There's No Place Like Home

dancingskiingwriter:

Morgan Croft

Christopher Knight

Lena Loves Votive:

Leigha Rodgers

Tyler Goodwin

Closed Roleplay between dancingskiingwriter and myself. Do not post unless you're one of us.

Tyler frowned to himself as he glanced around his world, Telous. The world where everything seemed just as interesting as it should be. Unfortunately, nothing good had been happening lately - thus causing the frown on his lips. He had a bad feeling about everything, but sighed, shrugging it off. There was no point in wasting his time, thinking about such things at this moment.

Leigha bit her lip as she walked through her hometown; Dallas. It had snowed recently, so she was wearing a jacket and a beanie, her hands stuffed in her pocket. Making her way to an old antique shop, she walked inside and glanced around, looking at all the interesting things that surrounded the shop.

[i figured we could make the girls friends in this one...? And maybe the guys?]

Morgan was walking through the streets of Dallas, Texas... Leigha had told her to meet her at an antique shop somewhere downtown, but she wasn't directly sure where she was going so she just kind of walked to pretend she knew. When she finally arrived at the shop, which it was a surprise she had actually navigated right, she met Leigha inside.

Chris had woken up late, as usual, to an odd feeling that seemed to be hanging in the air of their world. It was a new feeling, a weird feeling, but he just shook it off, trying to not seem like he was being a wuss about it. He knew his world - he was safe here. There was nothing to be afraid of, right?

(I was hoping you'd say that~ :D)

Tyler gave a quiet sigh as he made his way through the city that he lived in, looking around as he walked. He made his way to his friend, Chris' house in hopes that he may know something - or, at least, have noticed what he had noticed lately. Soon getting there, he knocked on the door.

Leigha grinned when she saw Morgan. "Hey!" she said happily before gesturing around at everything. "I think I may end up lost in here." She gave a slight pout before sighing and shrugging. "You want to help me find something interesting to use as some sort of decoration?"

Morgan smiled as she met Leigha inside... She knew her so well that, of course, she would be lost in an antique shop - though that was definitely a love that they mostly shared. She laughed when Leigha said she could get lost within the shop and easily agreed; the shop had some amazing stuff! "Oh, you and your decorating!" Morgan teased, but nodded her head. "Of course I'll help! What are we looking for today?"

Chris was still feeling really disoriented and strange when he heard the knock on the door. He knew it was Tyler before he could even open the door since he was quite used to that familiar knock. He tried to shake off the feeling as he let his friend in, but he was still nervous. "Hey Tyler," he started and then failed to hide what he was feeling. "Ok... Do you feel weird? Like something's wrong?"

Tyler gave a sigh to Chris' question before he soon nodded. "Yeah," he said, running a hand through his hair. "Something doesn't feel right. It's almost ominous." He glanced around as he walked into the house, frowning deeply. "I don't understand it, though. It doesn't seem like anything bad is actually happening." Otherwise, the city would be in an uproar as it usually was when something happened.

Leigha grinned before shrugging slightly. "I don't know. Maybe an antique mirror or weapon?" she mused, not really caring what they got. She just wanted something interesting. She had a small hope that they'd find something incredibly rare, as that would make the whole thing all the more fun.

Morgan smiled a little as Leigha described to her what she wanted. Of course she was the hardcore one that wanted to put something like a weapon to decorate their apartment.... Not that Morgan really minded, since she liked antique decorations almost as much as Leigha did. "Fine, but this place is huge! It could take us forever to try to find something! You go that way, and I'll go that way! Call me if you find something!" She said to her best friend.

Chris sighed a little as he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. "Good! At least I know I'm not the only one! For a while there, I thought I was going crazy!" He responded to Tyler. "Maybe it just hasn't come yet! Something just doesn't feel right... What do you think it is?"

Tyler sighed softly before he nodded, at least relieved that he wasn't just imagining the bad feeling. Running a hand through his hair, he shrugged. "I don't know what it could be," he muttered, obviously disliking that fact. He was used to being able to determine what was going on and when and why it was happening. This time, he was at a total loss, which had never really happened before.

Leigha smiled and nodded slightly. "Will do," she mused before heading off in the direction that Morgan had told her to go to. She glanced around, looking at everything that she'd walk past. She would even stop and inspect some of the things that she took notice of before continuing her search.

