1st Chestnut: Arrival [Action/Voice]

[comicallyheroic]

Action/Voice

[People who happen to be making use of the Hot Springs might take note that there's a stranger in their midst. A short, bald man with six little dots on his forehead is laying down and sleeping on one of the deck-chairs near the edge of the tub. He's dressed, at least, but that doesn't change the fact that he's just there, dozing away with a journal for a pillow. Occasionally he lets out a little sigh of contentment, mumbling to himself in his sleep and seemingly oblivious to the world around him.

After a while, he does wake up though, and looks around, completely lost. In his flailing he notices the journal he's been laying on and grabs it up.]

Huh? What...? Well how the heck did I end up in a hot spring? And...what's with this thing? Oh man I hope that blinking light doesn't mean it's gonna explode or something. That'd be just my luck...

[There's the sound of random buttons being pressed and the picture flickers a few times before Krillin realizes that the blinking light means that it is, in fact, recording. He sounds immediately apologetic, and just starts speaking normally, if somewhat formally.]

Uh...sorry about that. My name's Krillin and ah-hehehe I don't know who's Capsulepad this is, but I found it and I wanna return it. The book model is really cool, I didn't even know they made them, but I'm not a thief. If you can hear this, then let me know where you are and I'll return it right away. Only, I guess it'd be great if you could give me some directions too.


[Later, after he's finally departed and begun to poke around his new surroundings, Krillin makes a beeline for town, whizzing along through the chilly air and cursing his luck. It's cold, and his clothes are freaking gone, and he of course missed the teleporter. Once he finds and swipes some clothes, he'll start poking his head around trying to find out where he can get some food and more information. So, expect him to turn up in the Item Shop, Bakery, and Welcome Center.]


[OOC: Please feel free to break time on the action portions of the thread! It's more fun that way.]

Comments

[comicallyheroic]

And I'm telling you, I'm not going in there and getting yelled at if there are other people in there. This is embarrassing enough, since I don't even know how I got here...and I don't wanna get beat up or scare anyone if I don't have to.

[Still looking at the ground with a towel over his head, too.]

Look. I'm sorry, but I really don't know what's going on here and I'd appreciate it if you'd go look and see if I can leave. I'm really not a peeping tom.

[Diplomacy! ...and hopefully the New Feather pants will help plead his case.]

[enchantressofore]

I-I will not!

[Throwing her towel was not smart, now she has no way to cover up and she's not about to get out of the water and... Well... WHAT HE'S SEEN IS ALREADY ENOUGH AND SHE'S NOT ABOUT TO SHOW MORE!]

Y-You can fly, can you not!? Perhaps you should just fly out the window!!

[comicallyheroic]

Actually...

[An idea comes to him and he just floats over the partition, since that's apparently retractable. A moment later her towel comes flying back over the wall.]

Okay, there. Now...maybe you can help me out and tell me where the heck I am?

[It's oddly modulated by the steam and the echo, but...]

[enchantressofore]

[... It's better now, sort of. She takes a breath, sighing before shifting to try and grab at the towel.]

Do you mean the hot spring or this world in general?

[comicallyheroic]

World? Did I wake up on another planet?

[He thought that maybe he'd get to stay on earth for a while...]

[enchantressofore]

Another what?

[comicallyheroic]

Planet. Y'know, like Earth, Mars, Venus...?

[enchantressofore]

[Big sigh, she's confused. There's far too much she doesn't understand about the world, and as much as she doesn't like it she's coming to accept it more and more.]

... No, I do not.

[comicallyheroic]

Okay...so, I'm just gonna assume this world's mine then, and I haven't ended up somewhere else. Let's start smaller then. Where's the hot spring? What city?

[enchantressofore]

It is the mountains, and this is no world of your own.

[A sigh, and she begins unprompted to tell him of Luceti - how it is isolated from all other worlds, and how they are trapped within a small part of it. How the Malnosso are free to do as they wish with them, whether it is experimentation or enlistment. How, otherwise, all of their needs are met with no other price.

And how there is no way home, on top of it. Not that she could tell.]

... I am sorry that you became trapped here, as the rest of us are.

[comicallyheroic]

[Krillin's no dummy, and when someone is giving him information like this, he listens. And he remembers things, too. It's a lot of information to accept, but the way she's telling it kicks off his instincts that maybe, just maybe, she's telling the truth.]

Man, seriously. A prison in another world, huh? Of all the rotten things to have happen. And I thought I was due a break, but I guess the universe just doesn't work like that.

Are you serious though, about that barrier being unbreakable? I mean, what've you thrown at it?

[enchantressofore]

I have not been strong enough to reach the barrier on foot, not in this cold. But... I have taken the word of a god. If not her, then who could break it?

[comicallyheroic]

Well gee, when you put it like that...

[He sounds pretty concerned, like just how bad this all is is really sinking in.]

Maybe Goku could, if he was here, but I guess that may be about it.

[enchantressofore]

Goku?

[Yes, that is her voice perking up a bit. Krillin can probably only imagine the look on her face then.]

You know of Goku, stranger?

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah, he's my best friend. We grew up and trained together.


You know him?

[enchantressofore]

I... I met him here. He is an... Acquaintance.

[Well, Goku termed it as friendship, but she isn't so sure just yet.]

I suppose you are of the same world, then... In that at least you are fortunate.

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah? Well, that's good. If you know Goku, then you must be alright. and yeah, I think I'm pretty lucky. He's a great guy.

[The towel flies back over the partition for Adela now.]

I'm Krillin, by the way. Sorry about the confusion, but y'know, I just sorta woke up there.

[enchantressofore]

I had not thought you were peeping. I found no one upon entering the baths, so your arrival here was not only a shock to you.

[... She does appreciate getting the towel back, though.]

[comicallyheroic]

Well, no offense but you're probably half my age anyway. I've got no reason to be poking around in your bath.

[Really, honest. He is not Roshi. He swears.]

Anyway, what's your name?

[enchantressofore]

[Ah? She blinks, not expecting being asked that so suddenly. She does speak though, not really thinking about it when she does.]

It is Adela.

[comicallyheroic]

[Well, he had already. He's not a complete buffoon.]

Well, nice to meet ya then, Adela. Guess the next question is what exactly is there to do around here?

[enchantressofore]

There are several things, in a way. I have found work at the forge, though I would not recommend it as unskilled labour. The battle dome is always available to those who wish to use it to train, and there are several taverns and eateries for food, along with a grocer. I have not explored much further than that, but I am certain that there is more.

[comicallyheroic]

Yeah, I'm not really interested in blacksmithing. I'm not much for making things.

But this 'battle dome'? What's that like?

[enchantressofore]

It is a large building with several dozen rooms. The technology in the rooms allows one to change the chamber to simulate a reality of their choosing - most use it for battle training, though there are some who have other purposes in mind for it.

I have seen Goku around there before, among others.

[comicallyheroic]

Is that so? That...does sound like a pretty cool place. Are there any enemies here? Those Malnosso guys? Are they pretty strong?