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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 24, 2017 18:29:05 GMT
The boat is quite nice for a merchant vessel, the crew quite large. Once on board you are indicated to go up to the top mot deck where the strange woman named "Miss Bourdain' is taking photos of the scenery. She is very clearly from the 1920's, or at least dressed as she should be.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 20:20:26 GMT
Once on the boat, Terra releases Jeremy, confident that he would be able to stand on his own now, and follows the captain's directions to the top of the ship. He looked around the ship as he walked, finding himself surprised by the size. Of all the books he had read, and of all the pictures he had seen, cargo ships were not normally this big, but he found it quite pleasant as he finally stepped onto to the top deck.
From this area, he had a very nice view of the ocean that surrounded him, he briefly wondered how amazing it must be to see the stars from here. Like looking through a fresh crystal ball and seeing the galaxy above sparkle above him. He blinked, his thoughts interrupted by the sight of the woman from earlier. She very much indeed like she had just stepped through a time warp from the 1900s and into the present day.
Still, regardless of the circumstances surrounding her strange choice of dress, or how she ended up aboard this vessel, she was beautiful to look at, and for some reason, Terra found himself staring at her in silence for a few moments before a brief blush colored his cheeks, and he looked away as he cleared his head.
"Ms Bourdain.." He smiled as he offered out his hand to the woman. "I'm Terra, nice to meet you." He really wanted to know this woman's story, but decided against prying to far for fear of running her off and into hiding. "This is quite the view of the ocean from here, it's no wonder you haven't made it to your destination yet."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 21:01:07 GMT
Mattie helped with Jeremy and followed Terra up to the ship deck where the captain. "Hey Terra?" she flushed with a thought.
"What's it like being in a boys body now?" this was a dream right? Maybe Kiami wouldn't remember if Mattie told her how she felt. For now she just sat down and leaned against the side of the ship. Her legs kind of hurt from all the walking.
She looked to she where Jillian was. "Hey Jillian? Do you want to take some time to work out the maps together? Maybe one of us can call forth a book on the realm itself that would help with our riddles as well?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 21:13:43 GMT
Harrow heads up to the top deck as instructed and sees Miss Bourdain and taking photos. Once there he makes his way to the edge of the deck and looking ahead at the view.
He sees someone talking to Miss Bourdain and decides that verbally it is all in hand. Harrow watches Miss Bourdain to look at any non verbal communication.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 21:41:14 GMT
As foot steps are heard behind him, Terra finds himself blushing as he looks over his shoulder and sees Mattie coming up to the deck, followed by a few others. He quietly bows his head to the woman in front of him and wonders off to Mattie, getting close enough to hear her very pointed question. Grabbing his friend by the hand he pulls her over to the far end of the deck, by some of the rails out of ear shot of the others around them.
"Well, it's really strange. At first, it was terrifying to not be.. well Kiami anymore, but the longer I am in this body, the more I feel like its my own. Sometimes my thoughts fight among themselves trying to decide if I am a male or a female, it's like I pulled a Bruce Jenner, only backwards. One day I'm an 11 year old child, and now I am this.. I don't even know how old.. young man."
He takes a deep breathe, looking out over the calm waters as he tries to sort through his words before saying anymore, than looks back at Mattie, and half smiles before he continues. "Only this morning I was a kid that didn't have any clue, and now I'm this boy, who suddenly has confidence but also weird feelings. Like, right before everyone came up here and I saw that woman by herself, it was like butterflies took over my stomach, and I thought she was beautiful.. but I've never had feelings like those before, so I don't know what to do with them... Yanno?"
