[ 001: Starting Point ]

[trojansister]

!! [ Elraine sits up on her bed, feeling distinctly unsettled. She looks around, realizing something is horribly wrong - this is nowhere like where she's supposed to be. No mode of transport she's familiar with would look like this, either. ]

This isn't right.

[ Her heart pounding, she stands in a hurry, then sits back down. Adrenaline slowly gives

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[crossedassassin]

[He watches the newcomer as she tries to look for a way out. Normally he would not have done anything, but his attention had been caught with the words "respond to a call for help".]

Who are you to help?

[trojansister]

[ She doesn't know where this voice has come from - in fact, she startled when it - he - spoke, turning herself around to try and locate a source. She hasn't seen the sphere yet. ]

A young woman in Turm. I was just in town a moment ago.

[ And now she might still be, if dressed a bit oddly. ]

I'm part of the Sisterhood. Please.

[crossedassassin]

Turn sixty-five degrees to your right.

[trojansister]

[ Strange directions to follow, but after a moment of consideration, she does so.

She doesn't get it, at first; she's staring at an image that -- isn't on the wall. Is moving. And is somehow affiliated with a floating ball of metal.

She'll stare for a moment, thanks. ]

What is -- that?

[taser_blade]

Sorry. But it looks like you're stuck on a little detour for now.

Well, as long as you don't worry about it too much, it should be fine.

[trojansister]

That's not allowable. There's no other Sister within reach of my destination - if I'm not where I need to be, it's... unfair.

[taser_blade]

... Look, I know how you feel. But there's not really anything you or anyone else can do about it, so there's no point in stressing out.

Besides, right now you're about as far from home as you can get, unless you live in space.

[trojansister]

[ Her protests, of which there are numerous given her dedication to her profession, stall at the mention of space. What an odd way to state people take up space. ]

Space? I don't understand.

[nosehemorrhage]

Don't be frightened! We come in peace!

[trojansister]

Who is "we?"

[nosehemorrhage]

The passengers of this ship!!

[trojansister]

What about the crew?