Public Channel: Day 106

[manycharms]

Hi! Um, I'm Marinette!

I guess I'll be here... For a while.

[A long long while.]

Um, is there anyway to shorten the length of time you might be contracted for? You know, like if there's something really really important you might need to get back to?

Well, let me know.

[Rather abruptly she ends the message.]

Comments

[tacosgay]

Yyyyeah, about that... apparently, the only way to get outta serving the whole year and a day in here is dying, so, uh. You're kinda stuck, unfortunately.

The good news is, apparently this place operates on the whole "time is different in here from how it is out there" thing, so there's that, I guess.

[He does NOT sound all that happy about this shit, either.]

[manycharms]

[Yeah, she's very not happy about being here.]

Dying? How could you die at a carnival!?

[tacosgay]

You can die anywhere, my friend, if you piss off the wrong people. Or fall off of something, I guess, I don't know.

[manycharms]

Oh, right. Well, I'll be extra careful to watch where I'm going!

And about the other thing too.

[She hoped no one here would actually kill her, but well this place was full of weird monsters so how did she know what to expect!]

Uh, what's your name?

[chattypuns]

Marinette? [That wasn't someone he expected to see here. Hear here? Whichever.]

[manycharms]

[Is that...?]

Y-yes, this is Marinette.

[chattypuns]

This is Adrien!

I wasn't expecting anyone I knew to come here, too... It's kind of nice to hear a familiar voice.

[manycharms]

[Adrien?!]

A-Adrien?!

[omgthiscantberealsomeonekillhernowandputheroutofhermiseryalready!!]

[destiny_key]

Um, no, I don't think so, sorry. But, um, I guess we get sent back to the time we left, so don't worry too much.

But, it's nice to meet you, Marinette! I'm Sora.

[manycharms]

[How can she not worry, PARIS IS DEFENSELESS WITHOUT HER.]

Oh... Nice to meet you too.

Are you sure they won't notice we're gone?

[destiny_key]

Um, well, I haven't been back myself...

But, my friend Axel says that it's like, time stops? And you just. Pop back into the moment you left, or something.

[It's very confusing, but he's trying to be comforting.]

[manycharms]

Even if I go back the moment I left it feels weird to just leave everyone frozen or something...

[But maybe it would be okay?]

You're stuck here with you're friend?

[small_reservations]

Don't worry, you go back to whenever you left, and you can even take vacations back home sometimes if something comes up.

[Like if you nearly get cut in half, apparently.]

[manycharms]

Vacations?

[Well that was surprising, but not unwelcome.]

Have you gone on any?

[small_reservations]

One, for a little PT after I got hurt. Sometimes the Ringmaster just grants 'em, though.

[espigeon]

Oh! Hey, Marinette. You all right?

I uh... I think I heard you can ask for a vacation, but not right away, and you'd come back when it ended.

[manycharms]

Julien!

Did you get stuck here too?

[espigeon]

In the feathers!

Yeah. [From the way she's not happy about this, she must be here as payment - so he's not going to tell her he's voluntary. Good-humored resignation it is.] But hey, this way by the time I get back, I'll be used to my weird new power.

[manycharms]

A new power?

[pullingamiko]

Nah, seems like you're pretty much outta luck, dude. I've heard of, like, one person getting out early, and I think that was special circumstances or something?

[Running away to be a vampire probably counts as special circumstances.]

Otherwise you just gotta wait it out.

[manycharms]

But-! There are things I have to do!

[pullingamiko]

Eeeh, they can wait.

Literally, apparently there's some kinda time-bending crap going on here? It'll be fine.

[puddingemote]

I asked. Everyone said no.

[Them's just the breaks.]

Don't break anything and you can leave in a year, though.

[manycharms]

I don't know if I can trust myself not to break anything for a whole year!

[puddingemote]

Are you really clumsy?