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[acatastoria]

[ there is a sudden sparking that emits from your magical watches and a hologram appears, showing a petit woman with dark hair. her eyes seem to hold a certain amount of mischief and light, and when she speaks, you listen. it's something about her; you are captivated by her presence, and you can't help but give her your attention. ]

Hello, hello, hello~! ♥

[ it's a trill of a voice, light and airy. ]

I know you've all just arrived~♥ but I wanted to introduce myself! To those who haven't met me, my name is Astoria! I know many of you are likely unhappy with being found here, and I understand. But the need is urgent, and dire, and I am in desperate need of your help, as is the universe in which we reside. There is much darkness, in this universe . . . plenty of worlds on the brink of collapse, or at the precipice of something great. It is my job -- our job -- to help where needed. Like superheroes, but a little less flashy!

[ she pauses. ]

No offense to the superheroes. -- but anyway! I want to let you know were we're going to go first.

[ she takes in a D E E P breath!! ]

There is a city, by the name of El Minha. It's beautiful, an oasis in the desert. There are many shops and stalls and the entire city is bustling, but El Minha is facing a difficult path. Transitions of power are hard, you know? And they have a new King, who is . . . probably nice, but the people there are suffering. Crime is at an all-time high, and King Kathashun can only do so much . . . if he's doing anything at all.

[ she brushes a loose piece of hair behind her ear, and astoria smiles a little. it is obvious, by now, that she's definitely bubbly and full of spirit, but she is deadly serious about her mission. ]

I truly believe that we have the ability to help those who need it most, and those people are in desperate need. So we're going to go there, explore, and talk to them! And maybe, just maybe, we can affect some good in this world, and change the tide for the better for these poor people.

[ she pauses. ]

So that's where we're going first! But before that, I'm here to greet you, to support you, and welcome you to my beautiful Temple. Please, please, please make yourselves at home! I'll be here if you have any questions. ♥

[ astoria pauses before lifting up a single finger, as if she's forgotten something important. ]

Oh, and please let me know if you find anything interesting or important or otherwise peculiar in the Temple! The Forest of the Fey is a magical place, and I'm keeping a careful eye on all of you explorers to make sure you don't get too lost, but my dear friends within the forest may like playing with you all, so be respectful of the wildlife! It may fight back. ♥

[ is she serious? the world may never know. ]

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[acatastoria]

Because you are all the only hope we have.

[ with a slight . . . deflated-ness, of her bubbly behavior. ]

You have a lot more power than you realize, you know. You should have some amount of faith in yourself, even if you don't realize it yet. You have a lot of potential.

[parttimes]

[You know... he can buy and accept "you're the only hope we have" a lot better than "you're all heroes who can do this", so that makes some amount of sense to him.

Also, he's soft, so he can't help but cave to it anyway when she deflates like that.]

... I still think there are probably better people for the job, but if we're all you've got, then I guess we can't just leave you in the lurch.

How long do we have again to try to fix things?

[acatastoria]

I don't think it'll take so long . . . but I think, with my powers, I can keep you there for a few weeks, at the most. I don't want to strand you there.

[ she kind of has to guess. she's never done this before. ]

I'm going to reserve all the power I can in that time to ensure you can come back safely.

[parttimes]

[A few weeks isn't very long to try to fix things, but conversely, he's kind of relieved her priorities are "look after their safety" first.

Especially since Rion is here too.]

... Yeah, fine. That sounds good enough to me. So--relax. If we're the only ones for the job, I'm sure we'll find a way to all pull it out together somehow. People tend to manage that when things are down to the wire.

[acatastoria]

Something like that.

[ it definitely isn't ideal, for sure. but it's the best she can manage, for the first round. ]

Focus on collecting information, and tiny things, to help people, I think -- the best we can do for right now is collect information, ask the people what they need, and plan from there. Does that sound fair?

[parttimes]

[... Hm. Well.]

Yeah, fair enough. I'll see what I can do. One last thing though--if things do end up being dangerous, will you be able to bring us back? I've got someone here who's important to me who I want to protect.

[So like. He wants to at least make sure Rion's safe, if he's agreeing to do this crazy nonsense.]

[acatastoria]

Yes.

[ without hesitation. ]

I'll be watching, and keeping a careful eye on you, to ensure that I can bring you back as quickly as possible. I don't want any of you to get hurt on my watch.

[parttimes]

Then you know... that's all I can really ask for.

[She seems to have good intentions, and if she's going to look out for their safety, he's willing to (tentatively) trust her.

(Also, bleeding heart.)]

The rest we'll figure out as we go. But, you know... thanks. For chatting with us like this. It helps.

[acatastoria]

Of course.

[ warmly enough! ]

If you ever have any questions, I'll do my best to answer to them. I'm always here.