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[crowspetfox.livejournal.com]

[If you're out in the halls early Monday, there's a new arrival on the prowl and a little on edge - he's keeping quiet while he's exploring the halls on alert, but while his hands aren't visible under the black half-cape he's wearing, the visible end of the sword scabbard peeking out is shifting a bit and definitely not completely at rest.]

[Fluttering between various perches now and then following him is a very big crow the size of a small Harpy eagle, who's pretty well covering watching whatever directions Raidou ISN'T at the time.]

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[Tris is trying to navigate her way outside with both a dragon-creature that really doesn't fit well in a hallway... and an extremely pissed glass dragon. It's to the point where Tris has Chime on a 'leash' of sorts, a line of thin lightning going from Chime to Tris's hand. The Rayquaza, at least, doesn't seem bothered by Chime's antics.]

HAVE SOME LOGICAL YET MOSTLY WRONG CONCLUSIONS.

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...Ah, excuse me?

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LMFAO poor Raidou

[weatherbraids.livejournal.com]

[Tris is stopping; the Rayquaza, at least, for all of its size, is well-behaved, unlike a certain glass headache that is grumbling.] Yes? [She's not completely without manners, though it is fairly clear that she wants to get the Rayquaza outside an hour ago.]

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Are you from here? I seem to have just appeared, and I'm not entirely sure where - or what - 'here' is.

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[It's not your imagination that she seems wryly amused. Tris tugs Chime a little closer, muttering under her breath for the glass dragon to behave.] You must be new here. This is the Manor; it's sort of a place between different worlds, created and maintained by a... girl of immense power who expressed that power through what I can only assume is fairly horrible writing. As far as anyone can tell, you cannot readily leave. My name is Trisana Chandler- call me Tris. This is Chime. [And now that Chime's spotted the Honchkrow she is hissing like a steam vent.] I'm not sure what Big Green here is, other than... well... big.

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[] My name is Raidou Kuzunoha the Fourteenth...Raidou is fine. I'm not sure of his name, either - he was here when I arrived. I only seem to have a few of my normal summons, and they're sealed right now. []

[] So it's something like a...[] Fukurotsubo illusion? [] How long have you been here?

[weatherbraids.livejournal.com]

[Tris is curtseying shortly in response- it's what she's dressed for, after all.] Summons? [You have the weather-witch intrigued! She's going to pull her glasses off for a moment, adjusting the spells on them briefly so she can get a better look.] A fukurotsubo illusion?

I... ah, I had been here a few months, and then I went home for several years. I only just came back.

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I'm a summoner. [] Normally I work with demons and spirits from other realms; this is the first time I've been seriously cut off. [] I'm not sure what it would be called where you're from; it's - a sort of 'illusion' spell that creates a temporary space as a trap. Normally there's some means of unraveling or breaking it whether the creator's stepped into it themselves or not.

[] Are there many other people trapped here?

[weatherbraids.livejournal.com]

[Tris is raising her eyebrows. Raidou, you just got her interest and she is so glad a certain journal is still in her room.] The closest thing I could think of to our situation would be an ambient mage like myself with her power expressed through writing, powerful enough to warp the laws of reality themselves. I've seen something-- slightly similar to what you've described back home, but it's easier to snap out of. [Ahh, yes, the spell-net defending Winding Circle.]

There are several others- a good way to get an estimate is by looking at the amount of rooms with a nameplate on them.

Ah, if you don't mind, could we continue this discussion out of doors? [That's a Significant Glance at Big Green.]

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That seems like a good idea. []

[] Are most of the people here from different worlds? I haven't heard the phrase "ambient mage" used by foreigners, even, and if this place is that far outside normal reality...[]

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[Tris is going to lead the way quite calmly- this really speaks volumes about how well she knows this place. And at least Big Green is calmish.] It seems a lot of them are. Ambient mages are... well, I can demonstrate easier once we're out-of-doors. I have magic with the weather, which is... not a good thing to demonstrate indoors.

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I would imagine not. []

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[weatherbraids.livejournal.com]

[At least, and Tris is blessing that she can go outdoors, though she is doing a funny fumble for what are basically sunglasses. Yay ridiculous measures to help deal with some of the "oh god why, wind-scrying".] Funny-- that barrier has expanded quite a bit.

[Chime is going to be disgruntled and just... when Tris turns her loose, land in a tree.]

[Tris is reaching out with one hand and making a small beckoning gesture, pulling in the breezes in a way that is clearly not natural. Especially once it starts twining around her like an affectionate cat, clearly just around her. The Rayquaza, at least, seems happy enough to abandon her for the higher air.]

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[] I see - there's entities on my world that can do that, but to my knowledge no humans, at least, not without outside help.

[weatherbraids.livejournal.com]

As far as I've seen back home, there aren't any entities other than humans that are making themselves known, not like this. [She's sending the breeze over to Raidou.] And weather is probably one of the oddball things for an ambient mage to have- you can't craft it, you can't cultivate it, it simply is. I grew up with green mages- those whose magic works through plants- and craft-mages. I can't shape a breeze for luck, spell in signs for prosperity in a cloud. [She's a magical sledgehammer, and just a bit bitter. She's letting the wind go- she doesn't want to get an image-headache.]

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..... [] More than enough to move a ship, and just being able to see what it's going to do is something many people in my world would love to have.

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[Oh hello there Raidou. Have a Frenchman walking briskly down the halls followed by a happy and playful looking Houndoom.

D'eon however is not looking quite as playful. He's holding a cross tightly in one hand, while his other his resting on his sword.]

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Were you brought here as well?

[gender-at-will.livejournal.com]

[D'eon pauses for a moment, to turn at the newcomer, he's temporarily distracted from the demonic-creature that had been tailing him all day]

Ah? Are you new, monsieur?

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Yes ... is it normal for people to end up here unexpectedly? []

[gender-at-will.livejournal.com]

[he gives a solemn nod]

Sadly, yes.

[He sighs]

You have been kidnapped to some sort of alternate world. It is under the control of a young girl with omnipotent powers. On about a weekly basis she changes either the setting or... the situation here at the manor. This week it is strange beasts...

[crowspetfox.livejournal.com]

[] It's not the first time I've seen magic like that - there's illusions that can generate a sort of small alternate world, and some places that manifest such, but usually it's either temporary and transient, or something you have to be in a certain area for that's relatively stable.

[] They're not the strangest I've seen, although I admit, most people don't have much experience with demons and spirits.

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[and color him intrigued.]

Truly? Do you know of any ways to break the spell? we have had several powerful [god knows what they are... beings attempt to break through this place as well, but to no avail.

[d'eon also looks at the crow... and the bible thumper does no approve]

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I'm not sure yet. [] The ways out depend on the nature of the spell and the place; some of them dissolve if you can find what's supporting the enchantment, others are more like places you'd have to find the exit to, or a key. I'd like to find out more about the ones who've tried in the past, and if any of them would be willing to talk; it wouldn't help to repeat something that's already been tried.

[] He doesn't seem very talkative.