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1st Dive: Beginnings [Action]

[A quiet and peaceful slumber after a long, tiring day in high school for Ai Nanasaki ended up with her waking up in the middle of a forest, her body on the ground surrounded by leaves. Not that she thought she was waking up at first, but that she was in the middle of an odd dream, rather. A particularly vivid one.

It was a bit cold - certainly colder than her room had been - and her body didn't feel as relaxed as it did on the comfy mattress. And she was lying on something else other than the ground.

As Ai leaned forward, her eyes inspected her surroundings curiously, her head feeling a bit dizzy. It resembled the hill her grandfather owned, but... there was something off about it. She wasn't on the route she usually took, either - there wasn't one to begin with.

Still feeling something on her back, she reached over her shoulder and touched what felt like a wing. Also, she seemed to be wearing a peculiar white sundress and not the pyjamas she had gone to bed with.]

Huh...

[This was so strange. And it felt real. It didn't feel like a dream.

Ai continued turning her head around, and it wasn't until her gaze landed on a book right beside her when she stopped doing so.

The girl reached out and inspected both covers of the peculiar object with curiosity in her eyes.

Standing up with the book in her hands, she opened it up, trying to make sense of what was happening. But what was inside of it just seemed to confuse her even more at that point.]

Where am I...?

[Her voice sounded as confused as it could be. It was a good question. And why did it feel like she had wings on her back?]

(OOC: Ai will be walking around the forest while inspecting the book, trying to either find anyone who could help explain what was going on or a sign of civilization. You can catch her there.)

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[As Garrosh walked up to the snare, Ai slowed up herself, using this opportunity to inspect the journal in her hands, first checking out the cover once more. She still didn't know what it was exactly, but it seemed connected to her being in Luceti somehow.

The words Azeroth and Durotar were obviously unknown to her. The names alone were not enough to sate her curiosity.]

Are there more of your kind here?

[She still had trouble fathoming that there were actually more worlds out there and the fact that people from each place were gathered together here.]

[...] Not in this enclosure. [This, is probably the least angry thing he's said so far. Because he's focusing on the positive that is that there are orcs on this planet. He's not the only one. He's not got nothing to build an army out of.

But his disappointment is there This snap's got nothing in it. He grunts, and then fiddles with it to make sure it's set properly again, moving on]

There's other prisons on this world with other villages. Orcs live in at least one of them.

[And Ai noticed the change of tone in Garrosh's voice as he replied, making her raise a brow slightly. So he was an orc, and at the very least, there were more people like him here. He could've been even less lucky.]

I see...

[And then Ai made her own deductions of out the new information given what she had learned so far, but she wanted a confirmation regardless.]

But we cannot reach the other villages?

That's right, we can't. The enemy must find it easier to run many smaller groups than to give us the chance to form an army against them.

[Or that's his conclusion. They're "scientists" he remembers in the back of his mind, they might have some strange goblin-like logic going for them]

[Given the fact that they were taken here in the first place for one reason or another, it made sense that the Malnosso wouldn't want any successful resistance against them. Separating the villages would be one way to assure that it was impossible to do that.

Even if everyone was brought together, something told Ai that if the Malnosso were able to somehow put a pair of wings on everyone's backs, that they could remove them just as easily if they wanted to. And Garrosh already said that if a person lost both, they would die... And that weakness didn't bode well for them.]

That means you still cannot reach the other orcs... I am sorry about that.

[She genuinely was, if all of this was true. At the very least there were other humans like her in this enclosure.]

[He pauses in his resetting of the snare for just a moment. And then he finishes it silently before standing, the knife in hand, and turning to face her fully. Looking down at her, he's looking at her curiously, a brow arched]

You sounded sincere about that, Ai.

[Not her full name, because there's a cultural connotation about that for orcs]

Edited 2013-03-15 03:01 (UTC)

[Ai was momentarily taken aback since in her culture people who just met wouldn't use their first names to address each other, not until they actually become at least friends. That made her eyes widen a little at first.

But then she remembered that she was speaking to an orc from a completely alien world, which explained it rather quickly, ending her confusion. At least, on that matter.

She answered him shortly afterwards.]

Well, it looks like we are all unlucky to have arrived here, but at least I can talk with the other humans in the village you mentioned.

[Though she had yet to see the village itself and the people residing in it.]

It would be comforting to have some links to your home while you are here. Especially if we are going to remain in Luceti for a long time...

[There were certainly a lot of odd things about this place already, and the more she heard about it, the more alien it seemed. But maybe she could find at least a little solace in some things...]

[...Hurr. Well that, he makes a gruff sound, before turning and heading towards his next snare. He goes slowly, to allow for Ai to follow him effectively despite his stride and not giving her much warning. He also seems to be smiling, now with his back to her again.

[Ai silently followed the orc through the forest, easing into his presence more when she saw him relax a little. In a few seconds, she began inspecting the journal that she had in her hands curiously, paying even more attention to it now than before.]

Does everybody in Luceti have something like this, too? I mean, along with the wings?

[She kept her gaze on it as she opened it up to indicate what she was talking about.]

What is it? It seems... sophisticated.

[From what she could tell now, it had functions similar to what an electronic device back home would.]

Those journals are a communication... device. A way to talk to to people from far distances. [But they're usually full of useless information. He answers that casually, still marching to the next snare without stopping]

[Ai thought as much - from the looks of it, there was a way to contact people either in written form, a voice conversation or even a video.

