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[The feed starts, and it's apparent that the woman who is wearing the bracelet has no idea that it's turned on. It's caught her in the middle of a string of mandarin - and her tone would very much make it seem as though she is less than happy and not really believing anything the letter had said.

Her gaze is flittering around, and she's muttering loud enough for others to hear over the device on her wrist.]

Tāmāde hùndàn! Malcolm Reynolds, I'm going to show you uncivilized if I find out you had anything to do with me being here.

[She glances down at the object around her wrist, and her eyebrows draw together. Though once she realizes that it might perhaps be broadcasting, she lifts it up so she's seen clearly - and in that few seconds of time, she's regained her composure and looks completely tranquil and at ease. Years of training were not going to go to waste, not even in this place.]

Bàoqiàn, I apologize, I didn't realize I'd managed to turn this on. I'm assuming it's a communication device? [She manages an easy and even charming smile.] Perhaps someone would be kind enough to tell me which planet I'm on and point me to the nearest city so I can contact my Guild, I would be most appreciative.

((OOC: Hover over the Chinese for translations!!))

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Place's called Asgard. Not sure about planets. The local line's that this place is the very fabric of multiple universes and our individual worlds are like leaves on the great tree of Yggdrasil or some crap [Tone of Voice: Does not believe 'that crap.'] You're inside the nearest city. The next largest town's Utgard, but I don't know how much luck you'll have getting a line out there.

No clue on your guild. I'm betting they aren't here.

Oh, and whoever Malcolm is, unless he's a cute, snippish little jackass of a blonde kid who usually calls himself Baldr, he probably didn't have anything to do with this situation you find yourself in.

[ Is that--? ]

[ It is! ]

... Inara?

[Inara blinks, taking a moment to actually try and take in what this girl has just told her. While it was a lot, it didn't make any sense. None what so ever.]

I'm sorry, but... Multiple universes?

And you'd know Malcolm Reynolds if you met him. Captain of a Firefly class ship called Serenity.

[Immediately there's a true smile forming on Inara's lips.]

Simon? Oh, Simon, you have no idea how good it is to see you.

Ok, space-faring. Column C. Let's see if I can remember one of Vigil's lectures on this crap.

You're not in your world, and there's no spaceships here anymore. You've been abducted across the boundaries of time and space to a different version of reality by nine creatures that call themselves Asgardians or some similar crap. Their names are the names of the houses that we get shoved in to start. They kidnapped us to fight their personal war, which they claim is the final war of all versions of reality.

Feel free to believe it or not, here's a couple quick tips:
One - Don't lose the bracelet. Those faceless, gray people? You'll end up looking like them in about a day and you won't remember who you are or why you should care until some guard brings you your wristband back. It's a really creepy experience. I don't suggest it.
Two - They want you to interact with the people here, other prisoners or the locals. Have emotions, train and prepare for battle, and they're happy. Smile or scream, it's all the same.
Three - Get ready to see a lot of weird shit. Weirder than me.

It's good to see you, too.

[ He's smiling back because he's just so glad that someone he knows is here. And now comes the explaining bit. ]

Inara, you're-- you're in a place called Asgard. And, as I understand it, it's a, um, a different world. Of sorts. Run by Gods.

Inara!

[She immediately regrets uttering that single word, because it's clear as day that she doesn't remember having been here, and this is just going to make their reunion cripplingly awkward.]

I mean... um...

[Nope. No recovery. Not even an attempt.]

Guild?

[The nerd rears his ~~ugly~~ head.]

[Inara stares, openly and truly stares. That is quite a lot this girl has just told her and honestly? A bit much to be hearing all at once. Inara glances away for a moment and then brings her gaze back to her bracelet.]

That is certainly... quite a lot to take in. Kidnapped by, uh, Asgardians to fight a war for them. That is possibly the strangest thing I've yet to hear.

[She glances back at the letter she'd discarded earlier.]

So the letter was in fact not a joke?

[Her smile falters and she reaches up rubbing her forehead.]

Yes a girl told me we've been kidnapped-- [She drops her hand.] To fight a war?

Shénme? [She looks a little startled that someone knows her name in this strange place. If she hadn't just been told they were in fact in a place run by supposed Gods, it might not have been so strange.]

I'm sorry, but do I know you?

Yes, the Companion's Guild.

[Bless. Sweet nerds.]

We're shut off from communicating from our worlds.

That's... what I'm led to believe, yes. [ A beat. ] Honestly, I've only recently arrived, myself.

Do you know if everything in that letter is true? Gifts and all? [This is all too much really, but she's trying to take it all in.]

Is anyone else here? From home?

So I've been led to believe. I must admit this all rather disconcerting.

That it must be. I've been told in the past that time doesn't change in our worlds.

[Inara's eyes widen a little but she's quiet as she thinks that over.]

So we're supposedly stuck in a time paradox of sorts?

Evidently, as they say. I've never confirmed it before.

Of course. [She draws in a deep steadying breath.] Outside of this war we're meant to fight, what is it we're suppose to be doing?

Settling in.

[Inara's lips press together.]

That doesn't truly explain a lot. What exactly do you mean by that?

It means acquiring employment and earning an income.

I-- I know this can all seem a bit overwhelming [ Honestly, he's still very overwhelmed by the whole thing. ] but - from what I've heard - everything in the letter is true. Gifts and-- Gifts and all.

[ A pause because - oh boy - this is the hard bit. ]

No. As-- As far as I can tell, you and I are the only ones from our world here.

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