He continues to look at Mattie, wondering if by chance she could understand the changes he seemed to be going through. It was odd and strange all these male sensations she felt, she shifted on her feet, and whispered just low enough for Mattie to hear. "Also, I don't know how guys walk with this.. thing! It's uncomfortable and gets stuck in all the wrong places.. and.. well.. you get it.. it's weird!" He finishes off before blushing and turning back to look at the water below them, waiting for Mattie to say something, anything really.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 22:51:50 GMT
Jillian smiles at Mattie, nodding. "That sounds like a great idea, Mattie. You'll have to manage the whole manifesting thing, I'm really no good at it." she shook her head, her previous confidence giving way a little to the usual awkwardness of her old self. "I unconsciously tried even before anyone else managed anything with nothing more than a tingle, tried since too." she shrugged, a little embarassed that first years had managed some sort of magic that she hadn't been able to, even if it wasn't real magic.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 25, 2017 0:59:25 GMT
Alicia looks amused, "sweetie... This is a river. The river yann. Nowhere near the ocean yet." She smiles, her accent American. "It is love here, I quite enjoy it, much better than the river in Arkham."
(I need @harrow to roll an idea roll and post to her roll thread.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 0:59:58 GMT
As the group walks up the ramp to bard Dmitry reaches in to the bag and pays the captain as each steps aboard finally paying for himself. Once on board Dmitry walked to the railing for the top deck. As he looks around he sees, and giving a whistle he calls her over "Lili over here!" he motions to her to join him The deck is over looking the rest of the cargo ship. He wanted to check on her see how she's doing being on the water and knowing they will be there for a couple days.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 2:03:20 GMT
"She's right," Jillian called out from where she sat nearby, laying out the maps ready for Mattie to join her. She had caught that the woman had mentioned Arkham but while the name a slight bell she could not place it. "Assuming the map is accurate, I am reading it right and there is no magic of sorts involved in the travelling.. we travel down the river, past or through another city whose name I can't quite make out. Then past a couple of smaller villages before we reach the sea and then across most of the map before Oxuhahn. Assuming we actually get there.. Two or three different seas it seems. I can't guess the scale of these maps, but I am glad they are not as large as I first thought."
She hoped given some more time she would be able to make a more accurate judgement of the trip.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 6:02:25 GMT
Once aboard the boat Jeremy finds himself left to his own devices. Still feeling tired but the intial shock began to wear off. Looking around he found himself on a beautiful boat. Of one that fitted the description of many a boat in his books and from tales by old sailors that where told to him. Being shown the top deck he found some where to lean against and take it all in. 'What an adventure' he thought to himself.
Watching Dimitry pay the captain his mind wandered back to events prior to boarding the vessel. Didn't Mattie say she had done something similar before? That she found it sickening. He remembered that Terra's face was a picture as she said it. Has she been here before? He thinks to himself.
Whilst Jillian and Mattie are looking over the maps he slowly walks up to them. "Umm Matilda. I hope you dont mind me intruding. But did you say you have apperated before? " he asks quizzically. Hoping she has an answer to overcome the tiredness he is currently struggling from.
Its at this moment he hears the lady, a Miss Bourdain mention she is from Arkham. 'Arkham' Jeremy thinks to himself 'Is everyone from Arkham?'
He again turns to the two ladies in front of him. "Where are you two from?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 6:25:46 GMT
Matilda H keeps quiet as she watches the others talk to her. Miss Bourdain seems very relaxed and laid back. No obvious signs of unrest. She carries on observing but can't pick up any other signs from her.
She hears the full name of Alice Bourdain and whilst it doesn't stand out as one she knows. Matilda starts to get the feeling that she knows it is important for her personally.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 6:34:47 GMT
Mattie couldn't help it she busted out laughing yet again at Terra and his response to the male parts he was now sporting. "Ask one of the men?" she snickers. "As for the feelings, um, I don't have a clue."
She quickly looks away just as Jillian pulls the maps out and watches her. "Could be more or less as well if we make ports elsewhere also." she commented.
When the lady mentioned the town Matyie shrugged her shoulders and shook her head. "Maybe Massachusetts somewhere. Her accent sounds similar to Boston." she wasn't sure though.
