A Whole New World

[commandshumor]

Who: Todd, Open to everyone
What: Introductions and general checking the place out
When: Wed. Aug 8
Where: Library floor
Rating: G to PG (just in case)


After some interesting conversations through a magic journal with fellow people who were trapped here as he is, Todd decided he'd had enough of the fancy new bedroom-though it was indeed a nice upgrade from prison and a bench on Atlantis-and decided to explore.

He had not had any hunger pangs nor the side effects of sickness, suggesting that whatever was done to him worked where Keller and Beckett's retrovirus did not. Lacking the feeding slit in his right palm, the Wraith found himself running a couple fingers over the void skin every so often. Upon discovering the lack of one method to feed he'd tried the "normal" way. He just had to accept that the days of feeding upon humans were over with. This was what the retrovirus had been designed to do. It just so happened to happen on another world. It wouldn't be easy but he'd already tried a few grapes from the fruit bowl in his room.

Little steps.

While the tapestries and whatnot were impressive and nice, Todd found himself at a window, looking out across the expanse of this new world he'd been placed on, the scenery much more interesting to the old wraith. Until he heard footsteps and the scent of another nearby.

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[madetosin]

Muraki paused a few feet from the stranger, hands casually resting inside his coat pockets.

"Enjoying the view?" he said after a moment, watching Todd with a look of interest that didn't fit the laziness of his tone.

[commandshumor]

The wraith turned to look at the stranger, "Yes, it's quite beautiful here. Wherever exactly here is" he answered

The man smelled strange. Human? Hard to say.

"The castle and grounds seem rather extensive, I doubt I'll be able to explore them all in a day."

[madetosin]

"You wouldn't, no. I've barely scratched the surface of the city myself, and I hear there's even more out there," he says, gesturing towards the hills in the distance.

[commandshumor]

"Has anyone attempted to travel beyond the borders of the castle and city?" he asked, examining the man further

[madetosin]

"According to what I've read, yes. Assuming it's all not an elaborate ruse, of course."

He tilted his head in an appraising fashion.

"Do you fancy yourself an explorer?"

[commandshumor]

"I suppose every wraith is, considering we travel often." he replied with a slight shrug. "Well if this place has no real boundaries it must mean that if they do have a Stargate, it is in orbit. Unfortunate for us all."

[madetosin]

"Unfortunate seems to only be the beginning of our problems in this place."

Suffice it to say, he wasn't a fan of something else pulling his strings.

"Enlighten me - what is a Stargate?"

[commandshumor]

If he had eyebrows, they would be raised in surprise. It is not often one finds another who is not familiar with the Stargate system.

"I will elaborate. Stargates were created to get from one planet, solar system or galaxy to another in less than a moment. A transportation device that De-molecularizes your body and sends it to a destination predetermined by a set of star coordinates. A transportation system quite simply. Some Gates are on the planet itself, others are above, accessible only by spaceship."

Get all that?

[madetosin]

Luckily, Muraki was blessed both a scientific mind and the openness of someone who'd seen beyond what traditional science would deem possible. Still, it was something of a grandiose claim. Something that might seem more like the work of fiction. Then again, the being standing in front of him seemed to be like something from those very same stories.

"It would be all too convenient if such a thing were available here. And if it were, I wonder if it would even function..."

His magic, that normally would have allowed crossing over the borders of dimensions, didn't allow his escape. Unless this was, as this 'man' suggested, another world entirely.

"And you travel through these gates often?"

[inafadingcrown]

The footsteps were a conscious choice. It's something the elf has picked up in her time here- people are more at ease with her if she makes a little more noise than is her wont when first she approaches.

She's curious by nature, but also unfailingly polite. So however much she may be wondering about the stranger, she's not going to ask outright.

"Such a day is wasted indoors, truly."

[commandshumor]

He turned to gaze upon the elf, unsure of what to make of her. Human...No, beyond human. Fair, with the lingering scent of forest about her. Her presence felt much like a wraith queen. Ancient, powerful, with unmatched grace.

What was she?

Todd nodded and replied, "Indeed so, the grounds of this place seem very extensive."

[inafadingcrown]

"The grounds and the forest beyond them, yes. And that is but a small part of this world."

[commandshumor]

"How long have you been here?" the wraith asked, turning to face her entirely.

