first exploration

[italktomyplants]

[ a / action: 1485 kramden road ( housemates ) ]

[ Sam had been in enough weird situations that weird was... well, it was pretty normal. It didn't mean that she expected anything or it didn't affect her but she was less thrown by it when it happened. And apparently today it happened.

After saving Earth (again) and making a start on the paperwork Sam had grabbed one of the rooms at the SGC; she'd been too tired to want to attempt to go home and with the time that it was? Staying had been marginally easier.

Except when she awoke? Something felt wrong. The feeling in her gut was her first trigger to it, the one that she always got when something was wrong. After thirteen years she trusted it and despite the fact that she hadn't slept for long she wasn't ignoring it. On opening her eyes that feeling was worse - it wasn't the SGC, if anything it was more like the dream world that Fifth had created and that was bad ]

Oh boy. This... this isn't good.

[ Which was an understatement of the century ]

[ b / phone ( a few hours later ) ]

The last time this happened there wasn't anyone there other than the person that did this and somehow I don't think that's the case this time. [ She was a little wary and knew not to judge (or rule out, in this case) by appearance but with other messages over the phone? It seemed a little less likely ]

Numerous people kidnapped and stuck in some... town? And even if the natives were here they might not be any more help. Damn. [ All of this is far too familiar for her, although given that they'd defeated the last few aliens that did things resembling this? A new one popping up suddently was worrying ]

And this is a long shot but it's still worth asking: has anyone been given a purpose as to why we're here?

[ c / action: in town ( a while later ) ]

[ After finding clothes, talking and forming ideas for a little while Sam's off out in town. What she's looking for? She wouldn't say to anyone but hopefully an answer, or something that someone unaware might not have known of. Whilst people native to their planets might have known about the Stargate if these people weren't from here or didn't have a Stargate? They wouldn't know. So she's looking, and hoping a little ]

Comments

C

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime notices the woman looking around as though she's searching for something. It doesn't seem she's behaving in the drone pattern that's been annoying him since he got there.]

Whatever you're looking for, you probably won't find it.

[Trust him, he pretty much made a huge mess of his house while searching for his own missing stuff...]

[italktomyplants]

[ Sam stopped when the voice caught her, turning in its direction. She'd noticed others around, it was hard not to, but she'd paid them little attention - for now at least ]

It doesn't hurt to look. [ It passed a little time, at least, and it gave her a chance to see her surroundings also ]

[chalicejoker]

[Hajime nods.]

Understandable, but this place seems to take away that which one holds most dear.

B

[insanefrenchman]

Entertainment. As for the kidnapping, well, there wouldn't be much motivation to catch bugs in jars if they didn't squirm.

[italktomyplants]

Not all bugs squirm. [ Not that she'd really caught bugs before ] And I doubt everyone here is.

[insanefrenchman]

Hmmmm, yes, there are some extraordinary individuals that possess the sang-froid needed to formulate escape.

["And I doubt that includes you" is the unsaid implication]

C

[hontobakabaka]

[In town there is rather largish (300 metere long) obvious space battle cruiser hovering over a house, walking down the entry plank to that is a pale girl with golden eyes and blue hair who nods slightly to the new woman.]

[italktomyplants]

[ That doesn't actually give Sam quite as much concern as it would to anyone else. It still makes her pause a little, the fact that it's out in the open and planetside but generally? It's normal on her scale of things.

She gives a nod in return, continuing walking to talk to her (she's too far away for the moment) ]

[hontobakabaka]

You look lost Miss. Did you just wake up here?

Phone

[mal_addict]

Aside from enjoying our happy little piece of paradise and not rocking the boat? No.

[italktomyplants]

That I have trouble believing. Someone is bound to question this, or try and fight against it. [ She was, and would continue doing so. But it also happened a lot, people even fought back. It just took one ]

[mal_addict]

Oh, we ask all the questions, believe me. We just don't get any answers.

B

[headedforhope]

Ah, a question like that's going to net you quite a few suggestions. But none of them pleasant, I'm afraid.

[The voice is soft, girlish, young - and yet almost unnaturally calm.]

"Subjects for torture and brainwashing" seem to head the top of that unfortunate list.

[italktomyplants]

Then it's good that I wasn't under the illusion that this was pleasant.

[ She's been in too many wrong situations for her to want to believe that ]

Has that been known to happen?

[headedforhope]

A wise illusion to discard, honestly.

[A pause, pondering how best to phrase her next words.]

Yes, with a disturbing degree of routine. Have you had a chance to encounter those known as "drones"? The people who act as though you've been here your entire life, as though this is a normal town where nothing odd happens?

B

[electrowhipit]

Wait, wait. What do you mean "the last time this happened"?

[italktomyplants]

This isn't the first time I've been brought somewhere like this. [ She's just skipping the part where she was trapped in her own mind ]

[electrowhipit]

Really? How did you get out?

C

[afterthesky]

[Sarah Jane approaches with her robot dog rolling along beside her]

Are you looking for something in particular?

[italktomyplants]

Something that I don't even know if it's here or not. [ She'd seen worlds without them, or worlds where they orbitted ] You're not surprised about being here.

[ Some she'd spoken to had been here for a while. Others? Not as long ]

[afterthesky]

I've been here for over a year now.

One year, one month and two weeks, Mistress

Yes, thank you K9.

B

[kinship]

You mean you've been stranded somewhere like this before? [Sorry, he's ignoring most of what else she said.] How did you get free?

[italktomyplants]

Not exactly like this, there wasn't anyone else with me. [ And it wasn't quite as real either ] Persuasion. Knowing who had trapped me helped.

C

[grumpiest_tree]

[Groot is out front of the grocery store, sweeping away some debris and getting the storefront presentable for another day of business when he notices a strange woman walking down the street.

Well, strange as they are looking around in an undronelike fashion. Like a squirrel looking for a place to hide nuts. Hmph, maybe she's related to that strange squirrel girl he lost a job to awhile ago? No, that's ridiculous. Still, curiosity must be satisfied.]

Excuse me, ma'am, but just what are you looking for?

[italktomyplants]

[ The call catches Sam's attention, dragging it back to focus rather than on simply looking around. Finding where the voice came from she heads a little closer towards it ]

Apparently for something that's not here, or not obviously so. [ Would that mark 'new' on her forehead or was it already there? ]