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[ifishouldreturn]

[Although Faramir had seen many strange things during his lifetime, the peculiar communication device - if that was it’s true purpose - was very different to anything he had seen in Gondor or, indeed, anywhere else in Middle-earth.]

Is this what has brought me to this strange place?

[He turned it over carefully in his hands. With the exception of

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[betrayedblade]

The last place like this I was taken unwilling to... it was not magic that brought the captives there but science. Though it seemed more like magic.

Ben conoscerla, signore. I am Giovanni Auditore of Firenze. I bear no title unless you count my role as a banker for the Medici such, but either way I doubt that will mean much here. I have never heard of your kingdom as I doubt you have heard of mine.

[ifishouldreturn]

Your doubts are not unfounded. I know of no realm by the name of Firenze, but I am glad to meet any ally in this strange place.

Under what circumstances were you imprisoned last?

[betrayedblade]

As am I. It is better to work together towards solving this problem than fighting amongst one another, or even simply ignoring one another.

[He hesitates before answering if only to put together his thoughts.] The last circumstances were just as mysterious at first... but eventually we began to discover the pieces of the puzzle and put them together. Each of us awoken in an abandoned, run-down city known as Discedo. We had no knowledge of the world, there were no residents other than a few elusive personae seen only through the communication devices we were provided, and those of us with special abilities or powers such as magic and the like were restricted from using them. [Which, at least here is not the case, thank God.] It turned out we were taken from home by a machine of some sort and the place had underwent a war in the recent past. We were simply a way to repopulate and fight again...

[To say that he was displeased is an understatement. It was not a fun adventure even if he did manage to make the best of it.]

[ifishouldreturn]

Your tale is a strange one, but I do not doubt your words. How did you escape such a place?

[And how had he been recaptured? How had any of them been chosen and brought to this place?]

[betrayedblade]

...to be quite frank, I could not tell you. By luck or chance. The machine was fickle and chose at random who would come and go and when either would happen. And then again perhaps I was not sent back but only brought straight here. I could not say for certain... my return would not be a very...conscious one.

[ifishouldreturn]

I cannot fault your honesty, though I hoped for a different answer. It would seem that we have no choice but to seek out those who have captured us and compel them to return us to our own worlds.

[betrayedblade]

Yes. [Though he is in agreement he doesn't exactly look forward to that moment. He is more than willing to help this cause but ... he does not know which fate he would rather choose: to stay here where he is alive, or to return to the darkness of death in his own world.] Unfortunately I imagine this will take some time as heaven knows these sorts do not like to make it easy for us to find them.

[ifishouldreturn]

We have little choice. Time spent seeking a way home will, at least, be time spent well.