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I have this tiny spark of magic

WHO: Julia Wicker and you!
WHAT: Catch-all for October - continuation of TDM and other things!
WHERE: Solvunn, Nocwich, Horizon
WHEN: Throughout October (may add event things)
WARNINGS: Nothing right now.

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Do you love magic, Q? Is it in your soul? Is it like the secret heart of what you always were?

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She's kept her eyes closed for the portal, trying to pretend that she was just walking through a door, that this wasn't real despite how real it smelled and felt. The markets had sounded appealing, had sounded normal and Adrienne had jumped at that chance--

Except it was no more normal than anything else. Whilst there definitely were stalls, items for sale, a market it looked so different from the sights that she was used to seeing in New York. Even Cairo... it didn't feel right. She'd tried looking at some of the stalls before it had gotten too overwhelming, taking herself away from the crowd to sit at one of the benches.

She hadn't been there long before she heard a woman apologising, almost ignoring it until some familiar words popped up. Times Square. "Say that again." Her head's lifting from her hands, looking for her, a woman that wasn't even speaking to her but she needed this normalcy.

It's true that this is far from any kind of markets they'd be used to in the city. Maybe something quaint in the boroughs but even then it had the city energy all over it. She was used to cozy farmer's markets in New Jersey though. But she does think the strangest part about this is the dead night, not because that's rare, but since she heard it's like this all the time. Permanently night.

She hears a woman's voice and glances at her, uncertain if that was directed to her, although she notes that Adrienne's head is in her hands and she looks as lost as Julia. "Times Square? Like in New York?" Oh please be someone else who actually knows what that is.

It takes a second for that recognition, to hear it again and know that she'd heard it before Adrienne nods, a small hint that maybe she could be relieved even if it doesn't quite hit her.

"Like in New York. Which is... weirdly the first place I've heard here that I know."

However, she can't say she's spoken to too many people.

"I wish I was there."

"I'm not surprised, the majority of people here are from, you know, here. I heard there's less than a hundred of us."

The people who might possibly know what New York is, and even then she's only met a handful who are from something resembling her modern world. It's all a bit of a mindfuck, on a few levels, but Julia's been forced to be especially adaptable lately. She's not going to lie in a fetal position until things get better for her.

She steps over to Adrienne and offers her hand. "I'm Julia. I wish I was there too. Even Times Square at like New Year's Eve, I would take." Too tourist-y. She did it once when she went to Columbia because everyone went 'it's the City, you've got to at least once' and it was not fun at all. Q got a cold from that and they drank tea and promised they'd never do it again.

"Adrienne."

She sits herself up a little straighter, leaning back in the bench once her hand's back, a small frown on her at hearing just how many people there were here. People brought here anyway. Kidnapped.

"I think most of the people I've talked to have been from here, though I've been working with a lot of soldiers." The injured in the base, trying to do what she could even without information there.

"We're a novelty. I don't know how the majority of locals feel about us. In Solvunn, they seem pretty deferential, they've got this idea that we're chosen by gods so something sacred."

Frankly that sounds like it could potentially become a problem. For now they're people to look up to and admire as the gods' chosen, but what if they start wondering if sacrificing people was the better way to go? Julia still doesn't know enough about the gods here to guess what they want. It is something she plans on looking into. It does sound like they're directly involved than in her world, when most gods said see ya to humans and did their own thing.

"I feel like I'm stuck in a horror movie waiting for the next shoe to drop. Very Children of the Corn." There's no creepy children specifically, she's babysitting them frequently and they're nice kids on the whole, but she means the vibe. "What's where you're from like?" She only really knows Solvunn.

"It's... big?" Which is unhelpful, Adrienne knows, but she'd tried to spend her time since being here busy in some way rather than thinking about what she'd been dragged into. It made it slightly easier to deal with, if only slightly.

"There's a lot of soldiers, wounded... I haven't seen much of the cities they mention." Only so far staying around the barracks. Until this, anyway.

"It reminds me of somewhere else, really."

"Because of the rifts, right?" Julia nods. "I just heard about that." It stopped only a few days ago, so she did miss the actual experience of the monsters, but she saw the aftermath pretty clearly. "A few of the animals actually still live in Solvunn, they're like dogs with glowing eyes."

Julia hasn't seen them but she was told they didn't go through the rifts, and then they closed so apparently they're stuck in this world. Weird. Technically Free Cities has one too, just not in an easily found place. "Where does it remind you of?"

Adrienne frowns at the description of the animals, very glad that she hasn't seen one.

"I spent some time in Cairo. It's... more like an impression I get, little similarities and feelings."

A big part of it was the landscape, the desert that spanned for miles. She'd gotten used to that sight.

"Because of the desert? I heard that's what the Free Cities is like. Thorne is the Camelot-esque monarchy castle, the Free Cities is desert land, and Solvunn is very 'you may find yourself in a horror movie at any moment' vibe."

Julia's from the latter which is why that particular description sounds sarcastic. The truth is she doesn't mind Solvunn. It's very peaceful. The people are positive and the other Summoned have built decent lives. The energy isn't doing anything to make her so suspicious, but she feels like all the farmland and cult religion is setting her up for something.

"And this is ... I guess, supernatural city." Not that it's big enough for a city but. She means in terms of vampires and werewolves, the species that share this space and live in it. Julia glances around, at the constant darkness. "I wonder what kind of vamps they are. Definitely not of the sparkly variety."

There's a slow nod as Julia's assumption before a slight frown crosses her expression at the descriptions of the other locations. She's not entirely certain whether that makes her want to visit them or not... if she could.

But ahe doesn't have too long to think about it before Julia talks about where they were. Or rather the people there.

"I'm not sure I want to know." Quick and instinctive. Adrienne's not handling being here well and hearing more about it... she'll pass.

"Really?" Julia's surprised because all she can think about is the fact vampires and werewolves are walking around here. She's not afraid of them though, she is pretty nonchalant about it, but she looks back to Adrienne and then it seems to occur to her at once.

"Oh. This is ... a lot." It's a lot for her! But she at least has a leg up by being used to the supernatural. This was similar to the Wrench convo for her, where he hadn't experienced any of this before coming here, so it was different for sure. She remembers when she first found out about magic and all she could think about was it, but at the time she hadn't yet imagined what else lived in the world.

"Want to get a drink?"

"Actually, yeah." She manages to not say that's the best thing you've said and instead just hopes there's a drink she'll recognise.

"Maybe a drink will... I'm not going to bet on making any of it feel better but me. I might feel better."

Depends on how many drinks, honestly.

"I think I have just enough to buy us a drink. Solvunn has a barter system which is going to take some getting used to." It means that she is going to be perpetually poor here whether she likes it or not! It does mean that most of the things she needs are handled now, she won't go hungry or cold or homeless, but the clothes are all hand-me-downs and coins are not plentiful.

Weird, but adaptable. For a city girl it'll take time. But that's a problem for future Julia, not the one who really needs a drink in the here and now with another lost Summoned person.

"I can't believe days ago I was able to call Doordash for any food I wanted at any time, and now I'm here." Julia gestures for Adrienne to come with her, they both need to look for the bar, or whatever the equivalent of it is. "I bet you it's called a tavern here. Very medieval tavern."

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