Volume 1 [text post]

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

[No violence or rage from this one, just nonchalant curiosity!]

Hey, I think I’ve mysteriously arrived from an alternate universe or dimension just now.

Please reply if you know anything about it. I've never done this before.

Also, if there are any helpful fairies or big brother/sister types here, I really want someone to show me around! Establishing the setting is an important part of any story! A very important part! A map printed inside of a dust cover at the beginning (or even worse, the very end) never does the locations justice as much as following a character through them does!

Speaking of which, getting to know the characters is even more important - we could make it a group event!

Comments

[fortune_sought]

[embarrassed] Oh, no! I'm not even the daughter of a poor woodcutter, I'm afraid. I'm the eldest of three daughters to a well-to-do family.

But... [smiles faintly] I have managed to successfully seek my fortune, despite being the eldest.

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

That's just as well! You must at least be lucky or determined, then! Maybe as lucky as the emperor's daughter or as determined as a devoted officer!

What kind of fortune is it?

[fortune_sought]

[smiles, feeling rather appreciated] I get to live happily ever after with someone very important to me. I'm certain it will be quite eventful.

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[likefedex.livejournal.com]

Oh my my my, that's so sweet, Sophie! Like something out of a fairy tale, and not the kind where the author decides that they want to be edgy and put some kind of horrible spin on things because they think it makes them sound cool!

...

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

Unless your being here is supposed to be that kind of twist, but that would be really boring and uncreative.

[fortune_sought]

[makes a face] Yes, being here has been very inconvenient. I do wish I understood how I even came when I was with so many people before I was taken from my world.

What sort of life do you lead, Walker? Are you a poet? [because clearly that must be why he says such strange things]

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

[Super serious:] From what I've read, interdimensional travel is a very mysterious and specific thing.

I'm definitely not a poet! I write sometimes, but not poetry, and it's not my job either. I'm a freelance ice sculptor.

Even that doesn't take much of my time, though. I have a flexible enough schedule that I can do whatever I want most of the time.

[fortune_sought]

An ice sculptor? That sounds like a very interesting profession.

[and, because shockingly a number of the people here have said no to this] Is there magic in your world?

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

Not many people do it, but demand isn't very high either so it all works out in the end.

Magic, well...

Most of our legends have turned out to be true and they mostly include things that could only be possible through magic or really really good CG...

I'll say yes. But I'm not magical that I know of, if that's what you're asking.

[fortune_sought]

[surprised by that slightly confusing answer] But...magic is just a legend, where you're from?

[likefedex.livejournal.com]

It's not something you see every day there, so most people don't think it exists.

[fortune_sought]

Your world, too? [sighs] I wonder how many worlds there are out there without magic...