#wcnderfulthings

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Padme blinked in surprise. "That sounds intense. I am sure your people and your world depended on you very much." It seemed this woman was a true asset to her planet--wherever it might be--and Padme's heart ached to think that they were without her protection now. "Do you think you succeeded?" She slid her hands into the pockets of her dress as they continued to walk into the city. "My world was at war too," she confessed. "The whole galaxy, really. We were experiencing a sort of...civil war, with many of the planets in our senate separating from the whole. Right before I died, I found out my husband and switched sides. The problem is, I still don't know why I died."

Nat smiled at the other's question. "Not a leader, no but yeah, something like a soldier," she finished with a nod. At her next question, Nat nodded again. "Yeah, really, the entire world was at war," she explained. "A genocidal warlord from another planet came to Earth and erased half of the population... When I died, we were fighting to reverse time and stop him before he erased half of the world from existence." Hearing herself, it sounded hard to believe but it was the truth.

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alicent & marceline || @wcnderfulthings

"i'm looking for some new music." the brunette began, turning to look at the other with a friendly smile. "do you have any favourites you could recommend?" alicent asked, her fingers tracing over the different records in front of her. "i have to admit this is all rather new to me, i've heard live music before but have never owned anything that's been recorded for the rest of time."

[swornfate]

@wcnderfulthings: ❝ it never mattered to me like, what form people came in. i love souls, the body is just kinda like pretty packaging. it’s nice but it’s not what’s important to me. ❞ (from chris to coriolanus)

part of him silently agrees. the form people come in is inconsequential, whether it concerns love or all else. but if his time in the arena taught him anything, it's that most souls are awful, and it takes little to bring that side out of them. “people focus too much on what doesn't matter,” coriolanus agrees, his eyes contemplative. “the question should be whether this pretty packaging is hiding the soul's true intentions.”

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cora & emily || @wcnderfulthings

"hey, hows it going?" the brunette questioned, turning to look at the other with a bright smile. "can i help with anything or have you already been served?" cora asked, tilting her head slightly to the side.

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Lucy smiled brightly. She wasn't used to such hospitality in the world, but she certainly wouldn't say no to it when it was offered. "I would like that very much," she agreed. As she followed the other woman to the shop, she offered her hand to officially introduce herself. "I'm Lucy MacLean. It's very nice to meet you. You're very hospitable. Where you're from, is it common to help strangers?" In the last few months on the island, it had become very clear that her neighbors were from many different worlds, all with different rules and cultures and histories. Lucy found it all fascinating. "What was your world like? Before you came here, I mean. Do you miss it?"

At her explanation, Maya's eyebrows raised. It sounded like the woman was from the future or something... It was strange but it wasn't that strange seeing that magic pulled her from her home and placed her here. It sounded like wherever or whenever this woman was from, it was a pretty terrible place to live. Maya nodded along as she spoke and smiled at her when she offered her her pretzel. "I'm okay, thanks," she said at the offer. It seemed like she needed the pretzel more than Maya did. She wasn't really that hungry anyway. She was only in the food court to pass the time. "Um, I'm sure there's some shops around here you can check out," she said then offered. "I can walk with you over to one and help you pick out a purse if you'd like."

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davina & maya || @wcnderfulthings

"hi there!" the brunette greeted the other as she moved from the back room towards the front of the shop. "are you happy browsing today or would you like some help?" davina questioned, placing the unopened mail on top of the counter as she moved to welcome the other. "i'm davina."

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morrigan & addison || @wcnderfulthings

"here you dropped this." the blonde admitted as she held out her hand towards the other, a gold ring attached to a loose gold chain. "seemed like it might be something important." mor explained. "the clasp looks like it snapped - i'm sure the antique store in town might have replacement bands if that's what you're after."

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clove & natasha || @wcnderfulthings

"don't get me wrong i love having a break from the gym - but even during the breaks i keep running into my customers - and they think were friends when really they're paying me to get them into shape - it's a bit awkward with the whole professional boundary thing."

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Robb did not often like to admit that he was frightened. He had been a king in his world, and it was a king's duty to lead his people bravely, to be strong when they were weak and help them all to carry on. But he had also been taught that the only time a man could be truly brave was when he was already afraid. "Yes," he said, honestly. "In truth, it does not feel real." If he really let himself think about what had happened--about what had happened to him, to those he loved--he might go mad. He had simply to carry on, to keep searching for answers instead. "What was it like? Your world? How was it different?"

When he said he remembered dying, Marceline looked over at him sadly. "That's gotta be hard... and pretty terrifying," she admitted quietly. It was rare that she was ever afraid but she could admit that there's been times when she actually was scared. Waking up on a strange island after thinking you died was a terrifying thought and it wasn't just a thought for the other guy. It was his reality. When he explained where he was from, Marceline nodded. "Yeah?" she asked. "I can see how you think that. My world was nothing like this, I mean, I think it once was but by the time I was born into it, everything was different."

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alicent & valerie | @wcnderfulthings location: Naporia Playhouse

"thanks for meeting me." alicent spoke, turning her attention towards the other. "i thought we should probably talk about what happened, and well - the movies seemed like the best place in my mind." the brunette admitted, shrugging. "listen - i don't know what came over me." she swallowed thickly waiting for the other to say something. "please talk to me val."