Morgan made her way through the store, almost sighing in ecstasy that it was so large and had so many cool, wonderful things. She smiled a little at all of the little trinkets that were there, overwhelmed too much to find anything good. She did a lot of looking though, picking something up and feeling it - wishing she could take it home... She wished she could take the whole store home. Still, they had to find the perfect thing...

Chris rolled his eyes at Tyler's uncertainty... "Come on, man! You're the smart one! What's going on here?!" He teased him with the slightest bit of fear in his voice. Chris had an intuition that never failed him, and this bad feeling that was setting in? It didn't harvest a good feeling...

Tyler sighed softly before shakking his head. "I don't know what's going on," he admitted with a frown. "This kind of thing never happens. You know that. Normally, we, at least, have an idea of what's going to happen or what is happening." He hated that they were so confused about the matter. It wasn't a good thing, at all.

Leigha's eyes soon landed on a set of weapons - several midieval swords, from what it seemed. They were obviously meant to be hanging on walls, and they easily attracted her attention. Making her way to them, she called out to Morgan, hoping that she wasn't too far away. "Hey! I found a lot of cool weapons over here!" she yelled.

Morgan heard the call from a distance away and beamed in happiness. Leave it to Leigha to find weapons in an antique shop, whether they were antique or not... She wound her way around multiple aisles and nooks and crannies before finding Leigha... They had to have been at least hallway across the store before. Morgan's eyes landed right on the weapons that Leigha was referring to and she breathed out in admiration. "These are amazing!" She said as she rushed over to touch them. "We need these!"

Chris sighed a little as Tyler dismissed his question, saying there was nothing he could do. "Well, we have to do something!" He exclaimed. "We can't just sit here like there's nothing wrong." Then he threw himself down into a seat. The thought came to him quickly and he gasped, "you don't think it could be the bad magic, do you?"

Tyler blinked a few times at Chris' question, though the question caused a sense of worry to immediately flow through him. "It could be," he muttered before staring at the wall, as if all the answers were hidden in it. Of course, they weren't, but he could hope, right? Shaking his head, he frowned. "With all the strange things that have happened lately, I wouldn't be too surprised."

Leigha grinned before nodding. "They'd look perfect in the apartment!" she exclaimed happily before glancing at the only sword that seemed.. Well, out of place. It looked antique, but it also looked far more interesting than the others. The handle seemed to be glowing a bright red and she arched an eyebrow, wondering if it was a jewel or something. "Hey, is that one glowing or am I just going crazy?"

Morgan looked at the sword that seemed to be glowing and she made an oval shape with her mouth. It was so beautiful that it was just intriguing her to touch it. "No, you're not crazy, I see it too." Morgan whispered, mesmerized as she reminded herself a little of Dory from Finding Nemo. "I... I just wanna... Touch it!" She reached out a hand.

Chris swore under his breath as Tyler slightly agreed with him. Sure, it wasn't a confirmation that this was the "bad thing" that seemed to be happening, but it didn't exactly calm him either. The old magic, which was usually conjured through evil beings that were exiled from the land, had long been vanquished, but there had been growing rumors that people were trying to conjure it. If they were, Chris and Tyler were going to have to face major troubles...

Tyler frowned slightly before sighing softly and shaking his head. "Until we have proof of that, though, let's just try to forget it," he muttered, knowing that there was no actual reason to think too much about it. It would only increase their worry. They could go to the Leader about it, but he knew that the Leader wouldn't accept anything they said without proof. And, they had absolutely no proof, except the bad feeling that they had - which the Leader would simply brush off as them eating bad food or something.

Leigha grinned, her eyes widening as she watched the glow get brighter and larger. The sight intrigued her enough, as she wondered if the handle would be warm from the light or if it was simply some kind of lightbulb inside of it. It truly was strange. She followed suit after Morgan, reaching her hand out. As soon as their hands touched the sword, the light engulfed them, causing everything else to turn dark. Leigha blinked a few times when everything became visible again - except they weren't in the antique shop anymore. She didn't even recognize where they were.

