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[This was not Braavos.

Arya stood quite still for a long moment, trying to assess what had happened. Was it a test of some sort? Was she dead? A bad dream?

Not even noticing the feed on her drone was active, not that she even knew what that meant anyways. She gave it an uncertain look, that frown she wore deepening into a suspicious scowl when the drone started piping up with helpful information, turning on her heel and stalking away once she realized that while it spoke a language she understood, she still didn’t understand what it was taking about.

She’d started to ignore her poor drone even as it hurried after her once she decided she was getting nowhere listening to it. Nothing it said made any sense to her, so she’d just as soon rather explore the area and find out what was going on for herself, find someone who could explain things in a way she could understand. Of course the ruins weren’t exactly the best place to be, especially once one finds the tunnels. And given they offered some shelter and relief from the heat, guess who was going to go edging into them? It was this kid with nothing but an oyster knife to defend herself with.

Arya Stark, making the best life choices.]

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Nah, it's wilder than that. And you're probably not going to like the scoop, so, again, I'm sorry, but here it is: you and I and the others were more or less pulled here by a force like... concentrated chaos. Kind of like being struck by lightning, but a bolt of 'fuck all your expectations' instead.

...You're right. I don't like that 'scoop.'

Seven Hells-

I wouldn't expect you or anybody to, but there hasn't been a whole lot of headway for finding a way home. I wish I had better news to tell you, but what I've got is 'it isn't all bad.' For being marooned, it isn't uncomfortable. People are actually pretty decent---few of us that there are---and the resources are ample. Perpetual summer is a plus.

Oh of course our new prison is 'comfortable', of all the bloody fool bullshit-

So what's the catch then? Aside from being trapped.

Hey, I mention it since resources seem like they should be a point of special interest to you, kiddo. Drone screens are relatively small, but you look like you could use a sandwich or sixty.

Being trapped until we aren't's the bulk of it---people slip out of this place the same way they turn up in it, and it's anybody's guess how long they're gone or if it's for good. If someone does come here, go missing, and appear again, they may have no memory of being here before, or very different memories of their entire life prior to this place.

What's a sandwich?

[Nope the rest of that is 100% Grade-A Bullshit]

Where do they go? I doubt it's as easy as 'home.'

Anything edible between two pieces of bread. Almost; it probably doesn't count as a sandwich if the edible thing is a third piece of bread.

That's one of the great mysteries of life. Probably home, in some cases; in others, it's uncertain.

Uncertain to us, maybe. [Paranoid? No whatever gave Sam that idea?]

Shame I can't scry worth scrap.

I'm no Seer either. Looks like it'll have to be the old fashioned way of doing things.

I'm all for that---like, look, I get daily reminders I'm apparently archaic---but it's probably a bad idea to go too deep into those tunnels unaccompanied.

Why? What's in there?

Dunno. Could be anything; found zombies in an underground chamber once, and that wasn't a whole lotta fun. Might have something more mundane but just as mean, and while you got your drone, sure, you probably want an actual light.

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