A not-shocked newbie? wow.

[grandbellknight]

[Please welcome Croix Bartel to Musespace. He's definitely not as confused as the average newbie. In fact, he rather looks like he's got the hang of this, or that he's used to appearing in strange worlds created entirely by the minds of females. ...Yeah, about that....

He takes a good look around, calmly, then shrugs a shoulder.]

Alright. So this isn't a Cosmosphere, but it's... sort of similar. There's no Reyvateil behind this. I'm also not here on purpose. I don't remember diving into anyone, at least...

Wonder how I'm supposed to get out of this one... Well, I can at least have a look around.

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[grandbellknight]

[Croix is definitely glad to see a familiar face! Though, now he's wondering if this means he's in Jacqli's Cosmosphere after all... Regardless, he approaches.]

Ayatane?

[grandbellknight]

I was wondering that too, actually.

[He takes another look around: a grassy plain, as far as the eye can see, with sparse sapling trees every now and then... all beneath a night sky with a moon big and bright enough that it doesn't seem all that dark out at all. It's pretty, but it's definitely foreign.]

What is this place?

[grandbellknight]

[Have a sigh and a x_x-ish look instead. ♥]

That's perfect. One minute, I'm in Enna. The next, I'm here. All I did was take a step forward, even.

[Pause. .... Skeptical look]

Are you sure this isn't Jacqli's Cosmosphere?

[grandbellknight]

[The look on his face is now closer to O___o;;]

I-It's... It's not my dream, Ayatane.

[He looks up at the stars to keep from looking directly at Ayatane.]

You're right, though. It's really serene here, like a dream. ... Wait, so how are you somewhere that isn't Jacqli's Cosmosphere?

[grandbellknight]

[He opens his mouth to respond, probably with "Yeah, I'm sure you think so," but he thinks better of it, exhales and shakes his head instead.

And then he answers without thinking:]

Jacqli?

[grandbellknight]

[He nods. ... ..... ... Then, he realizes the conversation they just had, and he's back to mentally flailing with a wide-eyed expression.]

Nevermind. Nevermind. [Ahem!] This isn't Jacqli's dream, though. I don't think.

[grandbellknight]

[That was highly unexpected. Croix stares, then blinks, then just gives him a confused look that may or may not be a defense mechanism.]

I'm not... sure what you mean. I'm not hiding anything.

[grandbellknight]

[jsflksdjakl Hello, personal bubble! Croix backs up a bit, looking down at Ayatane, baffled.]

What--... It's nothing. Really.

[grandbellknight]

[Croix sighs, looking off to the side and rubbing his forehead with his hand as if he's beginning to get a headache.]

I'm not flustered, I'm lost and confused. There's a difference, you know.

[grandbellknight]

[Croix honesty thinks about that for a minute, then settles on just giving Ayatane a confused look.]

Something else? Like what? There isn't a whole lot here, just the two of us.

[grandbellknight]

[There's a difference between actually being dense, and pretending to be dense. Croix is not Lyner. Really.

That comment does win Ayatane a different sort of look, though - one bordering on surprise. He didn't think Ayatane thought... Or rather, that there was a chance... or that maybe... Okay, so in honesty, Croix didn't think.]

... That no one else is around?

[And, back to the dense act. This is called testing the waters.]

[grandbellknight]

[WHOA WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

After recovering from jumping about a foot backwards from shock, Croix just stares at Ayatane, wide-eyed and in awe.]

W-Whoa! What in the--... What did you just do?

[grandbellknight]

[Croix has to fight the kneejerk reaction to take a step backward again, but it helps that he's too busy staring at Ayatane and wondering how he suddenly grew older. ... And if possible, even more attr--COUGH!!!

Um. Right, have a Croix narrowing his eyes a bit, looking Ayatane up and down. Thinking. Examining, almost.]

Fair point. Got an example?

[Waters tested. Let's try some fishing now.]

[grandbellknight]

[And Croix, not to be completely outdone, returns the kiss confidently.]

You know, I really wasn't expecting this.

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

You do things like this often?

[grandbellknight]

[Oh look, a person he doesn't know! Strange question, though.]

Things like what, appear in the middle of... somewhere else?

[lawfulslayer.livejournal.com]

For lack of a better description, yes.

[grandbellknight]

Well, never on purpose. I'm-- [.. used to be, self. Used to be a Grand Bell Knight. Not that it matters.]

Diving isn't uncommon, of course. But I've never heard of unconsciously diving into someone's Cosmosphere. You'd think that would hurt someone - if not physically, then psychologically.

[millenia]

My mind!

Well... Okay, so this place is a joint thing. Heh.

[grandbellknight]

Yours? ... Wait, at joint thing?

[millenia]

Mmmhm. I share this headspace with someone else, so it's not entirely mine. We can mutually change it, or one of us can influence it over the other. Just depends on how we work it at the time. Right now, this is my own design. Like it?