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[mingle] the space (january).

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( 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.

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By a definition, I suppose! I arrived here earlier than you and the others who have been showing up today. I'd say this is a third or fourth week? Fifth, maybe? It's a little hard to keep track of the time around here.

[He says in a way that is definitely too cheery and unbothered for someone who's just been Stuck In The Void (and also alternate realities) for upwards of a month...]

You've been here for maybe five weeks already?!

[ It'd be surprising if he was a permanent resident of this weird place, sure, but this information is also just as surprising. It'd explain why he sounds so calm about it.. Maybe he's just given in to his current situation? ]

But.. what do you eat then? How do buy food from the store? How do you earn money? Are there weird jobs here?! Do you sleep on the floor?! [ A rapidfire question cannon.. ]

[SOMETIMES you just look at the weird shit life throws at you and you nod and go "yep". He laughs a little at her reaction though, he can't help it...]

There are plenty of things to eat, don't worry about that! And everything is free. The stock never runs out so you don't have to worry about starving or working while you're here! As for sleeping... [Hm that's a good question honestly HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN THE BEDDING SECTION OF COSTCO...]

—Well! I've been sleeping in a train compartment. Can't speak for everyone else.

[ The bedding section of Costco has turned into cuddle central..

Minako is still walking along with him, but while walking she suddenly sticks out her arm to him. ]

Pinch me!

[20 people trying to fit on one queen sized display bed...]

Ah! The "trying to see if you're in a dream that you can be woken up from" thing, right?

[Helpfully, he reaches over to pinch her arm! Not too hard, at least.]

[ She nods, and then waits to be pinched. And despite the fact that she sees it coming - and that he isn't even doing it very hard to begin with! - Minako still winces and lets out a loud welp before pulling her arm back to rub at it. ]

.. fine, I guess it really isn't a dream. But none of the things you said just now would make sense in real life.

[MINAKO!! He doesn't even have the decency to look apologetic, what a punk. He does look sympathetic, though; this entire wild ride is a lot to take in.]

Hah, trust me! Don't we all know it. Who could possibly be lucky enough to live in a world where they don't have to pay for anything? It's a shame we can't just take that part of this place with us.

[Everything else can stay here though, except for the bits of technology he's enamored with.]

[ Is that your priority, Wei Wuxian... Stuck in some weird place that's.. between worlds, maybe? However you want to call it? And the first thing he thinks of is how to take this shoplifting concept home!! ]

Regardless of what we can't or can take with us out of this place, we should at least find some way out. [ It's said surprisingly serious compared to her earlier antics. Mostly because she's not kidding about this, she'd never be. She has to return to Usagi's side as quickly as she can, after all. ] We can't just keep sitting around here like this because a piece of marble told us so.

[LOOK. IT MIGHT BE!!

He also feels a little badly for her, considering he's already come to the conclusion that none of them are leaving this place until they satisfy the pillar's apparent soul-repairing requirements.]

Mmm, you aren't wrong... Well! Maybe with more of us here, we'll be able to find a way out that we missed before. More eyes are always better, you know?

.. right. I guess it's up to me.

[ Suddenly personal responsibility! Out of nowhere! Really serious-sounding responsibility too!

Granted, it's totally since Minako knows she's the superhero here, and for all she knows these other people stuck here are civilians. That means she has to be the one to save the day here.. even if she doesn't know how. ]

I'll make sure to take a real good look around the places you're showing me.

I could help you take a look around too, if you'd like! We haven't run into anything dangerous in this place, but it's best to err on the side of caution.

[And honestly, wandering around a void with a demonic cultivator probably isn't a terrible choice. He's used to handling all sorts of tomfoolery! He can help in a pinch!!

The train can be heard clatterin' on down the tracks from up ahead, after a few seconds more. HERE IT COMES... A ye olde fashioned steam train, this time.]

[ A stream train... Minako truly has been thrust into the idol-less hell of the past in this weird void space, huh...

Something about what he says pulls her attention though. ]

Are you saying you could help out if we would run into something dangerous? [ Not that Minako can't protect herself, but she's totally okay with covering up her sailor soldier powers a little longer... ]

[She really has... Wait until she sees the even older models.

The question gets a nod, though! He doesn't find much point in hiding his abilities normally, and now is certainly no exception.]

Most likely! I'm used to handling tricky situations. Nothing too out-of-the-ordinary for where I come from, you know?

[ .. hmm. Well, that's good to know. It's not as if Minako would put anyone else in terrible danger to protect her identity, but if there's just some minor threat he can easily handle, she doesn't mind playing the damsel in distress and hiding behind him a little bit.

She still isn't 100% how much she can trust this situation, after all. ]

Oh, really? That's pretty amazing! [ She says it so innocently too, like people who can handle danger is a totally new concept to her. ] Then I'll be counting on you! I'm sure a firm kick won't do much against something that could pop up in a strange place like this, after all.

[Sometimes you're just used to hopping into danger and brawling with ghosts because the average citizen can't deal with them! To be fair, he's capable of handling things even normal cultivators can't, so it doesn't feel like a stretch to offer to at least keep an eye out here.]

Hah! You'd be surprised about that. I mean, outside of the pillar, most of the issues we've run into have all been quite tangible! A good kick might actually do just the trick.

[Tangible as opposed to GHOSTLY.]

Quite tangible?

[ She's definitely assuming that means "not ghostly", but.. you know. Still. A teenage girl kick may not do much to a zombie before it'd just chow down on said leg, so she can't help but sound a little apprehensive all the same. ]

What kind of issues were those? Should I be prepared for anything in particular? [ Feed her the useful information!! ]

[DON'T KICK HIS ZOMBIES MINAKO.]

Well! It seems part of the whole "being tasked to retrieve missing bits of our soul" deal is going to other worlds to, ah... How did that pillar put it? Just live life, something like that? We just got back from a world where three kingdoms were in conflict! The most dangerous thing we had to deal with there were rebel factions, but they did have explosives and elemental magic.

[Just another day in the life, as you do.]

.. you know, it makes me feel really bad if you say 'explosives and elemental magic' so casually. [ Although it's nothing she isn't used to either.. But she's supposed to play the role of the innocent maiden who has never seen a day of battle other than the constant war that is high school here, after all. ]

It sounds like I'm way in over my head here. I didn't even ask for any of this..!

No point in lying if you're going to see it yourself soon enough, right?

[He sounds maybe like .5% apologetic for potentially making a poor innocent kid feel bad, though. Maybe. aNYWAY--]

It's fine, it's fine! Even if I'm not around, there are plenty of fighters in our number. Most of them seem quite nice and friendly too, so I doubt it'd be a stretch to ask any of them for help if you need it.

I guess that's good, but the potential danger still isn't too reassuring..

[ She sighs. Oh, the woes of a girl who's never ever been in a dangerous situation in her life! Cl.. early..! ]

Did everyone even come out of that other world okay?

Very fortunately, yes! Precisely because there are plenty of fighters in our number. Haha, we had more people swooping in to the rescue than we had people to rescue!

[Fortunately there were plenty of NPCs to save...]

So it's good to go in prepared, but I wouldn't be too worried about it.

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