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[Sometime after nightfall, Hallibel activates the vine and speaks. She sounds distracted, though, like she's waiting for something...]

If I am not mistaken, not one of us has wished for a person and had them actually arrive. I received mementos of those I wished to see instead, as I am guessing the rest of you have also received. It is... unfortunate.

[There. A twinkle of movement in the sky, of a star falling in the form of a meteorite. A glowing red ball of energy flies from her hand and soars like a bullet through the sky to catch it in midair before it can hit the ground.]

I have also noticed new structures appearing where there had been nothing the day before. Who is building them?

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I wished to go home. I had to try, but... you're right. Instead I received something that belongs to... a good friend.

[It occurs to Yuna that she's going off-track, and she gives a start.]

--oh. I'm sorry. I don't know of anyone who's built anything.

A remembrance of home. Yes, it seems what the stars cannot grant, they give you something to remind you of. It's... bittersweet, that is the word.

[She ceases looking to the sky and pays more attention to speaking for the moment.]

I doubt this is the work of anyone human.

You're right, it is. And I... I think you're right about that, too. I can't be certain, but the Queen... her powers are unlike any I've ever heard of.

They go beyond what I thought possible as well. If there is a limit to her power, here, I would see it tested.

Do you think it will be necessary?

Necessary? No. But I've learned a lesson about underestimating one who rules over me before.

Honestly, I wonder if they didn't just get lucky. Even if their friend was unlucky...

In some cases...

For the people I wished for, I truly believe they'd be happy to come here.

...so I guess home isn't all that great for you and your friends, huh?

...We were betrayed.

...betrayed.

[While it's a feeling Larry's dealt with, she's been damn lucky in those regards.]

Guess it must've been a pretty bad one too.

...Yes. [She has a decent opinion of Larry by now, but some things you just can't share easily.]

If I was slain and awoke here, perhaps they will as well, some day.

[Slain?]

You mean... you...

[She lowers her head.]

I guess we oughta find a way for some of us to get out without blowing the whole place to bits.

[She doesn't answer that implied question. It's a sore subject.]

...I am not in such a hurry. If this is what lies beyond, it is not such a terrible place.

Pretty sure some of us still have things to get back to, though. Hope your friends show up so you aren't all alone if we all get out.

If it's true, that this isn't what lies beyond and there are lives for you to return to... then may you find a way.

I sure hope I'm not dead...

Er, uh, I sure hope no one here's dead. Hey, maybe you just got knocked for a loop and you'll wake up in a hospital some time in the future.

I think I may have received a message from the person I wished for! Although I have been told that tiny candy hearts with "ILU" are apparently quite common where other people come from? So perhaps it was more simply coincidence!

As for the new structures, perhaps someone wished for them! Ooh, perhaps I should have wished for my house? This place is lovely, but I do miss my own bed, just a bit...

ILU? It sounds like a code, or maybe initials. [She'll have to think about this.] If we can communicate with people in our home worlds...

Hm. I did not try wishing for a structure. I have a feeling you'd simply receive a scale model, however. If you try it, let us know.

I believe that it is some form of language, native to distant shores! Someone was kind enough to translate some of them for me, and I believe that "ILU" is actually a message of love and affection! How nice!

I was not, however, able to send anything back, so if it was communication, it was extremely one-sided! I shall have to be content to spend time with my True Love only in my dreams. [ long sigh ]

Perhaps I will try it! Oh dear, I wonder if it's one of those wishes you have to be very specific about. I would not want to crush any of these lovely flowers or the homes of the helpful animals! I wonder how one goes about asking for such things...

[The cheerfulness coming off this one...]

It fits the theme. This place is peaceful and idyllic... when left to its own devices, anyway. Perhaps unpredictable, but tranquil all the same. A message of love is no stretch of the imagination.

[A nod, on her end.] Yes. Be careful. Being crushed underneath a falling house will not further any goals.

If you're thinking of a house that appeared to the south...

[ She pauses a moment. ]

I might be responsible for that. Although I can't say I built it. The soil from the wild places outside the Gardens— [ Another hesitation. ] I'm not sure, but I think you can make things from it. Like buildings.

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[She thinks for a few seconds, and then nods to herself.]

I believe I know what house you speak of. That is not the only one that's sprung up, however: it appears that the 'Necessities' buildings grow and vanish at their own will.

This soil from the wilds, now. That is interesting. You formed it into a house?

[ There's a pause, and then Caprica makes a little noise almost like a disbelieving laugh. ]

I'm not sure I'll ever get used to this. This place.

[ At the question, she's quiet again, thinking of how best to answer. ]

It... This is going to sound crazy, but I think it formed itself. From my thoughts.

It duplicated the residence of someone very close to me from my world. [ She tries to keep her tone as lightly neutral as possible. ]

It is different from what I am used to. I agree there.

[Hallibel remains quiet in turn as Caprica explains as best she can. It makes just about as much sense to her as it does anyone else.]

I know of energy being crafted into matter, but not thoughts. This place appears to operate by a set of rules that have no anchoring in rationality.

The places here seem to vanish and reappear without warning.

Precisely what I've noted. If no one is constructing and demolishing, the buildings may have a mind of their own.

It might not be the buildings. It could be the innate magic of this place, or the will of our dear captor.

I had thought those things to be one and the same. What the Queen desires is what happens here.

The Queen seems less than sane. Thus even if you were correct...it's possible she has no idea what she's doing.

Hm. Do not be so quick to judge. Sanity is difficult to measure. [She will admit, though not out loud, that the queen does seem sort of... new at this.] It could merely be a whimsical nature.

Oh I know what whimsical is. This isn't whimsical.

...Hmm. [Hallibel has seen seemingly-whimsical people with evil inside them, it's true.] I will reserve judgment for now.

A wise decision.

That's exactly what I got as well.

[She's holding a flawless black sphere in her hands; presumably that's the momento she's referring to]

For all the talk granting 'wishes' these stars don't seem to be able to give us what we really need.

There seem to be rules. We are given freely, but only certain things. Destructive items, people, large items... I suspect these things will require alternate methods to obtain.

If we can obtain them at all.

[Sigh]

At least it was willing to give me my sword.

So, it can give weaponry? I had thought it couldn't.

I still feel fortunate to have arrived with my sword.

It seems like the rule is that simple weapons are fine, more complicated or destructive ones are not.

That makes a certain amount of sense. I wonder, then, why there was no attempt to restrain certain weapons and abilities.

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