Whatever is in the cards - Mixed OTA and Locked (See Headers)

[najaran]

Who: Najaran, her cabin mates, and anyone else who wants to encounter her
What: First week on the train
Where: All around the train, see headers
When: See headers
Warnings: violence mentions, potentially. Mild body horror mentions.

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Locked to roommates - backdated to day 1

[najaran]

Finally Najaran found their cabin. At least, she was pretty sure that this was where she was supposed to be. She didn't see anyone else there, but saw four bunks. She lifted her hand like she was grabbing a pole to climb onto the top bunk, put up a foot, and then nearly fell when she had no purchase. She caught herself at the last moment and looked at her empty hand. Her shoulders slumped and she dropped herself onto one of the bottom bunks, tossing her bag on the floor. She flopped face down, depressed for a long moment, then decided that she needed to calm herself down. Since this was the first moment she was alone since she arrived on that weird foggy place - train platform someone had called it - she could arrange her book. She needed to do that anyway. Given the close quarters, she needed to make sure she had her smaller creatures and items close at hand. She grabbed out her small pouch and poured her cards onto the bed.

She shat up like a bolt. No....nononononononono....... She spread out the cards, but no matter how many times she counted, she came up to ten. "Noooooooooooo" she screamed. She grabbed her bag and was spilling the contents all over the floor, digging through the clothing, throwing things every which way. "No... No! They have to be here somewhere!" she said in an angry panic. "Where are they? Even I couldn't lose my cards like this!" she was unaware that her voice was raising in pitch and volume, and was unaware that anyone might hear her, or be coming in for other reasons. She was busy tearing through everything in a desperate panic. The only isle of calm was the center of her bed where a pouch and four cards lay spread out.

[magicurls]

"What, exactly, did you lose?"

Oh look, there's the girl from the platform again. She's looking remarkably more put-together now, frowning up at the bunks. She crept carefully into the room, eyes scanning the place.

"Maybe we can still find it."

[sonoflucis]

Noct had finally made it to his room and was immediately confused. This was the room they had assigned him, no mistake, but there were two girls here. That aside, one of them was screaming. One girl, the blond, was calm, while the other was freaking out.

"Yeah, if you need help finding something..."

[lostwithinatrace]

Shikeo just.... watched, while Najaran freaked out as he brought up the rear of roommates. Things going flying and loud freakouts. It was a sight to witness. Though, Shikeo certainly couldn't be one to talk when he gets temperamental.

The other two offer their services, but Shikeo just continues to look nervous. There's a loud person having a bad time. He just tries to peek around the other two at Najaran. Oh, it's...

"The girl who crashed into me..."

Again.

"Wait, we have the same room?"

He mentally notes Mami and Noctis, too. That's... a lot of people for one cramped room.

[najaran]

"The rest of my cards! My other Eidolons! Harpy! Cerebus. Wind of Hope!" she was in tears. "Why can't I find the rest of my cards? They need me!" And she needed them. "Everyone's hopes and dreams are in their cards, every card trusted to me is the love of a dear friend!" They trusted her and somehow she lost them.

[magicurls]

"Ah...yes, it appears we have 4 to a room. Here, if you want to get started..."

Mami wouldn't normally do this, but she's trying to keep things under control. She makes a gesture with her hand, and the yellow gem in a silver ring on her finger glows brightly. A ladder made of yellow ribbons spawns on each bunk, giving easy access to those who wish to claim the tops.

"Now when did you last have your cards? Were they on the platform in your bag?"

[sonoflucis]

Noct scratched his neck, looking nervous. He didn't deal well with people being emotional. He was glad this girl was here to be a voice of reason. He nodded, acknowledging the other male in the room before climbing into a top bunk, just to claim it.

"Yeah, my friend said if it's not in your back, it didn't come with you here."

[najaran]

She ran a hand through her hair, pulling on it a bit, freaking out. "I didn't open the pouch on the platform. I just called cards as I needed them till now. I came in here to build my book... and they're gone!" Tears ran down her face and she slumped to the floor, one hand over the ten cards on the bed. "So many people trusted me with their cards. The cards trust me with their lives. How could I just... just let thme down like this...?"

[magicurls]

"Like he said...things have been taken from all of us," Mami answered gently. "It sounds like we're going to be trapped here for a while. But I'm sure they're waiting for you on your home world. Try to rest first, okay? You'll feel better."

[sonoflucis]

"You're not the one letting anyone down, it's this damn train." Noct pointed out. He ran his hands through his hair, unsure of what to do. "My friend, he says that time doesn't really know you're gone back home? I don't know how he knows that, but if it's true, then it's like you didn't leave. Time like...stopped, or something."

[najaran]

"Time... stopped?" she asked, sniffling and looking up at them. "How could time stop?" Her cards were at home with Gooligan and her Master? That... didn't sound too bad at least. She knew Master Horowitz wouldn't let anything happen to them....

[magicurls]

"Maybe...we'll just end up where we started when it's all done, somehow," Mami says. She tries to sound reassuring, but that would very much not be a good thing for her.

[sonoflucis]

"I think that's what it means." Noct said. It wasn't the best situation, but it did make him feel less guilty. "So um...Don't worry so much. They'll be okay." He just wanted to sleep, but he seemed like that would have to wait.

[najaran]

"Hmmmm," she said sadly, thoughtfully, getting up to start cleaning up the mess she made while searching. "I can believe my cards are maybe back home, but I don't think time stopped back home," she said softly. "I got to see into other worlds once, and they all were moving at the same speed, I think. I don't know how any of this works, but if we just wind up where we were taken from, I'm probably going to drown," she said with a weak laugh, rubbing the back of her head. "So far whoever brought us doesn't seem to want us dead, so that probably won't happen. Maybe we'll have a choice where on our world to wind up? I don't know..." She picked up her ten cards and sat on the floor with them.

"Do you think our clothes are were we left from too?" she asked. "Master Horowitz and Gooligan must be freaking out if I just vanished but my clothes and most of my Book are there...." A weak smile. "I can't picture it."