Two unusual arrivals from two unrelated worlds.

[dualdestiny]

[OOC: warning, both in potentia chock full of spoilers from their respective series! (Escaflowne and Voltron, that is. Honerva from Voltron and the other character, on dualdestiny account, from Escaflowne (Escaflowne's an old mecha and travelling to another world and other stuff anime series) /ooc]

Two people who didn't arrive together, not at all. They both just happened to appear in Nexus at the same time, for no reason, just pure chance. Completely unconnected in any and all realities.

Somewhere near the plaza.

One of them, a blonde young woman, probably, though one can't be quite sure, immediately asks, "When my brother inevitably comes here, could you please tell him that I haven't been kidnapped? Possibly."

She seems a bit spacey and maybe not quite there, unfocused.

Another, an older white-haired woman, hooded, who seems much, much more focused on the here and now, and on reality, maybe, just tilts her head slightly at the question, but then seems to accept it as possibly a valid concern, just nods curtly at that. Then, she says,

"There are several acquaintances I've made in this reality. However, I'm not certain where exactly they live. Could you please help me find them? I'd be most obliged."

The young woman walks off in the meantime, not interested in that stranger. Walks off to wherever there might be flowers or butterflies or blood or the moon or anyone yelling.

Feel free to approach any of them, anyone. Not together, because they probably won't be together at any time, unless randomly. Just, any of the two.

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[gentle_puck]

Robin is stretched out along a low branch of an oak tree, just past the edge of the plaza, where the cobblestones begin to give way to grass. That direction eventually leads to the Wilds. Robin's eyes are closed, but he opens one at the sound of footsteps. At the sight of the very lost-looking soul wandering by, he opens both and pushes himself upright.

The question makes him blink and tilt his head, birdlike, to one side. An interesting quandary--her brother's arrival is inevitable, but her kidnapping is only a possibility? "I don't think I've met your brother," he says. He glances back toward the plaza, then further down the road. "You don't seem to be kidnapped at present. Perhaps you've escaped?"

[OOC: Ahhh this is a welcome blast from the past! ❤]

Yay, another Escaflowne fan! :D Or smth. I'm currently rewatching.

[dualdestiny]

[And this is a post series Celena, well, you can look at the profile if you want. :) /ooc.]

The young woman tenses a little, stops her wandering and looks up at the tree and at the person.

"Perhaps I have," she says, visibly now trying to focus her attention fully on the situation. "I have a feeling I can do many things I don't know I can do."

"I don't know if it's good to meet you, but, either way, my name is Celena. Who are you?"

And then Celena curtsies very elegantly.

"Before my brother comes, I'd look around. I don't know this place and he'll just take me home if he comes."

Perhaps she's curious about the strange new place.

[gentle_puck]

Oh, she's more interesting by the moment--a mystery even to herself. "Well, whether it's good to meet me or not, they call me Robin," he says, and hops down from the branch to land lightly on the grass. His answering bow is equally courteous.

He glances out towards the Wilds, then back in the direction of the plaza.

"I'm recently arrived here myself, but perhaps we can wander around a bit together, if you like?" At least until her brother turns up and shepherds her back whence she came. "There's always something new just around the corner in this place." One of his favorite things about it, in fact.

[Definitely a fan!]

Yay! <3 XD

[dualdestiny]

"Robin. Have I ever met you? No, I don't think so, at least. Neither as him. I think."

She muses outloud. She doesn't clarify what she means by as him, at least, for now.

"We could. Are you not afraid of me? If you aren't afraid of me, we can wander all we like. Yes. Good. I miss - companionship."

Re: Yay! <3 XD

[gentle_puck]

Robin raises his eyebrows ever so slightly. "No, I don't believe we've met before." Then again, his memory is a slippery thing. He remembers isolated moments with astonishing clarity, but larger swathes of time imperfectly or not at all. The details fade and fluctuate from day to day.

It's the sort of thing that never improves by dwelling on it.

He doesn't miss the slip in pronouns--in identity, perhaps--either. "I'm not afraid of you thus far," he says, tilting his head again. "Perhaps you could warn me, just before I should be, if you're feeling compassionate." He tucks his hands into his pockets and glances toward the plaza again. "...Are you hungry?" She looks as though a meal--or at least a cup of tea--might do her good.

[dualdestiny]

"Good."

Ponders something for a moment.

"Not hungry. However, we could eat something together, if you wish. I can eat a lot. Allen - my brother - says my body is adjusting. Whatever that even means."

[gentle_puck]

Robin isn't particularly hungry either--eating is something he tends to forget about until it becomes an absolute necessity--but he won't object to sitting at a cafe in the name of companionship. "Well. What if we walk back in that general direction, and if anything draws our attention, we can stop?"

