an awful way to start a date.

[messianic]

[.... ... ...]

Ah... that's not exactly how I meant it...

[... Well, it's whatever, right?]

I promise I wasn't the one who brought you here. We're all kind of in the same boat together. Though I have been here a little bit longer, I guess...

[femmebatale]

[ he could be lying, but she doesn't have a reason to believe that. Yet. Other than the fact that he's suspicious just by existing in this place with her. ]

A little bit longer?

[messianic]

[He is extremely sinister and suspicious, right on the money with that one.]

... It's kind of hard to keep track of time here, but let me think... we've at least been here long enough to go to another place and come back already.

Let's call it, like, a month or something? [Wrong, Minato.]

But we showed up the same as you--me and the people who were here already.

[femmebatale]

[ somehow, Minato is still the first one to give her a concrete period of time that people have been here. ]

You've been here a whole month, and you still haven't figured anything out? [ she raises a brow, but seems to relax a little bit. Little by little, her information bank is growing. ] You're lucky someone like me showed up, then.

[messianic]

[That's a sad state of affair. Also, honestly, Minato tends to believe in people who are confident, and she has confidence to spare, so...]

If you can find out more, then it'll be a huge relief, honestly... figuring stuff out here has been kind of a mess.

[femmebatale]

Mmhm. You're talking to Rouge the Bat, treasure hunter extraordinaire! It just so happens that I'm a pro at hunting clues, too.

[ she flutters her wings a little, as if to show off. ]

Something you're apparently in dire need of, if you can't even tell I'm a bat.

[messianic]

[Minato's being dunked on by a sexy bat and he can't even really say he doesn't deserve it.]

I see... well, it's true that I'm not very good at either of those things. [Hunting treasure or hunting clues.]

But if there's anything I can do to help you out at any point, just let me know. I'm Minato. [...ttthe human? No, that sounds stupid.]