001 | Action/Accidental Video

[noitatnacni]

[So, being rained on in the woods makes it pretty clear she's not on the Watchtower anymore. There's a few possibilities: she remembers flying back with the force of Fate rejecting her spell, so maybe she hit her head. Or maybe it's some illusion caused by the rebound. A very real illusion, as she can feel her whole body ache as she sits up. But there's no way she's not hallucinating this.]

Toto, I've a feeling we're not in outer space anymore. [She mumbles the words to herself, unaware that anyone might be listening. The journal has gone beyond notice, though it's been silently broadcasting the scene since a minute or so before Zatana woke. Thankfully she's close enough to a tree that the rain falling on her is light enough to not be too much of a concern. Instead her eyes have wandered downward, taking in her change of clothing with a frown.]

Oh you've got to be kidding me. [Zatanna tugs at the collar of the dress she wears, clearly displeased by the slip.] Yeah, this has to go. Emit ot egnahc sehtolc!

[She lifts her hands over her head as she speaks the words, and seconds later a cloud of smoke flows up the same path to cover Zatanna completely. It doesn't last long, vanishing within moments to reveal the girl now wearing an outfit better suited for a magician. For some reason though, it makes the pain in her back worse, and her jacket feels far too tight. She shifts where she sits for a moment before shrugging off the outermost layer to reveal a pair of grey wings.]

What in the--?! [Zatanna gasps, eyes wide as she takes in the sight of the appendages now attached to her. Actually attached; they move when she thinks of moving them, and she feels it when she touches them.] Great. A fake world with bad taste in clothing and accessories. Just what I needed.

[She takes another look at the jacket, slowly shaking her head.] At least I've still got my magic. Dda seloh rof sgniw! [After another cloud puff, this only only around the jacket, she slides the coat back on--gingerly, since the wings still hurt.

She makes her way to her feet then, determined to find out what's going on. Hopefully exploring will give her the answers she needs to get back. If she's lucky, maybe she'd wake up and find out there could still be a chance to thwart Fate.

The only place she ends up, however, is in Luceti proper. With the advice of a few good samaritans in mind, Zatanna changes into something a little less battling-bad-guys ready using the same method as before. Not that the rain makes exploring easy, but there's not really much avoiding it. Luckily summoning an umbrella is easy enough to do, and gives her adequate cover as she wanders pretty much everywhere public, just trying to get some idea for where she is.]



{ooc: open action or voice to any; Zatanna will be looking around randomly, so feel free to catch her anywhere.}

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[Action] Later in the morning...

[thisismylife]

[Artemis doesn't see the accidental video right away. She spends the morning avoiding the journals, attempting to deal with the events of the past few days, the sudden rise of memories and the confusing chaos of her own emotions. When she does sit down to make a journal post later on, she flips through a few pages after she's finished.

That's when she catches a snippet of a familiar voice, uttering a jumbled string of disjointed words that make no sense. Not unless you've heard them before, understand what they mean. Artemis freezes, flipping back quickly to the video she'd just skimmed past. It had been recorded earlier in the morning and when she calls out to the girl over the journal, there's no answer.

But there's no mistaking that voice. Zatanna is here. Somewhere.

The last few days pushed to the back of her mind, Artemis scrambles up to get dressed and dashes out into the town, heedless of the rain, searching for the other girl in the village.]

Re: [Action] Later in the morning...

[noitatnacni]

[She's been making her way through the village slowly, although by now Zatanna's gotten the impression that there's not much to it. It's not at all like either of the places she's lived back home, and the idea that she's stuck there isn't really settling well with her for reasons that go beyond the scenery.

Zatanna has just passed by the clinic, headed toward the next cluster of buildings when she catches sight of a figure moving towards her--or make that running towards her. Someone's definitely in a hurry, and even from a distance Zatanna doesn't think they have any sort of protection from the rain. It pricks her instincts, and she's trying to decide if she can stop the person to ask what's going on and maybe offer her help when she realizes it won't be necessary.

As it turns out, Zatanna recognizes the girl running frantically through the streets.]

Artemis? [There's a sense of relief at finding someone familiar, and Zatanna smiles brightly as she lifts her hand in a wave.] Artemis! Over here!

