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[sunburned]

The city hasn't changed very much, in the time since he was last there. The market still heaves with bodies, the air heavy with spice and incense. He finds himself remembering the scraps of Hindi that he learned when he was here last. He doesn't know the others well, but he tries to keep them in the corner of his eye - particularly Kivrin, who he knows matters to Julie.

"There has to be some way back," he says, to nobody in particular. "To the island, I mean? We cannot be stranded here?"


ooc: gathering post! This is where they get separated, so choose the groups you will, darling ones! :D

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[just_hormones]

"Why does the island do any of the stuff to us it does?" Aphrodite says with a shrug. "Stranding us here in this city with no explanation seems as likely as anything else. It would be nice if we could get some kind of hint as to what we're supposed to be doing, though."

[soulthatwanders]

"No dice, looks like," Wanda conceded with a frown, absently playing with a stray lock of white hair that refused to stay in place. "Maybe there's nothing to be done. All of the disappearances lately... maybe we're just the latest, and this is what comes next."

That idea rang a little hollow to her own ears, admittedly, but it still seemed likely. "Either way, I think priority numero uno should be figuring out a way past those walls that stopped you," she went on, scoffing in annoyance when a small child shoved his way past her in the general bustle.

[just_hormones]

"For sure," Aphrodite agrees with a nod. "It's harder for me to teleport if I don't know where I'm going, but nothing I tried could get me past them. There's got to be some way out, though."

[soulthatwanders]

"It does seem to imply that someone's not done playing with us," Wanda reluctantly admitted, crossing her arms. "We could try going through it? I or the big guy shouldn't have too much trouble, but the locals probably wouldn't be so keen on it."

[just_hormones]

"Hey, if it gets us out of this place I don't really give a crap what the locals think," Aphrodite says. "Whatever works."

[soulthatwanders]

Wanda may not have had a whole lot in common with the love goddess, but at least in this they were of a mind.

"Subtlety be damned, huh? I couldn't agree more. Something to run by the group, maybe?"

[just_hormones]

"For sure," Aphrodite replies. "Unless someone else has a better idea, I figure we might as well try everything, you know?"

[soulthatwanders]

"And try to enjoy the surprise vacation in the process, I guess," Wanda added with a nod, doing her best to swallow both her distaste for the crowded locale and the slow, unnerving realization that she actually wanted to get back to the island.