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o1. ♌ action set in lobby

[It had been a while since Nepeta had been brought to this world. In all honesty she was not sure she could say how long it had been, something bordering a month if she had to venture a guess. A month full of a lot of time spent in the hospital, recovering from the brutal beating that Gamzee had given her, a month spent trying and failing to come to terms with the death of her moirail, and a month full of questions and paperwork by humans urging her to come to this strange place.

It really was enough to send any troll's head reeling, especially one so young as her. She wanted to get back up on her feet, she wanted to try and move on and make the best of her situation, but it was so hard to do when she couldn't even get herself oriented. She had always been the cheerful one amongst her group, the one others came to when they needed to get something off their chest but that was because she had always had Equius by her side. It wasn't even so much as what he did, as was just his presence that helped her stay strong through all their troubles but now he was gone, she was mysteriously in some world inhabited by humans, and no other troll in sight.

She had just come from a meeting where she had been told the rules of this place, and where she would be staying, but after that she'd been left to her own devices. At first it had seemed like a refreshing idea, it seemed she had not been allowed much time for peace of mind since she arrived in this world but now as she stood awkwardly in the lobby, watching people walking to and fro from whatever destinations she had in mind it didn't seem quite so grand.]

((ooc; no one saw that...sob))

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[Nepeta stepped in, looking around the room. This was so different from the Veil, and so much more different than the cave that had been her home for so long. Ah well, she would just have to get use to it. Her attention return to Ronnae]

I guess so! My name is Nepeta.

[Ronnae smiles and looks to Nepeta with a shy smile.]

Nice to meet you, [She stands timidly considering she is far from presentable at the moment, but she wouldn't forget her manners. As such, she bowed low, her long ponytails almost sweeping the floor as she did so before she stood straight.]

I'm Ronnae, Ronnae 'Mash Belore Ryllos.

[This was new. She had certainly never been bowed to before so Nepeta was momentarily dumbfounded, before she remembered herself and awkwardly returned the bow. She really wasn't one for formalities, but she thought it only polite to give back what she had received]

It's nice to meet you too, Ronnae. I'm sure we'll be grrreat roommates!

I'm l-looking forward to it then~

Where are you from?

[She'd never met anyone like her before, but she was kind and friendly so she couldn't be bad at all! Maybe things were starting to turn for the best.]

I'm furrom Alternia. [she folded her arms behind her back]

And I'm a troll. What about you? [she was definitely curious to know more about this girl, apart from humans she didn't know of many other species capable of speech]

A troll? [She tilted her head curiously before settling down to watch her new roommate.]

I knew trolls back home but they looked different from you.

I'm from Azeroth, and I'm a half breed...

Half-orc, half-elf actually...

[She hadn't gotten any discrimination in this world for her heritage so far... So here's hoping it doesn't start with her new roommate she thought~]

[She certainly does not have to worry about that from Nepeta.]

Azeroth, huh. What's it like? And what are the trolls from your home like? [the latter in particular was definitely relevant to Nepeta's interest. She had thought that she and her eleven friends were the last of the trolls.]

Hmmm well... [She thought for a moment and shuffled through the pile of books on her bed before pulling out an elegantly decorated one. It had no title, but as she skimmed through the pages, it seemed to be littered with drawings, sketches and random writing. She stopped at a spot in the book and smiled.]

This is a male troll. (http://www.mantlestudios.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/troll-WOW-542x511.jpg) and this is a female troll. (http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/f/2010/210/1/4/Female_troll_by_queen_zombie.jpg)

[She pointed at the two pictures she'd drawn accordingly.] They have small soft fuzz all over their body that give their skin different colors, like green, blue, teal, purple, and others. There's also different kinds of trolls, Jungle, Ice, San, Shadow and other races of trolls.

[She sat back and looked up in thought.] As far as Azeroth goes, it's a fairly large world filled with many different environments and even more races. It's usually besieged by war and peace is hardly ever kept for more than two to three years. But it's home... Don't think I'd change it for anything.

[Ronnae then turned back to her new friend and smiled.] What about your world? How's it like?