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[thisismylife]

Zatanna! [There's relief evident in her voice when Artemis hears her name called and she changes direction - although she doesn't have to by much, since she'd at least been headed in the right direction. A grin breaks over her lips and she all but flings herself at the other girl, forgetting for a moment she's soaked from the rain.]

Oh my god, it really is you!

[action]

[selfhelp]

[It isn't long after she arrives in the village that she'll have eyes on her; Billy's tried to make it a habit of watching for obvious New Feathers (or at least unfamiliar faces) when the start of the month swings around, since that seems to be the standard arrival cycle in this place. He's even cast the occasional location spell to track down those stuck in the woods.

Today, though? He's on his way to get some food during a free school period, his hood up to repel the rain a bit. And when he spots Zatanna nearby, he stops. And stares. Because whooooaaa, is that who he thinks it is?]

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[noitatnacni]

[You know what makes wandering around some alternate universe after discovering you've been physically altered to have whole new body parts even creepier? Seeing some random person staring at you. Way to make a good first impression, Billy.

Well, Zatanna's not one to just pass something like that by. So she turns to face the interested party, hand on her hip as she calls out.]

Something I can help you with over there?

[action]

[selfhelp]

[Oh god. Oh god, he really needs to stop doing that. Ugh. Hastily he waves a hand dismissively, shaking his head.]

No, no! Sorry. Actually, uh, I was about to say the same thing to you. You're new here, right?

[Oh yeah, the epitome of smooth.]

[Action]

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt had managed to get caught in the rain himself while walking through the village in his usual embarrassing clothing and loose baggy pants. He hasn't realized the only solution, only taking a precaution to pull his sleeve up to cover the image inducer. He catches the newcomer out of a corner of his eye and is ready to approach and greet her, but his eyes are diverted when he steps into a puddle. By the time he looks at her again, she now has the umbrella.

So he continues his approach with a confused smile.]

You didn't have that a second ago, right?

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[noitatnacni]

[Observant guy. But it's not the first time she's been caught, and a smirk plays on Zatanna's lips as she twirls the umbrella.]

What, this thing? [Alright, so maybe she shouldn't poke too much fun at a total stranger. But it's been a really long day, and Zatanna needs to relax a bit.] Well, either I did, or I managed to pull an umbrella out of thin air.

[Action]

[wildbluevagner]

[Observant on accident. But he rubs at his wet hair a little.]

And what happens if I guess wrong?

[Video]

[manely_harmless]

You... wait a minute!

[ Twilight fumbles with her journal and manages to figure out how to play the footage backwards. ]

Did you just say things backwards? [ She totally did. ]

Re: [Video]

[noitatnacni]

[And now there's a random voice coming from seemingly nowhere. Zatanna looks around, trying to find the source, although it doesn't help that she's surrounded by trees.]

Good ear. Not a lot of people pick up on that right away. [And Zatanna has no idea if the person who does now is a friend or a foe, so she's definitely on guard.] Mind coming out where I can see you?

[Action]

[abjurer]

[He's really starting to hate these shifts and the chaos they cause. Okay, sure, this one hadn't been quite so terrible, except for the mental cringing over some of the ridiculous magic he'd done just because... well, he could, but he really really hated having his head screwed with. He'd even believed everything about what had happened during the last week, taken it with absolute sincerity.

The only thing to do is kind of force himself back to what passes for normalcy in this place.

Like that's ever going to happen.

The rain isn't a problem for him. Place like England, you kind of learn to deal with it which is why, when he heads across town, the rain seems to hit an invisible barrier about a foot above him and sluices off around him. Some people aren't so lucky.

Some people have pretty neat tricks too.]

Interesting chant there. Pulling stuff out of thin air is tricky.

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[noitatnacni]

[Yeah, Zatanna's completely unaware of what's happened over the past couple of days to the rest of Luceti. She's mostly trying to get her bearings in terms of what's happened to her over the past couple of hours. At least people for the most part seem to be nice.

And several are also magical. Zatanna immediately recognizes the mystical force in play when the man approaches her, grinning a bit as she's the one complimented.]

Thanks. I've had a lot of practice. What about you? Maintaining that barrier seems like it'd be more work than just getting an umbrella or something, unless you're using a charm.

[voice]

[curiositykills]

Whoa, nice trick!

[He kind of feels bad for staring, just a little. But it doesn't count if it's the journals, right? Yeah, he's just gonna say it doesn't.]