Honestly, most of his plans, if they can even be called that, begin and end with those two steps. But his attention is easily drawn.

[dualdestiny]

Airily, "We can do that."

"Stay with me, Robin."

Celena smiles and begins to walk in said direction.

After a moment, she repeats, "Stay with me."

[gentle_puck]

"All right," he says, even as the hairs at the back of his neck prickle, ever so slightly, in apprehension. The reaction isn't rational--he would be hard-pressed to even call it reasonable--but he hasn't survived so long by ignoring his instincts.

Still, he has no particular reason to worry. Especially in the Nexus.

And his curiosity is still piqued, so he follows her willingly enough, keeping behind her just half a step or so.

[dualdestiny]

"There used to be knights. Or not."

She sighs.

"I search for them, every day, when Allen's not looking. I will find them. Won't I? I don't know."

"Sorry. I said something weird. It's just my amnesia."

[gentle_puck]

Robin tilts his head from one side to the other, unwilling to pass judgment on what might or might not be weird. "Memory is a fickle thing," he says instead, because he knows a little something about that. "If yours is anything like mine...it comes and goes." That's more than he's said to anyone about it in quite some time. Perhaps it's not much of a revelation, given to a stranger, but he's made himself uncomfortable nevertheless.

He quickens his pace so that he can glance at her sideways. "Why must you look for them without your brother noticing?" he asks.

[dualdestiny]

Celena quickens her pace.

"Comes and goes. Yes, sir. That."

"Why? Why what? What knights? I would know. If I was him as I was. Or would I not?"

"Pain."

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy was feeling a bit better now knowing that his people weren't extinct. Though he wasn't overly attached to people, he did agree to go out to lunch with Aletayria to catch up on what he'd missed since arriving on Earth. He apparently had new family too.

They were walking placidly through the Plaza, lost in a conversation in the Anthean language. Tommy had missed speaking it so very much.

However, when he sees the hooded woman he freezes to stare.

"What's wrong?" Aletayria questions.

"That's the witch. I'm almost certain of it." Aletayria listens to Tommy and feels the true sense of nervous energy but says nothing yet.

[beendeaddonethat]

Honerva spots them immediately. How could she not?

They might suddenly hear whispers in their minds. The whisper's in Altean, and in yet another language, they won't understand either. Though, if they're shielded, it might not reach at all.

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy shoves her presence away on instinct as Aletayria leans close to him.

"Is that the witch?"

Tommy nods and just stares longer and more intently. He doesn't like that she is here.

[the_rebel_son]

Lucifer is inherently curious about all newcomers to the Nexus, however, the one woman walks away looking like she has a destination in mind. He can find her later and instead focuses on the woman remaining.

He hears the question that seemed to go unanswered by the young woman and so asks the elderly woman. His wings shift at his back. "Who are you looking for?"

She's powerful and there's something dark there but how can he know who she might be looking for? It could be family.

[beendeaddonethat]

Honerva comes closer to them. She takes her hood off and smiles.

"I believe we should talk," she says softly. "There might've been a few misunderstandings. That's most unfortunate. I'd rather you had a clear picture of the situation. There's been ever so much unnecessary strife and violence."

Emotions? Her mind is shielded thickly.

[iamjustvisiting]

Tommy just stares at her blankly, poker faced, mind an emotions completely sealed off.

Aletayria is a little less passive. "Explain yourself."

[gentle_puck]

Robin tries to follow that, fails completely, and decides that nodding in vague agreement is the way to go. He certainly isn't the sort of hypocrite who would prod at anyone else's peculiar thought processes.

"Perhaps we'll be lucky enough to find them, too," he says instead. "All sorts of people--and creatures--wash up here every day."

[beendeaddonethat]

Honerva turns to Aletayria, now ignoring Thomas, and says, "Certainly. I gladly shall."

"I've met a person like you. He tried to steal from me and he attacked me. Viciously. I could only flee."

[beendeaddonethat]

She does emanate power, that's true. Ancient one. More ancient than she. There's another entity in her soul, a dark and vicious one.

She nods at him.

"Just a few people I've met here. We've had a slight and unnecessary disagreement. I'd like to apologise."

[the_rebel_son]

Lucifer is wary of that power though as a creator of at least one universe, he's not too worried, yet.

"There are people here from many different realities. I am not surprised to hear there have been misunderstandings."

[sordiddetails]

"Are you sure it was one of my people?" She asks. "My species are pacifists and do not attack others nor steal."

[beendeaddonethat]

"I'm absolutely certain. He tried to violate my mind."

[beendeaddonethat]

"Exactly so. I'm seeking to clear those misunderstandings."

"Say, you feel very ancient. Like some reality itself. Why is that so?"