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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-01-07 08:00 pm

and then they fell. [rakuen revolution opening post]

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.

Ah, 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. Mechanical, monotonous.

"Next stop: Rakuen City. This train terminates here. The next stop is Rakuen. All change." The train rocks steadily as it winds its way through white drifts of now. Sunlight streams through the window, heating the air and making the seats almost uncomfortably warm. A puff of steam from the train winds its way lazily past the windows when the wind is right.

It's strangely difficult to shake off the sleep; the rhythm of the train seems to lull you back into slumber and the air is warm and heavy, making it hard to keep hold of a thought. Finally, though, the nausea settles, the last of the dream fades and you can take in your surroundings. And, perhaps more importantly, those around you in a similar state.

"We have arrived at Rakuen City. All passengers must leave the train. This train is terminating here. This is Rakuen."
bifurious: (Did Gideon send you?)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-07 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Last thing Roxie remembers, she was getting ready to... fight that one guy, right? The guy Ramona was stupidly with. Ugh, why is everything so hazy?

She blinks her eyes open and looks around. ]


...What happened?
hairoftheweek: (12 O.O)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, that was...

was...]


... Roxie? [Wait what was she doing here.]
bifurious: (What the hell is this?)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Y...eah? [ She stares at Ramona like there's something wrong with being confused by Roxie being there. ]
hairoftheweek: (Default)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[But wait you were supposed to be away and... what] Nothing, just kind of surprised that we're both on this weird train. [And that she hasn't seen her in god knows how long?]
bifurious: (Your dreams suck.)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
Why's that any more surprising than just one of us being here? We were both just at your house.
hairoftheweek: (14 How about no.)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
N....o? I was just at my house. I didn't even know you knew where my new house was. I haven't seen you in at least a couple of years.
bifurious: (I'll be deadly serious next time)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
...

[ Okay. She stands up, looks around, then looks back down at Ramona. ]

Did you hit your head or something? I was just there, about to kick your new boyfriend's ass.
hairoftheweek: (02 Side Glance)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know if I hit my head. I actually don't know what happened between the time I was last in my house and waking up on this train... but I do know I don't have a new boyfriend.
bifurious: (Did Gideon send you?)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you do. That dorky guy...

[ ...crap. She knew his name. She knew it. Why can't she remember it? ]
hairoftheweek: (10 Neutral)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not with anyone right now, Roxie. I at least know that fact. [Well, she's just completely forgotten everything that's happened before she met 'that dorky guy.' But she doesn't even know he exists.]
bifurious: (Your dreams suck.)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
...do you mean you broke up with him for was cheating on you?
hairoftheweek: (02 Side Glance)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
... the last person I dated... [Oh god she doesn't want to even think about it. Did she even tell her about Gideon? She doesn't think she wants to.] I don't really want to talk about it. But that was still back in New York. I live in Toronto now.
bifurious: (Why am I suddenly the bad guy?)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Ramona. I know you live in Toronto. We were just there!
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[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
Chill, Roxie. [Okay, she is thinking.] Last I was doing was making tea. I wasn't dating anyone, didn't see you there, and don't remember how I could have ended up here. So I don't know what happened. I really don't. The fact is, we're both here now.

[None of this makes sense. At all.]
bifurious: ([NINJA GAIDEN SHOWDOWN])

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Chill. Chill. She can chill. Except she doesn't really like chilling, so she's just gonna pace back and forth a little. ]

Okay, so one of us did hit their head. Maybe it was me, I don't know. [ She did just fall off a balcony. ] I wonder if...

[ If that guy is behind this. But she trails off, because what is "that guy's" name? Why can't she remember all of a sudden? ]
hairoftheweek: (10 Neutral)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
We could've both hit our heads. [They both seem to be forgetting things, anyway...]
bifurious: (This sucks)

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 08:48 am (UTC)(link)
Or we were drugged.
hairoftheweek: (14 How about no.)

[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-08 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Either way something's not right. And so far you're the only person I've seen here that I recognize.

[She isn't sure she likes what's going on here. And she's still sleepy, too.]

We need to find some answers.
bifurious: ([NINJA GAIDEN SHOWDOWN])

[personal profile] bifurious 2012-01-08 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Even as they're talking, the train starts to come to a halt, announcing the end of the line. ]

Might as well get off this train, then. Wherever we're going, someone has to know what this is all about.
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[personal profile] hairoftheweek 2012-01-09 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Best we can do about it. [She gets up, still observing the other people beginning to do the same.]