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[noitatnacni]

[At least he's not the only one who will be creeping on her today.

Zatanna's still getting used to the idea of a book that can talk, although she's managed to find it by now. She shakes her head slowly, staring down at the journal in her hands.]

Thanks. It's actually pretty easy once you know what you're doing.

voice;

[ex_tessen852]

[Suki is completely amazed by the sight.]

How did you do that?

Re: voice;

[noitatnacni]

[It's a bewildering sort of day, isn't it? At least Zatanna thinks so, but who wouldn't under the circumstances?]

Magic. I cast a spell--well, two spells.

[Action]

[teenwonder]

[Unlike certain other heroes who don't bother with the journals enough, Robin's been keeping tabs on Zatanna since her first transmission over the journals. But there's time to be patient in a place like this. He'll wait for her to get settled, to post again, to--

To promptly move right in down the hall what the hell Artemis.

The next time she's alone, in the kitchen, in the hall, wherever she might be, Robin slides out from seemingly nowhere, cape wrapped around himself to air with the whole stealth thing.]

I think it's time we met.

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[noitatnacni]

[So much for making a sandwich in peace. Zatanna jumps a little when a voice suddenly speaks out from behind her. Luckily she's been warned about a certain someone, and it's not that much of a stretch to think that this is probably him.]

So let me guess... [She turns, hand on her hip as she faces this version of the boy wonder. Honestly, this whole thing could get very complicated very quickly, but Zatanna would prefer to avoid that.] You're the creepy Robin with the stalker-like tendencies?

[markofthebrave]

[You would think a girl would remember to bring an umbrella with her when the skies looked just that overcast in the morning. But no, Katara had been in too much of a rush to bother going back for it. Fortunately, rain wasn't too much of a bother for a master waterbender. She kept a hand pointed upwards in front of her, waving it back and forth slightly as she walked to send the water in either direction, creating her own personal dry space. She no longer needed to keep her hand above her head, for which she was grateful, but she still needetilld to maintain the motion in order to direct the rain.

Zatana with her umbrella still warrants a second glance, as Katara is pretty sure she knows everyone in Luceti at least by sight. But since they're still a little bit apart, she doesn't say anything yet.]

[noitatnacni]

[Zatanna notices the movements of the girl's hand, and at first, she thinks she might be trying to get her attention. But even after Zatanna starts to lift a hand in greeting she just keeps doing it, the same steady back and forth motion. Of course, she also notices the fact that the girl isn't drenched despite not having anything visible to stop the rain, so maybe it's connected. Hard to say just how, though.]

So you're not waving to say hi, are you? [Zatanna doesn't mind speaking up first once they're close enough, looking over Katara in open curiosity.]

Action; when she's in the village

[hero_of_smiles]

[And Here Cross was taking a walk in the rain with his hood up turned, thinking the day was going to be completely uneventful. Ha, so much for that. At least when he see's a girl being all magical and stuff and suddenly changing her clothes in public...er...magically of course.

So, what's the friendly thing to do? Compliment of course.]

Whoooooooa...nice trick there. Must make it easy picking out your clothes in the morning.

Re: Action; when she's in the village

[noitatnacni]

[Well, it's not the first time Zatanna's changed clothes like that in public. She knows the smoke triggered by the spell covers anything from view, so she isn't worried when she hears a voice calling out a compliment.]

Thanks. It definitely helps, although I still have to decide what I'm going to wear, exactly.

action

[stilldontgotit]

[Rain or shine, Riku makes a habit out of slipping into the woods on a fairly regular basis. It's usually quieter than the village proper, plus he's got a raft to maintain. With rain pouring down, said maintenance is especially important...

But when he spots Zatanna's magical clothing routine, he stops in his tracks and blinks slowly. There's something you don't see every day. It's definitely impressive, though. Maybe even enviable, even if his newbie days are far behind him.

Ah well, he'll give her some applause.]

Well, I guess that'll save you one trip to the clothing shop.

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[noitatnacni]

[The sound of someone clapping definitely gets her attention. Up until now, Zatanna's been alone. Someone else showing up could be anyone, from a random civilian to a bad guy, so Zatanna's going to be on her guard.]

Guess so. Probably lucky for me, since my wallet's gone too.