It was like an electronic device, then, though it didn't look like one. It didn't seem to be charged by anything.]

I see...

[The thought of whether she could contact her family passed Ai's mind, but she had a hunch that it wasn't exactly possible.]

This works just for people in Luceti?

[What she couldn't say with certainty was whether it could work with the other enclosures, though.]

Can you use it to contact the orcs in one of the other villages?

No, I can't. Those books only work for this village, or when the enemy decides they want to send a message out to it.

[And it pisses him off. But then almost everything about this situation pisses him off, so while he keeps his voice even, he also still sounds angry. As he keeps going through the forest though, a fair thought happens upon him-]

Which also means the enemy knows everything that happens on them.

[That was an unfortunate thing - in his position, Ai would be upset that she couldn't reach them, either. Garrosh was out of luck purely for being brought here, like her.

She then quirked an eyebrow and thought about what he said in silence before she replied.]

If they have the power to contain us within a bubble and prevent us from leaving... knowing everything that happens does not seem improbable anymore.

[This whole situation sounded like an experiment, so doubtlessly the Malnosso wanted to observe it every step on the way.]

I wonder how they are capable of all this...

[Her voice trailed off as she thought with a degree of fright.]

Some sort of magic, no doubt. [But who cares. He'll figure it out eventually, see it through, kill them, all sorts of stuff like that. For now, no, he just grunts and makes his way to the next snare, crouches, and goes to mess with it]

[Ai would be intimidated if she could read Garrosh's thoughts, but she already had a vague idea of how a potential encounter between Garrosh and the Malnosso would go. Right now, she could only be glad that the orc was on her side.

She closed her book and followed Garrosh to the next snare and watched him as he messed with it, tilting her head to the side curiously, saying nothing for a while. That didn't mean she stopped wondering, though, and she eventually decided to ask her question.]

Are you providing for the village, Mr. Hellscream?

[Despite cultural differences, he was still clearly older than her - the safest bet was to address him like she just did, as strange as it sounded coming from her mouth.]

[Providing...] I intend to ensure the village can provide for itself come spring. For now, I'm feeding myself. [This one has a rabbit. Good. He plucks the dead animal out and puts it in a little bag at hsis waist. He'll skin it and get it ready back at his house, but it does make him grin as he gets to work resetting the trap]

[Ai had to wonder what was available in the village they would go to soon, and whether there was any food they could spare for her... Having been wandering for as long as she had, the girl would inevitably get hungry soon.

The sight of the dead rabbit was not pleasant for her, however, as she looked away for a minute. One of her hands nervously tucked a hair behind her ear in the meantime.]

You... mentioned there were a lot of resources in the village that we are given by the Malnosso, however, Mr. Hellscream. Doesn't that include food?

[Maybe he wouldn't have to be doing this if the rations there were adequately stocked consistently.]

It does, but I am not a sheep. [With a snort as he finishes resetting the trap. He glances back at her, and he doesn't exactly feel sympathy, but he does acknowledge she's been in that sundress for a while and it is cold. If she dies, it's no skin off his back, but he's mildly impressed at how little she's complained back there. He stands decides only one more trap before he goes back.

As he sets off towards it though-] The enemy provides arms, armor, clothing, foods, and conveniences. And the village accepts it all.

[Ai could take the cold some more even if she would've preferred to be somewhere much warmer - and she felt safer being around the orc than wandering in the woods on her own again. She was certainly shivering from time to time, but she was not going to complain until it got unbearable.

Her eyes widened a bit at Garrosh's response in surprise, and she proceeded to think it through while she followed silently, and specifically what she would say. She did not want to anger him, but neither did she want to just drop the subject.]

...Do you not see it as taking advantage instead, Mr. Hellscream? You can use all of these things against the Malnosso... I mean, you could benefit from the energy that every convenience they give provides, make use of their weapons to fight them...

[Perhaps, if the Malnosso were eventually defeated, the fact that they had provided their prisoners with so much would be their undoing. The arms and armor, for one thing, could make all the difference for those who could use them. Of course, Ai wasn't among them, but maybe people like Garrosh...]

If that village weren't dependent on those supplies, perhaps. Orcs take no pride in being the slaves of their enemies, at their beck and call and eating their food as if they were sucking on their mother's teet.

[With a... snarl. He says this all surprisingly evenly though. Like he knew this sort of thing was going to come up as soon as he said what he did about the situation]

...I do not think using these supplies necessarily means that you accept your role as a slave... Maybe that is the Malnosso's mistake, I mean. They may be giving us all these things to make us forget we are actually prisoners and have us be content with the situation, I think...

[Ai could understand Garrosh's reasoning and why it may have been the way it was, which was another reason she didn't want to sound accusatory or condescending, instead being careful with everything she said to him. She didn't detect any hostile intentions from the orc even if he disagreed, which gave her confidence to continue. If she made him frustrated, then the wisest move would be to back off.]

...If you are locked in a cage, for example, and if you are given a means to pick the lock somehow in a way that your captors didn't think of... will you not wait for an opportune time to try to escape?

[In a scenario like that, Ai'd certainly be scared and her heartbeat would be beating so very rapidly, but it would still be a potential way out if she thought it would work...]

[He listens to this. He actually listens and internalizes it, despite it being a small human girl. But all the same, there's one problem with that-]

Until the village controls its production, that can't be used to its potential. [And he snorts at that, moving over towards the next snare, going on with] It is their mistake, but it is a mistake of their village not to exploit it.

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