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jo & addison || @wcnderfulthings

"so have you decided whether this hospital is better than grey sloan?" jo asked, leaning against the bench as she looked over at addison with a small smile on her lips. "i think it's less chaotic here for some reason but home is home after all."

[swornfate]

who: natasha romanoff & jacaerys velaryon @wcnderfulthings where: sunset cove

“have you ever heard the story of castor and pollux before?” jacaerys lifts his head from the book he's reading, the contents of which are hitting just a bit too close to home. “they were brothers, apparently, but one of them, castor, was mortally wounded in a fight. while he lay dying, the other brother offered to share his immortality with him so that he might keep his brother's spirit alive.” he swallows thickly, the reminder of lucerys still weighing on him. “anyway, the gods were so moved by his sacrifice that they reunited the two brothers in the stars, immortalizing them forever in the constellation called gemini.” with a shake of his head, jacaerys shuts the book in his hand, feeling no desire to continue anymore. “how maudlin…”

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Padme waited patiently, looking around the shop until the woman returned with the crystals. The idea of crystal being used as a magical source was, at least, familiar to her. She wondered if this woman, too, was a jedi, or if she used 'magic' in a similar way to how they used 'the force'--centering it through a crystal and allowing it to power every ability in their bodies. Padme had always envied this skill, wished she carried it herself. "I have this." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a scrap of ripped fabric. "It was meant to be their baby blanket. It must have been in my hand when I disappeared and arrived here. I don't know if it'll work. They never had a chance to be wrapped in it." It was yet another part of the life she'd envisioned for her children that never came to be.

"Yeah," she said, softening as the woman continued to speak. She remembered first showing up on the island, lost and confused, with no one familiar. She'd felt hopeless too, once she found out that her magic was useless in getting her off this strange island. Instead of wallowing in her sorrows, Maleficent decided to put herself to use. She opened up this shop and helped out around the gardens sometimes. "I know what you mean," she admitted as she bent down under the counter to pull out a map of the island. "Excuse me for a second. I need to grab something out of my office," she said as she moved towards her office. She grabbed her scrying crystal and made her way back out to the counter. She opened up the map and laid it out before handing the woman the quartz that was attached to a long piece of twine. "It's called scrying," she explained. "It works better when you have something belonging to the person you're looking for but it should still work if they're here on the island without it."

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Padme reached out and took the woman's hand in her own. "I really think so. It may take some time, but this island is full of people determined to get back to where they came from. I left my children behind. I will not rest until I have found a way back to them. I am sure there are many here that feel as I do. If we all put our minds together, I am sure we can find a way home." Padme gave her hand a reassuring squeeze. "We're in this together now. You will not have to go through this alone."

Blue felt herself tearing up as the panic set in. She'd always been a cryer... she cried when she was happy, sad, angry and even when feeling anxious. As the tears started to fall from her eyes, she reached up and wiped them away. When the woman said that she was determined to find a way off this island, Blue looked over at her through anxious eyes. "You really think so?" she asked. She really needed to get home and this woman was kind. If she did find a way off this planet, Blue would be sure to let this woman accompany her.

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Robb laughed. Not because it was funny--it was not--but because it was so strange, so unbelievable, that it seemed just as likely as anything else that had occurred to him in the last hour. "It is mad enough to be true," he conceded. That he had been, just a moment ago, dead, and now he was standing here talking to her on a beach was crazy. If that was true, why shouldn't everything else be too? "Well, I am glad your world had you to protect it. It seems you did everything you could to protect your people. I only hope it worked."

Natasha managed to smile at his words. She wanted to believe him too. She hoped after all the good she's put out into the world that she wouldn't end up in Hell. When he asked what was threatening their world, she considered her words before saying them. "This may come across a little outlandish but a genocidal warlord from another planet erased half of the population on Earth," she explained. "My team and I were fighting to go back in time and stop him from taking over the planet." Hearing herself, it sounded very hard to believe if they weren't there to experience. "It sounds crazy, I know," she offered. "But it's true."

[lcstorfound]

Robb raised an eyebrow, clearly impressed. "Then I do not believe we can be in hell. Not if you're here. I cannot think of a more worthy cause to die for." He did not know what kind of gods ruled this land--if there were any gods at all--and he was starting to believe that they were not simply in a different country, but a different world entirely, but he had to believe that something as noble as her goal would be rewarded. Or at the very least, it would not be punished. "What was threatening your world? If you do not mind me asking." Perhaps it did not matter here in this place, but maybe it would give some clue as to why they were here--or at least tell him more about her.

As Natasha walked in step with him off the beach and onto city streets, she turned to look at him while he spoke. "I know what you mean," she said. She, too, tried to be a decent person. Although she had a rough start at it, she believes that all of the good she's done has made up for the horrible things she had to do. When he posed his next question, Nat shrugged and brought a hand to her lip as she thought about it. She wasn't sure if he wanted to hear the whole truth so she decided to just tell him part of it. "I died trying to save the world..." she trailed off, looking around at their surroundings. "I'm not sure if my sacrifice was worth it though... seeing that we're dead and there's no way to know if we did save the world."