(1) Video - Action for Forest, entering the village

[yaydanger]

 [Tharja has seen many things in her strange lifetime, but this device is a new one. However, she instantly deems it useless, and so throws it on the ground - as a result, it turns on during her rant.]

- will pay, oh yes, they will pay... Damn them all... 

[As a result of being on the ground, the angle you get of her is a little weird. But she's looking very exhausted and sickly... most likely a result of her ripping off some of those black feathers on her back. You can see them clutched in her hand. Someone should tell her that wasn't a good idea.]

Ugh... There's... there's no way they would have left me behind. Robin would never have let that happen. Walhart... he and his army, they must have...

[She has to lean on a tree now, clutching a book to her chest. She takes a few deep breaths, before pushing off the tree and trying to walk again.]

I'll destroy every single last soldier... I'll turn them into toads... no, I'll make them into rats, and feed them to the cats... I'll... I'll... I'm going to be sick...

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[audio]

[yaydanger]

[she slowly kneels down, trying to pick it up.]

What do you want with me, Elanor? I can promise you, I'll hurt you if you lie...

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

I really rather doubt that.

[Eleanor was less than impressed with threats.]

I don't want anything. You said you were going to be sick, and sounded confused, I was just seeing if you were alright.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

[Shhh, threats are all she has.]

I'll be fine. I don't need help.

[... except for the part where she really does need it.]

Where am I?

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

Mm. Generally you're in a place called Luceti.

Specifically, I have no idea. What do you see when you look around?

[audio]

[yaydanger]

I don't recognize these woods... I... mmm.

... These buildings... they're huge. This isn't any territory I'm familiar with... A... smithy, perhaps...?

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

You're in the village proper, then. That's luckier than most people who wake up out in the forest.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

... This is common?!

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

Everyone who lives here arrived the same way you did. Unexpectedly and with wings stuck to their backs.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

You're telling me... Some crazy men kidnap people, experiment on them, and leave them stranded...

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

...Essentially, yes.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

They need to be found. And they need to be killed. Painfully.

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

I'm afraid it's not quite so simple as that. We can't leave the dome unless we get drafted to fight in the war or take on a mission.

They never really put themselves in reach.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

Of course. Cowards.

So we're expected to dance under their puppet strings for the rest of our lives?

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

Probably not that long.

Most people return to their world after a while.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

... I don't have time for this...

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

None of us do.

That doesn't really change anything.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

[And then, for a moment, that haughty tone breaks in her voice.]

... They could be dying, and I'm here...

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

[That, at least, hits a familiar note.]

They're not. Wherever you were taken from, whenever you were taken from, when you eventually leave, you return to that exact moment.

As if you never left.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

Uh - !

[And then, she sounds flustered, as if embarrassed to have shown weakness.]

Why didn't you say that earlier!

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor just laughs softly.]

It's hardly something that just pops up easily in conversation.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

[fffff-]

That should be the first thing you mention.

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor isn't used to quite this level of combativeness...which is a bit ironic given she'd been a little terror when she arrived.]

Well, you know now.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

Is there anything else you're keeping from me?

[audio]

[notyourutopian]

[Eleanor huffs.]

I'm sure there's lots of things you need to know, but if you're going to act like I am your enemy I hardly see why I should tell you.

[audio]

[yaydanger]

You could be my enemy, for all I know. This could be an elaborate trap. Do you honestly expect everyone to automatically believe you when they first hear these things?