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[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

Over a year in this world, and still, there is no sense of purpose, no reason as to why we have all been imprisoned here. A vacant world filled with unknown inhabitants, and... versions of ourselves that seem to vanish or appear as they will.

If we are to be killed, we return.

If we attempt to escape, we fall into a loop.

And the single, one Piece with the inscriptions...

...

[He gives a low, lifeless sigh, looking away from the feed.]

The situation is not short of hopeless.

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[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

Really now. Giving up certainly won't get you anywhere.

The reasons may come to light if the inscriptions are completed. Of course I don't expect you'll believe anything I have to say.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

Have you truly given us cause to believe a word you say? Lurking in the shadows, giving cryptic remarks...

[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

I suppose not.

Being direct wouldn't be any fun.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

...who are you?

[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

My name is meaningless.

I will not tell you any more until the inscription is complete.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

I suppose another year would do no harm.

[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

It hasn't been quite that long.

Time matters little anyway. It would be a simple thing for you to be put back to the same time you were taken.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

In either case, I am an outcast of time itself. It would not matter, either way.

[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

Ah. Of course. The coffin sleeping.

Though the mansion does have a reason to be put back before a certain time.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

...at... what point in time had the mansion arrived?

[ihasacloak.livejournal.com]

I hardly pay attention to how the different worlds number their years.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

...I see.

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[cleverkit.livejournal.com]

A year already? I can hardly believe it.

[Quietly, more to herself than to Vincent.]

Has it really been that long since I've seen the other Thundercats? Since I've seen Wilykat?

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[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

Has it? I am... not certain of the lapse between my own arrival and yours. Only my awakening.

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[cleverkit.livejournal.com]

I understand. I'm just feeling really homesick right now, I guess.

[There's a brief pause before a look of horrified realization crosses her face.]

Oh no... It just hit me. Even if we are eventually brought back to the moment where we disappeared, with all the time we've spent here, what's that going to mean for us, age-wise? I'll be turning 13 soon. Am I going to come home and suddenly be a year older than my twin brother? Or what if we spend even more time here, and I come back a woman in a 12-year-old's body?

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[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

I would assume we would return as the current age we had been since we departed. Not that I have any concern over the matter, myself.

[mediocrespells]

There has to be a reason. Even if it's just "because I can". When magic is involved you can expect things like that.

When you live around a thousand years you can start do weird things just out of boredom.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

But why... us?

[mediocrespells]

Random chance? Whoever did this could have been more interested in the locations rather than specific people.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

...true. The former Sephiroth is no longer here, but... the Piece remains.

In that case, what are the Pieces being used for...?

[mediocrespells]

So... That's definitely not the same Sephiroth?

I can only guess. Attempting to build a new world, an experiment... studying the interactions of people from wildly different worlds...

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

He... does not seem to be, although it could be a simple case of memory loss. It is... strange, to say the least.

...

An experiment.

[Said with a thick amount of distain.]

[mediocrespells]

Weird.

Some magic users devote a lot of time to making new spells. It's... not always what most people would call nice.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

I've no intention to be a part of someone's tests again.

[mediocrespells]

I wouldn't expect you to. [Ignoring that if it's a test they're all already a part of it.]

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

Where are we to go from here?

[mediocrespells]

Keep working on the Spring inscription I suppose. There really aren't any other clues that I know of.

I'm not sure what else can be done.

[optionalwangst.livejournal.com]

If you are in need of an extra hand, I'll... be here.

[mediocrespells]

Thank you. And... don't hesitate to ask if you need anything, okay?