[Wow! These are pretty amazing to look at. She listens intently to Ronnae. No, they aren't the same trolls as herself, but it's still fascinating to hear.]

Some trolls can sometimes look like that when they get older, especially when their horns grow out. Mine are kinda small. But we're all gray skinned, but we have diffurent kinds of blood! Like mine is green, but my moirail's is dark blue, and my best furriend's is teal.

There are all kindsa diffurent blood types, the entire rainbow with red being considered the lowest, and lavender the highest. People who are purple or higher are sea dwellers and [she gestures to her own cheeks, splaying her fingers out]

They have these gils that lets them breath under water!

As fur my world...well, it actually sounds a little bit like yours in that it's alway chaotic! There isn't a lot of war, but that's beclaws there are only trolls in our world. Well, trolls, the imperial drones, and lusii, and then lots of animals.

Only kids are left on the planet and once we come of age we are given our job and we go to serve the empire on other planets. But there is always lotsa fighting back home, and the imperial drones do a lot of inspections where they cull trolls who aren't fit to be part of the empire.

But it's a really beautiful place. I think it's a lot nicer than here. It's too bright here.

[Ronnae listened curiously~ Different types of bloods that denoted the higher breeds sounded really similar in the caste hierarchy.]

So if you were a seafarer you tended to have the higher blood types? [she asked leaning forward with curiosity.]

We have spells to let us breath underwater, but there are races that have gills too! Like the Markrura, Naga and Murlocs.

[She then frowned a bit confused.] Only kids left on the planet? That's new, I've never heard of something like that. What's it like? And why do you need to serve the empire once you come of age? You can't stay in the world if you don't?

[Questions questions and more questions!]

[Nepeta nodded] That's right. And highbloods are rarer so there aren't that many sea dwellers.

[Spells, now that is something curious] So magic is real in your world? Can you do any?

Well to be honest it's...I don't really know all that well! Most trolls live in cities or in communes, or near them at least but I never purrticularly like them that much. I live out in the wild with my lusus so I can't really same much since I was never around many troubles except fur a couple. [that's the best answer she can give. The only reason Nepeta knows that a planet full of kids is strange is because all the other places she has heard of aren't like that. For her it's all she's ever known so the idea of adults sticking around is strange for her]

That's what the Empurress says, and what the Empurress says, is what gets done. Most trolls are all about being strong and militant and purrfect so if someone said they wanted to stay they would likely just get culled.

[Culling was usually the answer for everything back home.]

So does everyone who wants to say home on Azeroth? I kinda like that idea.

There's very few cultures back home that force you to go into the military, but it's expected of you. For the sake of the world and all that. But We have plenty of other things to choose from other than the military route, like scholars, explorers, magi, diplomats and a slew of other jobs.

[She looked at her and smiled,] One of my cousins loved being in the wild over the normal cities, so did my best friend back home. Then again she followed the druidic arts and he was a hunter, so it was sort of expected they'd like that sort of life.

As for magic... [She blushed lightly and looked down sheepishly pressing her fingers together as she usually did when embarrassed.] I wasn't born with the ability to, but it's very real. Some of my family members are renowned scholars and spellcasters.

I can do magic-like things, but it's more of a natural ability enhanced by training. [That's the best she could explain how she could invigorate allies making them live longer in battle, make them hit harder, and send enemies fleeing in terror. Not to mention her ability to accelerate her regeneration.]

[Diplomats? If ever there was a foreign word for trolls, it was that. It was something she was loathe to admit about her species, but that was part of the reason that despite her overall friendliness, she mostly avoided society.

When she first began to observe humans she had been shocked at how, comparatively speaking, they were so peaceful despite how large their cities could be]

Magic-like things? Like what? [she was pretty eager to see!]

[Ronnae looked up in thought, she figured she'd have to show the abilities that wouldn't wreck their room... As such, she issued a command word in her native tongue and anyone near her suddenly felt healthier, a boost in well being and stamina.

Right after that she issued a rallying command, furthering the boost to their health and longevity followed but another command, a battle shout, making your body feel stronger than before.

The effects of such abilities lingered varied times. The full effects diminished after a good five or so minutes.

