11th Inversion [Vine/Action]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[It's a bright, beautiful day in the Gardens. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, yet the Vine shows one very soaked Akiha Tohno. In fact, it seems to be raining on Akiha, plastering her white blouse to her torso (sadly she's flat as a board so it's not like it shows anything other than the lines of her camisole) and water drips off her hair. She's also, surprise, glaring at the mirror.]

If anyone needs me, I'll be out about the Gardens today and not at the mansion.


[For anyone looking for Akiha or just crossing paths with her, she's fairy easy to spot with the little black raincloud hanging over her everywhere she goes, constantly showering her with rain.]

Comments

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

I can argue that I did nothing to deserve this, but I did willingly go into the wild places. Apparently I was there for too long.

Who are you? I'm Akiha Tohno.

Action

[mistressurd]

From what I've heard the wild places have unstable magics. You shouldn't just wander in there.

I'm Urd, a Goddess.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

I was looking for someone.

[She gives a bit of a sniff at the 'goddess' thing, but doesn't say anything.]

: Action

[mistressurd]

Must be someone important.

[Urd notices that bit of a sniff]

You don;t believe me do you?

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

It doesn't matter; she's not here anymore. This confirmed it.

I believe you think you're a god and you may even be one in your world. Power alone does not make one a god. I, personally, do not believe in gods.

Action

[mistressurd]

Someone you deeply cared about?

[Urd floats into the air into a sitting position.]

You are right. Power alone doesn't make a God. Charisma, Beauty, wisdom, and experience are all needed as well. As for you not believe in Gods, you wouldn't be the only one. I doubt a show of my abilities would prove it to you.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

A friend from my world.

And there is nothing you can do that can prove to me that you are, indeed, a god. You are trapped here just the same as the rest of us.

Action

[mistressurd]

A God can be captured just like any other creature, if you know the right way.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

Have you met the Queen? I doubt she knows the 'right way'.

Action

[mistressurd]

I've meet the Queen. I've talked to her face to face. I believe there are other factors pulling the strings.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

And yet she's the one that brings us all here.

Action

[mistressurd]

You haven't heard of a puppet Queen before? She may have the power, but someone else, or something else, may be manipulating her.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

I'm of the opinion she is too much of an idiot to truly be manipulated. I've hosted her for tea before.

Action

[mistressurd]

If she is such an idiot, then how did she capture you, me, and anyone else here?

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

Being an idiot doesn't make her incompetent with her power.

Action

[mistressurd]

That is quite true.

Anyway, enough on that. You are getting soaked. Allow me to assist.

[Urd waves her hand a bit, then touches Akhia]

There, that should repel the rain off you, but without me knowing how powerful that rain spell is, I can't be sure how long it will.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha glares at the hand, but doesn't move away from it. She's just irritated she was touched without being asked if it was okay.

And the water is repelled for a whole two seconds before it goes back to normal. Damn wildcards.]

Apparently not long.

Action

[mistressurd]

[Urd, ask for permission? She doesn't know the word. Urd just frowns and steps back.]

The magic here is quite different from back home. I Have been trying to study it, find out the root behind it, but I am not far yet.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

I'm not versed in anything more than the most basic of magecraft knowledge. This makes little sense to me other than what magi from my world would call a reality marble. I don't understand the concept enough to properly explain it, nor is my friend here any longer. She could have explained it.

Action

[mistressurd]

I see. Well, it is a shame she is not here anymore then. I do hope she is back home safely.

A reality marble huh? For me it looks like a very complex weather creating algorithm, but the equations and symbols are foreign to me.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

...I was referring to the Garden as a whole. This rain cloud is more like a curse than anything else.

Action

[mistressurd]

Ah. I apologize. Still, a curse I would be able to counter with an anti curse formula, but like I said, not knowing how the curse originally works will make countering it very difficult.

I believe this this garden as a whole is in it's own pocket dimension, and the Queen along with her servants are pretty much God of it.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

That's pretty much what my understanding of a reality marble is. In the most basic way.

Action

[mistressurd]

To try to explain it more would be too long and confuse you. Knowing that much is enough.

A God is the most powerful in their own world. The Queen, or someone controlling her, used their power to rip us from our own universes, most likely when we were vulnerable, like when we are asleep or knocked out. If she tried when I was awake I'm sure I could have made a counter spell. But alas, I was not able to.

I will admit though, there are much worse places to be trapped.

Action

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha stares at Urd bladly. If she was less refined, she's reply to that assessment of the Garden with 'duh'. But she's not, so she just looks unimpressed.]

I'm sure there are. There are also better places to be. Like home.