queenofheartsrp | 001 | Yes, It's the End of the World As We Know It

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001 | Yes, It's the End of the World As We Know It | Audio/Visual

[A young woman's voice echoes over the Vine first. IN fact, it sounds almost exactly like that of someone else the residents have heard from recently. A shrill note of panic has managed to worm its way into her voice, though.]

What is this place? Where-? How-?

[After a moment the mirror comes on. It's Asuka! Or her doppelganger. The only real difference is that she has a swathe of bandages covering her right arm and another tied tightly around her head, covering her left eye. The one that is visible is bright, blue, alert and almost panicked. Her uncovered hand reaches out toward the mirror.]

This isn't right! I was just-

I was-

[Her eye widens slightly.]

Oh my God. I-

[She chokes, retches and she sinks out of sight for a moment, hand covering her mouth. The rather unpleasant sound of someone losing their lunch is all that can be heard for a few moments, gasps for air and then more retching.]

I feel sick.

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_{[Well, so might Hikari's at this point. No biggie.

Asuka herself is feeling a host of conflicting emotions - relief that Hikari is here for her to lean on, anger and guilt directed at herself for needing Hikari to lean on in the first place, despair at the hopeless situation she just found herself yanked out of. Confusion. Frustration. The relief and comfort wins out (temporarily) in the end and for a few more long moments, she clings to Hikari. She's an island of stability and familiarity at the moment.]}

_{Just don't tell anyone about this.}

[Alright she's cool with that. Along with a bunch of other emotions. Hikari's not that much better off. She kind of is amused in a sad way at what Asuka says, and clings a little more to her.]

I won't, promise.

_Good.

_{[It's really all she can say to that. It's sort of OK with Hikari - it doesn't stop the guilt or anger, but it does help her deal with it. She reluctantly loosens her grip and wipes at her eye with her hand.]}

...what is this place, anyway? I heard it was the Garden.

_{[When in doubt, change the subject.]}

[When Asuka begins to loosen her grip, she lets up on the clinging and gives her room to wipe her face. Hikari feels a little relieved, but still worried, by the subject change.]

Mm, yeah, it's called the Gardens. Apparently only girls are brought here.

That's so weird...

_{[She sighs and brushes hair out of her face. Try to get back to normalcy. Or as normal as she can get right now.]}

At least I don't have to deal with Ikari anymore.

It really is weird.

[starts trying to rub off some of her tears with the back of her hand.]

The person behind the Gardens names herself the Queen of Hearts.

_{[Asuka puts her hand on Hikari's shoulder. It's a small gesture of comfort.]}

A Queen? What is this, the Dark Ages?

[A faint smile eases onto her face at Asuka's hand on her shoulder. Hikari appreciates the gesture.]

This place might be. But I've actually seen technology here, even if it's pretty limited.

Weird.

_{[Asuka tilts her head back to look up at the sky.]}

...I sorta feel like this is all a dream. You know?

I know what you mean, Asuka. It's really like a dream...

[looks at Asuka looking at the sky.]

This is probably not the best time to mention that there's magic involved, huh?

Magic-?!

_{[Asuka started to form a loud objection; magic didn't exist. Of course, neither should guides that cat you, this garden, mirros that let you talk through vines a few other things she'd seen since she arrived.]}

...I guess it makes sense.

Yeah.

[Hikari glances at the winter snow around them.]

Even if it's magic, or whatever the reasons, it's kind of nice to see snow for once.

It used to snow in Germany, I think. Before Second Impact.

_{[Hmm. It is kinda cool. The only place she's seen snow is in the mountains.]}

I guess there's something positive about this after all!

Mm, it was like that in Japan too, before then.

[It's cold, and the blizzard wasn't the greatest way to be introduced to snow here, but Hikari finds it pretty regardless.]

Maybe we'll see other seasons, as they used to be.

Hey, wouldn't that mean we're not on Earth anymore?

_{[That's a sobering thought. Maybe this is some sort of weird afterlife.]}

Yeah, I guess that would be true... I can't even imagine Earth having anywhere like this on it, or there even being magic.

[Thinking about it is sobering, and it brings Hikari out of her wondering about any possibilities having seasons would mean. She's silent for a moment as she looks steadily in front of her.]

There are people here who don't know what the Second Impact is. Someone even told me that nothing happened like that in her world in 2000.

What?

_{[There's a sharp intake of breath from Asuka and she stares at Hikari, eye wide in surprise. Second Impact was the defining event of her world. It had shaped her life. It had driven her for most of her life. She couldn't imagine a world where it simply hadn't happened.]}

How can that-? How does something like just not happen?

_{[She sighs, rubbing her hand over her face.]}

This place is too weird.

I- I honestly don't know how that wouldn't happen, but if something like magic can exist here in the first place-

[Hikari trails off, thinking for a second about how Yukari told her there was something she was missing about the Second Impact. She shakes the thought off quickly.]

That's something we can both agree on, Asuka.

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