Morgan felt like she had been temporarily hypnotized, out through intense boot camp and then reawakened when she was in the middle of death. She vaguely remembered touching the glowing sword and then being sucked into that light. How that had gotten her here in a town she didn't even recognize... a world she didn't even recognize...she wasn't too sure. Luckily Leigha was beside her and that made her feel a bit better that she wasn't alone. "Leigha?" She asked, rubbing her head, "where are we?!"

Chris sighed as Tyler spoke as the voice of reason. Now he had chosen to be the voice of reason... How unbelievable! He knew that Tyler was right though, especially because the Leader was always so scientifically based rather than on the true instincts of the gut feeling... Still, somehow Chris knew that the old magic had to have something to do with this, and he had to figure it out. "We'll? Let's go find some proof out there then!"

Tyler nodded slightly to his words. "Alright," he said before gesturing to the door with a nod of his head. "Let's get out of here, then, and go look around." He didn't wait for Chris to respond before he began walking, wanting to investigate the bad feeling that he had. Nothing felt right and he just knew something was wrong. He just didn't know what and he was intent on finding out. Opening the door, he walked out of the house, being greeted with the busy neighborhood as he glanced around.

Leigha bit her lip at Morgan's question. She looked around rather frantically, feeling as though she were moving around in a circle. "I have no idea," she breathed out. A few people in the area were staring at them - well, more so, at their clothes. Their clothes were so very different from the clothes of the world they were now in and they stood out easily. "Holy shit. I hope this is just some kind of crazy dream."

Morgan shied away a little as she realized the way people were staring at them. She had always been the shier of the two friends, so she didn't like drawing attention to herself... Especially this type of attention where everyone was looking at them like they were crazy - possibly for her minidress and strappy shoes that just didn't seem to fit in this town... "Well if this is a dream, how did we end up here together Leigha?! I wanna go home!" She argued, stomping her foot on the ground.

Chris didn't take long to follow after Tyler since he was ready for whatever quest came their way. It would be easier to fight this threat as soon as possible so that they could end it before it did too much damage. That was part of their jobs as loyal guards to the Leader... The instant that they got outside, Chris noticed something was wrong and dreaded finding out what it was... Everyone in the town seemed to be looking in the same general direction of some ruckus and he wondered what was causing if. "Hey! What's going on over there, Ty?" He asked, commencing a search.

Tyler arched an eyebrow before frowning slightly. Looking towards the direction that everybody else was looking, he shrugged. "I can't really see because of the crowd," he grumbled, wondering if somebody had died or something. He made his way through the crowd, trying to get to the front. His curiosity always got the best of him in that manner, but he didn't really care at the moment. He just wanted to find out what the hell was causing so much ruckus in the street.

Leigha bit her lip before glancing around. She felt awkward and out-of-place, which she had never felt in her entire life. "I want to go home, too," she announced before wrapping her arms around herself, as if it would act as a protective barrier or send them back home. No such luck. "Why are they all looking at us like we're the weird ones?" She disliked the looked a lot, narrowing her eyes as she let out an annoyed sigh.

Morgan sighed a little as she sensed the fear in Leigha's voice too. She was always the stronger one of the two friends who had known each other forever, so to know that she was just as frightened didn't make her feel any better. Still, she noticed the glances from the civilians were at least not evil, just curious and pondering at the two, that soothed her quite a bit...

Chris followed Tyler through the crowd and felt relieved to see that there were any goblins or other sort of magical creature that they should be worried about. No, just two girls. Who they were he had no idea... And where they had come from was just as big of a mystery to him... "Hello?" He asked the two, referring more to the front girl who seemed more dominant. "I'm Chris. And who might you be?"

Tyler blinked a few times once he got to the front of the crowd. Well, at least it wasn't anything dangerous. At least, he hoped so. Who knew, nowadays? They didn't seem dangerous, he concluded. Though, he had to admit, he didn't recognize either of them, nor did he recognize their clothing. It was rather odd. "And, where are you from?" His question was more so directed towards the other girl, as she seemed more interesting to him.

Leigha jumped at hearing the new voices before glancing over to the males. When she heard the guy asking who they were, she bit her lip. Were they in some kind of trouble? She didn't recall actually doing anything bad. Though, she had stolen some candy from a store when she was younger... She shook those thoughts away. "Ahh, I'm Leigha," she said, though her voice wasn't as even as it normally was, "That's Morgan." She gestured to her friend. "Who are you?"