[Orb]

[dash_dynamic]

[There is a man in very princely clothing staring down into the orb. He looks...well, "worked up" would be a good way to put it.]

This is for communication, right?

[And he takes a deep breath...]

SOSUKE! RENN! HANT! SAKI! MIU! GUNPHERD! ...Hiroto? IS ANYONE ELSE HERE?!

[Nope, he's not freaking out at all as he's yelling into the orb. He's calm. So calm. Ever calm. Staying PERFECTLY calm.]

Does anyone at least know which of the Brane Worlds this is? I need to find my way back to Human World or Engine World as soon as possible! And WHY everyone here seems to think I'm some kind of prince?!

[Yes, he is PERFECTLY calm. Ever calm. So calm. Just ignore his...twitchiness.]

Comments

[dash_dynamic]

Likewise.

[He's definitely calming down now, at least.]

Have you been here for very long?

[tatra]

A month and a half, I believe. [ It's hard to keep track of the days when they pass so much the same. ]

[dash_dynamic]

A month and a half?!

[Now he's looking thoughtful.]

I wonder how long it'll take the others to find me here, then...

[He's got zero doubts that they'll find him, eventually.]

[tatra]

It's hard to say! People do come and go here so often. [ And Tatra likes to err on the side of optimism. ]

[dash_dynamic]

They come and go?

So there is a way out, then...

[tatra]

Certainly, people leave. I don't believe they do so under their own power any more than they come here under their own power.

[dash_dynamic]

Huh...any idea where they go when they leave, then?

[tatra]

I haven't a clue! I do hope they return home, though.

[dash_dynamic]

Yeah, I'd hate to think they wound up in one of the other Brane Worlds on accident instead...

[tatra]

What exactly are the Brane Worlds?

[dash_dynamic]

Well, they're a series of ten parallel worlds, all next to each other. It's possible to go between them if you know what you're doing, but it's still kind of hard.

[tatra]

Is it possible to go between them if you haven't a clue what you're doing? Where I'm from, traveling between worlds is quite a difficult feat.

[dash_dynamic]

If you don't know what you're doing, that would have to be a REALLY unlucky accident...

[tatra]

I suspected as much.

Do your friends know that you've left them?