01 :: you can never go home

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

[ You're in front a large gate with the initials 'N.N.' in cursive on it. It's far too large to climb over and chained securely shut... for a second or so. Then suddenly that chain falls off and the gates open ominously. In front of you is a beautiful, endless estate. You will find a mansion, pool house, and even a hedge maze should you chose to explore. (Just ignore the gate snapping shut behind you and the chain resuming its spot.) Out of the corner of your eye, you will see either a young woman trying to find a way out or a young girl playing innocently. When you turn to look at them though they are always gone. Maybe you should try calling out to one of them? Surely they can help you either seach this place or find a way  to escape. That gate thing was a little creepy but, there is a pool house. ]

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orz, sorry I'm so late

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

[If Tomoe should have been surprised or further unnerved by the woman fully showing herself in more than a sideways glimpse she wasn't. The woman's lack of emotion is answered by an equally neutral mask.]

Is that so...?

It's cool~!

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

That's so. [That earns a small smile. She wasn't in the mood for big reaction anyways.]

You're not having any luck either from what I've seen.

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

I have only been looking around, not necessarily searching for an exit.

What is this place...?

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

A child's home. [Elektra says absently as she gazes at it.]

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

It seems an elaborate estate.

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

Her parents must be well off.

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

How long have you been here?

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

A half hour. Maybe longer. Time doesn't move right here.

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

How so?

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

[Elektra points up at the sky. The clouds are swirling in an odd pattern. The sun is moving back and forth in the sky as if it's having trouble deciding on whether it's night or day.]

It can't decide.

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

[She looks up--and that sight makes her pause, enough to take a small backward step... and yet... for some reason even something as nightmarish as the sun moving haphazardly out of place doesn't seem alarming enough to... be alarmed.]

...

I see...

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

Strange place, isn't it? [Small talk. She's great at it.]

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

Indeed... [Likewise, huh?]

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

[Elektra lips twitch as if to smile but, it's so brief. It barely counts as one.]

Want to escape it?

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

I have not decided yet.

[likethetragedy.livejournal.com]

How about exploring? [She's not one for company usually. Elektra hates wandering around this place alone when it's like this. All of the bad memories had control of it.]

[willing-sheath.livejournal.com]

[She gives the other woman a nod. That was essentially what she had been doing before--doing so alone or with a second person made little difference.]