[inafadingcrown]

"It has been well over a year now."

Her face, like her voice, is difficult to read. It's not that she's pleased to be here. Quite the opposite, in fact, but she sees little point in bemoaning her fate.

[commandshumor]

Something about her both sets him on edge but also seems to calm his weary ancient self...A curious feeling.

"...Who are you?" Todd asked quietly

[inafadingcrown]

The corners of her lips raise upwards, the slightest hint of a smile.

"It will mean little to you, I fear, but I will tell you all same." And here she gives a deep, formal nod, accompanied by a slight bend at the waist. It is, unmistakably, the gesture of a woman accustomed to power.

"I am Galadriel, Lady of Lórien and the Galadhrim."

[commandshumor]

He cocks his head in curiosity. Only males bow to queens and young females, and he inclines his head a bit in respect to her own gesture.

A name and a title. Not military or science...A place it sounded like.

"The humans call me 'Todd'" the wraith replied after a moment.

/arrives fashionably late

[forsometimenow]

Jennifer had only been in the castle for a short while, but she'd already been left with plenty to think about. She was already feeling uprooted, like she had lost the place in the world she had finally found with her friends on Atlantis, and the prospect of having to do it all over again here, with the only familiar faces being Carson and Todd... it made her heart hurt. Not that she minded Carson's presence, and Todd was considerably less dangerous without his need to consume life energy, but she still felt shy around the former and didn't much trust the latter.

However, it looked like she didn't have much of a choice but to try and roll with the punches. But she still needed time to herself, to think, to sort everything out, to try and figure out what she had lost upon being brought here.

Her feet eventually found a library, finding who else but Todd had also been exploring and ended up here. She stood for an awkward moment, considering whether to talk to him or sneak away before he noticed her, then decided to just bite the bullet, moving to stand and watch the scenery beside him.

the only way to arrive XD

[commandshumor]

"Doctor Keller" the wraith acknowledged, looking at her nodding once in respect. "I did not expect you to linger around me. Feeling stout-hearted now that I no longer view you as a gourmet meal?" he grinned broadly, showing off those pointed teeth of his.

[forsometimenow]

Jennifer swallowed, but did manage a small laugh at that.

She wasn't entirely sure how to feel around him, and not needing to feed certainly did not make him any less dangerous- but they were stuck here together, and she had to hope they could still be allies, however shaky their alliance sometimes was.

"Don't misunderstand me, I'm still plenty nervous," she said plainly. "But... knowing that does help a little, I'm not going to lie." She sighed and looked out the window. "And I'm guessing both of us are feeling more than a little lost right now. Misery loves company and all."

[commandshumor]

"I am unsure what to feel" the wraith spoke, glancing down at his empty palm.

"However I consider myself fortunate that I am allowed to wander about the place freely. Otherwise this place would be no different than the Genii prison. Appealing decor and landscapes or not."

A dry chuckle.

"I suppose I'll be coming to you and Doctor Beckett to figure out what I should be eating when the fruit bowl runs out."

[forsometimenow]

Jennifer smirked.

"I'll be sure to show you where the kitchen is, at least. I can't cook worth a darn myself, but I'm sure someone here can teach you."

Her expression then sobered.

"And we are provided for. There could be worse places to be trapped, I suppose." She stared down at herself- still clad in her Atlantis uniform, unwilling to part with it just yet. "I'm trying to figure out what they took from me. I think it was some of my memories, but I have no way of knowing for sure."

[commandshumor]

"I am sure you will figure it out eventually" he nodded and started to walk away. "Care to accompany me to look at the grounds?" he asked

[forsometimenow]

Jennifer watched him for a few moments, then nodded and began following him out. She still felt wary of Todd, but, she reasoned, without needing to feed he'd have no reason to try and harm her here- on the contrary, he may well have decided it was better for them to get along. And, strange as it was to cooperate with Todd even after all the times she had done it already, she had to admit it was to her benefit to keep up a good relationship with him, too. At least until they got out of here.

"... You don't happen to have run into anybody else familiar yet, have you? I've only seen and spoken to you and Carson... if the rest of the crew are here, they've been silent."

[commandshumor]

"You and doctor Beckett are the only ones from our world that I have encountered" he said then chuckled a little "And he is reluctant to make any contact with me outside of the journal system"