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Tweak says, "Oh my God... I'm a Chav!"

Anya is a secret grand duchess (just_an_orphan) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-18 10:09:00

Entry tags:

active, anya romanov, arrival, day twelve, dr temperance brennan, gabrielle

Who: Anya, Brennan, and Gabrielle
What: Entering ~~Candyland!~~ the City of Illusions
Where: Smack dab in the middle of the chess board
When: Morning, Day 12
Rating: PG to PG-13, depending on who answers?
Status: Incomplete

"Pooka, get back here!" Anya scolded, hurrying as quietly as she could after the dog. Dimitri and Vlad were discussing how far she'd come in her 'Anastasia Lessons', and she really hadn't wanted to hear it. The thought of pretending to be someone's granddaughter made her a little sick, to be honest. But apparently exploring the woods of Germany on her own wasn't recommended, either. Mostly because she had a mischievous little gray mutt with her. As alike as the two of them were, Pooka was bound to get her in trouble sooner or later.

Sighing, she ducked under a tree branch, still tailing the little dog. "Dimitri's going to skin us both if you make me late," she babbled out loud, knowing the dog couldn't understand her. If he could even hear her. "They'll think I've gone off and left them and then how am I supposed to get to Paris, hmm? Walk there? That'll be attractive, I'm sure!"

She was so lost in her monologue that she hadn't noticed the shimmering light the dog had gone through. From a distance, it had merely looked like a sunshine-filled break in the trees. But as she passed through it, Anya immediately knew there was something different. More colors. More room. And... And the smell of sweets?

Eyes darting up, Anya gasped. It was honestly like nothing she'd ever seen before, not even in her daydreams. The trees weren't the ones she'd just been in. They couldn't be. They were brown, yes, but... "Chocolate?" she yelped. Bushes made of peppermint twists? This was completely insane. Maybe she really had finally snapped and gone mad.

Apparently even the little dog beside her had been caught by surprise, because Pooka stopped his mad dash run and stared in awe. Before he could go getting into something else, she scooped him up, looking around a bit more. Though she'd never played, she'd swear she was standing next to a giant chess board. Larger-then-life pieces with that queen piece and the knight and the little one with the round top whose name she couldn't remember all stood displayed proudly on the black and white squares.

This? Was so not normal. And the light she'd passed through to get there was gone. There wasn't any sign of the trees she'd just passed. "Oh... Ooooh, no, this is so not happening. Not here, not now, why?"

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bardictraveller
2009-06-30 11:53 pm UTC (link)

Well, her guess about them being new arrivals was seeming like a pretty good one. At this point, she was pretty sure they were both new. "Well, at least it's nice that I can help you find your bearings at the same time! More efficient." She gave them both a wide smile, noticing the looks at her clothing, but at this point, she was used to it. Except for Xena, no one seemed to know quite what to make of her choice of attire. They all looked strange to her, but again, that was something she was getting used to.

"Ooooh, puppy!" She dropped to her knees, delighted with the tiny critter, and opened her arms to it. She liked animals, and was pleased to see this one. Once she'd thoroughly greeted the small dog, she rose back to her feet and looked at the two women. "Pooka, did I hear you say? That's adorable."

But then, she had to get down to business. She was obviously the only one here who had any idea what was going on. So she looked at them both, trying to decide the best way to tell them. "Okay, this is going to be a little bit hard to believe, but there's a sparkly King who has taken you both from your own times, and possibly worlds. This place is called the Underground. Don't worry, though, you're not dead!"

"Hello, Anya, Doctor Temperance Brennan. My name is Gabrielle." She looked at both of them, and then sighed softly. "I'll understand if you don't believe me. I found it hard to believe myself. But it's true, I swear."

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