Ronnae blushed and looked at her friend timidly, fidgeting a bit in place.]

T-those are the ones that h-help my allies and such... it's more for combat than anything really, I was part of the army and trained as a warrior...

[Nepeta was a little confused at first, she wasn't sure what to expect and at first she thought nothing had happened---but then she felt it. Boy did she ever feel it. When the troll had come here she had been taken when someone was in the middle of, quite literally, beating her to death with a club and so she had had to take time to recover. She had yet to make a full recovery, but she could feel the aches in her body begin to slightly diminish.

She blinked and looked down at herself, patting her chest and legs as if she half expected something else to be there. She looked behind her at her tail which had been a weak, limp thing dragging behind her to see how it finally looked like something other than a broken appendage.

She lifted her arms up and down a couple times, and then looks at her hands.]

You did that? You can... [she turned her hands over, long sleeves falling down her arms to reveal some bruises and cuts that still remained--not quite as many as had been before]

You can heal?

Not entirely, but back home there where people who could help you regrow limbs and some could even bring you back from death's door, as long as your body had not been defiles or your soul imprisoned.

I can enhance your healing, and your stamina, and empower your body. I myself can regenerate naturally but I can boost that up a hundred times if I need to for a short period of time.

[Her training had been majorly martial, aside from the things she had learned on the side from her parents and family members. Sometimes she wished she had learned the path of the healer or a caster... But she wouldn't lie, she enjoyed the thrill of combat a bit too much at times... A fact she was embarrassed about and never outwardly spoke of.]

That's still amazing! I've never heard of someone being able to do something like that befur! [and in a world where if you got sick or injured, you were thought to be better left dead the idea of aiding someone in recovery was almost revolutionary to her mind.

Maybe if she had been able to do something like this, she could have helped Equius.

That small thought, conjured up a slew of other images of him, and the smile fell from her face as quickly as a toothpaste cap down the drain.]

[She looked at her concerned, maybe she had said something that brought up painful memories? She hesitated a moment but soon found herself moving towards her new friend and gave her a quick, warm hug.

It was something she needed herself more often than not, and if she could make her roommate feel better, then she definitely would do her best!]

Y-you alright? [she asked timidly.]

[The hug came as a complete surprise.

When she was her normal self, when she wasn't down Nepeta was an incredibly affectionate person. She loved to hug and tacklepounce people at random, but aside from Terezi she didn't often get hugged back.

But more surprising was just how Ronnae seemed to know that she needed it.

When the surprise wore off, Nepeta returned the hug, closing her eyes for a moment and taking comfort in the fact that someone seemed to care. Still, she didn't want to break down or explain all the things that had built up over the past month. At least not everything]

Y-yea it's just. I lost someone very impurrtant to me before I was brought here. I just though that maybe if I knew something like this, that maybe I might have been able to save them.

[Oh she understood this all too well, having been a leader of a very important squad in the war, she knew loss of friends, family, and those under her command... It was a heavy burden, but coming from her world, loss was all too real, and could happen in the blink of an eye.

She hugged for a bit longer before moving back a little and giving her a small smile.]

I told myself the same thing constantly back during the wars. I wished wholeheartedly that I could have prevented many of the deaths that happened. And yet in my own way I did... Just not as many as I would have hoped for. We do what we can in life, and those who care about us and whom we care about appreciate that more than we sometimes think.

I'm sure your friend knew you did your best no matter the odds.

[Nepeta returned the smile, feeling a little better. When Ronnae spoke Nepeta felt like she knew what she was talking about. She still felt she could have done something more, and it didn't make her miss him any less, but it was nice to know that there was someone who understood.]

Thank you. You're real nice, Ronnae.

[Ronnae offered her best, warm smile.]

No need for thanks~ We're roommates now right? And maybe friends? And friends stick together~

Right! [maybe things would be okay. She had been a little worried at first about living with someone, but she could already tell that she would get along just perfectly with Ronnae.

Things would be okay.]

[She gave her a playful thumbs up and a cheery smile. This was probably the first time she'd felt at ease since she got to this place... Maybe things were turning around for the better~]

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