When Jeremy came over she gave him a quizzical look. "Apparated? No, I don't believe I said that." she said looking at him concerned. "Are you okay? You sure you aren't just overly tired? We are in a dream realm of some sort after all." She goes back to the map looking a Jillian nervous and scared as she let's out a breath. She really hopes he doesn't question her again and if he does someone older and smarter answers.
"I from Queens but I live in London now." she said her accent obviously one of a native New Yorker.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 7:07:22 GMT
Upon Matties response Jeremy decrees to himself that she is most likely correct. "Oh" he responds "I suppose you are correct. This whole adventure so far has been a fatigue on this Englishmans bones." He laughs outwardly. Finishing with a sigh. "Where abouts in London are you living? " he says smiling. "Ive been there a few times, the centre is to busy for me"
Jeremy finds a small stool nearby, plants his suitcase next to it and sits on the stool. Tired. Drained and with a body feeling heavy he decides that he needs proper rest. A true bibliophile at heart, he does what he knows will rest him. And opens the book before him and begins to read anything and everything that he is able to.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 10:18:31 GMT
"We have all seen and heard odd things here, Jeremy." Jillian speaks up having caught the look from Mattie. "Whatever that thing you did was, it certainly took it out of you too. I'm still not sure what happens if we sleep here, so that worries me a bit." she had never been good at lying before, but it seemed whatever Hypnos had done to their minds had changed that here.
She smiled up at the man, "My family is from London too, the outskirts. Where are you from?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 11:38:53 GMT
"Thats very true" Jeremy responds to Jillian. Feeling a little embarrassed that he misheard something so large. Feeling rather unsettled he looked back at the book to compose himself.
"Oh im from a little village Oxfordshire originally." He says managing to conceal as much of the fluster as he can. "But I spent many of my years in Oxford. So we are not all from Arkham then?? That IS curious."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 12:12:54 GMT
Jillian smiled, glad to hear her thoughts on his accent was right and that he was originally from England. "I have never even been to Arkham. Its in America isn't it?" she examined him a moment, "Can I ask what is curious?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 16:56:26 GMT
Mattie thanks Jillian with a slight smile and then turns to look back to Jeremy. "Loughton here. Dad has a family estate there and his parents live in Cambridge." she sat off her knees and looked at the book Jeremy was reading.
"Where is Arkham at?" she looks to Jillian asking the question again and shrugging her shoulders. "Who has the pad of paper with the riddles written down? I want to kind of rewrite them in some sort of order that can be deciphered easier."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 17:26:29 GMT
Matilda walks around the top deck after observing Alicia Bourdain. The fact that her name is one that Matilda should know annoys her as Harrow tires to establish a reason why.
She feels bad that she has left the others but this is something that needs to be done alone. She starts saying to herself "why do I need to know her name, is there a reason I'm missing. Is she the person my whisper was talking about?" She finds some railings to lean on as she tries to work out if she is missing anything. "Come on Matilda think. Why do you need to know her name" she says as she thinks about this.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2017 19:03:16 GMT
As Mattie turns her attention to Jillian and the maps, Terra takes a moment to look around the deck and noticed that everyone was off in their own small groups, each one working on something important for the mission at hand no doubt. Going off to a corner, he finds a quiet spot to settle into on the ground and pulls the notebook out from earlier.
The thought of some music to drift through the air crossed his mind, and he wondered if he could pull a radio into the realm as he had earlier with the notebook. But, upon trying he finds nothing happens. He shrugs, a bit disappointed as music would have been nice, but not every idea will work.
Looking down at the notebook he opens it up, and pencil in hand begins to read each riddle over, rearranging the sequence of placement, hoping that as he does this, he can pick up on some kind of clue to these words.
"Mattie, I have the notebook. I'm starting to work on the riddles now." He says in answer to her question, before going back into the notebook.
