Awakening (Open)

[Josephine Hanson]

Josephine bristled when greeted as 'Uranus' - that was uncommon, for sure, especially by strangers, but why complain? This was a crazy place, and to be honest, the tall girl was almost fucking sick of it. She might've even said as much, at least until the word 'Neptune' reached her ears - like the word was some kind of knife, cutting her to her core and forcing all her attention to the aqua haired woman standing beside her. Sure, there was an immense feeling, some kind of gravity - inexorable, unforgettable, relentless - drawing her to the other, there was also anger, some part of her just begging to scream why did you leave me all alone?

Shaking it off, the red-haired woman shook the hair from her eyes and flashed a smile to Kasumi - there was another gravity here, something different and far less raw, but no less familiar. Comforting after the shaking intensity that came from simply looking at Quinn. She didn't even have to think to speak the words coming to her next; "Pluto."

Now that the posturing twit had left, and the dark haired girl was making her exit, Josephine attempted to keep it casual, jerking her thumb toward Terra's retreating form. "Should we follow along? Y'know. Posterity. Protection. Somethin'?"

[Exit with Quinn]

[QUINN WASSER]

Quinn heard the name. Uranus. A name she wouldn't soon forget; she almost thought of it like she would a student a friend, a lover, an equal. Uranus was the Brad to Neptune; in more ways than one. She let her eyes meet Josephine's for a moment, but unlike Josephine, she didn't feel anger. She felt contentment, security, the distinct feeling that she wouldn't be in this alone, and something more. She could've simply held her hand right at that moment, as if the two of them had known each other for all of their lives.

But she didn't. She still had some comprehension of what was going on. This was a total stranger, not some star-crossed lover. She knew Pluto's name, and when Uranus uttered it, she nodded her head in greeting. She looked to Tuyen, then to Josephine, and then smiled knowingly.

"Might as well. We don't know what else to do, right?" She commented quietly. She nodded towards the two of them, and started to walk away, probably with the both of them in her wake.

[[EXIT to Elysian]]

[Tuyen Van Huynh]

Tuyen knew Terra was sensitive when she got around too many people, so he was a little nervous what would happen if everyone followed her to Elysian. Would she run away again? But then, she had also invited everyone to follow her. So unless she said it just as a courtesy and didn't really expect anybody to do it, she must be ok with being followed, right?

It was just too bad there wasn't any food or water in sight where they were; it would've been handy to have those things if they were going to be wandering around in the desert...


[Lame, but it's an exit.]