1 Monster Friend [Action]

[wildlittlegirl]

[ It's cold out. It's cold, and Arietta doesn't know where she is. What she does know is she shouldn't be here. This isn't the Isle of Feres, and she's not wearing her clothes anymore. She doesn't have the bandages anymore, and there's a small red spot on the side of her sundress where one of her wounds has reopened.

But it's cold and she showed up near the edge of the village, so at the moment she's tentatively picking her way around the buildings and trying to find one that looks unoccupied so she can head inside and warm up. ]

Comments

Obi-Wan's buddy Adele might be threadjacking in if that's cool with you.

[averybadfeeling]

"I do not know for certain."

[He begins to walk the girl through the village. His pace is brisk, though he will not allow himself to move ahead of her.]

"They are frustratingly vague about their motives, but by and large, their interactions with us take the form of missions and tasks they request of us and experiments they perform upon the population. Neither are permanently damaging, though they can have other inconvenient effects, but I have yet to determine a purpose behind them.

That's fine with me!

[wildlittlegirl]

If I tell them I'm with the Order of Lorelei, they should let me go. Otherwise they can get in trouble. [ That's what Van told her to do if she ever got in trouble. ]

Edit: He'll be taking her to see the good doctor once he's got some bandages on her.

[averybadfeeling]

[... Obi-Wan stops for a moment at that. She sounded so certain. So secure. She had no idea that for the moment, she was beyond the reach of her friends and allies. Helpless, or close to it.]

"I'm afraid your Order will not find you here. We're on our own."

[He continues to the items shop and heads inside.]

[wildlittlegirl]

[ She pauses for a moment in confusion before following him. ]

Why not? I thought everyone followed the Order of Lorelei.

AND THEN I TOOK FOREVER TO RESPOND

[averybadfeeling]

"That may be the case in your world, but we are... no longer in your world. This place, I am not certain as to its nature, but it is beyond the reach of our allies, and far from the worlds we know."

[He moves quickly, browsing through the items as he speaks, and finally he procures some bandages and gauze, as well as a number of belts.]

"I do not wish to expose the wounds here, it would invite infection. Place gauze over them and use the belts to apply pressure, and then we can continue."

[wildlittlegirl]

I don't understand.

[ But she starts to slowly follow his instructions anyway. ]