AUDIENCE: FIORA

[retellers]

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week 0, monday

[retellers]

[ The stars seem to shine in response to Fiora... and it doesn't take too long before there's a voice behind her piping up: ]

Hi! Nice to meet you, Fiora!

[ swan seems eager, at least. ]

[bisouled]

[ understandably, she's a little surprised - there's nothing like a planetarium where she's from, and so, she's distracted, not to mention a little doubtful that anything will actually happen. Wishing hard doesn't generally get things done. Fiora startles just slightly. But when she turns around and sees the masked person, she relaxes. Just a little. ]

You must be Swan, right? I can't believe it worked.

[retellers]

Yep, that's me! [ and at her surprise swan leans forward a little ] Right? It's such a weird method of contacting us. We can text you guys all we want, but you guys have to wish for it? I don't get it. But at least it works!

[bisouled]

That seems to be the case for everything around here.

[ this one seems friendlier than the other three, which is somewhat heartening. ]

So... I'm on your team. Did you pick me yourself?

[retellers]

Right?

[ they can't disagree with that. things do be weird. but they shake their head at her question; ]

No, all the teams were totally random. To make things fair, I guess? But I'm still happy with who I've got! And that I finally get to meet you guys.

[bisouled]

[ a nod; she'd expected it was random, considering how they all seemed only slightly less clueless than herself and only got here a week ago. ]

Well, I like your attitude. I'm not really sure what I can do to help, but... I'll do my best. Your memories are on the line, too, aren't they?

[retellers]

Thanks! [ they grin at her ] And, well, yes. We'll only get our memories back once we fix things, but the same goes for you guys if you lose any. And that's a lot worse since you didn't even get to agree to this.

week 1, monday

[retellers]

[ Very similarly to last time, it's a blink and you miss moment before there's a flash of light and Swan is in the Planetarium next to Fiora ]

Hey! How can I help you?

[bisouled]

[ hmm. fiora looks markedly less chipper than last time - instead, she's serious. ]

Swan... I hate to doubt you, but I really need some answers about what happened this weekend.

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[ they grimace, a little ]

Ugh, I know. It was awful.

[bisouled]

Why? [ her expression is close to pleading. ] Why did he kill all of a sudden? And why did you make us carry out that awful trial, and then...

[ she shakes her head. ]

I know what he did, but he didn't deserve that! Are you just going to blame the Realm again?

[retellers]

[ ... they bite at their lip, wrapping their arms around themselves ]

Virid implied someone asked him to do it. But ... the only person who could have, and gotten such a strong influence on the Realm-- it had to have been his Leader.

[bisouled]

I knew it.

[ she'd had a bad feeling about this. all the power and knowledge was pretty unilaterally with the six of them, after all. ]

You sound like you don't know who that was, though.

week 2, monday

[retellers]

[ fiora will get a message to tell her to head to the bridge.

there, fox waits. ]

[bisouled]

[ hello, fantastic mr fox. Fiora approaches with a small, hesitant smile and a wave to match. ]

Hello there. I thought it might be good to talk to you, for a change.

[retellers]

[ they give her a polite bow. ]

Well, I'm here. What can I do for you?

[bisouled]

[ she rubs at the side of her visor, somewhat awkwardly. ]

Is it strange if I say I want to get to know you better? [ a sheepish look. ] I've pretty much figured that you've all told us everything you can, by this point... But I think we've all got to work together to get out of here, so I want to try making friends with all of you. My leader's a bit flighty, besides.

[ don't tell swan she said that. ]

[retellers]

Well, I'm not sure how much there is to say, what with not having any memories... but go ahead.

[bisouled]

You still haven't remembered anything? For some reason, I thought... I don't know, they were coming back over time. Some of the others seemed a little different from before.

week 3, sunday

[retellers]

[ There's the usual flash of light before Swan shows up! In front of her, this time. ]

Hi, Fiora. You wanted to see me?

[bisouled]

W-woah!

[ THEY'RE RIGHT THERE SUDDENLY!! Fiora jumps a bit. ]

You scared me with that! Um, hi? [ a pause. ] Sorry I didn't see you this week. A lot happened, and I ended up cutting off my friend's hand... among other things.

[retellers]

[ ... ]

Yeah... [ why is rufus like that. ] Um, I know. I mean, I knew already.

[bisouled]

[ she also wants to know why he's like that. ]

Yeah, I figured you guys were always watching us. [ which is a little creepy, but... ] I bet you know what I'm here to talk to you about today, too.

[retellers]

Not always! And only members of our team. But I was checking in on everyone during curfew...

[ so. like. yeah. they shake their head ]

So, what do you want to know?

[bisouled]

Well, I don't really have any specific question... I just wanted to tell you that Sora had us all meet up the other day. Now we're a real team.