01 - open

[fulfilled]

[ Serah had been more shaken by being trapped in the sarcophagus than she cared to admit. One moment she'd felt herself turning to crystal, tears freezing on her cheek, Snow's words replaying like a mantra - they wouldn't call it eternity if you died. And then the feeling of suffocation, both sudden and unexpected. She'd screamed soundlessly, out of breath, as she'd hit the walls of the sarcophagus as hard as she could.

Eventually, she'd tumbled out of it and hit the ground, earning herself some bruises in the process. But Serah had been too stunned to register them, when she'd finally regained her bearings. Crystals didn't bruise. Crystals didn't feel. So what was she doing in this ruined... castle?

She'd wandered around in a daze until she'd come across what she assumed were sectored bedrooms - dormitories, maybe? It seemed a weird word to apply to rooms in a sprawling ruin - even the word castle felt like something out of a children's story - but it was the most fitting one, too. It hadn't taken Serah long to find the phone, too, and scroll through its functions hoping to see Snow and Lightning's names amidst all the unfamiliar ones. 

If this was some kind of afterlife, some kind of eternity outside of reality, then Serah supposed they wouldn't be here anyway. She'd slept fitfully that night, snatching a few hours of undisturbed rest before she was awake and unpleasantly alert again. So she'd hesitantly stepped outside of the room, intent on exploring the place. Might as well, she thought, if there was nothing else she could do. She doubted her hero would be along to save her here. ]

So strange... [ She murmurs the words thoughtfully as she explores the area just outside the dormitories, unwilling to stray too far from them yet. ] It's not like the Vestige at all.


[ ooc: characters are free to run into her in the hallways or just outside the dorms, and roomies can run into her in the dorm too! ]

001 ♋ Closed to ♒ & ♊

[papshooshing]

[ okay, so quite frankly they have been here for a few days and Karkat is no less irritated than what he had been before the start of this shit. the pile that he and Sollux had made in their room helps take the edge off of everything, but this is stupid. it's pretty apparent to Karkat that they are not stuck in the goddamn City anymore and that pisses him off as well. they are not some wigglers that can be -fied around by whatever fucking wants them next. they have things to do, missions to complete! Karkat has a responsibility back on the fucking meteor and goddamn it all if he's stuck trying to figure out some new place. this isn't fair. why do all of the universes have to shit on him? PICK SOMEONE ELSE.

another day of exploring and he has shit to offer. so Karkat comes back, still trying to figure out the biggest problem: fixing Eridan. he has been avoiding contact with any of the others in the castle until this problem can be resolved. Karkat doesn't want to run the risk of someone following him back and seeing Eridan. not like this. Eridan probably isn't doing too well either, being cooped up for long doses of time. but Karkat has an idea. he happens to have noticed something that would potentially make the sea dweller feel a little better. maybe. hopefully. ]

Hey, Captor. The shitty sea dweller needs a goddamn bath. He's starting to reek.