As he works, he looks over at Jeremy, and has an idea. "Hey, Jeremy? Can I borrow your book that you manifested earlier? I think if you don't mind, I might be able to decipher these riddles using it. But, it might take some time."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 3:07:43 GMT
"I think its near Ilvermorny," Jillian whispers while leaning across the in such a way as to disguise her being close to Mattie, "Muggle town I think." That was about all she knew.
The conversation between Mattie and Kiami/Terra gave her an idea, "Make a list of the things we have found too," she calls out, "The numerous bags and what they contained. I don't think I heard what was in Harrow's and Liliana's bags, but if any of it ties to the riddle at all it will be worth checking."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 3:34:18 GMT
"Harrow has seven necklaces in her's. I've got broken coins that all seem to have a match but they are from ancient civilizations. Lili hasn't been talking much so I've no idea either what is in her's. She seems closed off. Maybe it has something to do with my Dad leaving?" she shrugs her shoulders.
She looked back to Terra. "Order is good, do you think you can figure them out or would you like help from someone?"
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 26, 2017 13:19:53 GMT
Alicia Bourdain smiles at everyone and leans against the rail of the boat. She moves her hand as if she is holding a glass and a wine glass appears. She takes a sip and turns around, looking back over the River Yann.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 14:24:00 GMT
Mattie stands up and walks to the railing looking at Alicia. She smiles sweetly at her. "How long have you been here for?" she asks looking out at the river.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 15:47:01 GMT
Harrow is still watching the horizon trying to understand why she has this feeling about why they feel the importance of knowing more about Alicia Bourdain.
She makes her way closer to her and politely says "beautiful view, are you enjoying yourself Mrs" almost like it is more conversation making.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 26, 2017 18:08:22 GMT
Alicia seems quite perky and pleased to have company speaking to her. "I've been here a few hours, picked up the boat at the dreamers gate." She turns to look at both of them who are speaking to her, "I find it beautiful here, its so peaceful to me. Look at this sunset." She motions to the hues of green, red and purple in the sky which was starting to become otherworldly. The boat was just starting to leave the dock and begin its journey down The Yann.
"I must prefer to be here than awake on the train, such an terribly long ride. But it is better than being stuck in the Orne Library all day."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 20:53:14 GMT
Terra stops rearranging the riddles long enough to flip to another page and quickly jot down the contents of each persons bag, save from Lili's. looking up at Mattie's question he smiles.
"Since you are helping Jillian with the maps, I was hoping to get Jeremy's help with the riddles."
Tucking the book away as he stands and stretches his eyes follow the description of the sunset, he is struck by the beauty of it spanning the sky above the river.
"Has anyone seen Lili since we got on the ship? I'd like to find out the contents of her pouch. Since I am sure all the items hold significant information to our Journey."
He walks around a bit, with no luck of spotting Lili, he didn't really know her, and didn't feel it his place to go looking for her. He figures she will turn up eventually, and he would get some answers. In the mean time he makes his way over to Jeremy, who seems lost in the book, and clears his throat to grab his attention.
"What do you think Jeremy? Do you wanna help me decipher these riddles and items with that book of yours?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 21:26:11 GMT
Matilda listens to her and nods in agreement with her "Yes it is a beautiful sunset tonight, very peaceful here as well. I've just boarded today. Nice to be away from home"
She listens to Alicia speak and when she mentions the Orne Library, Matilda finds this would be helpful information "Why would you think that Miss. Not a fan of libraries"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 21:35:55 GMT
Mattie looks at the sunset. "Or she works at one all day and finds it rather boring?" Mattie suggested to Harrow on the other side of Alicia.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 26, 2017 21:51:03 GMT
"On the contrary, I work for the Miskatonic University and spend a majority of my time doing research in the Library. I just prefer the field work, they are sending me out to the smokey mountains to do some research. I just prefer to sleep on the trip and be here than staring out the windows all of the way there."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 22:12:29 GMT
Mattie lifted and eyebrow. "Wait, you can come here and go back any time you wish?!"
How could someone do that? Was that actually possible?
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