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Tweak says, "I get it, humans are stupid"

Marcus (marcus_cole) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-03-08 22:04:00

Entry tags:

arrival, complete, day two, giselle, marcus cole

WHO: Marcus and OTA
WHAT: Marcus' arrival
WHEN: Day 2
WHERE: In the middle of a sword-fight
RATING: PG, I expect
STATUS: Complete

Marcus threw a stone at the lake in frustration. Life on Mirage had become a routine, and it was starting to get under his skin. Every week, a new resort; people came, people left; but never him. Why? Even the Planet's occasional shake-ups didn't faze him anymore. He had become convinced, after all his time there, that the Planet really wasn't terribly sentient after all. Its actions seemed more instinctive than deliberate, and it had never once tried to communicate with them. Marcus had begun trying more and more outrageous experiments to test the Planet's willingness to provide for its guests, and he never felt any consequences.

At least Tonks was still there with him, thank Valen. No matter what else the Planet did or did not throw at him, at least he had her.Getting to his feet, he hefted the one last flat rock he had to throw. Pulling his arm back, he was in the middle of his swing, when a great hole opened beneath his feet, and he was pulled through the dimensions.

When light returned, Marcus blinked, heard a clang as his rock hit something metal, and widened his eyes in surprise as a man in full-plate armour charged him, wielding a longsword. Well-trained, the Ranger reached into his pocket for his retracted Minbari fighting pike, and in one motion he had extended it and lifted it to block a sword-blow.

Where in Valen's name was he?

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keoughr
2009-03-16 06:32 pm UTC (link)

She nodded just as exuberantly. "It is strange. I remember most of the people I saw there. Let's see... Max was an alien, but he was also a very cute boy. Katara was a waterbender, she could control water. It was amazing. And there was a man, the Doctor, who could travel through time! And there was a lovely girl, a tall blond woman called Ayla. I think she was from the distant past. There was also a warrior woman, she wore lots of dark leather and carried a sword. Mmmm... that's about all I can name. Did you know any of them?" She looked up at him, her brow slightly furrowed in her query. "He's gone? Not in Mirage? Oh." Her face fell a fraction and she could only hope that it meant he was here instead. But the possibility that he'd been sent home also struck her.

She brightened before long, however, and attended to his other questions and musings. "I don't know. I'm not sure if anyone has tried to go in just yet. I think many of us are still trying to gather our bearings in the city first." Giselle wasn't at all sure she was going to go into the big scary Labyrinth. Not alone, anyway. Who knew what was lurking in there? The last thing she wanted to encounter was another dragon.

She nodded, agreeing with him about the rules. She hoped that if Marcus tried the Labyrinth that it wouldn't be a trap for him. She liked him, and had only just met the man. She watched the goblins run past and stopped in her tracks, hiking up on her tip toes as if a mouse had run past. If it had been a mouse, more than likely she would have dropped to her knees and scooped it up, but these goblins were not cute little mice. They were ugly and they growled. They reminded her of small ogres, and she wasn't very fond of ogres. "Oh, yes, I believe so. The one he spoke of at the first gathering was a bit taller. But I'm sure any one of them could answer your questions."

She dropped back to her heels and continued to walk once the goblins had gone past. She smiled sheepishly up at him and clasped her hands in front of her, skipping lightly. "Would you like me to accompany you into the main building?" She had nothing to do. She wasn't home, or even in New York. There were no pressing duties. She spent her day anyway she chose, and guiding Marcus around was as good as any other activity.

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