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Alfonse finally began to stir after having been unconscious for a solid eighteen hours. Upon regaining consciousness, he quickly moved into a sitting position, a frown clear on his face. "Wh-?!" He removed his glasses and made an attempt to assess the situation. "What..." He felt around for his notepad and pen, and frowned as he realized he probably had dropped it. No matter, he would certainly be able to obtain another. His findings up until that point had been relatively lacking anyway.

Wait. He was sure he remembered something. Why had he been unconscious anyway? He searched his mind for the answer and upon remembering the fairy-tale creature from before, a small crease appeared between his eyebrows. "No, no. That's impossible." Briskly, he stood to his feet. and began to looked around him. Upon seeing the castle, he rubbed his eyes. "I must be going mad." His knees grew weak, but he forced himself to remain conscious, and made his way towards the structure, mumbling nonsense about how there must be a more logical explanation for the strange nature of this newly discovered world. Rather than enter, he made his way around the castle, concerned in some sense, curious as to whether it was actually physically there in another.

Alfonse reached the garden, his eyes studying the walls of the structure intently. "Absolutely astonishing..."

Alfonse placed his hands on his hips, his head tilted to the side as he made an attempt to understand how exactly the castle had come to be. He shook his head, and continued around the back of the building. Although curious. Alfonse reminded himself not to become too distracted, and his steps grew more tentative as he entered the garden, taking care not to step onto any plants which might not have finished growing. His curiosity masked his intuition, and so he had absolutely no idea that someone, or something, may be eyeing him.

Mako began to wander around once again. He thought he heard something near by. He bites the inside of his cheek unsure if he should check it out or not. He placed his hand on the custom made dagger of his and slowly moved to the source of the sound. Could be raiders or bandits or friendly face but Mako knew it was better to be safe than sorry.

Peter quietly stepped into the castle, the cool floor feeling extra nice to his tired feet. He was on his way to the kitchen, when he heard something. He quickly ducked behind a wall and peered around suspiciously at the unfamiliar teen walking around in his new home. Who was he? His hand instinctively touched the knife in the hilt worn at his side.

Catori sniffed at the hand warily and just one ear rotated backwards. Her expression belayed suspicion and leeriness (not unlike the expression that Phantom gives when you try to pet him) but she made no immediate moves to either get up or run away. She was comfortable where she was, and as long as the young man kept his word on not harming her, she was fine with his presence.

Upon entering the clearing, birthday suit Sasha would be greeted by a chorus of cat calls, all from the ghosts of lewd characters from the original role-play.

(I've only got three characters in play for now, but I'll have Peter return with some clothes ASAP.)

(Take your time I got school to do)

(K. I'll probably make another character at some point, but Peter will still be the one to bring the clothes since Sasha didn't dislike him.)

(Peter's gonna bring him back some clothes first, and then ask Aurora if it's ok to play host to a dragon. That should be an interesting topic of conversation.)

Aurora nervously took a step back and almost tripped over a rock. Luckily her reflexes were fast and she avoided falling down or dropping the bucket. (*winks at Qtip*) Aurora stared wide-eyed at Alfonse for a moment before speaking, "It is..." She glanced towards the wolf, but before she could make any accusations, Catori stood up and stretched. Here was another human, and like Peter, he didn't seem at all interested in hurting wolves. This comforted Aurora some, but she still didn't know who this was, "Who are you?"

"Do not be alarmed." Alfonse raised his hands, and gave a gentle smile. "My name is Alfonse Ferdinand. I apologize for the intrusion. You see, I lost consciousness earlier after having sighted a... a, um... an unfamiliar animal?" He cleared his throat. "After awakening, I found myself here. Your home is... exceedingly elegant. This world is much different from mine, you see, and I'm quite curious. I have a great desire to observe it. I plan to stay temporarily, here, though I am not sure for how long exactly. I mean no harm."

(I'm reading about human geography I'm good)

Aurora wasn't quite sure what a 'madam' was, "It's fine. I just wasn't expecting another stranger to show up. This place has been quiet for many years." She paused, "My name is Aurora."

Catori sat down and scratched for a moment, then ambled over curiously to see what Aurora had in the bucket.

(Role-plays need more aro/ace characters. He'll have nothing to worry about with Aurora though. She's the same way.)

Aurora wasn't sure how to take the comment, and only had vague recollection of the Fairy Tale. The library was full of such books, and she'd read nearly everything in it at least once. Her confusion was probably evident. At his question, she nodded, "It would help if you did." She had to snatch the bucket away from Catori a couple of times as they were talking, as the wolf was fond of fish.

"Well." Alfonse clapped his hands together. "I have more or less devoted my life to the study of science. I am sure your own scholars-- if, in fact, science is studied on this planet-- have not experienced the same discovery firsthand, or perhaps if they have, no one in my world has believed them." He paused and adjusted his bifocals; at this moment, Alfonse wore an expression which seemed to be a polar opposite of the girl's. It was an intelligent, confident one, and an underlying sense of pride showed through just barely. "The truth is, Ms. Aurora, your world is parallel with another, called Earth. I inhabit that planet. Years ago, I began to develop theories, and I had so many questions. So I hatched a plan to travel here. It isn't so much that my planet is all that advanced; we aren't, in fact. I, on the other hand, am. My intelligence is what allowed me to succeed, though, I did fail on a number of occasions." He rubbed the back of his neck uneasily, as he remembered some of his more... gruesome... failures.