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Juniper Golding ([info]juniper_golding) wrote in [info]mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-10-22 09:41:00

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Entry tags:arrival, complete, day 19, juniper golding, legolas greenleaf

Who: Juniper and Legolas
When: Day 19, early afternoon
Where: Near the plaque
What: Juniper's arrival
Rating: TBA
Status: Incomplete



It was just another day. Another space of time between time and place, where Juniper lay stoically on her bed, doing her best to not think of what she'd lost. Of the good soul that had risked his life to save her own. Who had taken his own life to appease the Fates. It was useless, and Juniper knew it. She was meant to die; by fire, as she'd already survived the water, and nothing that Dylan could have done could have prevented that. And now he was lost, just as assuredly as she would be, in a mere handful of months.

Closing her eyes, Juniper let out a steady and long breath, centering herself. It was time to go. To find some other space where she could hide, just for a few hours. Until the next wave of distractions broke through her concentration, useless but well-meant attempts to pull her out of her stupor. Egypt maybe. Yes, that's where she'd go. It would be nice to feel the blistering sun instead of the constant rain of London. Egypt was a good distraction. Spying on pharaohs was always entertaining.

She felt the familiar pull as her soul ripped from her body, the comforting pressure of passing time and space while her physical self remained on her bed. But then, there was a flash of light. Not the warm, golden light of the desert sun, but something darker, more permanent.

Opening her eyes, Juniper stared. She was in a vineyard. This was not the plan. Where were the pyramids? The Sphinx? There were just grapes and vines, nothing to tell her where she was. So Juniper started walking, determined to figure out this mystery. It wasn't until a brush of her arm knocked a bunch of grapes to the ground that she realised the truth. This wasn't a mistake of her own making. This was something else. Her body was in this place, as well as her mind.

Just as she started to panic, imagining her mother's reaction when she found the house empty, no note, and no return of her daughter, something appeared in front of her. Before she had the chance to question it, she was wordlessly guided to a building, and pointed toward a plaque on the side of it.

"Welcome to Mirage," Juniper read. "This is your new home. Your every need will be fulfilled. You will have a place to live. You will have food and clothing. You will have entertainment. You will have company. You will not be able to leave. You will not kill. Ever. If you have questions, ask my assistants. Love, The Planet."

"Wait, I need to go home!" she cried, turning toward the silent figure. But it was gone, and she was alone again.


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[info]princegreenleaf
2008-10-23 01:29 pm UTC (link)
He nodded, glad that she appreciated that. Yes, he'd been thrilled when Aragorn had come to Middle Earth, but it had been a sad day as well. "I am certain that more people that you realize would be upset." He couldn't imagine it otherwise. She was so full of life. "I do not know, but when my King came, he said that I had just disappeared."

He nodded thoughtfully. "London... there are people here from that city, and I have heard of it before. Witches and wizards, from what I can see." He kept his eyes open, and saw more than most suspected. "One of them has pink hair, a witch named Tonks."

He turned back to her and nodded, a wide smile on his face. He couldn't imagine anything more fun than doing just what she suggested. "Let us start, then! I will show you your room, and then we can give you your first lesson right away." He smiled widely at her. "Assuming that you are not otherwise engaged. I can only hope that since I am the first one you have met here, you will not be fully booked yet."

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[info]juniper_golding
2008-10-23 01:36 pm UTC (link)
"Doubtful," Juniper admitted. "There's Marsha - my mother, and Niall, her husband, but everyone else..." she shrugged. "I lost quite a bit of my life recently, and the rest of it was caught in the backlash." Disappeared. That was not good. Juniper looked thoughtful, almost distant for a moment. "Maybe I could get a message through," she said, though her tone was doubtful. "It's worth a shot."

Juniper's eyes popped wide. "And they're open about what they are?" she asked, amazed. "How could that be? I mean, even now...well, in my time...or however it works here, having abilities is not something that you flaunt," she said with a shake of her head. She knew that all too well, and it was plain from the tone of her voice.

"Great!" she said brightly, and then laughed, colouring up a bit. "No, as a matter of fact, my dance card is empty," she teased. "You can put your name down for as much time as you like," she nodded. She looked around and saw the building with the "B" on it. "This is it, huh?" she asked, opening the door and letting him go through first.

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[info]princegreenleaf
2008-10-23 02:31 pm UTC (link)
The blond elf frowned thoughtfully. "I do not believe that." His eyes were dark and direct as he looked at her. "I believe that you have likely touched the life of more people than you realize. We all have." He wondered what she was talking about, that she'd lost a lot, but wasn't quite sure how to go about asking about it.

He looked at her somewhat strangely when she made that comment. "Why would they not be open? There are many here with talents that are uncommon elsewhere. Even if they hid it on their own world, what need is there of such secrecy here on Mirage?" He had caught her tone, and looked at her with penetrating eyes.

"Very well, then." He smiled and bowed slightly to her in thanks as he walked past her into the foyer of the building, and toward the stairs. "I will do my best to turn you into an archer." Though the words were formal and a little imposing, his tone was light and implied that he'd really like nothing better.

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[info]juniper_golding
2008-10-23 02:39 pm UTC (link)
For a moment, Juniper was quiet, and then she sighed. "I'm thinking that maybe my London and their London aren't the same," she admitted, a bit of her own sense of the way things worked coming through. "In my London - not so much now, but a long time ago - women were burnt as witches. No matter their real crime, if there was one at all," she explained. "Nowadays, you're treated as a mental case, at best. The world is not as forgiving as people wish it would be." She bit her lip and decided that maybe he was right. Maybe she didn't have to hide here. "I can do things, sometimes. Travel space and time, but leave my body behind, read minds, see the future...It wasn't something I advertised."

Juniper had to laugh at that. "You've got your work cut out for you," she said humbly, though she was actually a pretty quick study. The worst that would hold her back was her own lack of physical strength.

She found her door easily enough, and unlocked it with the key Legolas had given her. "Wow..." she breathed. "Nice room," she added, laughing softly. Given that she didn't need to exactly unpack, Juniper merely looked around for a second and then slipped the key into her pocket, pulling her long hair back with the tie around her wrist. "Shall we?"

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