[001] Inexplicable Arrival

[rosesandlimes]

[As soon as she woke up in her cell at the Keep, Iriel counted to ten. It was the only thing that kept her from running out and exposing herself in a potentially hostile environment. While counting, she checked herself for weapons. Bow and quiver, check. Handgun, check. Knife, check. Rifle...missing. The last time she'd had it, it had been kicked

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[abstinentzombie]

Apparently you just have to take their word for it.

[Kloe doesn't care about her world really, ahaha.]

[rosesandlimes]

What, they haven't even attempted to offer any proof?

[Someone sounds disdainful of this. Iriel is Not Happy.]

[abstinentzombie]

Someone tried to tell me that all the dust everywhere was from the sun exploding and destroying shit.

I don't know whether that's true or not, but there isn't a sun here.

[rosesandlimes]

There's no sun?

[Excuse you? What?]

Where is the light coming from then?

[abstinentzombie]

No idea. I asked about it. No one gave me an explanation.

Go outside and see for yourself.

[rosesandlimes]

Believe me, I will.

[She was already on her way out, actually. Sorry to be so short, Kloe.]

And where's all this dust you were talking about?

[abstinentzombie]

I'm not sure about that one, either. In the air, apparently. When they said dust, I was thinking the dead-skin-and-dirt kind of dust, but I was apparently wrong.

[rosesandlimes]

Sun dust.

[Iriel snorts. Yeah. Right.]

Well thanks. I guess.

[abstinentzombie]

No problem.

[And then sudden subject change!]

I'm Doctor Kloe Bishop.

[rosesandlimes]

[Iriel hesitated. It was clear she didn't like the idea of introducing herself on an open network, but if this was a government facility, they already knew who she was. And if this wasn't, well, there was no reason to hide.

Damn. She'd take her chances.]

Iriel Calder. Are there many others here?

[abstinentzombie]

Yeah. I haven't counted, but there's less than a hundred.

[rosesandlimes]

Total? How many of them are staff?

[She pauses a beat.]

Are you staff?

[abstinentzombie]

No. If I were staff, don't you think I'd know more than I actually do?

And I have no idea how many are on the staff. There are only a select few who actually go out of their way to talk to everyone else.

[rosesandlimes]

[Fine. Point. Iriel doesn't address her slip up. There's a bit too much going on like "holy fuck where the fuck is she and why is there no sun??"]

Hmph. Alright. This whole thing is ridiculous. Does our host see fit to show his face around at least?

[Iriel had questions.]

[abstinentzombie]

Besides leaving a few notes? No.

[rosesandlimes]

Great.

[Too much to hope for that the man in charge was easily accessible. She doubted he'd respond to a direct message, but she might try that later if she wasn't out of this crazy place with Riah in a timely manner.]

Anything else I should know, Bishop?