THE FRACTURED WORLD: ARRIVAL

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rrival for some goes all but unnoticed. It's a sudden shiver, the sensation of being watched... and then nothing at all. Life continues serenely as it always has. The only indication of any change comes with sleep, wrapped in dreams: vague and distant echo imagery of another life, melting away in the morning.

 

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or others, arrival is a sharp jolt. In the space of a single blink, they find themselves in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by the trappings of a life they have not lived. They are replacements, spirits taking possession of bodies belonging to people very much like themselves...

 

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nd for the rest, arrival is a procedure. Routine. Those ported in to the Fractured World wake hazily in the comfortably dim light of the Porter room, laid out on an exam table. Their wounds, if they remember having any, have been healed— and even those who remember their own deaths find themselves miraculously restored. As they regain consciousness, an automatic audio-visual presentation is triggered. Regardless of their backgrounds or physiology, all imPorts 'see' and 'hear' this message as if in their own language:

"Greetings, imPort."

The voice is calm and gently authoritative, almost certainly selected by committee.

"On behalf of the Synod and all imPorts it represents, we welcome you to the planet Earth."

A decidedly non-humanoid robotic arm holds out a palm-sized device and rather insistently demands the new arrival take it. This is the imPort's comm, used for accessing the Porter's database of information, as well as the communications Network— though it won't receive communications from outside the Porter building until carried through one of the many Gates set up in a long, crescent-shaped array on the far side of the room.

As each Gate is approached, information about the faction it leads to flashes up on the comm device's screen. Which will you choose?

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[chenqing_player]

He lets out a short laugh, one without any sort of humor in it at all. "It's impossible. We're not going to get out of here until we find some answers. And we won't have answers as long as those in charge, stay in charge." There is a bitterness in his voice. He wants to go home more then anything. He's tired of this place and wants nothing more then to go back to the familiarity of their world.

And yet as soon as he goes home then he loses any chance of seeing his shijie ever again. Even though he never sees her now because of his actions, he at least know she exists in this place.

[inquiryguqin]

It's that wanting to go home, that Lan Wangji has hope on, clinging to the hope there's a shred of him left that he could take back home in one piece through the porter that will take them back home. Wei Ying is Wei Ying to him in any world, any dimension, and he still believes in him. Even though his Shijie is no longer alive, this world still provides a second chance, and he will try to save him in this one too.

"Only because you believe it to be so. But not impossible. Part of you still believe." Either way, he steps aside, letting Wei Wuxian take his exit when he wants to...or spare a moment talking to him. He's not holding him back.

[chenqing_player]

"Even if we go back home, I'm not the same person I was. I can't just forget what i have done in order to try and get back there. ANd it isn't all just about that. It's about saving people from an abusive rule. Because the people here deserve better then that if they are forced to live in this place."

There is anger in every word. The resentful energy starting to bubble up and swirl around them without even trying to summon it. It's what makes him so dangerous as an assassin. He can kill without anyone even realizing there is anyone around. ANd if his anger at the person is deep enough he doesn't even have to play a note or say a word anymore.

[inquiryguqin]

"Mn." He simply listens, not judging, but accepting. Being a member of the Dawnseekers, they simply listen, take information that is useful, and act as negotiators if needed to be.

Even if he summons the resentful energy, he didn't try to attack or defend himself. He eyes him stoically, with a stony expression. He is surprised how his hatred has gone so strong, perhaps he has truly joined the dark side and he has chosen a path of darkness and death.

Still, he'll try to reach to his heart, even if it hardens by hatred and darkness. "Then home is here. And where you are and where I am. You are home and this is where we will stay."

[chenqing_player]

"I'll never call this place home." His fingers close into a fist. Perhaps he could have liked this place if the circumstances were different. Maybe he would have been able to enjoy living in a world that his shijie exists in. But that isn't how the years played out. He has always been one to try and fight the good fight and save those that should be unrelated to him. And so the things he saw and did hardened him into what he is now.

[inquiryguqin]

Another nonchalant, "Mn." His expression is detached without any warmth of friendship he has for him even it's offered...and pity. He doesn't want to give pity. Then with a heavy sigh and a heavy heart, he has to let him go.

"It's getting late. I don't wish to keep you where you're going."

[chenqing_player]

"Yeah.." He moves to go past Lan Wangji. It isn't late for him. His mission is just starting. Someone will be dying tonight. Either he will slip up for once and his life will end but most likely the person that is his target will not live to see the sunrise.