Next stop: Utopia Academy

[utopiamods]

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

-I remember now. It's a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her.

The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess.

No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--

The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep.

"Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. This tramline terminates here; all change. Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. All change."

Sunlight streams through the windows of the long carriage, making the seats almost uncomfortably warm beneath its sleeping passengers. The air is muggy and thick, the atmosphere relaxing. Almost too relaxing; the warmth and the silence make it difficult to immediately muster any kind of reaction or thought. Your nausea settles, slowly. The last of the dream fades.

"We have arrived at Utopia. Repeat, we have arrived at Utopia Academy. Could all passengers please leave the tram, as it is terminating here."

Comments

[trollofthree]

"Probably," He hadn't really thought about the origin, but that sounded appropriate. "And, nope," he sketched what would probably be a humanoid figure in the air with one finger, "We have Knightmare Frames."

But anyway. There were more interesting things to find out. "What does a tennis player look like?"

[utopiamods]

"We're just arriving at the Academy," she indicated the station they were about to pull into. "Not long now! Are you looking forward to it?"

[bitofafiction]

"Yes."

[imperceptible]

"Knightmare... what!?" Kevin watched Gino make the outline and couldn't even fathom what it was that he was drawing. Maybe it was a name for a strange jet he hadn't heard of?

"Uh... Like me I guess?"

[trollofthree]

"All of them?" He was just teasing by this point, though he found that he was actually interested in what Kevin had to say. Tennis wasn't exactly one of his fortes. Neither, apparently, was explaining the machine he'd been piloting for years. He couldn't recall anything about how the Tristan worked. "Knightmare frames," he repeated, to stall for time. "Humanoid machines piloted by humans and used for war?"

[imperceptible]

"Of course not!" Kevin snapped back, growing irritated with Gino's carefree manner. How could someone be so easy-going in this kind of situation? They'd been kidnapped for crying out loud!

Huffing angrily and crossing his arms, Kevin gave the train car another once over, as if something had changed since the last time he looked, using the time to compose himself. When he felt he had his annoyance back under control, he look back at Gino and frowned.

"You mean like... a robot? Or a mech?" Mech was the word for it in Japan, right?

[utopiamods]

"Mm-hm. Would you like to see your ticket?" Apparently this was now a common request.

[bitofafiction]

"If you please."

[utopiamods]

The drawer was opened, the stubs rifled through, the appropriate ticket produced.



[OOC NOTE: it says 'Holmes, Sherlock. One-way. [name of last known canon placement] to Utopia Academy']

[greennotgold]

Fletcher nodded. "Okay," he said again. There wasn't much else to say, really.

With his brother by his side, he joined the rank and file of students moving toward the school.

[bitofafiction]

"Sunnydale, California to Utopia Academy," he murmurs. "Well, that's clear enough. Thank you."

No need to be rude to the badly programmed robot.

[princesspowerful]

Hope Dave doesn't mind getting the blankest stare ever, because that's what he's getting. Not only was Molly taken so she could go back to school, she wasn't even sure if this guy was speaking English. Sure, it sounded like English but... what?

After a few moments of completely blankness, she finally answers, "Nuh uh, Earth wasn't hit by meteors. We woulda stopped it if it was gunna be but it wasn't."

[isur2ndprincess]

Sorry Gino, you're being ignored for a moment now, "Koharu? You're not Koharu, she's--" what was she going to say? For some reason Yuki couldn't conjure up an image of Koharu in her mind. Maybe this girl was telling the truth, maybe she is Koharu.

"Koharu? I'm Yuki."

[isur2ndprincess]

Yuki turned at the mention of her name, "Yes, I'm Yuki" she stared at the other girl, "I'm sorry, who are you?"

/ducks out of thread for now <3

[trollofthree]

Gino raised an eyebrow, but shrugged and sat back in his seat, effectively removing himself from the conversation. It was the polite thing to do, and he highly doubted he could help with whatever was going on between the two of them.

[myownfuture]

Reiko stopped short. No. Not again. Not this again.

"I'm Reiko Date," she replied, trying to keep her voice calm. What was this? Why was this happening?! "Yuki, what are you saying?"

[willbeurprincess]

Koharu turned to him, "I'm sorry, I..." But he'd already ducked down out of sight and he probably didn't realize she was talking to him at all. She settled back. He'd seemed nice for a man...

"Yuki?" She tried to summon up the person associated with the name but all that came up were actions. 'Which one would you choose?' 'We have to help her in any way we can right?'

Why couldn't she remember one of her closest friends?

"I'm sorry, I just don't remember you. I mean. I remember Yuki, just not you?"

[isur2ndprincess]

Reiko? But Reiko is... nothing came to mind. She could remember the name but not her face. Why would she lie about being Reiko anyway, so this had to be her, right?

Yuki smiled warmly at her, she could tell that something was wrong, "I'm sorry, I think the stress has me a bit confused."

[myownfuture]

"The stress? You're the one who kept a day planner full of names!" If the stress had Yuki confused, it had Reiko furious. She slammed a fist down on the back of a nearby seat. "First Sora, and now you -- even Tougyu's acting weird! What's going on around here?!"

[isur2ndprincess]

Yuki shrunk back into her seat, that obviously wasn't the right thing to say, "I'm sorry." She starts looking around for her planner, maybe it would help her. Oh, where was it.

But then the information sunk in, "Sora is here? Where!?"

And then a bit more, "...Tougyu is here too?"

[myownfuture]

"I saw her just a few moments ago... She couldn't remember my name." Reiko frowned. "And--yes, Tougyu is. Everyone else I've seen is a complete stranger, though."

[thatguywhohasablog]

Dave looked at her for a moment, and then shrugged. "Guess you must've come from an earlier point in Earth's timeline anyway," he said. "I never stuck around to see whether anyone wound up pointing any rockets full of heroic fuckin patriots at that shit cause I was busy playing video games but there's gonna be a lot of them, sorry to say."

[isur2ndprincess]

Interesting. She'd have to keep note of which of the original girls (and boys) were here and who was new.

"I wonder why we're not remembering names." Well in Yuki's case she can't connect the names to faces.

[myownfuture]

"I'm not having any trouble with it," Reiko said. Maybe she was having some kind of bad dream. That might be it. "Maybe we should get off the train and find out what's goingon..."

[princesspowerful]

"YOU'RE FROM THE FUTURE!?"