1st Star [video]

[cleaningstop]

[The vine has suddenly decided to tune in to its newest arrival!

... a redhead that seems to be sleeping comfortably on the ground. So comfortably that she is actually snoring and... is that drool on the side of her mouth? Yes. Yes it is.

Wait, it looks like she’s finally going to wake up!]

Don’t you worry anymore! I, Hong Meiling, will not let anything happen to this land I love!

[Or it could be that she’s decided to talk in her sleep.]

As long as I remain on guard, no harm will befall Gensokyo and its residents.

[What is she even dreaming about? Must be something pretty exciting, given how she’s raising her fist in the air. Fortunately, she wakes up before embarrassing herself any further.

She sits up, eyes half open, looking positively groggy.]

... Huh?

[Meiling finally begins to realize that something isn’t quite right.]

This isn’t the mansion. [An astounding observation.] Where is...?

Mistress? Lady Sakuya?

Where did you all go?!

[Looking more and more worried now.]

I-I wasn’t sleeping or slacking off! Honest!

[... right.]

Why am I wearing this dress?

[ooc: tags will be slower than normal for me but I shall get to them as soon as I can!]

Comments

[video]

[cleaningstop]

Can't we just go back?

[pardon her.

she's slow.]

Where am I, anyways?

[undefines]

We can't. It looks nice, but this place is really just a flowery, dressed up prison.

[Nue frowns a bit, seeming annoyed that she's been reminded of that fact, even if she's the one that did the reminding.]

Anyway, I was told it's called "the Gardens".

[cleaningstop]

The Gardens? First time I've ever heard of such a place...

Wait a minute, what do you mean we can't leave?!

[undefines]

I mean we can't leave. If you try to fly up too high, you hit a wall. There's nothing out to the sides of this place, either.

[cleaningstop]

A wall? What if you try to break through it?

[undefines]

It doesn't work.

[cleaningstop]

What about going underneath it...?

[undefines]

I wouldn't know, but I imagine there's something down there, too, or someone would have already figured it out.

[cleaningstop]

Maybe they really did find something out but never got the chance to tell us!

[undefines]

I guess. I mean, you can try digging if you really want to, but I don't doubt it'll be a waste of time.

[cleaningstop]

But how else are we supposed to leave?!

[might wanna repeat to her that you can't.]

I can't just wait for something to happen!

[undefines]

Well, strictly speaking, we're not. Sometimes people disappear from here, I guess, but it's not like anyone knows for sure where they go when they do.

[cleaningstop]

That sounds particularly worrisome.

[undefines]

Yeah. Sometimes people say they go home, but I'm not sure how they can say that with certainty. I mean, if we were snatched here in the first place, who say they couldn't be snatched away from here to somewhere else?

[That's pretty cynicle, Nue...]

[cleaningstop]

There has to be some way of knowing for sure...