[video/action]

[ofnovalue]

-The vine picks up a girl laying among the flowers. The scroll has been left somewhere beside her, and seems untouched. Furthermore, the position she is in seems hardly natural. Not like someone resting, but rather... she had fallen there. And, in fact, the more one looks at her, the more it appears she's not alive at all... At least for a few moments before her chest starts to move.

With a loud gasp and cry, she sits up, clutching at the space just below her ribs but above her stomach. She breathes heavily, a look of complete shock in her eyes.-

I'm... alive? But how... No wound remains, either... Not even a cut in my gown...

... These are not the ruins... Could it be God has delivered me unto heaven? Impossible... I deserve no such grace...

-She quickly moves to her feet, looking around. She is seemingly completely unaware she's being recorded.-

Hello! Is anyone there!?

... What trickery is this place?

Comments

[notvitiligo]

It's more like this whole place is a fairy tale. [If any of that was meant to reference how she looks, she's certainly not registering it on her face. Then again, she's not registering much of anything on her face.]

I'm actually at the arcade... the Vine is sort of a- [A moment while she figures out how to explain it to non-Earthlings] it lets us communicate real-time.

Anyway, like I said, there's probably a cat with the basic info on a scroll nearby, and your regular clothes and stuff will be around somewhere, too.

[ofnovalue]

A scroll? -Yes, dummy, the one you left beside you when you woke up. She finds it quickly enough, though, and begins to read... Her face contorts to one of even more obvious displeasure with her situation.-

[notvitiligo]

[You have Jessica's sympathy here, Ovelia.] Yeah, pretty much.

Like I said, I have more in-depth info if you want it.

[ofnovalue]

I... I should not take in so much at once. I feel ill at ease enough as it is now.

[notvitiligo]

Understandable. This place takes a while to get used to.

Uh, I'm Jessica Boyette, by the way. I'm sort of an old hand by now, so if you need any help with anything, let me know. You can get me by the Vine if you want to.

[ofnovalue]

And I am Queen Ovelia Atkascha of Ivalice. I am eternally grateful for what help you have been able to give me, m'lady.

[notvitiligo]

Huh. I don't think I've met actual royalty before. Not counting the "queen" here. This place is crazy. But then, that kind of goes without saying.

[ofnovalue]

Ah, please, do not let my title intimidate you, m'lady. It is... largely meaningless now.

[notvitiligo]

I wasn't intimidated. Just... it's kind of interesting, I guess. I've met a lot of people I never would've gotten to back home. Which is probably the only good thing about this place.

Well, that, and the fact that we aren't tied up in a basement or being starved to death or something.

[Jessica: always counting her blessings.]

[ofnovalue]

... Yes, I suppose that counts as something to be grateful for.